Hello Cast, Crew, and Pit,
Thank you for coming to our first read through on Tuesday. Next week everything starts into full gear. The first week we took it easy, but now we are starting the full crew schedule and cast rehearsals. Please see the attached crew and cast schedule. Each crew will meet twice a week. Set crew will meet at the Almond campus. All other crews will meet at O'Plaine. The schedule is fluid and may vary week to week, but we will send out a text if it does. Also, check the Warren Theatre website for up to date information. Cast Schedule Crew Schedule Pit Schedule Text Alerts Please text the following to 81010 for text updates. CREW & CAST- please text @mpcrew to 81010 for all crew alerts CAST- please text @castmp to 81010 for CAST ONLY text alerts PIT- please text @mppit to 81010 for PIT ONLY text alerts Absences Crew/Pit-Absences are more flexible with crew members until we get into the month of April. In April, it is all hands on decks especially for crews like running crew, lights, and sound. Crew leads need to make every rehearsal possible to lead their crews. Please email your crew lead if you can not make a rehearsal. Cast/Crew Leads- Our absence policy is much more strict for cast members. Absences students mentioned on their conflict sheet will be excused. Missing for reasons other than illness could result in removal from the show. Please be aware that we can not rehearse properly without all cast members. Musical is the priority after homework and family. Jobs are not easily done while being a cast or crew lead. Please email Ms. Colgan and Mrs. Riddell if you can not make a rehearsal. Pit We would love to start right away, but the company has not sent us the music yet. Once the music arrives, Ms. Colgan will contact you to pick up your part. You will need to learn/rehearse the music on your own. Our first rehearsal will be Monday March 14th from 4-6. Ms. Colgan will email a pit only schedule, but the plan is Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays after school. Starting April 11th, we will be meeting every day with the cast. Our pit band director is Mrs. Birmingham. If you are anxious to be involved right away, we can have you join crew. Just email Mrs. Riddell and we will make it happen.Bios Students, please fill out a bio in third person to place in the program. We need this from all crew, pit, and cast members. http://goo.gl/forms/9xLzqfKMb8 Fundraising for Fly/Sound/Costumes for Mary Poppins We need some more money to put on this show! It is very expensive especially with all the awesome and new ventures we are doing (fly, sound, renting costumes) started a gofundme page for people to pay with credit card to help out towards the fly and sound system. Every little bit counts! Please direct people to https://www.gofundme.com/warrenmusical. We will also accept checks as well made out to WTHS. We can also offer ad space to those businesses or individuals who would like to advertise in our program. Solicitation Letter Please email me if you would like to be removed from our email list.
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Since blocking has not begun, let's dive into our characters!
First of all, you need to watch as many versions of the show as you can find on youtube. Here are the links to one. It's not bad, but we can do better :) Act I Act 2 Stage Agent- Provides a video for most of the leading characters at the bottom of the page when you click on the role. http://stageagent.com/shows/musical/897/mary-poppins/characters MTI- Provides character descriptions of main lead characters. Click on the roles (on the right) and descriptions will pop up. http://www.mtishows.com/disney-and-cameron-mackintoshs-mary-poppins Character Questions (You should be able to answer all of these): What is the characters intention (broken down by scene)? What does the character want in the play? Does it change? What is the character's physical appearance? Age? Occupation? Habits? Hobbies? How does your character walk, enter a room, sit, wait, listen, eat? How is it different from you? Who are the character's friends? Enemies? Family? Social status? What is the character's best traits? Worst traits? What makes the character unique? Does your character have a physical habit (biting nails, twirling hair, etc.) What object would you associate with your character and why? What animal do you associate with your character and why? How is your character like you? Different from you? What does your character want from life (not just the play)? What are your character's fears? CREW & CAST- please text @mpcrew to 81010 for all crew alerts
CAST- please text @castmp to 81010 for CAST ONLY text alerts PIT- please text @mppit to 81010 for PIT ONLY text alerts
Congratulations! Please report to the choir/band room at 10:30 am tomorrow (Saturday, February 5th) to help us audition children for the roles of Jane and Michael. We want to make sure the kids we choose have good chemistry with our leading actors/actresses.
Mary Poppins: Maya McGowan Bert: Jared Garner George: Ben Villafan Winnifred: Holly Beemer Everyone sit tight, tomorrow night we will post the rest of the cast, crew, pit, and crew leads! Hello Everyone,
Thank you to all who auditioned! We really appreciate your time, effort, and talent. Tomorrow, we will be auditioning children for the roles of Jane and Michael Banks! Saturday night: the cast, crew, and crew lead list will be posted on the Warren Theatre website. Monday, only the cast needs to come to be measured for costumes at 3:30pm. All Cast members must come and get measured. We need to get measurements right away for our rental compnay. We will also try on some costumes from Wauconda High School that they are kindly loaning to us. Parent Help- We need some parents who would be willing to come after school (3:30) on Monday to help us measure cast member students. Any help would great be appreciated. Please email me if you can help. Tuesday, February 9th will be a drama club meeting from 3:30-5pm in the O'Plaine Auditorium, so come and then stay for the Mandatory ALL CAST, CREW, & PIT read through from 5-6:30pm (if you can not attend, please let me know as soon as possible). We will hand out a schedule and talk about expectations. Thank you again and we can not wait to get started on this wonderful show! Mrs. Riddell & Ms. Colgan (if you do not want to receive our group emails, please email back and we will remove you.) Thank you to all who auditioned! The following actors need to attend callbacks on Thursday, February 4th at 3:30pm in the O'Plaine auditorium.
Ladies Jilian Tapia Andrea Martinez Maya McGowan Megan Hawksworth Holly Beemer Sami Salmi Nicolette Zangara JaMia Rockingham Gentlemen Jaylen Davis Brian Kim AJ Lingad Connor Bradley Brandon Tamsevicius Max Zumpano Ben Villafan Colin McLean Jared Garner Marco Guadiana |
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