Audition Information
Who: Students K-5th at LHE are invited to audition. All participants MUST HAVE AN ADULT present for the parent meeting from 5:15-5:30 (K-2nd) and 5:45-6:00pm (3rd-5th). Our cast size is limited due to stage space and audience seating at the ART. Thank you, parents, for helping students to understand how the casting process works and that we can’t cast everyone.
Preparation for Main Audition: (Cast List posted online by Monday, January 15th or earlier)
- Read all information thoroughly so that you understand how the process works & the expectations.
- Complete Permission Form including parent volunteer information. To accommodate a large cast we definitely need volunteer help! J Send in signed Permission Form along with $6 for rehearsal CD before Dec. 22nd.
- Practice singing "Be Our Guest,” after Mrs. Potts solo song #17 on the Rehearsal CD.
- Speak your name and act like and make sounds like a jungle animal (looking for volume and projecting.)
- Practice basic dance steps – box step, pivot turn, step-touch, jazz hands.
Preparation for Principle & Secondary roles: (Callback list posted online Wed, January 10th by 11pm)
- Choose the Character/Role you would like to try out for and Sign up on Mrs. McCarthy’s classroom door (204) before Dec. 18th to receive Accompaniment Cd, music and script if auditioning for a lead role (3rd-5th grades only). You may sign up for up two roles, no more.
- Memorize and add motions to a song your favorite character sings. You will be asked to perform 30 seconds of your song at Wednesday’s auditions and 1 minute of that song if you are called back.
- Memorize/be very familiar with one spoken scene for that character. The scene that you will need to work on will be provided after you sign up for a role on Mrs. McCarthy’s Door.
Mandatory -- $50 Tuition (per student to be paid after cast list is posted) which covers expert training by teachers, rights to perform show, cost for props & sets, and part of student’s costume. Scholarships are available upon request.
Mandatory -- $6 Rehearsal CD (this musical doesn’t offer online downloads) – one CD per family.
Optional -- $5 Tickets Each student in the cast will receive 2 complimentary tickets. Additional tickets must be purchased for $5 each. We will have assigned seating.
Visit the LHES Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr. website for forms and information at: http://lhesmusical.weebly.com/
Please direct any questions to: [email protected]