The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
By Barbara Robinson

SHOW DATES:  December 5-7 and 12-14
Fridays-Saturdays, 7:00pm; Sundays 2:00pm
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Auditions:  September 6 & 7
Place:  Hyde Park Opera House
Times (for both days): 
9:00am-10:30am -- ages under 10
10:30am-12:00noon -- ages 10-16
12:00noon-1:00pm -- ages 17 and up! 
Sunday, 1:00pm -- Call-backs, if needed



In this hilarious holiday tale, a replacement director who is struggling to put on the annual 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 Herdmans collide with the nativity story head on!

"One of the best Christmas stories ever -- and certainly one of the funniest." (Seattle Times)

 

Character Descriptions

Grace Bradley: Mother of Beth and Charlie, and new director of the Christmas pageant. She's determined to make the pageant the best one ever, even with the Herdmans.

Bob Bradley: Grace Bradley's husband, is your average American father, but doesn't want to go to the pageant almost as much as the kids.

Helen Armstrong: In charge of the Potluck supper, Bazaar, and Christmas Pageant, until she broke her leg, and then everything went to the dogs, or, Herdmans.

Charlie Bradley: The cute younger brother that could never do anything wrong, until that fateful day Leroy stole his lunch...

Beth Bradley: (Narrator in the play version) the oldest Bradley child, who is somewhat like the voice of reason, at least a little bit.

Alice Wendelken: The goody-two-shoes girl that the adults love.Alice is just considered to be annoying to her peers, including her best friend Beth. She's always Mary in the pageant, but Imogene Herdman made her change her mind...

Maxine: The narrator in the pageant, just like Alice, just not as "goody-goody"

Elmar Hopkins: Son of the reverend, perfect kid, an example to his fellow students, and is hating every second of it. He's always Joseph, but he's too afraid of Ralph Herdman to argue.

Hobie Clark: The kid with all the excuses. He was already bored with the pageant, but now he has to share it with the worst kids in the world.

David: Charlie's best friend

Reverend Hopkins: Elmer's father, who basically doesn't want anything to go wrong, and can see nothing but that happening if the Herdman's are involved.

The Herdmans

Ralph: The biggest of the Herdmans. Always getting hit by Imogene and Gladys, He's Joseph, but he doesn't really know or care what that means.

Imogene: She tells them what to do, and they listen because, well, she's Imogene. She's Mary, and that's the way she likes it.

Leroy: The schoolyard bully who always steals Charlie's lunch. He heard about the refreshments at Sunday school and passed the information on to his siblings. Although he's sort of like a thug, he gives the gift of a Ham to Jesus.

Ollie: Always looking for trouble.

Claude: likes to set people on fire.

Gladys: She's the smallest, but she's fast, and she's mean, and she bites. Gladys is now the Angel of the Lord, who she thinks is her favorite comic book character, the Mighty Marvo.

 



CAST                                                                                              PRODUCTION TEAM

                                                                                                        Director                              Morgan Irons

                                                                                                        Producer                            John Dunn

                                                                                                        Set Designer                      

                                                                                                        Lighting Designer               

                                                                                                        Stage Managers                  Dorcas Jones
                                                                                                                                                  Brian Marcoux

                                                                                                        Set Construction                 John DeRienzo         

                                                                                                        Set Painting                       

                                                                                                        Costumers                           

                                                                                                        Properties                           Ellie Peters   

                                                                                                        Special Effects 

                                                                                                        Lighting Operator              

                                                                                                        Make-Up Designer 

                                                                                                        Publicity                             Dean Burnell

                                                                                                        Box Office Manager           Perry Burnell

                                                                                                        House Manager

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