State 2022 Team

 Hey Team! 

I wanted to touch base about the schedule for State Rehearsals.  Those involved with Ballyhoo have already received a calendar for State from Miss Cline in email - PLEASE actors and technicians, be on top of those dates and times so we can really be successful with State!  Our plan is we will head out VERY early on April 21st for competition, so be prepared to miss school that day.

We will not begin any rehearsals until after Spring Break for IEs.  I would greatly encourage you to run your piece or your PART of your piece at least twice over break, but official rehearsal days will not take place until we return.  Days I am encouraging you to be there for IE rehearsal from 2:30-4:30pm are April 12th, 14th, and 19th.  Everyone is REQUIRED to come for day before things and out final team day from 12pm-2pm on the virtual Friday, April 22nd.   We NEED you there and there on time that day for all our announcements and final runs - please bring all props and costume pieces from home that day. 

We will head to compete with IEs on Satursday, April 23rd at 7:30am SHARP.  We will have everyone there by 7:20am, load the bus, and pull out at 7:30am to head to Viewmont High School in Bountiful.  Plan to be there ALL day and get back between 4-5pm. I will have more specific details AFTER Spring Break, but don't get them until the 12th. 

Let's put our whole hearts into our pieces for just a FEW more weeks and really BRING IT at State!  We can do this - have fun and get well rested over Spring Break, y'all! :) 

Ballyhoo Pictures!

Below are the links to all headshots and show shots for Last Night of Ballyhoo!

Thank you for all of the amazing effort and love put into this show - bravo on incredible work and enjoy the memories captured! 

Headshots:  https://photos.app.goo.gl/nN9PrAQGWevuvmF97

Atlanta Cast:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_GOWK9_GlR2BTu7oB2T0X856MDlo4mv5 

Brooklyn Cast:  https://photos.app.goo.gl/aP24SnRVGZ76WVkX6

I will be adding pictures from Region/State to this entry after competition.  Thanks! 

"The Last Night of Ballyhoo" Final Cast List

 “The Last Night of Ballyhoo” Final Cast List 

A huge thank you to all who auditioned! For those on the final cast list, please meet in the green room of the PAC (theatre room) promptly at 2:45pm on Friday, December 17th, 2021 for a quick meeting.

Assistant Director: Toni Alonzo

Stage Manager: Brad Green

Head Sound Tech: Jaycey Bennion

Head Lighting Tech: Brody Gibbs

Head Floor Tech: Chase Gardner

Costume Manager/Tech Support: Ellie Vander Veur

Brooklyn Cast 

Sunny: Jenna Foulks

Lala: Irey Oviatt

Reba: Audrey Wilson

Boo: Alex Liljenquist

Adolph: Jaxson Baker

Joe: Landon Horrocks

Peachy: Andrew McHenry

Atlanta Cast

Sunny: Stephanie Marks

Lala: Ruby Gardner

Reba: Lizzy Erwin

Boo: Morgan Schwendiman

Adolph: Jack Milner

Joe: Eli Galata

Peachy: Nate Coleman

Ensemble  (both casts)

Ben Baxter

Tessa Osborne

Addison Scarborough

Kalaya Thomas

"The Last Night of Ballyhoo" Callback List!!

Please read the entire post below!

A huge thank you to everyone who auditioned for this year’s spring show, The Last Night of Ballyhoo.

Those who have been asked to attend callbacks should meet in the green room in the PAC immediately

after school and be prepared to read for parts.  Callbacks will begin promptly at 2:35 pm on Thursday,

December 16th, 2021.

Folks being called back for Sunny, Lala, Boo, Reba, Adolph, and Peachy may be asked to read some or

all of their lines with a Southern Atlanta dialect.  Those called back for Joe may be asked to read some

or all of their lines with a Brooklyn dialect.  Please be prepared to read for any part you are listed under.

Additionally, please know that you may have earned a part in the show even if you aren't called back. 

Similarly, being called back does not guarantee you a part in Ballyhoo.

Callback sides will come from the following pages (Dramatists Play Service green cover version):

7-8 (Lala, Reba, Boo), 13-14 (Reba, Boo) , 26-28 (Sunny, Joe), 32-33 (Boo, Adolph),

42-44 (Lala, Sunny, Adolph, Boo, Joe), 45 (Sunny), 66-67 (Peachy, Lala), 77 (Sunny, Joe).

Listed below are those who will read at callbacks. I can’t wait to see your work - break a leg!!

Callback List

Sunny

Jenna Foulks, Stephanie Marks, Audrey Wilson, Anna Teichart

Lala

Jenna Foulks, Stephanie Marks, Audrey Wilson, Ruby Gardner, Irey Oviatt, Ella Gardner

Boo

Dani Gibson, Audrey Wilson, Morgan Schwendiman, Alex Liljenquist

Reba

Dani Gibson, Audrey Wilson, Ruby Gardner, Morgan Schwendiman, Lizzy Erwin

Adolph

Jaxson Baker, Jack Milner, Eli Galata

Joe

Andrew McHenry, Landon Horrocks, Eli Galata

Peachy

Jaxson Baker, Andrew McHenry, Jack Milner, Landon Horrocks, Nate Coleman

Spring Show 2022 Announcement!

Our Spring Show Announcement is here - I encourage you to read the script and become familiar with the area/time period/and dialects of the piece before auditions on December 15th.  Here we go...

We are thrilled to announce that our spring show is…The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry!  This show takes place in December 1939 and follows the Freitag family – an upper-class Jewish family in Atlanta – as they prepare for Ballyhoo, a cotillion-esque ball that is the social event of season.  In the midst of their preparations, they meet Joe Farkas.  Joe is from Brooklyn and is of Eastern European Jewish descent.  In getting to know Joe, the Freitags (especially Sunny) wrestle with understanding and identifying Jewish discrimination from both within, and outside of, the Jewish community. 

Alfred Uhry also wrote the play Driving Miss Daisy and the libretto for the musical Parade.  The Last Night of Ballyhoo won the 1997 Tony Award for “Best Play.” 

 

This play is largely a comedy, but does have some wonderful dramatic moments.  It is an ensemble piece comprised of gloriously wacky, over-the-top characters. 

 

A note on dialects and auditions:  In choosing your audition monologue, the first priority is choosing a piece that fits the show and having it performance ready for auditions.  If you want to use a dialect with your audition you are welcome to, but it is not required.  We will be asking for Atlanta and Brooklyn dialects in call backs.  Please note - the Atlanta dialect is different from Texas or mountain southern, and the Brooklyn dialect is different from the Long Island dialect we often associate with New Yorkers.  All of that to say – be thorough and specific in your dialect research!   

 

Look for more information in the next couple weeks! 

 - Mrs. Cline and Miss Struiksma