Casting Call: 'It's a Wonderful Life'

The Main Street Theatre Co. in Parlin, NJ will be holding auditions for "It's a Wonderful Life."

Auditions are from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 5 and callbacks will be from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Oct. 7. Come prepared with sheet music to perform 16 bars of a musical theater song that best reflects the character you hope to be cast as and that best reflects your voice quality and range. No Happy Birthday or accapella singing will be allowed. An accompanist and an iPod dock will be available. Be sure your sheet music has the piano accompaniment, usually the bottom 2 staves below the vocal line. Mark your sheet music where you wish to start and finish.

The show will perform at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays from Dec. 5 to 14 at the Main Street Theatre Company, located on 3018 Bordentown Avenue, Parlin, N.J.

Roles are:

 

George Bailey	28 – 40, the Everyman of Bedford Falls
Clarence Oddbody	50+, A-S-2 (Angel Second Class)
Mr. Gower	50+, proprietor of the corner drug store
Young George / Pete Bailey	10 – 12
Harry Bailey	18 – 25, George’s younger brother
Mother Bailey	50+, a kind and understanding mother
Uncle Billy	50+, George’s uncle and business partner
Aunt Tilly	50+, Uncle Billy’s wife
Violet Peterson	25 – 40, proprietor of a beauty salon
Bert	30+, a patrolman
Ernie	30+, a mail carrier
Mary Hatch	28 – 40, George’s loving wife
Henry F. Potter	50+, owns practically the entire town of Bedford Falls
Mr. Potter’s Goon	18+, ever-present with Mr. Potter
Mr. Potter’s Secretary	18+, ever-faithful to Mr. Potter
Mrs. Hatch	50+, Mary’s mother
Sam Wainwright / Mr. Welch	28 – 40, a financially successful young man/the schoolteacher’s husband
Miss. Andrews	20+, a townsperson
Mrs. Thompson	20+, a townsperson
Mr. Martini	35+, proprietor of a local bar
Mrs. Martini	35+, his wife
Miss Carter	20+, a bank examiner
Newspaper Boy/ Tommy Bailey	Age 8 – 10
Zuzu Bailey	Age 5 – 7
Janie Bailey	Age 8 – 10

"It's a Wonderful Life" follows George Bailey, the everyman from the small town of Bedford Falls, whose dreams of escape and adventure have been squashed by family obligations and civic duty. On Christmas Eve, his guardian angel descends to save him from despair, and to remind him - by showing him what the world would have been like had he never been born - that he has had a wonderful life.

The show is based on the film by Frank Capra and has a book and lyrics by James W. Rodgers, music by John Higgins.

The show will be produced by Miriam Henry, directed by Kevin Gunther, musically directed by Nicole Barrow White, and choreographed by Susan Zuckerman.