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Please come with a prepared one-minute monologue and a song (at least 16 bars).
Needed: 11 adults and 2 children plus a chorus
Performances will be held November 18, 19, 25, 26 at 8pm and November 19, 20, 26, 27 at 3pm
Character List:
– Karl Stossel at age 9
– Gustave Stossel, Karl’s grandfather
– Alma Stossel, Karls’s mother
– Peter Stossel, Karl’s father
The Crew/Men Storytellers
– Rudy/Man #1
– Oskar/Man #2
– Steve/Man #3
– Hans/Officer Wells/Man#4
– Karl Stossel, at age 15/young man
The Women/Women Storytellers
– Enid/Woman #1
– Martha/Kate/Woman#3
– Mary Claire Daugherty, age 10/young girl
“This critically acclaimed holiday treat tells the true story a a Michigan shipping captain who braves the deadly winter weather to bring Christmas trees to homesick German American families in turn-of-the-century Chicago. His voyages become a yearly tradition despite his wife’s misgivings–until a fateful voyage makes her realize the true importance of his mission.” Want something new and exciting for the holidays? Take a ride on The Christmas Schooner.
Produced by Special Arrangement with Music Theatre International, Inc.
Submitted by: Linda Roach, Vice President of the Rivertowne Players, 252-634-7877