Audition Notice for “Miracle on 34th Street”
Adapted by Mountain Community Theater
PERFORMANCE DATES: Dec 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13,14
Audition Dates:
Friday August 29 from 6-8
Saturday August 30 from 1:30 to 3:30
at The Station Theatre
To arrange an audition please email: amdoyon@gmail.com
If you are unable to attend the scheduled audition date, but would like to audition,
please email anyway as, depending on response, we will try to consider you for a part
or find another time to meet.
Show Synopsis
‘By chance, Kris Kringle, an old man in a retirement home, gets a job working as Santa for Macy’s. Kris unleashes waves of good will with Macy’s customers and the commercial world of New York City by referring parents to other stores to find exactly the toy their child has asked for.
Seen as deluded and dangerous by Macy’s vocational counselor, who plots to have Kris sent to Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, Kris ends up in a court competency hearing. Especially at stake is one little girl’s belief in Santa. In a dramatic decision, the court confirms Kris as the true Santa, allowing Susan and countless other children to experience the joy of childhood fantasy.
Character Info
9 adults (3 men, 1 women, 5 any gender)
9 older teens or adults (any gender)
8 children (4 girls, 1 boy, 3 any gender)
6-8 carolers
Adults – 9
● Kris Kringle/Santa – older adult man, lots of lines
● Dr. Pierce (Doctor at Maplewood Home) – adult, any gender, moderate amount of lines
● Drunken Santa – adult man, a few lines
● Mr or Mrs Macy – adult, any gender, a few lines
● Mr or Mrs Bloomingdale – adult, any gender, a few lines
● Judge Harper – adult, any gender, lots of lines
● Mara (prosecuting attorney) – adult, any gender, moderate amount of lines
● Doris Walker (personnel manager, Susan’s mother) – adult (25-40), woman, lots of lines
● Fred Gayley (Doris’s neighbor and love interest) – adult (25-40), man, lots of lines
Adults or Older Looking Teenagers – 9
● Halloran (Judge’s campaign manager) – any gender, a few lines
● Dumpster Diver / Elf – any gender, a few lines
● Rich Person / Elf – any gender, a few lines
● Shellhammer (Doris’s assistant) – any gender, a moderate amount of lines
● Sawyer (vocational counselor at Macy’s) – any gender, a moderate amount of lines
● Finley (bailiff) / Elf – any gender, a few lines
● Duncan (zookeeper) / Elf – any gender, a few lines
● Al (postal worker) / Elf – any gender, a few lines
● Lou (postal worker) / Elf – any gender, a few lines
● Mara Jr. (prosecuting attorney’s child) – child, any gender, a few lines
● Dutch Girl (talks to Santa) – girl, must be able to memorize a few lines in Dutch and sings
a couple of verses in Dutch
● Sharon (talks to Santa) – girl, a few lines
● Johnny (talks to Santa) – boy, a few lines
● Megan (talks to Santa) – girl, a few lines
● Child 1 (at parade and goes to see Santa) – any gender, a few lines
● Child 2 (at parade and goes to see Santa) – any gender, a few lines
● Ability to sing harmonies an asset
● 3 would double as pedestrians and have a few lines
as the parade or the court room scenes.
cast or assisting to help protect the young people that will be performing.
Rehearsal Schedule
Rehearsals will be held on Wednesday, and Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons
starting in September. Rehearsals for carolers may be on a different day, based on
availability, and only once per week.
Director's Note
Anne-Marie Laferrière, Director, “Miracle on 34th Street, the Play”