Audition information for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
to be directed by Terry Hampton

Cast requirements: 4 m., 6 f., plus 8 boys and 9 girls (minimum)

Synopsis: In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids -- probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem -- and the fun -- when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story . . . head on!

An example of a great line from the play, “And they wrote this really dirty word on the back of Naomi Waddell's, favorite turtle, so now Naomi can't take it to the YMCA pet show...her mother won't let her. And that's not all! They did it with fluorescent paint, so it glows in the dark. When you can't even see the turtle, you can still see the word.”

Pre-audition meeting (to explain requirements, hand out script cuttings for auditions, discuss rehearsal schedule, etc.):
September 28, 6:00 p.m.

Auditions: Monday, October 4, 4:00-5:30 p.m. and Tuesday,
and October 5, 6:00 p.m.

Rehearsals: Even though auditions are being held in early October, rehearsals will be minimal, as they will be scheduled around other events and rehearsals going on this fall. (There will be rehearsals the week of Thanksgiving.)

Performances: Will be the first two weekends of December (Friday-Sunday), although exact dates are yet to be set because The Best Christmas Pageant Ever will alternate with Amahl and the Night Visitors/The Nutcracker

Ticket prices: $5.00 in advance/$6.00 at the door for adults. $3.00 advance/$4.00 at the door children 10 and under.

If you need additional information, contact Terry Hampton twinpondsbug@yahoo.com