Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Drama Practice Schedule

If your kid's part is not listed, they do NOT need to be here at 4:00. All Cast and Choir continue to report at 5pm each week unless otherwise listed below.

October 2 - Scene 1 - Rookie, Joe, Seamstresses, Goat Napper, and Traveler

October 9 - Scenes 3, 5 - Rookie, Joe, Cub, Scoop, Herb, Vince, Frank, Merv, Shep, Source 1, 2, 3.

October 16 - Scenes 2, 4 - Rookie, Joe, Cub, Scoop, CD.

October 23 - Scene 6, 8 - Rookie, Joe, Cub, Scoop, Herb, Vince, Frank, Merv, Shep, Gabriel.

October 30 - FALL FESTIVAL/TRUNK N TREAT NO REHEARSAL

November 6 - Scene 7, and fine tuning - ALL CAST - ALL PARTS NEED TO BE MEMORIZED BY THIS WEEK!!!

November 13 - Run through with blocking and parts memorized - ALL CAST

November 20, 27, December 4, 11 - ENTIRE CAST AND CHOIR REPORTS AT 4!

December 14 - 6 - 8pm - Pre Dress Rehearsal - All Cast and Choir

December 17 - 9am - Noon - Dress Rehearsal - All Cast and Choir




Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Announcing our Cast and Solos for "Arrest These Merry Gentlemen"

What an AMAZING group of kids we have this year! Around 35 kids auditioned this year!!! So much talent from everyone, too! We were very impressed by how prepared some of you were...it was clear that you all worked very hard! We sure had an extremely difficult task ahead of us. These decisions were NOT easy to come by. Everyone did exceptionally well this year which made this even harder. I wish that we could give everyone the part that they want, but unfortunately we have to consider a lot of factors when choosing someone to play a role.

Some of the things that we considered when making these decisions are 1) the age of the child. While we have many talented kids of all ages, some of our kids are in choir for the last year and we want to make sure that the kids who are about to age out of choir get to participate as much as possible. 2) How the child fits into the role. 3) Whether or not the child has already had the opportunity to have a considerable role in the past. We like for everyone to gain as much experience as possible and try to be fair in giving everyone a shot. If a child did not receive the part that they auditioned for, it in no way means that they were not good enough for the part...in fact, the opposite is true. In some cases we had 10+ people audition for the same role. In any case, all roles are equally as important in the telling of our story. We couldn't put on such a show without each and every child involved. We hope that no one is discouraged or upset if they were not selected for the part they auditioned for. We will all have a great time together! For most of you, there's always next year!!! :)

The following is the list of cast and solos. Anyone that was selected for a SPEAKING PART will need to report at 4:00 PM from now on each Sunday evening. Anyone with a NON SPEAKING PART or SOLO only will not need to arrive until 5:00 until further notice. If you have ANY questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to email us at ccmpraisecompany@gmail.com.


These people MUST report THIS Sunday, September 25th at 4:00 to the BASEMENT Big Room.

SERGEANT JOE SABBATH - Joshua Gleberman

PATROLMAN ROOKIE - Michael Williams

SCOOP - Sarah Snyder

CUB - Jordan Samuelson

FRANK - Sam Rote

VINCE - Nathan Yared

MERV - Rad Murray

HERB - Rebecca Meyers

SHEP - Sam Neiger

CD - Cameron Mitchell

SEAMSTRESSES - Ally Kritzer and Anastasia Shalakov

SOURCE 1 - Olivia Martin

SOURCE 2 - Ella Hummeldorf

SOURCE 3 - Elizabeth Puckett

TRAVELER - Kate Kunze

GOAT NAPPER - Blake Shope

PERSON 1 - Abigail Noble

PERSON 2 - Will Martin

PERSON 3 - Drew Martin

GABRIEL - Rachel Gleberman

These Roles will NOT need to arrive early, just come for 5:00 rehearsal

NON SPEAKING ROLES:

PITA CHEWER - Bianca Olea

MARY - Emma Tanghal

JOSEPH - Jacob Turner

TOWNS PEOPLE - Emilee Martin, Emma Martin, Rachel Minor, Will Hummeldorf, Morgan Skerl, Faith Youngquist

SOLOS - Arrive at regular 5:00 rehearsal time (unless you also have a speaking role)
The specific solo part will be assigned on Sunday - these are just the songs that the solos will be in.

CHRIST IS BORN - Olivia Martin, Abigail Noble

HE IS THE ONE - Holly Brashear, Rose Brashear

LOOK FOR THE LIGHT - Hope Davis, Bianca Olea

NO FEAR - Noah Henderson, Emma Martin

PEACE IS HERE FOR YOU - Rachel Minor

Please don't hesitate to email us with questions!!!! See you all on Sunday :)

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Auditions On Sunday!

Our auditions are this Sunday from 1 - 5. I am hoping to get emails out today to remind you all of your times. PLEASE be prepared for your audition by using the materials provided for you on the last blog post and on the CD. Please don't forget to bring your information sheet as well!

OUR AUDITIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE BASEMENT BIG ROOM - if you are unfamiliar with the building, you can check out the building floor plan here.

REHEARSAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF SEPTEMBER WILL BE IN THE BASEMENT BIG ROOM (see above link for building map) Beginning in October we will have all rehearsals in the GYM. We will do our best to communicate any changes in a timely manner. The locations of each rehearsal are also shown on the Praise Company calendar below.

We are also in need of 2 or 3 parents that would be willing to take care of costuming for the kids. We have costumes available for everyone, but we'll need someone to come during rehearsal to "fit" the kids and tag the costumes accordingly. We are also in need of someone to possibly do some minor sewing projects for some specialty items we may need. If you are interested in helping with this project, please let me know via email and I will give you some more details.

See you Sunday!