Blue Macaroon Theater Company in Doylestown is holding AUDITIONS for BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER: THE MUSICAL September 27th, 28th, & 29th 🎭🎶🎄 Directed by Daniel Amiot and musical director, Jonathan Martens. https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/70A0C45A8A92DA5FE3-58064229-auditio... "This is the story of the Herdmans, who are the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, they steal, they bully other kids, and they smoke smelly cigars. There used to be only one place where you’d never see them—church. This all changes when Charlie Bradley brags that his Sunday school offers free snacks. All six of the Herdmans show up at church in search of pizza, cookies and Hawaiian Punch, and end up in the Christmas pageant. Charlie’s mom, Grace, is the novice director, who not only casts them in the show but, much to the dismay of the other kids, let’s them play all the leads. Grace instantly finds herself caught between two forces of nature—the Herdmans and Helen Armstrong, who speaks for all of the outraged citizens of the town. Grace has two choices: get rid of the Herdmans, or let them stay and risk being blamed for the worst pageant in the history of the world." Book & Lyrics by Jahnna Beecham; Music & Lyrics by Malcolm Hillgartner. Based on the play and book by Barbara Robinson. Audition slots are available Saturday afternoon, Sept 27, and the evenings of Sunday Sept 28 and Monday Sept 29. Performances will be the weekends of December 5-7 and 12-14. Rehearsals will be in the evenings Sunday through Thursday - no rehearsals on Fridays or Saturdays. Audition Notes: Please come prepared with a resume, headshot, and 1 minute/32 bars of a Christmas song that best fits your voice, either accapella or with recorded musical accompanyment (kareoke background, etc). Be prepared to cold read selections from the script. Cast List - ALL ROLES AVAILABLE Adults: 5 Women, 2 Men Kids: 5 Girls, 7 Boys (varying ages from kids to teens) *stars below indicate strong singer/performer needed The Herdman Kids (teens to kids): Ralph – the oldest and coolest. He’s the enforcer *Imogene – leader of the Herdmans. She’s loud, bossy, and crafty Leroy – Ralph’s back-up. Very confident in the muscle department Claude – ­scrappy and smart Ollie – a bit of a naïve urchin who follows the older boys’ leads *Gladys – little but fierce. Nothing scares Gladys The Bradleys: *Grace – sweet, good-humored, slightly frazzled mom, appears 35 to 40ish. Bob – easy-going dad, wry sense of humor, appears 35 to 40ish *Charlie – typical kid brother, says what he thinks Beth – Charlie’s older, and wiser sister. She’s honest and kind Church People: Helen Armstrong – organized steamroller. She’s always in charge, appears 40 to 50ish Reverend Hopkins – male, occasionally befuddled, always well-meaning, mature adult Church Ladies: Luanne – sassy, tells it like it is, mature adult Betty – sweet southerner, calls everyone “honey,” mature adult Connie – direct, no nonsense type, mature adult Kids (teens to kids): Alice Wendleken – know-it-all. She thinks she’s perfect Elmer Hopkins – preacher’s kid, which means he needs to behave and be nice Teddy Shoemaker – wimpy kid with glasses, asks too many questions Ivy Reed – Beth’s earnest friend who is sometimes a goody-goody