Thanksgiving Week Update

 

Thank you all for auditioning- what a truly wonderful group of students you are.

Thank you to our outstanding crew members who worked the auditions.

Thank you all for your patience as we work diligently and thoughtfully to release the cast list for FROZEN, JR.  

Our panel of casting directors has been working tirelessly throughout auditions and last week's callbacks and is currently working to expedite a cast list.  It takes a significant amount of time and thought for our audition adjudication panel to review the copious amount of notes from the four days of auditions and callbacks, as well as each actor’s individual audition forms in which any scheduling conflicts and special skills were noted and then produce a finished cast list.  

There is an adage in professional theatre and film that "casting takes anywhere between one hour and three years"- (in reality the average is 4 weeks for theatre and 6 months for film/tv/on-camera). 

Thankfully ours will not take that long! 

Our panel will be like all of you- enjoying time with their families and the Thanksgiving holiday/break,  we strive to have our list out no later than Sunday, December 5th and hope to expedite the cast list before that time. 

We will keep you posted with any and all updates as we have them. 

                  

PLEASE MARK THE FOLLOWING  DATES ON YOUR CALENDARS

Wednesday, December 8th from 3:45 to 5:45 pm for our first official rehearsal and receive more info on our 12/15 Chanukah Secret exchange and play bonding tradition. 

• This day is a table read of the show.  A table read (also known as a read-through) is an organized reading of a script in which the speaking parts, stage directions, and scene headings are read out loud.
• All cast, the stage manager, and the head of crew should attend the 12/8 rehearsal. 
• Other crew may attend if they are free and would like to join this crew optional rehearsal. 
• On Thursday, December 2, you will each get more info on our Chanukah Secret exchange and play bonding tradition. 

Wednesday, December 15th from 3:45 to 5:30 pm

• All Cast rehearsal (vocals, movement, character)
• Chanukah Secret exchange and play bonding tradition. 

Please note there are only two rehearsals in December. The January schedule will be released and posted on the blog after Thanksgiving week. 

We are excited for an incredible adventure ahead with the most wonderful cast and crew members yet!

Happy Thanksgiving and see you next week!

Wednesday Callback Info

Thank you for another fabulous day of callbacks. 

What great energy and professionalism you all displayed again today. 

BRAVO!

Everyone is called back to the Wednesday 11/17 callback. 

Tomorrow (Wednesday), please change again at the end of study hall into comfortable clothes for our last day of callbacks. 

You will take the bus down to the lower school, where you will sign in to the call board, start a 10-minute warm-up, put on a mic, and pin on your callback number. 

We will start the callback material at 4pm sharp. 

Everything happens in real-time if we see what we need to see from each actor to make a decision we will be able to dismiss students throughout the day and not keep every actor until the end of callbacks which end b/t 6:45pm & 7 pm. If you are dismissed before 6:45/7pm, you may stay in the theatre/arts wing of the lower school until your ride is able to pick you up.

Please pack a snack, water bottle, script, and your best energy for tomorrow. 

Tomorrow we will be looking at:

Pages 98- 106

Kristoff Joik, Fixer Upper & Lines

Kristoff, Pabbie, Bulda, Sven, Olaf, Anna & Hidden Folk Soloists

Pages 72-77

Hygge

Oaken

Pages 107-110

Scene (no song)

Hans, Kristoff, Anna, & Olaf

Pages 46-47

Scene (no song)

Anna, Elsa, Weselton, Steward

Pages 2-8, & 9-13

Let the Sun Shine On

A Little Bit of You

Young Anna, Young Elsa, King Agnarr, Queen Iduna

Pages 39-45

Dangerous to Dream 

Elsa, Bishop

Pages 48-56

Love is an Open Door

Anna, Hans

Pages 92- 95

For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)

Anna, Elsa

Tuesday Callback Information- please read to end of entire post! Thank you!

HI EVERYONE!

Thank you cast and crew mentors for your wonderful energy and professionalism on Friday during our first callback day.

This Tuesday, November 18, EVERYONE will be attending the second callback. If you are changing your clothes, please change during study hall. Once you arrive at the LS. Please sign in on the call board and we will start promptly at 3:45 pm. We hope to get everyone out as soon as possible. You will have time to eat snacks in rotations during our callback time so please bring snacks (or bring a light dinner) and a water bottle.

Everything happens in real-time if we see what we need to see from each actor to make a decision we will be able to dismiss students throughout the day and not keep every actor until the end of callbacks which end b/t 6:45pm & 7 pm. If you are dismissed before 6:45/7pm, you may stay in the theatre/arts wing of the lower school until your ride is able to pick you up.

Please remember to take direction, make specific choices, speak slowly, loudly, and clearly, and understand who you are, where you are, what you are saying/singing, and why you are saying singing it. WORK ON CHARACTER-DRIVEN MOVEMENT! Re-watch Frozen the movie or look at clips on YouTube to remember how these iconic characters move about and walk! LOOK AT THE GIFS BELOW! See how they move & use their faces!

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO YOUR ORIGINAL CALLBACK INTEREST FORM, PLEASE CLICK HERE & FILL OUT THIS NEW CALLBACK CHARACTER FORM before 9:00pm MONDAY.

WHAT ARE WE DOING ON TUESDAY?

ON TUESDAY, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE FOLLOWING

 CHARACTERS, PAGES, & SONGS:

Pages 16 -18
King Agnarr, Queen, Pabbie, Bulda
The First Joik Song & Lines


Pages 19- 24
Young Elsa, Young Anna, Middle Elsa, Middle Anna, King, Queen, Bishop, & Townpersons 1-4.
Do You Want to Build a Snowman? and lines from the song.


Pages 29-39
Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Sven, Hans
Part of For the First Time in Forever & lines after the song


Page 46-47
Anna, Elsa, Weselton, Steward
Scene (no song)


Page 60-70
Kristoff, Sven, Anna, Olaf
Reindeers Are Better Than People, In Summer and lines.


Pages 71-77
Oaken, Kristoff, Anna, Olaf, Oaken Family
Hygge


Pages 98- 106
Kristoff, Pabbie, Bulda, Sven, Olaf, Anna & Hidden Folk Soloists
Fixer Upper & Lines


Pages 107-110
Hans, Kristoff, Anna, & Olaf
Scene (no song)

If there is any additional time left on Tuesday, we will look at Dangerous to Dream, First Time in Forever Reprise, and Let the Sun Shine On. We will for sure be looking at these on Wednesday.