FREE STREAMING
OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOU!
CLICK HERE FOR FREE STREAMING OF THE SHOW
THROUGH 11:59PM ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12TH!
Although we are cancelling in person performances due to COVID-19, JCCT has secured streaming rights. We are offering this opportunity to view the show at no cost to our fans in gratitude for all the support for the renovation projects during the 50th season. Please share with your friends and family–all are invited to enjoy the show from the comfort of home. Thank you for your support of JCCT, and we look forward to having live performances again soon!
Ring in the holiday season with Frank Capra’s classic film brought to life as a 1946 radio broadcast, complete with vintage commercials and live foley (sound effects) artists. George Bailey, a man with all the right stuff except luck, takes stock of his life one fateful Christmas Eve. His feckless guardian angel Clarence shows him that success can be measured in many ways, leading to an ending warmer than a hot mug of cocoa on a cold winter’s night. Fun for the whole family!
Auditions Oct. 4-5 at 6:30pm
JCCT announces auditions for It’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play, adapted by Joe Landry, and directed by John Hardaway, October 4 & 5, 2020. This is a “show within a show,” and is a super-fun opportunity for actors, including those who love to do different voices. Check out this sample from the Long Wharf Theatre.
All auditions are open to the community and parts may be cast with actors of any ethnicity. All actors should be at least 18 years old at the time of auditions. Additionally, roles may be cast without callbacks, so “bring it” in the open audition! Auditions, rehearsals, and performances are held at The Royal Off-the-Square Theatre, 121 West Walnut Street, Brownstown, IN 47220.
COVID-19 is the elephant in the room today. Be advised, we’ll be taking ALL possible precautions to protect your health as well as our own at auditions, rehearsals and during the show. For that reason, this time auditions will be by appointment only. It’s easy. Just click here and pick an available time slot on either Sunday or Monday evening. Face masks will be required at auditions but can be removed while reading.
Audition Schedule
Auditions – Sunday & Monday, October 4 & 5, 2020, 6:30-9:00pm
Callbacks, if required, by invitation (details TBD).
Rehearsal Schedule
Estimated to begin in mid-October. Rehearsals are generally Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 7:00pm-9:30pm and some Saturdays.
A required brush-up rehearsal is held between the the first and second weekend of the show.
Performance Schedule
December 3-13, 2020 (5+ added performances to allow social distancing. TBD–evenings 7:30, Sunday 2:30.)
How to Audition
Sign up for an audition appointment here.
Download and print out the audition form and conflict sheet. You will need a headshot or any snapshot to attach to your form, an emergency contact, and all of your conflict information. A detailed rehearsal schedule will be crafted based on conflicts. We generally accept 4-5 conflicts. Please bring this information with you to the live audition fully filled out.
Select the “actor” for which you’d like to audition. Find all of the characters that your “actor” plays and find a unique sound for each of those. You’ll read these pages with other actors or a reader during the initial audition.
If you’d like to read for more than one “actor” don’t sign up for two slots–we’ll work you in.
Final Casting
Watch the JCCT Facebook page for casting updates. We will post the cast on the website once announced. The director will also email all of the cast members and need a confirmation. Check your email!
Available Roles and Director Character Notes
The production involves each actor playing multiple “radio voice” roles, so we will be particularly looking for different characterizations and voices from each actor.
The following breakdown is for seven actors (three men and two women and two that could be either). The CAPITALIZED names are those of the radio performers who are performing It’s a Wonderful Life on the radio show.
FREDDIE FILMORE – Announcer, Gower, Potter, Billy, Joseph, Peter Bailey, Ernie, Old Man Collins, Ed, Pete, Man (at Martini’s), Nick, Bridge Keeper, Binky, Cop
JAKE LAURENTS – George Bailey (and Young George)
SALLY APPLEWHITE – Mary Hatch (and Young Mary)
LANA SHERWOOD – Violet (and Young Violet), Rose Bailey, Matilda, Ruth, Mrs. Hatch, Mrs. Thompson, Schultz, Zuzu, Janie, Sadie Vance
HARRY “JAZZBO” HAYWOOD – Harry (and Young Harry), Bert, Clarence Oddbody, Sam Wainwright, Martini, Dr. Campbell, Charlie (at run on bank), Horace the teller, Mr. Welch, Tommy, Sheriff
FOLEY ARTIST/STAGE MANAGER (2 Actors) – We’re looking for two actors who are enthusiastic to help make the “sounds” of the show. You’ll be an actor in the show making the radio sound effects and one will play the radio play’s stage manager (you won’t stage manage this actual production). You will be very involved in designing the equipment to make the appropriate sounds.
All actors also provide various crowd noises and voices.
Please be prepared to read the characters that your “actor” would play in each of these pages.
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