Miracle On 34th Street, The Play Auditions

Name: Miracle On 34th Street, The Play Auditions
Start: 2025-09-15T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-15T20:30:00-04:00
Location: 23 Norden St, New Britain, CT, United States, Connecticut 06051

Schedule

Mon Sep 15 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

23 Norden St, New Britain, CT, United States, Connecticut 06051 | New Britain, CT

What: Open auditions for Miracle on 34th Street at Connecticut Theatre Company
When: 9/15/25 & 9/16/25 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: The Repertory Theatre | 23 Norden
Street | New Britain, CT 06051
Run Dates: 12/5/25-12/14/25
Audition Preparation: All roles are open for this terrific show. Looking for a very diverse cast. Actors will be seen in order of arrival. Actors will be given sides to read from the script. These sides can be reviewed in advance by downloading our audition packet here: https://www.connecticuttheatrecompany.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Miracle-On-34th-Street-Audition-Packet.pdf A call back audition, if needed, will be held by invitation only. Age ranges listed are stage ages. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected].
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
Connecticut Theatre Company strives to be an inclusive and anti-racist organization. We welcome and encourage performers and team members of all colors, genders/gender non-conformity, body types and abilities to join us. We do not pre-cast our shows, and we strive to cast our shows from the individuals who come to the audition. As such, we strive to be as flexible and conscious with our casting as possible. In the spirit of preserving opportunities for actors who have traditionally been underserved by the entertainment community and allowing them to tell their own stories, we will never cast a white/Caucasian actor in a role specifically written for a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) actor, nor a cisgender actor in a role specifically written for a transgender or non-binary/gender non-conforming actor. For any role written for a character with a specific disability or neurodivergence, we will prioritize, to the best of our abilities, actors who are living that experience.
Accessibility
If you will require any specific accommodations for this audition, rehearsals or performances, please reach out to one of the following individuals for assistance. We are eager to help you be able to get to us and to show us your best work!
For hearing, vision, physical disability, or neurodivergence assistance as well as any other questions/concerns:
Duane Campbell, Executive Director, [email protected]
Character Breakdown:
Kris Kringle: Just might be Santa Claus. Kris is warm and jolly like any Santa that you know, but also has a firm, caring, and wise side. That said, he is extremely playful and mischievous and should be played with a smart approach – he is not a bumbling fool where things just happen to him. He makes decisions throughout with intent. His one fault may be that he is a tad too trusting, and willing to give the benefit of the doubt at his own risk.
Doris Walker: Personnel Manager at Macy’s; Susan’s mother, serious and worldly. Doris is a little jaded, but understandably so. After going through a painful divorce, she is raising her daughter alone and working incredibly hard to make ends meet. It has been some time since she has had the luxury of believing in magic. She is not, however, bitter beyond hope.
Fred Gayley: Friend/Neighbor to Doris and Susan; Lawyer; Kringle’s defense attorney. Fred is a little in love with Doris, and is truly a wonderful man. He is self aware and more playful/optimistic than most; he genuinely wants to help those around him.
Susan Walker: Doris’ daughter. Smart. She doesn’t believe in Santa because she has been raised to be a “realist”. Wise for her age, but still a young child who wishes for love and home, as many of us have. Targeting ages 8-12 for this role.
Shellhammer: Assistant to Doris. Friendly, efficient. Sassy. Opportunity for this actor to lean into the physical comedy and levity of department store dynamics.
Dr. Pierce: Physician at Maplewood Home; warm, caring. Has been a close confidant of Kris’ and is a consistent advocate for Kris throughout. Pragmatic.
Sawyer: Macy’s vocational guidance counselor; character role requiring an understudy of irony and absurdism. He is determined to dispel fantasy and nonsensical beliefs, so much so that he calls an all hands company meeting to discuss the “Santa Claus” myth. The top of the naughty list, a real doubter.
Macy: Owner and manager of Macy’s Department Store. Thrilled with the good press and profits being made for his company, due to Kris’ impact on the city of New York.
Mara: Prosecuting attorney; somewhat jaded; sticks to the letter of the law. It is Mara’s job to prove that Kris Kringle is unstable and not of a sound mind.
Mr. Bloomingdale (Act 1)/ Judge Harper (Act 2): Owns Bloomingdales and is intent on competing with Macy’s startling success / Harper presides over Kringle’s hearing; Judicial; likable; a bit political, but strives for integrity in his proceedings.
Halloran: Judge Harper’s political campaign manager. Concerned with the impact this case will have on Harper’s career. Pragmatic.
Finley: Bailiff in Judge Harper’s court. Just here to get the job done.
Young Mara (gender flexible): prosecuting attorney’s child – a witness called by Fred Gayley.
Youth Ensemble: There are several speaking roles for children and teens who also appear as extras in other scenes. Looking for approx. 4-6 children between the ages of 8-15.
Adult Ensemble: includes an assortment of 8-10 different speaking roles throughout the show. This is a very active show, with lots going on in every scene – any ensemble member in the show will likely be cast in 2-3 different roles.