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2012-2013 THEATRE LAB AUDITIONS

lunch in the Movement Studio Feb 15-17 

what?

bring 30 seconds of anything you want to share: singing, dancing, acting, juggling playing an instrument, etc.


who?

any major, anyone 9-12 grade
all you need is a passion for performing, an ability to work in an ensemble, and the willingness to take risks, have fun, and work hard


why?

Theatre Lab serves as an outreach tool to the community during the year as well as a place for experimental theatre. We tour around the Denver Metro area, are Superior rated entrants to the State Thespian Conference, and perform at DSA.   

But I didn't put Theatre Lab (Drama 2) on my course of studies.  NEVER FEAR - administration has said they will enter those listed on the final sheet Mr. Becker submits for the class - so (schedule willing) you will be in!

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The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman  Show Dates: Feb. 9-11

Peggy: Olympia Beerens
Mrs. Lily Mortar: Bella O’Brien
Evelyn Munn: Maggie Mirrione
Helen Buron: Katey Willard
Lois Fisher: Julia Schultz
Catherine: Jordan Morgan
Rosalie Wells: Anna Zinanti
Mary Tilford: Emma Meisel
Karen Wright: Annie Perales
Martha Dobie: Belle Stockdale
Dr. Joseph Cardin: Everett Graham
Agatha: Madison Kitchen (Assistant Director)
Mrs. Amelia Tilford: Alessandra Bongiardina
Grocery Boy: Mitchell Lippitt (Stage Manager/Set Design)

TOP GIRLS
Marlene                   Andie Lerner
Joyce                      Gabby Lentini
Angie/Pope Joan    Kira Vuolo
Kit                          Maddie Page-Schimt
Isabel/Mrs. Kidd      Raphae Posner
Lady Nijo/Nell         Ayla Sullivan
Win                         Emma Rosati
Shona/Waitress      Mikayla Patty-Fortner
Griselda/Jeanine     Kayla Page
Gret/Louise            Loryn Fujinami

Museum by Tina Howe - Show Dates: 16-18

Atuire, Emma A
Correa, Mateo R
Cremer, Shawn E
Guillen-Rodriguez, Andre
Hemp, Julia
Friednash, Anne
Gabriel, Kathleen F
Mauro, Tyler
Angelo, Margaret A
Capraro, Victoria J
Gholston, Mykail
Larned, Allison C
Salazar, Alexandra
Samler, Danielle A
Wills, Jeremy
Pittaluga, Christina
Schieving, Miranda N


Wintertime   By Charles Mee   Directed by Allison Watrous

CAST LIST                          Understudy

ARIEL        Juliana Pullis        Annie Perales
JONATHAN Ryan Maltz          Carson Cram
FRANCOIS  Mateo Correa       Jake Everhart
MARIA       Sammi Davis         Marlo Berberian
FRANK      Sam Van Wetter    Carson Cram
EDMUND    Stefan Richmond   Jake Everhart
BERTHA    Te Yelland            Anne Friednash
HILDA       Tess Westenhaver Madison Kitchen
BOB          Adam Christman    Jake Everhart
JACQUELINE Amanda Brockbank   Julia Hemp

TECH TEAM
Assistant Director              Nicki Seefried
Stage Manager                   Kelsi Stimack
Assistant Stage Manager     Jake Everhart
Dramaturg                         Raphe Posner
Lobby Event Coordinators    Allison Larned/Raphe Posner
Costume Coordinator          TBA
Lighting Coordinator           Madison Kitchen
Sound Department Head      TBA
Set Design Coordinator       TBA
Run Crew                          Gabby Lentini, Andie Lerner
Associate Producer            TBA

LAUGHING STOCK CAST LIST

MARY           Addie Hubert
SARAH         Zoe Rhulen
DAISY          Dora Kaplan
CRAIG          Jalen Taylor
SUSANNAH    Sammie Johnson
HENRY          Belle Stockdale
GORDON       Gage Norris
TYLER          Everett Graham
JACK            Shawn Cremer
VERNON        Kai Klose
RICHFIELD     Ethan Griggs
IAN              Mitchell Lippitt (Vernon, Jack cover)
KARMA         Bella O’Brien (Daisy cover)
SHEILA         Miranda Schieving (Mary cover)
JUSTINE        Madison Nichols (Sarah cover)
MICHELE        Emma Atuire (Craig/Henry cover)

SWINGS:        Maggie Mirrione (Karma/Michele cover)
                   Emma Meisel (Susannah/Sheila/Justine cover)
                   Mike McCoo (Gordon, Tyler cover)

ASSITANT DIRECTOR              Lauren Donahue
DRAMATURG                         Andre Guillen-Rodriguez
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER           Madison Nichols/Jalen Taylor
STAGE MANAGER                  Leigh
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER  Sebastian Gnagy
                                         Max

AUDITION REEL

Those listed below will be called in for 1-2 days to film two contrasting monologues of your choice which will be shown in the lobby before the show (the iea being that these are the actors that didn’t make it into the company because of some reason (and the fun will be deciding what the “reason” is when we film ☺)

Maggie Angelo
Annie Barbour
Alessandra Bongiardina
Amanda Brockbank
Adam Christman
Mateo Correra
Sammi Davis
Jake Everhart
Anne Friednash
Loryn Fujinami
Kathleen Gabriel
Julia Hemp
Madison Kitchen
Andie Lerner
Ryan Maltz
Maggie Mirione
Kayla Page
Mikayla Patty-Fortner
Christina Pittaluga
Danielle Samler
Ayla Sullivan
Sam Van Wetter
Tess Westenhaver
Jeremy Willis
Te Yelland
Kira Vuolo


The following students MUST see Mr. Becker ASAP before Wednesday.

Stefan
Jalen
Mike
Adam
Mitchell
Everett
Annie P
Anne F

remember that you are graded on auditions on the following items:

Showing up on-time
Being prepared (memorized and within the time limits set by each show)
Dressing appropriately (no jeans)
Turning in ALL of the following forms - filled out COMPLETELY:

WINTERTIME  Audition Form
WINTERTIME  Contract
LAUGHING     Audition Form
LAUGHING     Contract

Auditions for both Wintertime and Laughing Stock will take place on Nov 1 & 2 from 3-6pm (you only sign up for one day) with callbacks on Nov 4 from 3-6pm.  

All High School theatre Majors are required to audition!  You will need to sign up on the callboard in the basement -- be aware that you MUST sign up for BOTH auditions on the SAME DAY!

WINTERTIME

For the audition you will need a 1 minute contemporary comedic monologue.  In addition please prepare a 30 second piece from the play.  I strongly encourage you to be creative and bold!  Please bring any instrument that you play (guitar, harmonica, etc. - we will provide the piano) and be prepared to sing if requested.

Please direct any questions about Wintertime to Ms. Watrous at awatrous@dcpa.org. 
CLICK HERE for the TECH POSITION applications for Wintertime
CLICK HERE for the tentative rehearsal schedule for Wintertime
CLICK HERE to read a copy of the script (it is only available on-line)

Laughing Stock scripts are available to check out in the Library. For the audition you will be asked to present the following short monologues with the following dialects/guidelines:

Laughing Stock Rehearsal Schedule:
Check the Calendar Tab for the schedule on this website!

 
SEASON OF THE WOMAN: 2011-2012

All School Musical:  The Pajama Game

Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, Music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, Based on 7 1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell

To Audition:

  • You must sign up on the Sign-Up Sheet posted by the Box Office before March 25 (spring break).
  • Your specific time for auditioning will be posted by April 5.  If you have a conflict with a certain time frame you must e-mail Mr. Becker at brandon_becker@dpsk12.org before March 25 so we can try to accommodate it.
  • Monday April 11 – Dance call/audition 3-6
  • You will be assigned a group and time to attend (1/2 hour blocks) – please wear dance shoes [jazz, ballet] or bare feet.  NO SOCKS
  • You do not have to be a triple threat but you do have to go through the entire audition process (i.e. if you think you can’t dance you still have to do the dance audition…and trust us – you are probably better than you think!)
  • Tuesday April 12 & Wed. the 13 – Singing auditions, by appt
  • You will need to bring in a 16 bar Up-Tempo AND a 16 bar Ballad cutting from a musical created during the 1940-1960s.  This includes shows like Guys & Dolls, Oklahoma!, Oliver, Kiss Me Kate. Make sure each selection shows your range, expressive qualities, and vocal artistry as possible.  If you have questions about how to select a 16 bar cut please see the following students for help:  Katie Rodgers, Katie Solko, Madison Nichols, Nikki Seefried, Sammie Johnson.
  • You must bring a copy of sheet music to the audition
  • An accompanist will be provided.  NO Karaoke, Pre-recorded tracks or a cappella singing!!!!
  • FRIDAY, April 15 3-6pm Callbacks
  • Those selected to attend callbacks for featured roles will be given packets of music/scripts on Thursday morning to look over for Friday.  Memorization is not required, but highly encouraged
  • Production Team: On the audition form it will ask if you are interested in being:  Production Assistant, Dramaturg, Dance Captain, Assistant Stage Managers.  These positions will be selected AFTER auditions.



Fall Play:  William Shakespeare's Hamlet (All Female Cast) directed by Shawn Hann

CONGRATS ALL!  You should have received an email from me... if you did not, please email me ASAP.
Tuesday April 26 is our first rehearsal 3-5 and Wednesday 3-5 to do a read through of the text.
Thursday 4/28 3-5 and Friday 4/29  3-5 will also be rehearsals. We will have a few rehearsals in May—potentially a trapeze class either May 9-12 and/or 16-20, 3:30-5:30

  • Hamlet: Kathleen Burke
  • Ophelia: Julianna Pullis
  • Claudius: Katie Solko
  • Gertrude: Tess Westenhaver
  • Laertes: Lauren Donahue (US Hamlet)
  • Polonius: Annie Barbour
  • Horatio: Samie Johnson
  • Ghost: Zoe Rhulen
  • Rosencrantz: Sammi Davis (US Claudius)
  • Guilderstern: Dora Kaplan (US Polonius)
  • Marcellus: Marlo Berberian (US Ophelia)
  • Player King: Desiree Samler (US Gertrude)
  • Player Queen: Addie Hubert (US Ghost)
  • Prologue: Dani Samler (US Player King)
  • Player Villain: Ayla Sullivan (US Rosencrantz)
  • Reynaldo: Miranda Schieving (US Guilderstern)
  • Barnard: Kirsten Fong (US Reynaldo/play both)
  • Osric: Andie Lerner (US Laertes)
  • Gravedigger: Kira Vuolo (US Horatio)
  • Gravedigger’s Apprentice: Madison Kitchen (US Gravedigger/play both)
  • Attendant: Maggie Angelo (US Marcellus)
  • Attendant: Anna Zinanti (US Player Queen)
  • Attendant: Annie Perales (US Prologue/Villain)
  • Attendant: Stacey Tilton (US Osric)
  •            US = Understudy and you will have one performance
  • Stage Manger: Te Yelland
  • AD: Shawn Cremer
  • Assoc. Producer: Bella O’Brien
  • ASM: Gabby Lentini
  • Dramaturg: Victoria Capraro
  • Dramaturg: Mateo Correa 



Theatre Lab Auditions

  • Theatre Lab serves a both an outlet to creative exploration of a variety of different theatrical art forms, as well as public relations tool that aims to bring greater exposure of DSA to the surrounding community. The material performed each year will be dictated by the members of the Lab and may include plays, musicals, movement pieces, cabarets, readers theatre…the possibilities are endless.
  • Open to all 9th-12th graders
  • Around 15-25 students will be selected after auditions April 18-22. Students who are excepted will be those who exhibit willingness to challenge themselves and take risks, be creative, and work as an ensemble to create exciting, dynamic theatrical experiences. Although positions are available for backstage as well as onstage it is understood that all members are part of a team and should be able to take on whatever role is given to them. All Theatre Lab students are required to be members of the International Thespian Society (we will help you qualify if you don’t already). All Theatre Lab students are expected to maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA so that they can tour without concern for academic standing.
  • Auditions will be held during lunch April 18-22. Students must e-mail Mr. Becker at brandon_becker@dpsk12.org before April 8 if auditioning.  Students will be assigned a date to audition the week of the 18th – if you have certain days you cannot miss lunch please e-mail that with your initial contact. 
  • On the day of the audition students should meet in the L Studio.   Each student will present a 30 second piece that showcases whatever they want: singing, dancing, acting, or any combination of the three.  It is recommended that students wear clothes that are easy to move in. 

 

Intermediate Plays

We will celebrate WOMEN playwrights. All three shows will be selected by the directors – Hann/Becker/Guest--TBA.

 

Studio Series Guest Directed Show
WINTERTIME by Charles Mee and the (re)working project Directed by Allison Watrous

  • Auditions will be in November
  • Show dates: January 19-21, 26-28, 2012
  • A theatrical carnival of romance, recrimination and cross-purposes, Wintertime is an energetic comedy about the miracle of love. Suffused with intellectual debates that tickle the aesthetic sensibility and romantic encounters that educate and surprise, Mee's cacophonic comedy celebrates love in all its foolish, absurd, and infinitely delightful varieties.
  • Wintertime is a new American play that received its world premiere at California's La Jolla Playhouse in the summer of 2002. It is the recipient of eight San Diego Critics Circle awards including 'Outstanding New Play.
  • A note from Charles Mee about the (re)making project  - "Please feel free to take the plays from this website and use them freely as a resource for your own work: that is to say, don't just make some cuts or rewrite a few passages or re-arrange them or put in a few texts that you like better, but pillage the plays as I have pillaged the structures and contents of the plays of Euripides and Brecht and stuff out of Soap Opera Digest and the evening news and the internet, and build your own, entirely new, piece--and then, please, put your own name to the work that results.”
  • The main connection to the year of the woman for me is 5 strong female characters that range from an ingenue to a fleeting middle age lover  to wise old women.
  • Cast: 5 women 5 men
  • Because of Charles Mee's philosophy, his approach to play writing, his extraordinary play, and the remaking project, we will be able to play and discover through the rehearsal process of Wintertime.  It is the creative energy that surrounds his work that drew me to this project.
  • The auditions will be mid- October.  Please prepare one 1 minute comedic monologue and a 30 second piece from the show.    If you sing or play an instrument- please incorporate your musical stylings into your audition.

Spring Play: Laughing Stock by Charles Morey  Directed by Brandon Becker

  • Comedy 9 men, 5 women: 14 total
  • "…a summer stock production of Dracula disintegrates into chaos on opening night. Gothic horror becomes high comedy amid misplaced technical cues, forgotten lines, wrong entrances and eccentric acting…the large audience howled with glee as they watched the mayhem unfold…" —Salt Lake Tribune.
  • On the brink of financial ruin, a summer repertory company full of intense artistic personalities wrestle with trying to do the following in a run down, dusty barn: a a gender sensitive version of the classic English comedy Charley's Aunt, a modernistic Hamlet, and an original streamlined version of Dracula.  The results are disastrous, hilarious, and even a bit touching. Farce at its finest!
  • April 2012 show dates.
  • Auditions in Dec/Jan.

Improv Troupe:

  • Mr Becker will be starting an Improv Troupe in the fall open to whole school – there will be a MS troupe and an HS troupe.
  • Rehearsals would be during lunch
  • There will be performances at school as well as tours.