We encourage actors of all ethnicities to audition.
Children's Roles:
Tiny Tim: (age 7-9) Bob Cratchit’s son who is ill, walks with a crutch and braces.
Grace Smythe: (age 8-11) daughter of Mr. Smythe.
Martha Cratchit: (age 10-14) Tiny Tim’s sister.
Jonathon: (age 10-14) a street urchin.
Scrooge at age 8.
Scrooge at age 12.
Fan at age 10: (age 8-12) Scrooge’s sister in flashback.
Nikolas (age 6-10) a little boy.
Boy Ignorance (age 6-10),
Girl Want (age 6-10),
Cratchit Children, Chorus of Child Angels, and Wealthy Children.
Adult Roles:
A Beadle: (Male, age 30+) Official at Royal Exchange (bass baritone)
Three Charity Men: (3 Males, age 18-60) – 3 part harmony (tenor / baritone / bass)
Mr. Smythe: (age 25-50) poor, mortgage debt to Scrooge, daughter-Grace, wife-deceased (baritone)
Ebenezer Scrooge: (age 40+) Bank Owner/Mortgage Lender, a mean stubborn miser, later very giving (bass baritone)
Bob Cratchit: (age 25-35) employee to Scrooge, Father to Tiny Tim, working class (high baritone)
Mrs. Cratchit: (age 25-35) Wife to Bob Cratchit (mezzo soprano / alto)
Poulterer: (Male, age 18+) - no specific vocal part
Fred Anderson: (age 25-40) Scrooge’s nephew, married to Sally (high baritone)
Ghost of Christmas Present (Sandwichboard Man): (Male, age 25+) jovial, moves well (high baritone)
Ghost of Christmas Past (Lamplighter): (Male, age 25+) insightful leading Scrooge into flashbacks (tenor)
Ghost of Christmas Future (Blind Old Hag): (Female, age 20+) Singer/Dancer, Old Hag transforms into Beauty (mezzo soprano / alto)
Mrs. Mops: (Female, age 30+) Scrooge’s Housekeeper, jovial, yet stern (mezzo soprano / alto)
Jacob Marley/Ghost of Marley: (Male, age 35+) Scrooge’s business partner (baritone)
Judge: (Male, age 30+) preferably an older gentleman (no specific vocal part)
Young Ebenezer: (Scrooge at age 18): (age range 17-23) in love with Emily, friend to Marley (tenor)
Young Marley: (age 17-23) friend’s to young Ebenezer and Emily, co-worker, business partner (tenor)
Emily: (age 17-23) in love with Young Ebenezer, his fiancée (mezzo soprano)
Mr. Fezziwig: (age 30-60) a portly, jolly man, giving, bank owner (tenor)
Mrs. Fezziwig: (age 30-60) a plump, comical woman, wife to Mr. Fezziwig (can be sung in soprano range or an octave lower alto belt)
Scrooge’s Father: (age 30-40) a flashback, gets thrown in jail (no specific vocal part)
Scrooge’s Mother: (age 30-40) a flashback (mezzo soprano / alto)
Mr. Hawkins: (age 30-50) the Boot factory owner, young Scrooge’s employer (no specific vocal part)
Four Abundance and Charity Elves: (Showgirls): (age 16-40) tap dancers ala “Rockettes” (mezzo soprano/ alto)
Sally Anderson: (age 25-40) Scrooge’s Nephew, Fred’s wife (mezzo soprano)
Old Joe: (age 25+) a Rags & Bone man vendor (baritone)
Singing Ensemble Character Roles with no specific vocal parts: Bankers, Street Vendors, Pantomime Girl, Sailors, Lower Class Ladies, Charwomen, Ghosts, Jailers, Factory Workers, Fezziwig Party-Goers, Clerks, Creditors, Dancing Girls, Monks, Marley’s Four Acolytes, Two Grannies (one does cartwheel), Two Undertakers, Violin Player, Haberdashers, Cooks, and Drunks.
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre
303 E Main Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
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