AUDITIONS FOR PITTSBURGH CLO’S A MUSICAL CHRISTMAS CAROL 2025!
Auditions will be held in person at the CLO Academy of Musical Theater on September 19th from 4pm-8pm and September 20th from 3pm-8pm. Callbacks will be held September 21st, 2025.
Rehearsal and performance dates for A MUSICAL CHRISTMAS CAROL:
- First Rehearsal—December 1st 2025
- Tech—December 8th 2025
- Opening—December 13th 2025
- Closing—December 23rd 2025
Please note that dates are subject to change.
SEEKING:
Seeking strong singers and actors for Pittsburgh CLO’s 2025 production of A MUSICAL CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Auditions are for performers ages 18+. Please note that roles for children will be cast exclusively from the students of the CLO Academy. Details on student auditions will be shared at a later date.
WHAT TO BRING:
Please prepare 32 bars of a classic musical theater song that shows range. A classic/classical Christmas hymn is also acceptable. Also, prepare a 1 min monologue in a British accent or dialect.
AUDITION APPOINTMENTS:
Auditions are by appointment only. To schedule your appointment, please click below. Once you have filled out the form, you will be contacted directly to schedule your appointment. We will not be accepting virtual submissions at this time.
Pittsburgh CLO is a non-profit organization and we strive to hire as many local performers as possible. We are committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage performers of all ethnicities, gender identities and expressions, ages, abilities, and body types to audition.
QUESTIONS?
Please email auditions@pittsburghclo.org
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
BOB CRATCHIT
HIGH BARITONE, long suffering, downtrodden, a different man with his children. His family is all to him. A good hearted, caring fellow.
EBENEZER SCROOGE (OFFER OUT)
HIGH BARITONE Male, 60’s, hates the world, frosty, miserly. Uncaring, love of money and little else. Disdainful. Also able to play high jollity and care. He slowly reveals the inner Scrooge as he understands what he has missing in his life. A man fighting with change.
FRED
HIGH BARITONE/TENOR, 20’s, bright, cheery, caring. Undeterred by his Uncle Scrooge’s bad humor, he is determined to stay merry and playful to the last.
JACOB MARLEY
TENOR, 60’s, wiry, gaunt, gloomy, haunted, a messenger of doom. Leaden and weighted down by the world.
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
WIDE RANGE BARITONE, tall, jolly, full of life, large voice with the spirit of Christmas surging through every vein. Embodiment of goodwill. All that is bright and cheerful follows him.
FEZZIWIG
TENOR, 50’s, generous, fun-loving, rotund and jolly. Caring. The epitome of a good man. Playful.
CHRISTMAS FUTURE
Non-speaking. Dark, foreboding, tall and malevolent.
CHRISTMAS PAST
MEZZO/ALTO quietly spoken, compassionate, thoughtful, and pensive. Their purpose is solely to open the eyes of Scrooge to family and friends.
MRS CRATCHIT
MEZZO SOPRANO Female, 30’s, a strong woman with a heart of gold. She is loving and caring to her family and like a lioness in her protection of them. She can stand her ground, as she does to Scrooge.
MRS FEZZIWIG
SOPRANO, Late 40’s, the mirror image of her husband in female form.
MRS DILBER
MEZZO SOPRANO, Late 40’s, large, Scrooge’s housekeeper and laundress. Bold and brassy. Very low character.
BELLE
SOPRANO, Young Scrooge’s only love. A shopgirl. Caring, thoughtful and slight. Pretty and honest.