Cinderella Waltz - AUDITION PACKET - UIL OAP 2018

Auditions will be held after school on Thursday, December 14 and Friday, December 15 . All students, whether interested in acting, technical crew, or both, should see Mr. Hensley to sign up for time slots for this audition. Students interested in both acting and technical crew positions should sign up for two blocks of time back to back. Failure to show up for your designated time slot will result in failure to earn a spot on the team for OAP this year. Two sessions of auditions are available to accommodate student availability and students need not stay at auditions after they have performed. Students should turn their audition forms in during class on December 13 , regardless of which day they plan to attend auditions. Brief student interviews will be done in class on December 14th & 15th , at which point the director will also discuss with students any scheduling conflicts that appeared on their audition forms.

AT THE AUDITION:

Please report to Mr. Hensley’s classroom by 3:45 . Remember the need for a quiet, respectful, and supportive atmosphere. All students interested in acting roles will be asked to prepare brief, detailed characterizations for any role they’d like to audition for. Pieces that will be used are provided in the Audition Pieces . Students interested in technical roles will be asked a brief set of troubleshooting questions using backstage scenarios that often pop up at competition.

CASTING DECISIONS:

A cast list will be made available on the department’s website ( www.smithvilledrama.com ). The list will be posted no later than 12pm on Sunday, December 17.

IMPORTANT INFO FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS

1. Practices: We will be following the rehearsal schedule as much as possible. The only variation will be if we need to change rehearsal focus due to difficulties with the script, absent students, etc.

2. Performances: The performances are scheduled for Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24, at 7 PM and Sunday, March 25 at 3 PM. All performances are held at the SJHS Cafetorium.

3. Tickets: Tickets will be available at the door. Students are $3 and Adults are $5. 4. Expenses: Cast members may be responsible for purchasing their own personal items if they are

necessary. (i.e. socks, stockings, slips) If at all required, these costs will be minimal. 5. School rules: Students represent their families, school, and community. They must always act

appropriately and follow all school rules as outlined in the SHS Student Handbook. Students may be dismissed from the show for serious violation of school regulations whether they occur on school property or not. Students may be dismissed and/or replaced by an understudy at the discretion of the director for participating in illegal activities. Activities include, but are not limited to: 1. Possession, distribution or use of alcohol, tobacco, or illegal substances 2. Misuse of prescription or over-the-counter medicine and herbal supplements 3. Any activities punishable as a felony 4. Stealing 5. Fighting or threatening harm to others or self

6. Contact: Should you need to contact me, the easiest way is to send me an e-mail to dhensley@smithvilleisd.org . A copy of the rehearsal calendar can be found at www.smithvilledrama.com . It is updated in real-time.

CINDERELLA WALTZ PRODUCTION CALENDAR

A more detailed calendar of each rehearsals’ activities can be found on the department’s website ( www.smithvilledrama.com ) by clicking the ‘Calendar’ tab.

January 2018 9 - Tuesday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 11 - Thursday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 16 - Tuesday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 18 - Thursday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 23 - Tuesday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 25 - Thursday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 27 - Saturday Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm - Bring a sack lunch 30 - Tuesday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 31 - Wednesday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm February 2018 6 - Tuesday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 8 - Thursday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 13 - Tuesday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 15 - Thursday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 16 - Friday - Push Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 7:00 pm 17 - Saturday - Lone Star Theatre Festival - Wimberley HS - ALL DAY - Bring lunch/food money 20 - Tuesday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 22 - Thursday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 27 - Tuesday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm March 2018 1 - Thursday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 5 - Monday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm 8 - Thursday - Dress Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 7:00 pm 9 - Friday - UIL OAP District Competition - Bastrop PAC - ALL DAY - Bring lunch/food money ***15 - Thursday - Tentative Spring Break Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 - 6:00 pm ***17 - Saturday - Tentative Spring Break Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 12:00 - 4:00 pm ***19 - Monday - Tentative Dress Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 - 7:00 ***20 - Tuesday - Bi-district Competition - Bastrop PAC - ALL DAY - Bring a sack lunch 20 - Tuesday - Rehearsal - SJHS Cafetorium - 4:00 to 6:00 pm

Cinderella Waltz Audition Application UIL One Act Play 2018

Name _____________________________________ Grade ___________

E-mail: ____________________________________

Phone # ___________________________________

Previous theatre experience:

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Special talents/skills:

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Are you willing to be moved into the 8th Period Theatre Productions Course, if necessary?

Yes ______ No ______

Please list any other extracurricular activities you’re involved in:

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FOR MR. HENSLEY’S USE ONLY Stage Presence: 1 2 3 4 5 Character: 1 2 3 4 5 Volume: 1 2 3 4 5 Diction: 1 2 3 4 5 Notes :

Show Conflict Sheet

Look over the tentative schedule and write any conflict descriptions, with their start and stop times, beside the date(s) below. List EVERY dental appointment, haircut, spaghetti dinner with Grandma, church activity, club activity, etc. that you have throughout the dates of this production. All conflicts listed will be considered excused. Anything that happens after will be considered UNEXCUSED. Due to a short rehearsal time, only two unexcused absences will be allowed before you are replaced by an alternate.

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Production Contract

Please realize that by signing this contract you are making a commitment to follow ALL rules outlined herein. This agreement is to ensure that all actors and crew members are treated fairly as collaborative artists who are working towards the same goal. I will enforce this agreement to the best of my ability, but be aware that special circumstances not covered here will be addressed on a case by case basis.

I, __________________________, as a member of the company of Cinderella Waltz, understand that I should listen to and follow all instructions given to me by the director and stage manager(s). Since my conduct reflects on the company as a whole and on the Theatre Arts Department of Smithville High School, I shall at all times exhibit attitudes and behaviors which will not jeopardize the position of either. Because we work together so closely, I will exhibit proper conduct at all times. I will not use inappropriate language. At no time will I make a comment or a joke at the expense of another cast member. I understand that doing so can result in immediate dismissal from the show. I understand that talking while others are working onstage, or especially while the director is speaking, is disrespectful and will not be tolerated. I accept that repeated instances of talking over the director may result in my demotion to understudy. Because of the interdependence of cast and crew, I understand that I am to be on stage, with a pencil and my script, ready to work at my designated rehearsal time. I understand that after something is taught, I am expected to have it memorized for the next rehearsal. I understand that I am expected to keep props, set pieces, and costumes in working order. If repairs are needed, I will notify the director immediately. I know that students, aside from understudies, should not wear other students’ costumes. If props or costumes are damaged or lost while in in my possession, I understand that I will be responsible for the replacement cost. I understand that actors must not alter their appearance in any way (including haircuts, hair coloring or highlighting, piercings, tattoos, etc.) without getting approval from the director first. Student Signature: ____________________________________ Date: _____________

As mother/father/legal guardian of the aforementioned student, I give my permission for my child to participate in the production of Cinderella Waltz. I am aware of the requirements outlined above. I agree to allow my child’s name and phone number to be added to the cast and crew contact list. I understand that accessibility to my student by phone allows for the smoothest relay of changes to the schedule or other important memos, and provides a method of contact for unscheduled tardies or absences. Further, I understand that this contact sheet will be distributed to all of the performers and crew members. I authorize the recording, video filming, and/or photographing of my child. Further, I agree to the use of my child’s name, likeness and achievement(s) for educational and other bona fide related, non-profit purposes, including marketing and promoting the Smithville ISD Public Schools and the Smithville High School Theatre Department, and consent to the display of such to any persons. I authorize the use of any such recording, video film, and/or photographs, and/or any other such information in all media in perpetuity and without claim to compensation. I agree to release and hold harmless the Smithville High School Theatre Department and the Smithville ISD Public Schools for the use of any such material. Parent Signature ________________________________________ Date ______________

Costume Sizing Worksheet

All actors, please fill out this worksheet. The sizes you indicate here will be useful in the acquisition of any costume pieces that your character may require. Your exact measurements may be taken at the costume fitting, but you should also make sure to indicate your numerical sizes in common clothing items (shirts, pants, dresses, skirts, shoes, etc.) so they can be considered in costume selection. Actor & Character Name: __________________________________________________ Please write your size numerically in the blank that is provided. Small, medium, large, and so on, can be used if you absolutely do not know your numerical size. (Helpful hint: Check the tags on the clothes you’re currently wearing if you don't know your sizes off the top of your head.) Shirt: ______________ Pants: ______________ Shoes: ______________ Dress: ______________ Are the sizes provided given in Juniors or Adult sizing? Juniors Adult Do you wear glasses? Yes _____ No _____ If you wear glasses, can you move around stage without them? Yes _____ No _____ If you wear glasses, do you own contact lenses? Yes ______ No _____ If you wear glasses, but do not own contact lenses, can you acquire them before the performance dates for this show? Yes ______ No _____

Cinderella Waltz - Audition Pieces

Rosey Snow : Smart, resourceful, humorous, pretty, optimistic, graceful; NOT a Disney princess. I think I’ve stumbled into a fairy tale. First the extraordinary opportunity, then the sudden obstacle. I read all about it in the encyclopedia. What should I do? ( She goes over to the well and lays the petunias down by it. ) Oh, Mother, why are you dead? You’re always dead when I need you.

Mrs. Snow : Rosey's stepmother; physically demanding role; strong willed and selfish Shut up, Regan. A dress won’t help her if she has no ticket. And a ticket won’t help her if she has no dress. And neither one will help her if she can’t dance. Let’s go girls. Rosey, wash the windows, wash the cat, wash the chickens, wash, wash, WASH!

Goneril : Rosey's stepsister; bad temper; pretty in a pouty sort of way; life has disappointed her. Can’t you see, those rich people are going to laugh at us? Look at these dresses, and this awful makeup, and our hair. Nothing good is ever going to happen to us. We’re doomed. DOOOOOMED.

Regan : Rosey's stepsister; her lights are on but nobody's home. REGAN. And the music and the dancing and the ducks --

GONERIL. Swans.

REGAN. And the swans and the violins and the footmen and the Prince was so handsome and I never imagined anything could be so CLEAN. Oh, it was so NICE, And everybody was so pretty and that one girl that came late and left early and smelled like pumpkin pie. She looked a little like Rosey.

Mother Magee : A tippling, bawdy, fairy godmother; physical agility & no sense of dignity are a plus.

MOTHER MAGEE. ( from the well. ) YOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO. OHO. GIMME A HAND,

DEARIE, I’M DOWN THE FRIGGING WELL. Urgh. Arb. Lek. Ooooo. There. Oops. ( She lands on her head

and collapses in a heap outside the well, revealing garishly flowered bloomers. ) I’m Mother Magee. I’m a fairy

godmother. Yours.

ROSEY. Really? You?

MOTHER MAGEE. Who’d you expect? Tinker Bell?

Mr. Snow : Rosey's father; he can't find his trousers.

MR. SNOW. (Emerging from the house) I’ve lost my pants. (Noticing Rosey) You didn’t want to go to that ball,

did you? Won’t find nothin’ special at no ball. Cuddle a quilt in a rocker, look at the fire and listen to the clock

burp. That’s what I call fun. Well, whatever. ( He goes into the house.)

Prince Alfred : A Sondheim prince: charming but not sincere; handsome, athletic, not devoid of self-awareness.

The King got this idea that I ought to get married. I wasn’t keen on the idea myself, if you want to know the

truth -- Pay attention, Troll. So, mother got this idea for a great awful BALL, you see. Clever woman, bit of a

squint she’s got, but clever. She thought we might invite all the eligible MAIDEN types and a few wench types

from the countryside for variety, and, this is an awfully long story, isn’t is? What point was a I trying to make,

Troll?

Troll : He is a petty civil servant, a Sancho Panza; a thoroughly decent person, therefore sometimes ridiculous.

I’m retained by Prince Alfred. Of Fafrid. I’ve been touring the countryside hither and yon, delivering

invitations to the big ball. I was looking at the sky and humming, and I fell down your well.

Zed : The Village idiot; secretly a maker of small beautiful things; bitter and cynical, as so often happens. ZED. Ddddddazzzzzz. Ddddazzzzzzz. ( He makes little hopeful awkward circles with his hand.) Ddddans?

ROSEY. Dance?

ZED. Ya. Ya. You. Ta dans. Yes?

ROSEY. I don’t understand.

ZED. ( having a frustration fit. ) URG. STUPID DORTY RATTEN RASELFRATSA.

DDDDDAAANNNNNNNSSSS. ( Trying very hard to control himself and enunciate.)

TeeeeeeeeccchhhhhhOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Teeech. Yoooooo. Tadanz.