Spring 2017 Audition Packet 5-12th grade
Welcome to Wolf Performing Arts Center’s spring 2017 season!
This spring, we will bring 2 musicals to life; one in our black box theater and one at St. Joseph University’s Bluett Theater. Actors interested in auditioning for our spring productions must read this packet thoroughly to learn about the auditions, rehearsals and performances for each production. In this packet you will find:
Information about auditions and callbacks Details about rehearsals and performances for each show Audition selections Forms to be filled out and turned in during your audition Preliminary Auditions Monday, January 23rd and Tuesday, January 24th from 6-8:30pm
You can sign up for your audition time slot through our website (www.wolfperformingartscenter.org). All actors will audition for the directors of INTO THE WOODS, Jr. and PIPPIN at the same time. Audition monologues can be found in this packet.
Callbacks Following the preliminary auditions, each director will call back actors to read for specific roles in each play. Callbacks will be held on Thursday, January 26th from 5-9pm and Saturday, January 28th from 10am – 2pm.
Those who are needed for callbacks will be notified via email by Wednesday, January 25th. Those who do not receive a callback may still be cast.
Casting Cast lists will be sent out via email by Monday, January 30th. Casting at Wolf PAC is based on three main criteria: talent, behavior and availability. Once the production staff has had the chance to assess the criteria for every actor who auditions, we will assign roles based on what is the best fit for the actor and the overall production.
Please remember… You may be cast in more than one show. You may also be in a performance and take a winter class. If you have already signed up for winter classes at Wolf PAC and you are cast in a show, you have the option to credit your class tuition toward the performance tuition if the class conflicts with the performance. If you are not cast in a show and would like to sign up for a winter class, you may do so by completing the registration form on our website. This is a great way to improve your performance skills!
Actor Responsibilities Wolf PAC promises a positive, professional theatre experience which can only be accomplished with your positive and professional participation. It is important to attend every scheduled rehearsal. Although at first every performer may not be needed for each rehearsal, the amount of rehearsal time will increase as we get closer to performance dates. Not everyone who auditions will be cast in a show. Earning a role is a privilege and you are expected to uphold your responsibilities as an actor.
Please list all conflicts on the pages provided. Knowing your conflicts ahead of time allows us to create a productive rehearsal schedule, so please be as thorough as possible. Conflicts revealed AFTER casting may result in a change or loss of part Each director may assign other actor responsibilities (memorization deadlines, what to bring to rehearsal, general rules). Those responsibilities will be explained at your first rehearsal. Fall ’16 Performance Season
Directed by Janine Merolla Musical Direction by David Snyder For Grades 5-12 REHEARSALS Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:15-8:30pm, Saturdays as needed; Wolf Performing Arts Center Rehearsals at Wolf PAC: February 1- April 19th MANDATORY Technical Rehearsals: April 23rd – May 3rd
Performances: May 5th at 7pm. May 6 at 2pm & 7pm, and May 7th at 2pm. Black Box Theater, Wolf Performing Arts Center
Tuition: Non- Member Price: $400 Member Price: $380 Scholarship is available. Email Bobbi Wolf @ [email protected] for more details.
Synopsis The cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, and the slipper as pure as gold...
The story follows a Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the Baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch's curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. These beloved fairy-tale characters' fates intertwine when they all travel into the woods. The musical that started the idea of "fairy-tale mash-ups," Into the Woods is a modern twist on classic stories we have known and loved since childhood.
Characters Narrator(s) Baker Baker’s Wife Cinderella Cinderella’s Mother Cinderella’s Step-Mother Cinderella’s Father Florinda, Cinderella’s Step-Sister Lucinda, Cinderella’s Step-Sister Cinderella’s Prince Jack Jack’s Mother Milky-White, Jack’s Cow The Witch Little Red Ridinghood Granny Mysterious Man Rapunzel Rapunzel’s Prince Steward The Wolf
Co-Directed and Co-Choreographed by Tim Popp and Betsy Wolf Regn Musical Direction by David Snyder For grades 5-12 REHEARSALS Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15-8:30pm, Rehearsals at Wolf PAC: February 2nd - June 1st MANDATORY Technical Rehearsals: June 4th – June 15th
Performances: Friday, June 16 at 7:30pm. Saturday, June 17th at 2pm and 7:30pm & Sunday, June 18th at 2pm. Bluett Theater, St. Joseph’s University
Tuition: Non-Member Price: $475 Member Price: $455
About the Play We've got magic to do...
Join us as a troupe of performers guide Pippin on a journey to discovery his extraordinary life. Pippin, son of King Charles, returns from his schooling and has to figure out where his life will take him. Will he be a successful ruler? Will he be an intellectual? A family man? A farmer? A romantic? Whatever it is, Pippin believes he is destined for greatness. The Leading Player and his traveling troupe, however, hope Pippin will step into the fire for their grand finale!
The Characters: Leading Player: (M or F) The Master of Ceremonies; has BIG plans for Pippin. Pippin: (M) A young man seeking a meaningful life for himself. King Charles: (M or F) An uneducated tyrant. Pippin’s father. Fastrada: (F) Charles’ Wife, Pippin’s Step-mother; loves her son, Lewis. Lewis: (M) Pippin’s step-brother. Energetic but dim witted. Berthe: (F) Pippin’s grandmother who was exiled from the kingdom Catharine: (F) A common widowed woman, saves Pippin. Theo: (M or F) her son The Show-Stopping Ensemble: Stepping into various roles to help share the story of Pippin!
Audition Material
Your audition will have two parts.
Part 1: You will learn a dance with one of the choreographers of PIPPIN. Please wear comfortable clothes in which you can move easily.
Part 2: Choose and prepare one of the selections from the options below. There are selections from each of our spring productions. Remember, you will audition for all productions at the same time. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MEMORIZE YOUR SONG. You can find recordings and sheet music to the songs below in your audition confirmation email.
Your entire audition will last approximately 1 hour.
FROM PIPPIN Simple Joys- M. 39-58 (For Males/Females)
Sweet summer evenings, hot wine and bread. Sharing your supper, sharing your bed. Simple joys have a simple voice. It says: why not go ahead? Wouldn’t you rather be a left handed flea, Or a crab on a slab at the bottom of the sea, Than a man who never learns how to be free. Not ‘til he’s cold and dead?
Corner of the Sky- M. 1-18 (For Males)
Everything has it’s season, everything has its time. Show me a reason and I’ll soon show you a rhyme. Cats fit on the window sill, children sit in the snow. Why do I feel I don’t fit in anywhere I go? Rivers belong where they can ramble, Eagles belong where they can fly. I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free. Gotta find my corner of the sky.
Kind of a Woman- 45-end (For Females)
Still I’ll understand if I’m not your kind of woman, Any one can make one terrible mistake. And I’ve no special glamour, no bait I can twirl, For I’m just a plain, ev’ry day, common place, Come what may, av’rage, ordinary wonderful girl!
FROM INTO THE WOODS, JR. I Know Things Now- M. 31-43 (For Females)
And I know things now, many valuable things, That I hadn’t known before: Do not put your faith in a cape and a hood, They will not protect you the way they should And take extra care with strangers, Even flowers have their dangers. And though scary is exciting. Nice is diff’rent than good.
Giants in the Sky- M. 20-end (For Males or Females)
There’s a big tall terrible Giant at the door. A big tall terrible Giant with a terrible roar. So you steal some gold and away you go, And you scramble down to the world below, And you’re back again, only diff’rent than before. After the sky. There are Giants in the sky! There are big tall terrible awesome scary wonderful Giants in the sky!
It Takes Two- (Choose EITHER the Baker or the Baker’s Wife’s part)
Baker’s Wife- M. 1-17-
You’ve change. You’re daring. You’re different in the Woods. More sure. More sharing. You’re getting us through the Woods. If you could see you’re not the man who started, And much more open hearted that I knew you to be
Baker- M. 17-32-
It takes two. I thought one was enough, it’s not true. It takes two of us. You came through when the journey was rough. It took you. It took two of us. It takes care. It takes patience and fear and dispair to change. Though you swear to change, Who can tell if you do?
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS Option 1: Do-Re-Mi
Do, a dear a female dear Re, a drop of golden sun Mi, a name I call myself Fa, a long long way to run So, a needle pulling thread La, a note to follow So Ti, a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to Do- oh- oh – oh!
Option 2: Bring in you’re a song you have prepared!
If you have previously prepared a song that is not on the list, you may audition with that. Please bring the piano/vocal sheet music so you may be accompanied. No one may audition with an acapella song.
Want to feel extra prepared? Take “The Art of Auditioning Workshop” at Wolf PAC Sunday, January 8th from 3-5pm Register online! PLEASE PRINT THIS AUDITION FORM BRING THE COMPLETED FORM TO YOUR AUDITION Please print information clearly You may not audition without a completed form
Name: ______Age: ______
School______Grade: ______
Home Address______
Parent’s Name:______
Parent Phone: ______Student Phone:______
Parent’s email:______
Students’ Email______
This fall, all actors have the opportunity to be cast in more than one show. Please answer the following questions honestly to help us place you in the cast best fit for you and your schedule.
I am auditioning for the part(s) of ______
I will accept any role that I am offered _____ YES _____ NO
I am interested and available to be cast in more than one show. _____ YES _____ NO
Please check off all productions/rehearsal times for which you are available.
Check Here Check Here Into the Woods Jr. PIPPIN (Mon/Wed 6:15-8:30pm) Tues/Thurs (6:15-8:30pm)
Please provide any information about your availability here:______
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I have entered all conflicts for ALL productions (NEXT PAGE) that may interfere with rehearsals and performances. (Initial Here) _____
I have read and understand the Actor Responsibilities on the first page. (Initial Here)____
Student Signature______
PLEASE LIST ALL CONFLICTS OR OTHER TIME COMMITMENTS YOU HAVE DURING REHEARSALS AND/OR PERFORMANCES ON THE CALENDAR ON THE NEXT PAGE. Please check your school, personal, and family calendars before you audition for this show. Include school concerts, family vacations, after school activities that go beyond 6pm or conflict with any of the dates on the list.
Into the Woods, Jr. Rehearsal Conflicts April Continued Monday/Wednesday 6:15-8:30pm 17
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1 TECH REHEARSALS- at Wolf PAC’s Black Box Theater. More than 2 conflicts during this period may make 6 you ineligible for this production. SUN, 4/23 – 1pm-4pm 8 MON, 4/24 – 6pm-9pm WED, 4/26 – 6pm-9pm 13 SAT, 4/29 – 12pm-4pm DRESS REHEARSAL MON, 5/1 – 6pm-9pm 15 WED, 5/3 – 5pm-9pm DRESS REHEARSAL
20 PERFORMANCES FRI, 5/5 – 7pm 22 SAT, 5/6 – 2pm & 7pm SUN, 5/7 – 2pm 27
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12 NO REHEARSAL – Spring Break PIPPIN APRIL (continued) Rehearsal Conflicts Tuesday/Thursday 6:15-8:30pm 18
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MARCH 18 2 23 7 25 9 30 14 June 1 16 TECH REHEARSALS- at St. Joseph’s University- Bluett 21 Theater. More than 2 conflicts during this period may make you ineligible for this production. 23 SUN, 6/4 - 2-6pm MON, 6/5 - 6-9pm TUES, 6/6 – 6-9pm 28 WED, 6/7 – 6-9pm
THURS, 6/8 – 6-9pm 30 SAT, 6/10 – 1-7pm DRESS REHEARSAL MON, 6/12 – 6-9pm APRIL TUES, 6/13 – 6-9pm 4 WED, 6/14 – 5-9pm DRESS REHEARSAL
6 PERFORMANCES FRI, 6/16 – 7:30pm 11 NO REHEARSAL- Spring Break SAT, 6/17 – 2pm & 7:30pm SUN, 6/18 – 2pm 13 NO REHEARSAL- Spring Break