In this zany holiday comedy that takes place one year after A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge has reverted to his miserly ways and is now suing Jacob Marley and the three ghosts—of Christmas Past, Present and Future—for various charges including breaking and entering, kidnapping, and emotional distress.

Cast

Auditions

ISO WITTY GENTLEMEN AND SAUCY WOMEN!!!!
Come Audition for Christmas Comedy!!!
Auditions for The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge, a comedy by Mark Brown, will be held at the Aiken Community Theatre on Sunday September 20 at 6:00 PM and Monday September 21 at 6:00 pm. Performance Dates: December 4, 5, 6, 11 & 12; Strike December 13.

Download Audition Sides here. (Here’s a new version of Side 4.) The characters in each scene are as follows:

• Judge( Pearson), Baliff Connolly Pages 7-8
• Rothschild, Cratchit, Mrs. Cratchit Pages 12-14
• Fred, Rothschild, Scrooge, Judge 17-22
• Rothschild, Mrs. Wainwright, Scrooge, Baliff, Judge 22-25
• Marley, Scrooge, Judge, Rothschild 28-31
• Scrooge, Christmas Past, Rothschild, Judge 34-38
• Fan, Rothschild 41-43
• Scrooge, Bell 43-46
• Scrooge, Mrs. Dilber , Judge, Rothschild 63-66
• Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Translator, Judge, Scrooge, Rothschild 67-69

Characters:

• Solomon Rothschild “England’s most charismatic, savvy, and clever barrister”…loves the sound of his own voice.
• Hon. Stanchfield R. Pearson, Presiding Judge, “the newly crowned King of Humbug”
• Ebenezer Scrooge , still Mr. Negativity , “mean, angry and bitter”, ( but now has a fool for a client)
• Mr. Connolly, the Bailiff. Rather jolly. Our comic relief.
• Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer’s clerk , still on the job.
• Mrs. Cratchit; Courtroom Spectator with opinions
• Frederick Fitzpatrick (“Fred”)Ebenezer’s nephew recalling the annual Christmas invitation
• Miss Sarah Wainwright “a wealthy dowager with a golden spoon up her hams”
• Jacob Marley (Still quite dead, with all the accessories) Was it a visit or a trespass?
• Ghost of Christmas Past: “though gentle as a woman’s hand, her grasp was not to be resisted.” A powerful ghost with a powerful hat. Spritely. The actor cast in this part will also
  play:
• Fan Scrooge Fitzpatrick: Ebenezer’s little sister with the large heart and then the actor will go on to play:
• Belle. Was once engaged to Ebenezer. Now Mrs. Worthington
• Harriet Penelope Dilber, a saucy old beggar woman arms full of bags
• Ghost of Christmas Future…big…scary…entity…only moans, but with FEELING
• Translator for Ghost of Christmas Future (the world’s yer oyster here)