Children’s Theatre of Charlotte will hold open auditions for “The Christmas Doll” on Tuesday, October 2 and Wednesday, October 3 from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm at ImaginOn, 300 East Seventh Street. Roles are available for 3 males and 2 females, as well as 26 students from 5th grade and up. Auditions will consist of a cold reading from the script. Interested candidates should prepare 16 bars of an audition song. Please bring sheet music; an accompanist will be provided.

 

Adult roles are compensated at $455 per week. Rehearsals begin October 14, taking place in the evenings from 6:00-9:30 pm Sunday through Thursday. Performances will be held on weekends from November 30 through December 16, with weekday performances November 29 and December 5, 6, 12 and 13. Students will be excused from five days of school. 

 

 “The Christmas Doll” will be directed by Alan Poindexter.  A brief description of the show follows:

 

Acclaimed playwright Joan Cushing turns her talents toward Victorian London in “The Christmas Doll”, a beautiful holiday musical for the whole family. With rich storytelling and the period detail of a Charles Dickens novel, this tale follows two orphan sisters who flee the bleak public workhouse and try to survive on the bitter, winter streets. Knowing her younger sister, Glory, will die if they cannot find food and shelter, Lucy, the older and stronger sister, kindles Glory’s imagination with stories from their happy early childhood. Inspired by her sister’s stories, Glory clings to a dream about a beautiful doll that will change their lives. When Lucy finds holiday work in a doll shop, it looks like their dreams might come true, and an act of selfless generosity leads them to discover tenderness in unexpected places. For ages 6 and up.

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