Do You Want to Be Ralphie in A Christmas Story?

Photo credit: Don Ipock and Kansas City Rep

As A Christmas Story, The Musical! prepares to launch a five-city national tour for the 2011 holiday season, the show’s producers, including Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie in the original 1983 film, take their search for talented children to the internet.  Young performers can now submit their audition by visiting www.achristmasstorythemusical.com/casting  and following three simple steps:
1.     Record a video of yourself singing a brief song that is rhythmic and that shows us your voice, high notes, and personality. A classic Broadway or a holiday song is suggested. Show your 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.)
3.     Go to www.achristmasstorythemusical.com/casting and follow the link to register with the online casting site, LetItCast®, and follow 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, Oct. 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.

For more information about the audition, visit www.achristmasstorythemusical.com/casting.