Arts & Entertainment

Talented Child Actors Can Audition for 'A Christmas Story' Through Tuesday

Submit online singing, acting auditions for five-city tour.

If you're between 8 and 13, live to be on stage and can wow a crowd like Beyonce or Justin Timberlake, you've got until Tuesday at noon to submit your online audition for the stage musical "The Christmas Story."

Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie in the original 1983 film, is one of the producers of the musical, which will play in five cities, starting Oct. 10. The show comes to Chicago Dec. 14 to 30.

To audition, visit www.achristmastorythemusical.com/casting/ and follow the three steps.  Kids selected for callbacks will be notified, and the callbacks will be held Thursday, Sept. 22, in Chicago.
 
1) Record a video of yourself singing a classic Broadway or holiday song that is rhythmic and that shows us your voice, high notes, and personality.
2) Get a recent digital picture or headshot of yourself and your resume. (If you don’t have a resume, just prepare a brief paragraph about yourself in a Word Document.)

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3)Go to www.achristmasstorythemusical.com/casting/ and follow the link to register with our online casting site, LetItCast®, and follow their instructions to submit your video, photo, and information.
 
Casting directors are seeking to fill the iconic lead role of Ralphie and his troupe of friends and classmates, including: Randy, Flick, Schwartz, Scut Farcus, Grover Dill, Mary Beth, and Esther Jane.   Children, ages of 8 – 13, should be extraordinary actors, singers, and dancers. The production seeks young actors of all ethnicities who are 4’ 11” and shorter. (Boys, your voice should not have changed yet.)
 
The videos are only made available to the creative team and producers of A Christmas Story, The Musical!, Submissions should be no longer than 90 seconds and only one audition video is allowed.

A Christmas Story, The Musical! will rehearse in Chicago, October 10 before commencing a five-city national tour: Hershey, PA (Hershey Theatre, Nov. 8 – 13); Detroit, MI (Fisher Theatre, Nov. 15 – 27); Raleigh, NC (Memorial Auditorium, Nov. 29 – Dec. 4); and Tampa, FL (Straz Center, Dec. 6-11), before returning to The Chicago Theatre for performances Dec. 14 - 30, 2011.


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