“Inspecting Carol”
by Daniel Sullivan
Director:
Holly Kowalenko
Producer:
Assistant Producer:
Gillian Velmer
A man who asks to audition at a small theater is mistaken for an informer for the National Endowment for the Arts. Everyone caters to the bewildered wannabe actor, and he is given a role in the current production, A Christmas Carol. Everything goes wrong and hilarity is piled upon hilarity.
Director Holly Kowalenko is seeking:
6 Males ages 30+
4 Females ages 40+
2 Male Youths ages 11+
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Character | Age Range | Description |
Zorah Bloch (F) | 40+ | Founding director of the Soapbox Playhouse. Extremely self-concerned. |
Sidney Carlton (M) | 50+ | Kind but somewhat addled. Dorothy’s husband. A founding member. |
Dorothy Tree Hapgood (F) | 40+ | English and unable to lose her accent. Sidney’s wife. A founding member. She requires a British accent. |
Larry Vauxhall (M) | 50+ | Tough, intellectual, vain actor and founding member. |
Phil Hewlitt (M) | 40+ | Small, obsessive; usually plays the ineffectual character in any Soapbox production. A founding member. |
Walter E. Parsons | 30+ | Recently taken up acting again after a stint in the armed forces. Good natured but excitable. Walter should be portrayed by an actor of color. |
Luther Beatty | 11-15 | A large11-year-old. He’s been playing Tiny Tim too many years. Extremely friendly. |
Kevin Emery | 40+ | A nervous man in the impossible position of managing director. Afraid of Zorah. |
M.J. (Mary Jane) McMann | 40+ | A founding member and realist. She long ago realized that the company hit bottom. She looks on now as a bemused observer and stage manager. Also portrays Martha in Christmas Carol. |
Betty Andrews | 40+ | An inspector for the National Endowment of the Arts. A forbidding appearance. |
Bart Frances | 12+ | A pleasant youth. Very few lines but portrays Peter in Christmas Carol and acts as an assistant stage manager. |
Wayne Wellacre | 30+ | In search of a new career in acting. No training, even less talent. Affable, eager to please. |
SPECIAL NOTES FOR AUDITIONERS
All potential rehearsal conflicts need to either be listed on your audition form or attached to the form.
Please email with any questions: vp_production@svptheatre.org
The show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.
April 17 – May 3
Somerset Valley Players are committed to diverse, inclusive casting. Non-descript roles are available to all performers, regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, disability, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis.
For further information call 908.369.7469
Made possible by funds from the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.