Inspecting Carol
by Daniel Sullivan
Auditions September 6 & 7 @ 2pm
At the Alban Arts Academy
2121 Kanawha Terrace
St. Albans, WV 25177
Sides will be provided at the audition.
Inspecting Carol is a comedic play by Daniel Sullivan that spoofs the classic story of "A Christmas Carol," community theater drama, and the endless battle of arts funding. 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.
Character List:
• Zorah Bloch – Founding director of The Soapbox Playhouse. Extremely self-involved. In her 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. A child of the 60s, still looking for a turn-on. A founding member. 40s-50s.
• Phil Hewlitt – Obsessive, usually plays the ineffectual 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-40s.
• Luther Beatty – A large 11-12-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-40s
• 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. Also a founding member. 40s
• 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-40s.
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