Actors Conservatory Theatre announces auditions for its Junior Troupe production of the “Barnum,” the circus musical.

Open auditions are Sunday, Jan. 6, from 6 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and Thursday, Jan. 10 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Auditioners must be in grades 5 through 12 and audition slots will be arranged in the order of arrival. Jennifer Langford will direct, with choreography by Janice Paganelli and musical direction by George Croom.

CAST OF CHARACTERS:
Phineas Taylor Barnum
Chairy Barnum (P.T. Barnum’s wife)
Joice Heth (The Oldest Woman Alive)
Tom Thumb (Smallest Man in the World)
Julius Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind’s manager)
Jenny Lind (Swedish Soprano)
Blues Singer (A black woman, same as Joice Heth)
James A. Bailey (Small Circus Owner)

Ringmaster (Circus performer, same as James A. Bailey)
Chester Lyman (Joice Heth’s manager)
Amos Scudder (Owner of the American Museum)
Sherwood Stratton (Tom Thumb’s father)
Mrs. Sherwood Stratton (Tom Thumb’s mother)
Wilton (Barnum’s assistant on the Jenny Lind tour)
Edgar Templeton (Political party boss)
Humbert Morrissey (Political party boss)

First Woman (“Women’s Emporium� Scene)
Second Woman (“Women’s Emporium� Scene)
Concertmaster (Jenny Lind concert scene)

Tumblers, Jugglers, Clowns, Aerialists, Acrobats, Gymnasts, Bricklayers, Passersby, Museum Patrons, Strongmen, Beefeaters, The “Mob� in general, The Bridgeport Pageant Choirs, and Bands of every size, shape and description.

Rehearsals will be Sundays at 4 p.m. and Thursdays and Fridays at 7 p.m., with performances April 4 at 8 p.m., April 5 at 2 and 8 p.m. and April 6 at 2 p.m.

For more information, e-mail ACTShows2@aol.com or call 914.391.6558

Actors Conservatory Theatre is at 20 Buckingham Road in Yonkers. Directions to the theatre can be found at: www.actshows.org/directions.html