audition packet - hampstead schools

AUDITION PACKET

Show Dates

March 21, 2019 – 7:00pm

March 22, 2019 – 7:00pm

March 23, 2019 – 12:00pm (noon)

NO CONFLICTS ALLOWED (Tech Weeks) –

March 11-March 23

Mr. Kevin Fisher [email protected] Musical Director/Artistic Director

Ms. Kelsey Sullivan

Director

Ms. Miranda Ronan Choreographer

Mr. Jim Robins

[email protected] Producer, Technical Director

Mrs. Kim Downey [email protected]

Scenic Director

Mr. Brendan Hoar Lead Stagehand

Student Info Session – Monday, November 5, 2018 - 3-4pm – Music Room (optional)

Inside this packet:

Student/Parent Contract

TENTATIVE Schedule Rehearsal Schedule/Calendar

Character List

Audition Song Material – Please follow instructions Demographic/Conflict Form (Must bring signed to

audition)

Permission To Participate (Must bring signed to audition)

You are not required to have audition material memorized; however, it is strongly encouraged that you practice these

materials in order to have the best audition possible. -HMS Employees/Staff are unable to help you on audition

material. You can use ANY other resources to learn the song and script...this includes YouTube, parents, friends, a voice teacher, websites..etc!! We want to see commitment! We will run through

these songs at the Student Info Session on November 5th.

Auditions dates/times:

ALL GRADES – Monday, November 26th - 3pm-7pm

(Come to Auditions with the completed Demographic/Conflict Form)

Callbacks - Tuesday, November 27th - 3-4:30pm

Not everyone gets a callback!! This doesn’t necessarily mean that you didn’t make the show or didn’t get the part you wanted. It just means that the Directors need to see

more or see something different. Callbacks will be announced after 7pm on Monday, November 26th after auditions via the email on your Demographic sheet. You are

expected to show up on Tuesday, November 27th if you have a callback. Callbacks are not intended to stress anyone out. We hope that you are listening to the music and exploring the show resources so that you are the most prepared as possible for the Callback audition. Callbacks may be requested in the area of singing, acting, and/or

dancing.

Character List:

Lonny Barnett – Male or Female, Lead – Magnetic performer, strong singer/actor/performer, great sense of humor, narrator of the story, on stage for the majority of the show, strong comedic timing/improv, someone who can carry a large role, vibrant personality, must be able to hold harmony – sings “Nothin But A Good Time” and “I Can’t Fight This Feeling” Drew Boley – Male, Lead – Strong singer, tenor range, wannabe Rocker, falls in love with Sherrie, large singing range, sweet/charming, boyish charm – sings “I Wanna Rock”, “Waiting for A Girl Like You”, “High Enough”, “Oh Sherrie”, “The Search is Over”, “Here I Go Again”, “Don’t Stop Believin” Sherrie Christian – Female, Lead – Strong Singer and rock belt, Actress, Dancer, a sweet, small-town girl that moves to the city to pursue a brighter future. Falls in love with Drew, Pop/Rock voice, Must be able to mix -- sings “Sister Christian”, “More Than Words”, “Waiting For A Girl Like You”, “I Want To Know What Love Is”, “Harden My Heart”, “Here I Go Again”, “Any Way You Want It”, “High Enough”, “I Hate Myself for Loving You”, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”, “The Search Is Over”, “Don’t Stop Believin” Justice Charlier – Female, Supporting Lead – Nurturing nature, strong rock belt, Owner of the Venus A-Go-Go, strong sense of pop/rock style, riffing necessary, must be able to mix – Sings solo in “Shadows of the Night”, “Any Way You Want It”, “Heat of the Moment”, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”. Stacee Jaxx – Male, Supporting Lead -- The comedic villain, rock star, very confident, high baritone, good singer, big range, needs to physically type for Stacee, charismatic, can command the stage, self-absorbed, “Bon Jovi” --- Sings solo “Dead or Alive” (full song), “I Want To Know What Love Is”, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”, “Here I Go Again”, “Don’t Stop Believin”, and ”We Built This City/Too Much Time On My Hands” Dennis Dupree – Male, Supporting Lead – Big presence, strong acting skills, very confident, reads well with Lonny, laid-back, easy-going, must be able to hold harmony, good singer – sings solo in “Too Much Time On My Hands”, “The Final Countdown”, and “I Can’t Fight This Feeling” – Sings majority of ensemble numbers Anita Bath – Female, Supporting Lead – Mayor’s Assistant, strong personality, high belt, leader of the protestors, strong mover, falls in love with Franz, confidence needed! – sings “We’re Not Gonna Take It”, “We Built This City”, “Here I Go Again”, “The Final Countdown”, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”, “The Search is Over”, “Don’t Stop Believin” Hilda Klinemann – Female, Supporting Lead– German Accent, Franz’s mother, leader, bold actress, wants to turn the Sunset Strip into a mall, Mezzo, some solo singing – Sings solo in “”Keep on Lovin’ You” Franz Klinemann -- Male, Supporting Lead -- Hilda’s son, German accent, runs a candy shop in Hamburg, needs to be funny, comfortable taking risks, flamboyant, very confident, falls in love with Anita, strong dancer – sings “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” with Anita Waitress #1, #2, #3 – Female, Featured Ensemble -- Waitresses at the Bourbon Room Music Hall, 1980’s rock style, strong singers and movers, sing solo in “To Be With You” Mayor – Male or Female, Featured Ensemble -- Chooses money over the music. Sells Sunset Strip to Hilda and Franz. Strong actor, some singing solos required. Connie Sack -- Female, Featured Ensemble – Strong actress, no solo singing required, reporter who interviews Stacee Jaxx, energy and poise Ja’Keith Gill – Male or Female, Featured Ensemble – Strong Actor, Some solo singing required, convinces Drew to let go of his rock band dreams and join a boy band instead. Sherrie’s Mother – Female, Featured Ensemble -- nurturing and sympathetic Mother, pleasant singing voice, sings solo in “Sister Christian” Sherrie’s Father – Male, Featured Ensemble -- disapproving Father, stern, sings solo in “Sister Christian” Joey Primo – Male or Female, Featured Ensemble – replaces Stacee Jaxx in Arsenal band, sings in Ensemble numbers, several great acting moments, makes a complete fool of himself on stage Protestors – Male or Female, Ensemble – die-hard rockers helping Anita save the Sunset Strip – sing “We Built This City”, must capture the need to keep rock alive Ladies of the Venus-A-Go-Go – Female, Ensemble – Featured dancers, solid singing voices, good individual personalities, fun group, group singing Various Featured Ensemble Members – Sleazy Record Producer, Sleazier Record Producer, Rocker, Producer, Riot Police, Woman in a Sequin Gown, Girl, Bartender

TENTATIVE REHEARSAL/PERFORMANCE CALENDAR

This is a general overview of our rehearsal dates. Following casting, you will receive an immediate MUSIC schedule for November and December. You will then receive another

schedule over Winter Break. We will send updated schedules for up to 2 weeks. It is important that you check email/Remind app for weekly updates.

NOTE: You will NOT be called to every rehearsal on this calendar!!!

November 2018

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri 5

STUDENT INFO SESSION 3-4 HMS MUSIC ROOM

6

Election Day

7

Athletic Awards

8

EARLY RELEASE for STUDENTS

9

NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

12

NO SCHOOL

VETERAN”S DAY

13 14 15

Kids Coop Theatre’s “Newsies” in Derry, NH

16

Kids Coop Theatre’s “Newsies” in Derry, NH

19 20 21

NO SCHOOL

22

Thanksgiving

NO SCHOOL

23

NO SCHOOL

26

AUDITIONS

3-7pm

You may leave after you go through the full audition process

27

CALLBACKS

(if called)

3-5pm

(cast list posted)

28

29

No feedback given to students until Friday (via appointment)

30

MUSIC REHEARSAL 3-6pm

December 2018

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri

3


4

DANCE/MUSIC REHEARSAL 3-6pm

5


6


4th Grade Concert HCS

7

10


11

DANCE/MUSIC REHEARSAL 3-6pm

12

No Rehearsal

13


14

17


18

DANCE REHEARSAL 3-5pm (time change)

19


20

January 2019

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

2 BLOCKING REHEARSAL 3-6pm

OFF BOOK LINES AND LYRICS!!!

3

BLOCKING REHEARSAL 3-6pm

4


7

8


9 BLOCKING/MUSIC REHEARSAL 3-5pm (time change)

HMS Chorus Concert 7pm

10 BLOCKING/MUSIC REHEARSAL 3-5pm (time change)

HMS Band Concert -7pm

11

14

15


16

BLOCKING/MUSIC REHEARSAL 3-6pm

17


18

NO SCHOOL

21 NO SCHOOL

22 DANCE REHEARSAL 3-6pm Ski Club Conflict

23 BLOCKING/DANCE REHEARSAL 3-6pm

24 BLOCKING/MUSIC REHEARSAL 3-6pm

25

28

29

DANCE REHEARSAL 3-6pm Ski Club Conflict

30


31


February 2019

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

4

5

DANCE REHEARSAL 3-6pm Ski Club Conflict

6


7


8


11

MUSIC/DANCE REHEARSAL 3-6pm

12

No Rehearsal

Early-Release

13


14

No Rehearsal

Happy Valentine’s Day

15

Music/Blocking/Dance REHEARSAL 3-6pm

(If Needed)

18


19

DANCE REHEARSAL 3-6pm

20


21


March 2019

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

3

4

5

DANCE REHEARSAL 3-6pm

6


7


8

Music/Blocking/ Dance REHEARSAL 3-6pm

9

10 11

TECH WEEK 1 NO CONFLICTS ALLOWED

MANDATORY REHEARSAL 3-6pm

12



13



14



15

TECH WEEK 1

NO CONFLICTS ALLOWED

MANDATORY REHEARSAL

3-6pm

16

17


MANDATORY REHEARSAL 3-6:30pm

17



19



20

IN SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

REHEARSAL 3-5PM AFTER SCHOOL

(Photo Session)

21

7PM PERFORMANCE

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

22

7PM

PERFORMANCE

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

23

12pm

NOON

PERFORMANCE

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

STRIKE!!!!

24 25

Cast and

Crew

PARTY

3-6pm

Location TBA

STUDENT/PARENT CONTRACT:

Participants are required to attend ALL “called” rehearsals. This means whenever a participant is in a song or scene, they must attend the entire rehearsal. Directors will use email and the Remind App to communicate with parents.

Please pick your child up on time and/or plan car-pool arrangements prior to rehearsal.

Directors DO NOT offer explanation for casting decisions. Directors will not discuss auditions or personal feedback with

students/parents until 36 hours after casting announcement. When your child is ready for honest feedback from the Directing Team, it can be provided at the child’s request. Conversations such as “Why did ____ get the role over me?” are not permissible in theater.

Participants can be recast at any point at the Directors’ discretion.

All auditions and rehearsals are CLOSED to the public. No parents, siblings, or students who are not auditioning are allowed at any audition or rehearsal. Only the musical production staff and auditioning students will be present during the auditions. Only production volunteers (costume lead, prop lead, etc.) will be allowed in rehearsal/audition areas. Please respect this policy so that students are free to take risks and get the most out of this theatrical experience. You will be auditioning the song ALONE for the directing team. The dance portion of the audition could be in a small group of other auditioning students. Callbacks may be in groups.

A student’s first priority lies in his or her academics. Please adhere to HMS policy.

Before your student auditions, please take the time to discuss the necessary production expectations and commitments. Full dedication from all students is imperative to the success of this show. That being said, we do our absolute best to schedule rehearsals with as few conflicts as possible.

After school rehearsals begin promptly at 3:00. Please manage your time and get your homework done. Grades come first.

While at rehearsals, students are required to always dress comfortably and bring their scripts and a pencil to make notes. Boots and/or flip-flops are not allowed at rehearsals.

Having conflicts will not necessarily keep a student from being a part of the production. We will try to be as flexible as possible and we ask you to do the same. If you are able to change times and/or dates of lessons, practices, appointments, etc. then we ask that you do so first. The most important part of this, however, is the upfront knowledge of what we are dealing with as far as schedules are concerned. While we understand that emergencies do happen, it is detrimental to the process of creating theatre to have people suddenly miss rehearsal because they “forgot”, they “went home on the bus accidentally”, or if someone has “something better to do.” Check your rehearsal and email/Remind schedule daily to know when you are called.

All students auditioning must be aware that previous participation in any musical or play DOES NOT guarantee you a spot/role in this year’s show. On the same note, students who held lead roles in past years are NOT guaranteed lead roles for this year. All auditioning are expected to come prepared knowing the audition song and be ready to read/act for any parts as per the casting directors. Roles will be given based on preparation and overall needs of the production.

Misconduct at rehearsals will not be tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, disrespect for director or other production team member or cast member, destruction of props, horse-play, and removal of any items from rehearsal area without permission from teacher/director. Any misconduct will result in dismissal from the rehearsal and potentially the production.

We do our best to only call students to rehearsal when they are needed. It is important that students are prepared to use their down time wisely. We suggest working on memorization of music, lines, or choreography. We also suggest that students bring homework so they may keep up with their studies. Headphones may be helpful. Directors WILL NOT tolerate any misbehavior or wandering during rehearsals/shows.

Cell phones/Chromebooks are NOT allowed in rehearsal space. They should be off or on silent mode in your backpack unless a director requests you take your phone out for rehearsal purposes such as recording or if you are working on homework.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

If you are auditioning for:

Lonny, Anita, Franz, Hilda, Sherrie’s Mother, Sherrie’s Father, Venus A Go-Go Ensemble Girls, Joey Primo, Featured Waitresses, Non-listed featured Singers –

Hit Me With Your Best Shot AND

Sister Christian

Sherrie Christian –

More Than Words AND

Harden My Heart

Justice Charlier –

Shadows of the Night AND

Any Way You Want It

Drew Boley – “Oh Sherry”

Dennis Dupree – “I Can’t Fight This Feeling”

Stacee Jaxx – “Dead or Alive”

Protestor Ensemble, Any Small Ensemble Role, -- Prepare a ONE-MINUTE recognizable song of your choice to be sung A CAPPELLA. Song must be memorized. Pick a song that best represents your singing/character abilities.

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DANCE AUDITION: Students will learn a short routine at the audition. Please wear comfortable footwear to move.

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COLD READINGS: Selected students will be asked to do cold readings for one or more characters at Callbacks. Familiarizing yourself with the show could help prepare you for potential Callbacks. Note: Students are not guaranteed a Callback audition.

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CALLBACKS: Students will be notified about Callbacks by 8pm on November 26th following auditions. Information about songs/roles to prepare for will be announced to the student in the initial Auditions.

SHERRIE CHRISTIAN AUDITION 1 – “MORE THAN WORDS”

SHERRIE CHRISTIAN AUDITION 2 – “HARDEN MY HEART”

Lonny, Anita, Franz, Hilda, Venus A Go-Go Girls, Sherrie’s Mother, Sherrie’s Father, Joey

Primo AUDITION 1 – sing Anita/Hilda parts. You may pick either Melody or Harmony –

“HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT”

Lonny, Anita, Franz, Hilda, Sherrie’s Mother, Venus Girls, Sherrie’s Father,

Joey Primo AUDITION 2 – “SISTER CHRISTIAN” (sing Mother and Father

parts)

JUSTICE CHARLIER AUDITION 1 – “SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT”

JUSTICE CHARLIER AUDITION 2 – “ANY WAY YOU WANT IT”

DREW BOLEY AUDITION – “OH SHERRY’

Hold the last “Hold” as long as you can!!! It is loud and powerful. Drew is trying to convince Sherrie to

be with him!!!

DENNIS DUPREE – AUDITION – “I CAN’T FIND THIS FEELING”

PLEASE SING THE LOWER HARMONIES IN THE CHORUS

STACEE JAXX AUDITION – “DEAD OR ALIVE”

Rock of Ages Musical

Student Demographic and Conflict Form You must bring this completed form to your audition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You may turn this in early to Mr. Fisher.

Full Name ____________________________________________________ Grade ______________

Parents/Guardian Name(s)

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Reliable Parent/Guardian Email - We will send frequent emails home for announcements! Please write legibly :)

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Parent/Guardian Phone ________________________________________________

CONFLICTS/SCHEDULE - Please include weekly conflicts as well as important dates/weeks that would

interfere with rehearsals, tech week, and the show - be as detailed and specific as possible Please note that

once conflicts are set, additional conflicts cannot be added to this list. _____________________________________________________________________________________________

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Student Experience in Shows/Musicals/Etc. (attach resume if necessary)

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Student’s 3 Dream Roles (#1 is the role the student wants most) 1. __________________________ 2. _____________________________ 3.

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Character(s) I would not be comfortable playing….

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Special Skills….. ______________________________________________________

I have experience in Dance ------- YES A Little Not Really NO

I have experience singing ----- YES A Little Not Really NO

Why do you want to be in this

show?________________________________________________________________________________________

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PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE:

Child’s Name:_____________________________________________ Parent/Guardian’s

Name(s):______________________________________

Parent/Guardian’s Phone:__________

Parent/Guardian’s Email:________________________________________

After reviewing the tentative rehearsal and performance calendar and the expectations for participation, including academic standing, I give my son/daughter permission to audition for this year’s musical production of Rock of Ages I have read and agree to the Student/Parent Contract.

Should my child be cast in this year’s production, I wish to volunteer on the following committees (circle all that apply).

~Costumes ~Make-Up ~ Sponsorships // Publicity ~Tech Construction ~Tickets ~Concessions ~Cast & Crew Party ~Rehearsal Snacks ~Props

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Parent/Guardian Signature Date

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Student Signature Date

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