Auditions for "A Sherlock Carol" by Mark Shanahan

🎄 GBCT will be hosting auditions for our second full production of our 2025-2026 season, "A Sherlock Carol" by Mark Shanahan, directed by Pete Dignan on October 6 and 7 from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Robert Lee Brault Playhouse.

🔎 SYNOPSIS:
Ebenezer Scrooge has just died under suspicious circumstances, and a now-all-grown-up Tiny Tim is determined to get to the bottom of what really happened... And what better person to ask for help with his investigation than the world’s most iconic detective–Sherlock Holmes?!

Featuring a mashup cast of classic characters from "The Christmas Carol" and Sherlock Holmes, this delightfully suspenseful holiday tale follows The Great Detective as he works to solve a case on Christmas Eve, haunted not only by the ghost of Scrooge, but those of the past, present, and future. (Christmas, Mystery, Comedy)

✨ CHARACTERS:
(Ages and descriptions for all characters are flexible. The director will cast whoever is best suited for the role, based on their vision.)

​SHERLOCK HOLMES – The World's Foremost Consulting Detective in decline.

EBENEZER SCROOGE – Formerly miser. One Christmas, Scrooge transformed into as good a man as the good city ever knew.

ACTOR #1 – Narrator

ACTOR #2 – Narrator

ACTOR #3 – Narrator

ACTOR #4 – Narrator

*NOTE: ACTORS #1-4 should have decent decent physical abilities to move around stage. ACTORS #5-#8 will play multiple roles.

ACTOR #5:
TIMOTHY CRATCHIT – Tiny Tim all grown up. Now a doctor at St. Bernard's Hospital for all Children. He speaks with a more refined accent than his sister.

MR. TOPPER – The manager of the Cosmopolitan Hotel. A bit older, a bit pompous. Easily irritated. Supposedly a friend of Fred, Scrooge's Nephew.

RALPH FEZZIWIG – A nervous, wiry young man. The misfit member of a proud family. Engaged to Fannie.

CONTSTABLE BRADSTREET – A seemingly upstanding member of Scotland Yard.

ACTOR #6:
EMMA WIGGINS – A good-spirited and brave 13-year-old, she is a former Baker Street Irregular.

FAN "FANNIE" GARDNER – Scrooge's grandniece. A refined young woman, she works backstage at the theatre in the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Engaged to Ralph Fezziwig.

INSPECTOR LESTRADE – Blustery, easily confounded member of Scotland Yard. He has grudging respect for Holmes.

MRS. WINDIGATE – A Scottish tavern keeper and member of the Goose Club. Giggly, a whirlwind.

ACTOR #7:
DR. WATSON – Sherlock Holmes' best and most loyal friend. The Boswell to Holmes' Johnson.

MRS. DILBER – Mr. Scrooge's housekeeper pf over 30 years. An emotional creature with a connection to the spiritual realm.

HENRY BURKE – An Irish candlemaker, an old friend of Mr. Scrooge.

OLD JOE BRACKENRIDGE – The owner of Old Joe's in Covent Garden. Gruff, a born salesman.

ACTOR #8:
CAROLER – A cheerful person in the street.

ELDERLY WOMAN – A London lady.

THE COUNTESS OF MORCAR – American. An old love of Holmes' who also goes by another name, Irene Adler.

MARTHA CRATCHIT – Tough and a bit lower-class than her brother. She is as smart and observant as any detective she might happen to meet.

MARY MORSTAN – Watson's elegant and brave wife.

ABIGAIL "ABBY" FEZZIWIG" – Runs a business fattening geese for the market. She is a no nonsense and direct-a proud member of the hardworking Fezziwig family.

📅 SHOW DATES:
December 4-7 & 11-14, 2025

🎭 REHEARSALS:
– Rehearsals will begin mid-October, typically running Monday through Thursday 6:30-8:30pm
– Dates and times of conflicts provided at auditions will be considered when finalizing the rehearsal calendar

‼️ ADDITIONAL INFO:
– No prior acting experience or advanced preparation is necessary. All auditionees will be reading from the script with other actors.
– If you cannot make the auditions and would like to schedule an alternative time, please contact our box office ASAP.
– If you would like to borrow a script, please contact our box office at (920) 435-6300 OR Ym94b2ZmaWNlIHwgZ3JlZW5iYXljb21tdW5pdHl0aGVhdGVyICEgY29t
– For more, please visit our website: www.gbcommunitytheater.com/auditions

Presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. Generously sponsored by Sylvia Pratt.

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• Next month, 2nd October, 07:30 pm, "Now and Then" by Sean Grennan in Green Bay

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