Audition Announcement for
Stage Left of Georgetown Community Theatre’s
production of
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
By Michele L. Vacca
Adapted from the book by L. Frank Baum
Produced by special arrangement with Classics on Stage! of Chicago.
Saturday, February 25 at 10 am.
Cooke Memorial on the Georgetown College Campus
Jackson St., Georgetown, Ky
Open to all kids under age 18.
Note: All participants must be able to take direction and conduct
themselves responsibly on and off stage in a large group.
· All Participants should come with a short monologue or reading prepared.
· Younger children are welcome to recite familiar nursery rhymes or sing songs.
· Anyone interested in nonspeaking roles or technical positions should attend as well.
Please note: This particular production is based on the original book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. While some details have been changed, it is much, much closer to the book than the MGM film, and it is not a musical. Dorothy will wear silver shoes, and the witch will not be green. All costumes and scenery will be based upon original illustrations from the classic. See examples here.
If you are interested in reading a portion of the original text for auditions or familiarizing yourself with the text (highly recommended), you can find a free copy at Project Gutenberg by search The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Further considerations
Schedule
Please look over the schedule below and record ALL possible conflicts on your audition form.
While we do try to schedule rehearsals around a minimal number of conflicts, actors with many conflicts will not be cast in lead/speaking roles.
No actor with conflicts May 20-27 will be cast in a speaking role.
Understudies will be cast for all leads.
Any actor with a speaking role will be replaced by an understudy after two unexcused absences.
· Rehearsals March 11-May 7 – Sundays 4-6pm, Mondays 5-7pm (No rehearsal Easter Sunday)
· Sunday, May 13, 4-6pm (Mother’s Day) – we will have rehearsal this day unless we are so far ahead in rehearsals that we feel able to take the day off.
· Monday, May 14 – 5-8pm
· Wednesday, May 16 – 5-8pm
· Thursday, May 17 – 5-8pm
· Sunday, May 20 – 3-8pm (actors) 1-8pm (tech crew) - tech rehearsal, a long day! Will try to be finished before 8pm!
· Monday, May 21 – 5-8pm
· Tuesday, May 22 – 5-8pm
· Wednesday, May 23 – 5-8pm
· Thursday, May 24 – 5-8pm
· Friday, May 25 – 8am-3pm (possible school performances, these aretypically excused absences from school)
· Friday, May 25 – Opening Performance (call 5:30pm, curtain 7pm)
· Saturday, May 26 – Performance (call 5:30pm, curtain 7pm)
· Sunday, May 27 – Performance and Strike (Cast party picnic/optional 12:30pm, Call 1:30pm, curtain 3pm, strike and clean-up after show)
Costs
Required (scholarships are available for these costs, please inquire with Director)
· Scripts - $4 per script (required for those with speaking roles, encouraged for nonspeaking roles, families with several nonspeakers may share as convenient)
· Costume – each person is responsible for the design and building of his/her own costume. Guidelines will be presented during the first cast meeting on March 11. This year’s theme is Recycling, therefore, costumes may be made of any recycled material. This is a unique opportunity to create free (or nearly free) pieces, buy at Goodwill, or borrow. All participants are encouraged to spend as little as possible on costumes.
Optional
· The cast usually orders production t-shirts. These will run $8-$10 dollars. Purchase is completely optional.
· There may be a few fundraising opportunities (selling stars during production, cast adoptions, concessions, etc.) Purchase of any of these items is completely optional.
Questions?
Please contact the director, Dr. Jeannie Gambill at jeanniegambill@bellsouth.net.
See you on February 25!!
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