Congratulations to our UHSMTA nominees and our Murder Mystery folks on a wonderful first rehearsal day. And we are also quickly approaching auditions for The Play That Goes Wrong!!!
I am so, so excited for this show and excited to see your work at auditions!
Please carefully go through the Audition Packet - linked HERE. Printed packets will be available on the Little Theatre callboard this week and the QR code to sign up for auditions will be up on the callboard on Wednesday. Please see below for several key things about our production and audition process:
1. BRING ALL REQUIRED PAPERWORK TO YOUR AUDITION - this paperwork is specified in the audition packet and includes your Q1 final grades and current Q2 grades. Do not forget your grades. Part of the preparation that I'm looking for is that you have your paperwork prepared and with you.
2. You will audition in groups of 3 - similar to how musical auditions work. You will come into the Little Theatre with 2 other people and you will each have a turn to perform your monologue. You will leave as a group once everyone is done, then the next group of 3 will come in.
3. Please prepare a 30 - 60 second monologue in the style of the show (not from the show itself).
4. We will perform with British and Cockney dialects. You are encouraged to audition with one of those dialects but not required. If you're asked to attend callbacks, I will ask you to use those dialects.
5. If you are asked to attend callbacks, please wear workout clothes/clothes that you can move in - not professional/typical audition attire. I would still love to see professional dress for initial auditions.
6. I've had several great questions about how casting will work. Please see below for how I'll be proceeding with casting for this production:
We will have 2 casts of actors for the following characters
(cast names - Spies and Peter Pan):
Annie - Stage Manager (fem)
Trevor/Taylor - Lights and sound booth (any)
Chris/Christine - Inspector (any)
Jonathan - Charles (masc)
Robert/Rachel - Colleymore (any)
Dennis/Denis - Perkins (any)
Max - Cecil and Arthur (masc)
Sandra - Florence (fem)
We will also have a group of 3 Actor/Techs who will help the
floor techs run the show and will be seen several times
throughout the show, including the on-stage pre-show.
This group of actors will NOT be double cast.
We will have a final group of 4 House & Lobby Actors
who will stage "goes wrong shenanigans" for the
lobby and house before the show and during intermission.
This group of actors will NOT be double cast.
I encourage you to become familiar with this show by looking up youtube clips or searching for a PDF of the script online.
Dates at a glance:
Dec. 17 - Auditions
Dec. 18 - Callbacks
Dec. 19 - First cast meeting
Full calendar provided over break
Rehearsals resume 1/5. Tech begins 2/2
Shows: 2/18 (Spies cast), 2/19 (Peter Pan cast), 2/20 (Spies cast), 2/21 (Peter Pan cast)
Strike: 2/23 until 6 pm
If you have questions, please email me by 12/12!
-Cline
