Inspecting Carol
by Navasota Theatre Alliance

Sep. 30 - Oct. 01

A Christmas Carol meets The Government Inspector meets Noises Off in this hilarious hit from Seattle. 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. 

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Auditions for INSPECTING CAROL

Navasota Theatre Alliance

104 W Washington Ave, Navasota, Texas 77868

Auditions for the show will be held September 30 and October 1, 2024, with performances scheduled for December 12-22, 2024. The show’s run does include two Thursday night performances in addition to the typical weekend performances.

 

Written by Daniel Sullivan & The Seattle Repertory Theatre

Directed by Mark Taylor

Characters: 4 women; 8 men

 

Character Descriptions (Ages flexible):

 

Zorah Bloch – Founding director of The Soapbox Playhouse. Extremely self-involved. 40s

 

Sidney Carlton – A founding member of The Soapbox Playhouse. Kind but somewhat addled. 50s-60s.

 

Dorothy Tree Hapgood – Sidney’s wife. English and unable to lose her accent. Also a founding member. 50s-60s.

 

Larry Vauxhall – Tough, intellectually vain. Constantly agitating to alter the Soapbox’s Carol so it is more socially relevant. A founding member. 40s-50s.

 

Phil Hewlitt – Obsessive, usually plays the intellectual character in any Soapbox production. Also a founding member. 30s-40s.

 

Walter E. Parsons – African-American. Has recently taken up acting again after a stint in the armed forces. Good-natured, excitable. Mid-20s-30s.

 

Luther Beatty – 12-year-old. Really too big to be playing Tiny Tim, a role he has been performing two years too long. Youthful actor under 18 could pull it off.

 

Kevin Emory – Nervous, in the impossible position of managing director. Afraid of Zorah. 30s

 

M.J. (Mary Jane) McMann – Stage manager. A realist who long ago realized the Playhouse had hit bottom. She looks on now as a bemused observer. Sharp, ironic sense of humor; cracks herself up. Also a founding member. 30s

 

Betty Andrews – An inspector for the National Endowment for the Arts. A forbidding appearance. 30s-40s

 

Bart Frances – A pleasant youth. Dresses in motorcycle jacket and torn jeans. 20s

 

Wayne Wallace – In search of a new career in acting but has no training and less talent. Affable, eager to please. Mid-20s-30s.