FAC Family Theatre

Hi there for all of you who read this in time. The Fine Arts Center will be doing 2 plays this fall The Golden Goose and Charlotte's Web. Auditions will be Tuesday from 6-8 and Thursday from 6-8 with potential callbacks on Saturday.

The Website is FAC Family Theatre.

ACYI's Spring 2015 Musical

Well I spilled the beans earlier today and so I need to announce the musical for this next year. I spoke with Principal Thompson last May and with Mrs. Crane at the Middle School and Mrs. Day at the High School and we are all excited about this next year.

Drum roll please...

We are doing "SEUSSICAL, the MUSICAL Jr."

This is a super fun show with lots of fun parts. The musical weaves a lot of famous characters from Horton hears a Who, The Cat in the Hat and other Dr. Seuss' books. There are lots of speaking parts and there are two ensembles, the Jungle Animals of Nool and the Whos of Whoville.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQtnUmjrk5I

This link should take you to a video of a Performing Arts High School's opening number "Oh the thinks you can think!"

Auditions will be the last week of school in December or the first week of school in January. The planned show dates are March 13, 14 & 16.

More information to come.

Theatre Camp at the Fine Arts Center

For those of you with an intrest in bettering your skills on stage there is a theatre camp next week at the Fine Arts Center. I will be teaching audition techniques with Shannon McCullam. All students will prepare an audition piece with us and perform it for a panel of local judges and get feedback. There will also be a presentation at the end for the parents. To sign up contact the Fine Arts Center.

King and I Blog

For those of you in the King and I, here is the link.


http://kingandiheritage.blogspot.com/

The link is up

 This link has the same information I put on the last post, as well as a printable version of the audition form. Hope to see some of you there.

https://www.heritagetheatreutah.com/auditions.html

King and I Information

This summer the Heritage Theatre will be producing 'The King and I' a Rodgers & Hammerstein classic. I have been asked to direct it and I am very excited. There are parts for teenagers, although none of them are leads. There are two potential featured parts for boys. 

I will also be posting a link the Heritage Theatre website when they get up this information. 

The Auditions will be Tuesday May 20 & Thursday May 22 from 6-8:30, with potential callbacks on Saturday May 24.

It is encouraged for those in this age range to audition on Tuesday, because that is when our choreographer will be there to teach a dance to all boys and girls ages 12-18.

I will not take everyone who tries out. It is nothing personal to each student who participated in Aladdin. There just aren't enough parts for all of the kids from Aladdin, nor is there space on the Heritage stage. 

Those of you coming to auditions should come in clothes that you are able to dance in.

As other information about auditions at other local shows comes in I will post it here on the blog.

Below is a cast list description that should appear on the Heritage Theatre website tonight.

Cast List

Anna Leonowens- 28-45, (Mezzo), New schoolteacher at the King’s palace

King- 35-50, (Baritone), Monarch of the Siamese Empire

Tuptim- 15-24, (Soprano), Servant given to the King

Lun Tha- 17-25, (Tenor), Secret lover of Tuptim

Lady Thiang- 30-45, (Soprano), Head wife of the King

Lous Leonowens- 8-14, (Tenor), Anna’s son

Prince Chulalongkorn- 10-16, (Tenor), The King’s oldest son

The Kralahome- 20-50, (Speaking), Strong minded Advisor to the King

The Interpreter/Phra Alak- (16-30), Speaking, Humble servant

Captain Orton- 35-60, (Speaking), Captain of the ship (May be double casted as Sir Edward Ramsey)

Sir Edward Ramsey- 30-45, (Speaking), British diplomat (May be double casted as Captain Orton)

Royal Children (11)- 4-14, The King’s children

Royal Wives (6)- 30-50, The King’s Wives

Royal Dancers (12)- 11-15, Can be either girl or boy dancers

Royal Singers (6)- 12-18, Girls

Palace Guards/Dock Workers (6)- 12-18, Boys

 Expectations:

Everyone should prepare 16 measures of a ballad from a musical. Accompaniment will be provided. Those auditioning for a speaking part should be prepared to have a cold read of the script for their audition. 

All boys and girls 11-15 should audition on Tuesday, because that is when we are doing the dance auditions. 

We will be doing auditions in groups. So families can audition together, as well as groups of friends. If you are auditioning alone we will put you in a small group.

Callbacks will be by invitation for Saturday morning. 

The rehearsal period will last the entire summer. 

We understand that there will be vacations and camps; we will be as understanding as possible. If you will miss several weeks of rehearsal that will play a factor in casting the show, so please, put all known unavailable dates on the audition form.

Rehearsals for the dancers, singers, guards, wives and children will be kept as minimal as possible. We will be rehearsing in blocks. This means the first week of rehearsal we will work the first 3 or 4 scenes. All the music, dance and blocking will be done throughout the week culminating in a run through on Saturday of the week’s work. This may mean that on a certain week many characters have no rehearsal, and on other weeks they may have it Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

We ask that August be kept as open as possible. The last 2-3 weeks is when we will be putting the whole show together. 

Typically rehearsals will go 6-9 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and 9-12 on Saturdays. The last 2 weeks we will be going every day.

The show will run from August 22- Sept 13. There will be performances during the county fair, Labor Day weekend and Peach Days.

Reminder

Just a reminder we have a cast party for all the kids who were in the show at Walker Cinemas this Saturday at 9am. We will be watching RIO. See you there!