VALDOSTA – Little Actors Theatre needs performers for two productions “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”

– Little Actors Theatre holds auditions, 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, LAT Studio, 1108 S. Patterson St., for a live, stage version of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” according to the children’s theatre organization.

“This play has all the Charlie Brown characters, Lucy, Linus, Charlie Brown, the rest of the gang, and of course, Snoopy,” Diane Tovar, LAT director, has said. “Perfect starter play for kids.”

Like the animated holiday special, the play tells a story of Christmas’ meaning of spirit and caring instead of the commercialism that had already seeped into the seasonal culture by the cartoon’s debut in the mid 1960s.

The play is faithful to the TV special written by “Peanuts” cartoonist Charles M. Schulz with Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson.

– LAT holds auditions, 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, LAT Studio, 1108 S. Patterson St., for the spring musical “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” Tovar said.

It is a live stage version based on the movie starring Dick Van Dyke as an inventor who creates an amazing car that can become a flying machine and a boat.

“Those auditioning will need to have a song prepared – one to two minutes – and will be asked to do some dance steps shown to them,” Tovar said.

Both auditions are open to children ages 5-19. LAT produces shows for children by children.