Audition Packet

Semester 1 2020

Class Information ...... 2 The Audition Process ...... 3 Audition Results ...... 3 Audition Requirements ...... 4 Audition Material FAQ...... 5 Song Suggestions...... 6 Monologues ...... 7

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Class Information

What is Broadway Stars Plus!? Broadway Stars Plus is our teenage Musical Theatre class that works at advanced levels to improve our students’ skills in singing, dancing and acting. This class is by audition only to ensure that students have the focus, dedication and potential to achieve the most from the challenging curriculum. The class is suited to students who have a keen interest in pursuing the performing arts or have a passion for any aspect of Musical Theatre.

Our Broadway Stars Plus students will be involved in the Semester-End Showcase/Presentation tentatively on 5 & 6 Dec 2020. The details will be confirmed on a later date, depending on the Covid-19 regulation at the time.

Classes Details: Broadway Stars Plus 1 Time: 5.30pm-7.30pm Day: Wednesday Date: 19 Aug to 02 Dec 2020, NO CLASS on 21 Oct 2020

Broadway Stars Plus 2 Time: 9am-11am Day: Saturday Date: 22 Aug to 05 Dec 2020, NO CLASS on 24 Oct

Broadway Stars Plus 3 Time: 2.30pm-4.30pm Day: Saturday Date: 22 Aug to 05 Dec 2020, NO CLASS on 24 Oct

Term fees: $65 x 15 classes = $975 (Please note that additional fees may be charged for class materials, dancewear, show tickets etc)

The Audition Process

Why Audition?

What are we looking for?

The students do not have to be excellent in all three areas of Musical Theatre, but we would like to see experience and potential from their audition. A BWS+ student will also embody these qualities: • Confident – Confident at performing, not afraid to try new things and an excellent communicator. • Independent & Collaborative – Is excellent at working both independently and working together with an ensemble. • Passionate – Is passionate about Musical Theatre & performing arts. • Hard Working – Is able to work incredibly hard throughout a 15 Week course

Audition Results

We assure that all students will receive a decision on their audition and placement within 7 working days of applying for the course. It is incredibly important to audition early as the places will start to be filled as soon as auditions are open. Students will receive one of 4 results from our auditions: • Confirmed Place – Student is accepted into the class. Parents can secure the place through payment. • Understudy List – Students on the understudy list will be offered a space if there are any spaces available two weeks before the class start. • Recall – We may need students to re-record or perform another item to further assess their ability before we can make a final decision. • Future Star – If a student is a future star their audition for this round is unsuccessful and we will issue feedback to students on how to gain more experience so they can apply again in future. (At Sing’theatre Academy we truly believe in nurturing the talents of every student and see the potential in every individual. BWS+ however is a specific class designed for higher level students. Because of this not every student will be ready for the class even if they are a current student of Sing’theatre Academy.)

Audition Requirements

To audition for the programme, students must submit video auditions with the below criteria. Please carefully read the requirements. Please film each element as a separate video. • 1 x Video Introduction no longer than one minute, introducing yourself and your prior musical theatre experience.

• 1x Song – Fully perform with confidence and originality a verse and chorus of a musical theatre song of no longer than 1.5 minutes. (Suggestions P5)

• 1x Monologue – Learn & perform one of the given monologues. (Monologues P9-11)

• 1x Dance - Video of the student dancing in a previous rehearsal or a show, or a dance learned at home.

Submitting Your Audition

To submit the audition students should upload their details, experience and video files to the below google form. The final date for upload all auditions to the form will be Monday 10th August 2020. So, we highly recommend uploading your auditions as early possible as places will be assigned once we start to receive successful auditions. Each class has a strict enrolment of 9 students per class.

https://tinyurl.com/yyc4pd4l

Audition Material FAQ

Video Introduction

The video introduction is a chance for the audition panel to get to know the student’s personality and find out a little about their past experience. The video should be natural and honest and feel free to talk briefly about past performing and training experiences.

Songs

Follow the below tips to make sure your singing audition meets the criteria. • Learn the lyrics off by heart • Act the song & remember that in musical theatre singing, acting is just as important as the singing technique. • Avoid dancing or too many “actions” in your physical performance • Choose an age appropriate song • Make sure the sound and video quality is clear • Find a good quality backing track on YouTube, Spotify or iTunes to perform with if you do not have the ability to perform with piano. • If students would prefer to send a snippet of a solo performance from the last 12 months that meets the criteria this is also acceptable. • The recording should be a whole body shot to see the whole actor

Monologues

You are required to select one of the monologues to learn for the audition. Please choose a monologue from the appropriate category. • We are happy for actors to play different gendered roles. • Learn the monologue off by heart • Perform and physicalise the monologue. • The recording should be a whole body shot to see the whole actor. • Speak clearly but with emotion

Recording

Record your videos showing the performers full body. Make sure each individual element is a separate video. Upload to a file sharing site such as Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, or YouTube as you will need to share the links to each file when submitting the audition. Please contact the office if you require any help.

Song Suggestions

Students may sing any musical theatre song they wish, but if you require some suggestions, we have provided some songs as guidance.

Male: Waving Through A Window – Dear Evan Hansen Grow For Me – Little Shop Of Horrors The Kite - You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown Kansas City – Oklahoma Proud Of Your Boy – Aladdin Out There – Hunchback Of Notre Dame

Female: My New Philosophy – You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown One Perfect Moment – 13 The Musical Come Out Of The Dumpster – The Wedding Singer In My Dreams – Anastasia Fabulous Baby – Sister Act Live Out Loud – A Little Princess Wait A Bit – Just So

Monologues Choose ONE monologue for audition to BWS+. Monologue 1. Show Dear Evan Hansen Character Name Evan Hansen Character Description Evan is a 17-year-old outcast in his senior year in high school, with severe social anxiety and a broken arm. Setting Evan is mentally writing himself one last letter reflecting on the impact he has had on his community and finally accepts himself. Monologue Dear, Evan Hansen. Today is going to be a good day, and here's why; because today no matter what else, you are you. So no hiding. No lying. Just you, and that's enough. Maybe someday... everything that happens. Will feel like a distant memory? Maybe someday no one will even remember about the Connor Project, or me. But maybe someday some other kid will be standing here, staring out at the trees feeling so alone. Wondering if maybe the world might look different from all the way up there. Better? And then maybe he'll start climbing one branch at a time, and then he'll keep going! Even when it seems like he can't find another foothold. Even when it feels hopeless like everything is telling him to let go. This time, this time he won't let go. He'll just hold on. He'll hold on and he'll keep going. Keep going until he sees the sun.

Monologue 2. Show Urinetown Character Name Bobby Strong Character Description A dashing young everyman who works for Miss Pennywise as the Assistant Custodian at the poorest, filthiest urinal in town; A hopeless romantic hero who only wants the world to be good. Setting Bobby is persuading the other rebels not to beat up hope Cladwell and to take the fight to UGC instead. Monologue Friends, I know you’re afraid. But this has got to be about more than just revenge and the vicarious thrill of stringing someone up who can’t defend herself. And I may just be in love with her. But I made a promise up there. A promise that from this day forward, no man would be denied his essential humanity due to the condition of his pocketbook. That no man in need would be ignored by another with the means to help him. Here and now, from this day forward, because of you, you, and you, we will look into the faces of our fellow men and see not only a brother, but a sister as well.

Monologue 3. Show Matilda The Musical Character Name Miss Trunchbull Character Description Agatha Trunchbull is the headmistress of Crunchem Hall, and even though she works with children, she's a mean, hateful, vindictive woman who hates kids. She's a bully and a terror who calls students names and scares them with her violent actions. Played by a man in the Musical. Can be a male or female monologue. Setting Miss Trunchbull is furious and is shouting at Miss Honey. Monologue How dare you? You are not fit to be in this school madam. You ought to be in prison! In the deepest dankest darkest prison! I shall have you wheeled out strapped to a trolley with a muzzle over your mouth. I shall crush you. I shall pound you. I shall dissect you madam. I shall strap you down to a table and perform experiments on you. I shall feed you to the termites, and then I shall squash the termites into tiny fragments. And then I shall crush those tiny fragments into dust. And then I shall take the dust and feed it to the bloodworms. Then the bloodworms I shall feed to birds and the birds I shall release into the air and shoot them down with my 12 balled shotgun and so on, and so on, an infinitum madam, and infinitum.

Monologue 4. Show Newsies Character Name Katherine Plumber Character Description Ambitious young reporter and daughter of Joseph Pulitzer. Very headstrong and ambitious. Setting At this point she is trying to convince Jack how to win the war on her father joseph Pulitzer. Monologue Really Jack? Really? Only you can have a good idea? Being boss doesn’t mean you have all the answers, just the brains to recognize the right one when you hear it. The strike was your idea. The rally was Davey’s. And now my plan will take us to the finish line. Deal with it. (Holds up a paper) “The Children’s Crusade: For the sake of all of the kids in every sweatshop, factory, and slaughter house in New York, I beg you...join us.” With those words, the strike stopped being just about the newsies. You challenged your whole generation to stand up and demand a place at the table. Think, Jack, if we publish this- my words with one of your drawings- and if every worker under twenty-one read it and stayed home from work...or better yet, came to Newsie Square- a general city-wide strike! Even my father couldn’t ignore that. 8

Monologue 5. Show Little Shop Of Horrors Character Name Audrey Character Description Lacking in education and self-esteem, Audrey suffers from feelings of hopelessness at her situation in life, including her abusive relationship with her boyfriend, Orin Scrivello. Setting Girls are teasing Audrey about her poor taste in men but Audrey goes on to tell them about a little place she always dreams about in her perfect life where she could escape from Skid Row. Monologue Oh no. It's just a day‐dream of mine. A little development I dream of. Just off the Interstate. Not fancy like Levittown. Just a little street in a little suburb, far far from Urban Skid Row. The sweetest, greenest place‐ where everybody has the same little lawn out front and the same little flagstone patio out back. And all the houses are so neat and pretty... “Cause they all look just alike. Oh, I dream about it all the time. Just me. And the toaster. And a sweet little guy. Like Seymour.

Monologue 6. Show The Little Mermaid Character Name Ursula Character Description Power-hungry, ambitious, manipulative witch with a tendency to excuse her own behaviour, but she's also very flamboyant, is clearly comfortable in her own skin, and has a very sassy sense of humour. Setting She is talking to her minions brooding over how she can change her situation and get her revenge. Monologue Flotsam my pet! Jetsam my darling! Come to me my little sea spies! Mama’s feeling...woebegone – banished to the nether regions of the sea. No food, hardly any company...I’m simply wasting away! Use a little black magic to help out a few merfolk, and this is the thanks that I get! Well now it’s time to turn the tides on Triton. We just need to find his Achilles heel...a weakness that will crack his armour...Of course! Ariel! You two find out what that girl really wants then lure her here to my lair. Once we have her trapped, Triton will rush to her rescue. And then the trident, crown, and throne will be all mine!!