IRON MOUNTAIN — Auditions for Dickinson County Community Theatre’s November production of “A Christmas Story” will be 6 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Braumart Theatre.

The production will be directed by Fred Jump, who directed “Li’l Abner” and recently played the narrator in “Shakespeare for an Evening.”

Produced by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company, Jean Shepherd’s “A Christmas Story” is a play in two acts by Philip Grecian.

“A Christmas Story” is based on the 1983 Turner Entertainment Company motion picture written by Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark, drawn from Shepherd’s novel, “In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.” The movie has become a holiday family favorite.

Characters to be cast include Ralphie, whose life goal is to get an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot Range Model air rifle with a compass and this thing that tells time built right into the stock. How else can he save Mom and the Old Man and Randy from “Black Bart” and the Desperadoes? Miss Shields, who will grade his essay in which he pours out reasons for a Red Ryder, his buddies Flick and Schwartz and the villain Scut Farkas all will be cast, along with fellow students Esther Jane Alberry and Helen Weathers.

The play is similar to the popular movie, so those interested in auditioning should review the movie and decide what size role they might prefer — larger parts such as Ralph as a grown-up, or more brief characters such as the tree lot salesman or the work-man who brings the “major award,” the legendary leg lamp.

For more information or to register, call Members and friends of DCCT, Friends of the Braumart, kids from Future Stars Acting Company and interested people from the general public are welcome to audition for what promises to be a fun beginning to the Christmas season.