LEWISTON — The Public Theatre, Lewiston/Auburn’s Professional Theatre, is holding auditions on Saturday, August 19 (by appointment only), looking for two young performers.

The Public Theatre is looking for a young boy or girl to play the role of child/Tiny Tim in its annual production of A Christmas Carol and a young girl who appears to be 13, for the role of Becky in Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

This is a very exciting opportunity for two talented young performers to work alongside professional actors.

Ideally, the young actor in A Christmas Carol will be no taller than 5 feet and appear younger than 13 years of age. We’re looking for a young actor with a sense of innocence and wonder capable of memorizing some of Dickens’ language. The young performer for A Christmas Carol must be available for rehearsals and performances from Nov 27. – Dec. 10. This job is a paid position. Being a professional theatre, this is an intense two-week commitment of time that will require missing some school for rehearsals and performances.

We are also looking for a young actress for the role of BECKY in the comedy, Incident at our Lady of Perpetual Help. Becky is an unusual young girl. Bright and verbal. Full of energy and a crazy-huge imagination, she is a precocious fan of classic movies and imagines herself to be a junior version of a private eye.  She likes to dress up like Philip Marlowe in a film noir, who cracked cases in films in the 1930s and ’40s. This young actress will need to be available from Jan. 8 – Feb. 4. The job is a paid position that will require missing some school for rehearsal and performances.

If you are interested in auditioning, please call the office at 782-2211 with your child’s name and age, to set up an audition appointment and we will email you the audition material we would like to see prepared.