Auditions for The Best Christmas
Pageant Ever

Directed by Tom Schaller

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center announces auditions for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever to be held September 25, 2025. Auditions are open to all ages.

The Audition

Auditions will take place on Thursday, September 25, 2025, from 4:00pm-8:30pm in Lincoln Park Performing Arts Rehearsal Studio. Please enter through the 10th Street Entrance.

  • Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to your scheduled audition time to check in and fill out any necessary paperwork.

  • Please prepare a one-minute dramatic or comedic monologue.

  • Please bring a current picture and resume.

Callbacks

Callbacks will be scheduled by invitation only on Friday, September 26, 2025, from 4:00pm to 8:30pm in Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center’s Rehearsal Studio.

  • Please enter through the 10th Street Entrance.

Current Lincoln Park students under the age of 18 must download and complete the following Application for Minors in Performances form and bring with them to auditions.

Students under the age of 18 who do not attend Lincoln Park, please download and complete this full version of the form and bring to your audition.

To sign up for an audition time slot, please complete the online form.
** You will receive a confirmation email with your time after completing the form. 

Synopsis

In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdman’s collide head-on with the story of Christmas!

Character Breakdown

Father (Bob Bradley): solid family man, 35-38

Mother (Grace Bradley): trim, attractive, 35ish

Beth Bradley:  the narrator, strong voice and presence, 10-11

Charlie Bradley: traditional kid brother, 8-9

Ralph Herdman: ragged, scroungy, slouching manner, touch of adolescent cool, 11-12

Imogene Herdman: loud, bossy, crafty, 11-12

Leroy Herdman: tough, sure of himself, 10-11

Claude Herdman: tough, combative, 9-10

Ollie Herdman: looking for trouble, Claude’s usual partner in crime, 8-9

Gladys Herdman: small, wiry, feisty, 7-8

 Alice Wendleken: prim, proper, pain in the neck, 10-11

Gladys Herdman: small, wiry, feisty, 7-8

Mrs. Armstrong: largish woman, managerial in voice and manner, 50ish

Mrs. Slocum: pleasant, motherly woman, 35-60

Mrs. Clark: pleasant, motherly woman, 35-60

Mrs. Clausing: pleasant, motherly woman, 35-60

Mrs. McCarthy: a younger, less imperious version of Mrs. Armstrong, middle 40’s

Maxine: child, 10-11

Elmer Hopkins: child, 12-13

Hobie: child, 9-10

David: child 8-9

Beverly: child, 7-8

Fireman: 25-30

Fireman: 25-30

Shirley: child, 5-6

Juanita: child, 5-6

Doris: child, 9-10

Reverend Hopkins: middle to late 40’s

Extra Angel Choir Members, Baby Angels & Shepherds

Schedule

Rehearsal

  • Monday, November 3, 2025 - Thursday, November 6, 2025, 4-8:30PM

  • Sunday, November 9, 2025, 1-5:00PM

  • Monday, November 10, 2025 - Thursday, November 13, 2025, 4-8:30PM

  • Sunday, November 16, 2025, 1-5:00PM

  • Monday, November 17, 2025 - Thursday, November 20, 2025, 4-8:30PM

  • Sunday, November 23, 2025, 1-5:00PM

Run Through (Mandatory)

  • Monday, November 24, 2025, 4-8:30PM (Designer Run)

Tech Rehearsal (Mandatory)

  • Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 4-9:00PM

  • Sunday, November 30, 2025, 1:00-9:00PM

  • Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 4-9:00PM

  • Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 4-9:00PM

  • Thursday, December 4, 2025, 4-9:00PM

Performances (Mandatory)

  • Friday, December 5, 2025, 7:30PM  

  • Saturday, December 6, 2025, 2:00PM   

  • Saturday, December 6, 2025, 7:30PM   

  • Sunday, December 7, 2025, 2:00PM  

  • Thursday, December 11, 2025, 7:30PM   

  • Friday, December 12, 2025, 7:30PM  

  • Saturday, December 13, 2025, 2:00PM   

  • Saturday, December 13, 2025, 7:30PM   

  • Sunday, December 14, 2025, 2:00PM   

  • Thursday, December 18, 2025, 7:30PM  

  • Friday, December 19, 2025, 7:30PM  

  • Saturday, December 20, 2025, 2:00PM   

  • Saturday, December 20, 2025, 7:30PM  

  • Sunday, December 21, 2024, 2:00PM   

Seeking strong singers and actors; all genders, types, and ethnicities encouraged to audition. 

Performers of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, gender identities and expressions, and performers living with disabilities are encouraged to audition.