Audition Date: Sunday January 20th
Audition Time: 2:00-5:00 (Sign ups begins at 1:30)
Audition Fee: $20.00 (non-refundable)
Casting: 25-30 students ages 6-18 only. We will NOT be casting more than 30 kids in this production.
What to prepare: Please prepare a 16-32 bar cut in the style of the show. An Accompanist will be provided. Please bring sheet music in a 3 ring binder or folder (Make sure it is secure in the folder), a current headshot and resume and please be prepared to stay after your audition and dance. You will be given time to change after your audition. There will be No accapella or pre-recorded music will be accepted. After your vocal or dance audition, you may be asked to do a cold read from the script.
If you need help preparing for the audition, please speak to Mr. Nick to schedule a lesson time with him. He is more than happy to help anyone prepare! His email is Nick.Morrett@gmail.com.
We are opening these auditions up to anyone and everyone in the community. Please help us to get the word out and pull in some new fresh faces to join the Impact Family for this amazing production! Flyers are available at the front desk to take to your school, church, community center, etc.
Show fee: $400.00 (to be paid in full on or before Jan 26th. If you fail to pay, you will not be able to participate in the production)
Annie Jr. Schedule
*All conflicts must be approved before rehearsals begin*
Required Parent/Student Meeting: Jan 26th 1:00-2:00
Rehearsals: Saturdays 1:00-4:00
Feb: 2, 9, 16
Mar: 2, 9, 16, 23
Apr: 13, 27
May: 4, 11, 18
Tech Rehearsal: May 22nd 5:00-9:00
Performances: May 26th (2:00 & 6:00)
At the parent/student meeting, you will receive your script, practice CD, detailed schedule, meet the cast and production team. We will be going over the rehearsal and performance schedule and discussing what help we will need from the parents (Costume assistance, Set Assistance, Backstage crew assistance etc) as well as the productions expectations.
Please note this show is NOT a class. This production is a true theatre production and will be run as so. You will be required to be at all of the scheduled rehearsals. Conflicts must be approved before the rehearsal process begins. If you do miss a rehearsal, you risk being asked to leave the production and will not receive a refund.
What to expect:
This audition is going to be a fast paced audition. It is going to be intense. You wont have much time so make sure whatever you do when singing, dancing and possibly reading is memorable.
Singing Audition: 16-32 bar cut.
1. A Bar of music is how the music is divided. So when looking at the music, you will have lines that go vertical. The notes in between those lines is called a bar. You want to have 16-32 of those.
2. Make sure whatever song you pick shows YOU off at YOUR BEST. Please steer clear of songs that are from popular movies like the greatest showman or Broadway shows like Wicked, Hamilton, Phantom of the Opera, etc.
3. Your song should be AGE APPROPRIATE! Meaning DO YOUR RESEARCH! Look up the song, name of the show, who are the composers, what else did they write, style of the show, etc
4. Please make sure your sheet music HAD the melody line (What the singer will sing with words) AND the piano accompaniment underneath.
5. PERFORM THE PIECE! Show us your personality and presence! Don't hold back! This is what will show us what you have to offer the production!
6. YOUR PIECE NEEDS TO BE MEMORIZED!
Dance Audition:
1. EVERYONE will be asked to dance!
2. At the dance call, make sure you are in something comfortable and DO YOUR BEST!
3. Show us your personality. I would rather have you miss a step or 2 and show us that amazing personality than get the steps perfect and not show us anything.
4. Wear appropriate Dance attire and Dance shoes.
Cold Read/Acting Audition:
This is VERY important- NOT everyone will be asked to read. THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE NOT CAST!
After your dance audition, we will ask a certain number of people to stay and read for the character roles. If you are not asked to stay and read, do NOT worry.
This is why the singing audition is so important. It will show us what you are capable of doing and where we should consider you for.
You will be giving the script and a few minutes to go over the lines we would like you to read. We MAY give you some direction but this is for us to see how well you read. IF you are asked to cold read and cant read, DONT WORRY!
Just like the singing audition, MAKE CHOICES AND PERFORM! We want to see what you bring to the table.
A FEW MORE GENERIC SUGGESTIONS:
RELAX- The worse thing YOU can do as a performer is freak yourself out. Breathe. We want YOU to do YOUR best and make our job hard as to who to cast because everyone is so fantastic!
BE PREPARED- Make sure you know your music piece so well that you can sing it in your sleep!
HAVE FUN- The more fun YOU have, the more fun WE will have! Show us your personality and why we will want to cast you!
Last but not least , if you have a question ASK ME! That's the ONLY way you're going to learn and understand 🙂
I still have a few remaining audition prep time slots available so feel free to email me is you would like to get one! $30 for 30 minutes. Nick.Morrett@gmail.com
Thanks so much and we look forward to seeing you at the auditions!
