Auditions for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever The Musical
Schedule
Tue, 12 Aug, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 09:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Patio Playhouse Theater | Escondido, CA
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🎄✨ AUDITIONS: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever ✨🎄Join us for this hilarious and heartwarming holiday classic at Patio Playhouse!
NOTE: Siblings are NOT guaranteed to be cast together.
đź“… Audition Dates:
Tuesday, August 12 – 6:00–9:00 PM
Thursday, August 14 – 6:00–9:00 PM
đź“Ť Patio Studios 1C
🎤 What to Prepare:
Please prepare a one-minute song.
No a cappella or backing vocals permitted.
Sign up here:
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đź‘Ą Casting Ages 8 and up
This is a multigenerational production — kids will play kids, and adults will play adults!
🎠Performance Dates:
November 14–23, 2025
👩‍🎨 Directed by: Christy Reid
🧑‍💼 Produced by: Sara Mass & Scott Heidemann
Characters for Best Christmas Pageant Ever:
The Herdman Kids:
RALPH-- the oldest and coolest. He’s the enforcer, 13-16.
IMOGENE—leader of the Herdmans. She is loud, bossy, and crafty, 12-15.
LEROY—Ralph’s back up. Very confident in the muscle department, 11-14.
CLAUDE—scrappy and smart, 10-13.
OLLIE— a bit of a naive urchin who follows the older boy’s lead, 9-12.
Gladys—little but fierce. Nothing scares Gladys,8-11.
The Bradleys
GRACE—sweet, good humored, meek, slightly frazzled mother, 30-40ish.
BOB-- easy going dad, wry sense of humor, 30-40ish.
BETH—sweet and kind daughter and sister. She is honest and kind,11-14.
CHARLIE—typical kid brother, says what he thinks,10-13.
Unnamed younger brother- precast.
Church People
HELEN ARMSTRONG—organized steamroller. She is always in charge,40-60ish.
REVREND HOPKINS—occasionally befuddled, always well meaning, 40-60ish.
Church Ladies
LUANNE—Sassy, tells it as like it is, 35-40ish.
BETTY—Sweet southerner, calls everyone “honey”,30-40ish.
CONNIE-direct, no-nonsense type,30-40ish.
Church/School kids
ALICE WENDLEKEN—Know-it-all. She thinks she’s perfect, 11-14.
ELMER HOPKINS—preacher’s son, which means he needs to behave and be nice, 10-13.
TEDDY SHOEMAKER—wimpy kid with Glasses, asks too many questions, 9-12.
IVY REED—Beth’s earnest friend who is sometimes a goody-goody, 11-14.
Ensemble-
Various kids to play angels and shepherds in the pageant and possibly other kids in the lunchroom. Ages 10-14ish.
Additional women to sing in church choir and a nurse for the hospital. Ages 20-40ish
For the Children we will be casting an older cast and a younger cast.
This show has religious content and themes.
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Where is it happening?
Patio Playhouse Theater, 201 E Grand Ave, Escondido, CA 92025-2818, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
