The following page is from the Musical Theatre class of 2015/2016. Feel free to take a look through at the resources and assignments to get a sense of what to expect in 2016/2017.
See the Drama and Theatre Resources page at the top of this page to find info about how to nail your auditions and develop interesting and dynamic characters.
Hopefully I'll see you all soon! :)
~Ms. Tye
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June 1, 2016
These files are all your remaining or potentially overdue assignments.
Your Hans Christian Anderson Little Mermaid Story assignment is due the Monday, March 21st. MEGA OVERDUE! HAND IN ASAP!
Your Character Development Package is due Monday, April 4th. Many of you play multiple characters. You need to answer enough for 60 Marks - focus on your larger role(s) and answer the questions that apply. You can either answer different questions per character, or answer the same few questions for each character. See me if you need help. MEGA OVERDUE! HAND THIS IN ASAP!
Your ISU presentations will start on June 7th - and you will need to be prepared to present that day!
Your Character Tracking Assignment was hopefully completed and handed in to Melissa before we started the show. Now, you should edit and submit your good copy to me. Due June 10.
Your Musical Theatre Post Show Reflection and Self Evaluation is due June 6th.
I will be posting exam study notes ASAP as well - so keep an eye on this website for those :)
Your Hans Christian Anderson Little Mermaid Story assignment is due the Monday, March 21st. MEGA OVERDUE! HAND IN ASAP!
Your Character Development Package is due Monday, April 4th. Many of you play multiple characters. You need to answer enough for 60 Marks - focus on your larger role(s) and answer the questions that apply. You can either answer different questions per character, or answer the same few questions for each character. See me if you need help. MEGA OVERDUE! HAND THIS IN ASAP!
Your ISU presentations will start on June 7th - and you will need to be prepared to present that day!
Your Character Tracking Assignment was hopefully completed and handed in to Melissa before we started the show. Now, you should edit and submit your good copy to me. Due June 10.
Your Musical Theatre Post Show Reflection and Self Evaluation is due June 6th.
I will be posting exam study notes ASAP as well - so keep an eye on this website for those :)
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Revised "Post-Snow-Day" Audition Schedule:
Auditions Thursday:
It'll be a bit tight to fit the rest of the Vocal Auditions into period 3 tomorrow - but we'll do our best and if we have to work through our break a bit and into period 4, we'll do that.
Now, this being said, the weather report for tomorrow isn't great either, so we may end up needing to push things back further. Depending on what happens tomorrow, I'll make up a revised schedule if we need to push casting and our first read through back any further.
Thursday:
Warm up: All on stage 12:00
Cameron & Jade: If Only 12:05
Khora: Sweet Child 12:10
Emma: Under the Sea 12:15
Matt: Daddy’s Little 12:20
Sarah: #1 12:25
Aiden: Part of your World 12:30
Hannah: Sweet Child 12:35
Robert, Carly, Sarah, Ellie: She’s in Love 12:40
Mackenzie: Part of your World 12:45
Tesla: Poor Unfortunate 12:50
Emily: Part of Your World 12:55
Will: Under the Sea 1:00
Matt: Poor Unfortunate 1:05
David: Les Poissons 1:10
Khora: World Above 1:15
Emma: Poor Unfortunate 1:20
Trevor & Chris: Sweet Child 1:25
Tom M: ? 1:30
Scene Work 1:40-2:45 (be prepared to cold read any of the listed scenes (Pgs 3-4, 5-8, 12-14, 17-18, 24-25, 47-48, 54-56, 60-61, 70, 75).
Enjoy the day off and rest!
It'll be a bit tight to fit the rest of the Vocal Auditions into period 3 tomorrow - but we'll do our best and if we have to work through our break a bit and into period 4, we'll do that.
Now, this being said, the weather report for tomorrow isn't great either, so we may end up needing to push things back further. Depending on what happens tomorrow, I'll make up a revised schedule if we need to push casting and our first read through back any further.
Thursday:
Warm up: All on stage 12:00
Cameron & Jade: If Only 12:05
Khora: Sweet Child 12:10
Emma: Under the Sea 12:15
Matt: Daddy’s Little 12:20
Sarah: #1 12:25
Aiden: Part of your World 12:30
Hannah: Sweet Child 12:35
Robert, Carly, Sarah, Ellie: She’s in Love 12:40
Mackenzie: Part of your World 12:45
Tesla: Poor Unfortunate 12:50
Emily: Part of Your World 12:55
Will: Under the Sea 1:00
Matt: Poor Unfortunate 1:05
David: Les Poissons 1:10
Khora: World Above 1:15
Emma: Poor Unfortunate 1:20
Trevor & Chris: Sweet Child 1:25
Tom M: ? 1:30
Scene Work 1:40-2:45 (be prepared to cold read any of the listed scenes (Pgs 3-4, 5-8, 12-14, 17-18, 24-25, 47-48, 54-56, 60-61, 70, 75).
Enjoy the day off and rest!
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February 22nd - Audition Week!
Please see all of the following files for info about your auditions this week. Break a leg and take good care of yourselves and each other :) Scroll down further below if you are missing anything else so far this semester for extra copies of assignments.
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February 18, 2016
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Attached is today's to do list with reminders and updates for the week :)
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February 12, 2016
Thanks for a great first week! Below, you'll find some documents that we've used during our first week.
Please be sure to bring your Class Contract (last page of Course Outline), your Aquarium Permission Form and your Chocolate Cheque/Contract in ASAP.
Journal #1 was due today (Friday, Feb 12) and our Speedy Fairy Tale presentations are today.
Over the weekend, prepare for your auditions and catch up on any overdue work from this week. DO NOT GET BEHIND! We will continue to move through the courses quickly.
Please be sure to bring your Class Contract (last page of Course Outline), your Aquarium Permission Form and your Chocolate Cheque/Contract in ASAP.
Journal #1 was due today (Friday, Feb 12) and our Speedy Fairy Tale presentations are today.
Over the weekend, prepare for your auditions and catch up on any overdue work from this week. DO NOT GET BEHIND! We will continue to move through the courses quickly.
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February 5th, 2016 - We're about to start our course!!
Hi everyone! We're going to be starting our course next week - get ready for a fun and crazy few months! Keep an eye on this page (and scroll down if you've missed anything that's been posted previously). I'll update this page regularly with details on what we've been doing in class, extra copies of assignments/handouts, reminders etc.
Looking forward to our adventures!
Looking forward to our adventures!
What roles might be right for me?
I've had a few questions about what roles you should be looking at as you prepare for your auditions and callbacks in February. Below is some information on what roles might be right for you, and what you can expect from the first few weeks of the course.
Lead and Supporting Roles:
Ariel: Female (soprano)
Prince Eric: Male (tenor)
Grimsby: Probably male, but open to female auditions (mostly spoken)
Flounder: Probably male - this is written for a little boy, so we may open up auditions for a petite grade 9 student, or even a child from outside the school. What are your thoughts on this? (soprano/high tenor)
Scuttle: Male or Female (Ms Sisson and I are thinking we might do a kind of 1920s Flapper type gull chorus, so we may lean towards Scuttle being cast as Female.)
King Triton: Male (Baritone)
Sebastian: Male or Female (Baritone or Alto)
Flotsam: Male or Female (tenor or soprano)
Jetsam: Male or Female (tenor or soprano)
Ursula: Female (Alto)
Chef Louis: Male or Female (Chef Louise?)
Ensemble: (One of the cool things about this ensemble is that many of these roles have names, lines, and sung solo parts - These are great roles to go for!)
Pilot, Sailors: Males and Females (We won't be dressing girls as boys here - in the world we're creating, girls are sailors too!)
Sea Creatures: Males and Females
Mersisters (Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Atina, Adella, Allana): Females
Gulls: Probably only Female (flapper gull chorus!)
Maids: Females
Chefs: Males and Females
Animals: Males and Females
Princesses: Females
The first couple weeks of the course, we'll be doing some skills intensives - learning about acting, music and dance. This is the time to show your effort and energy and to learn some new things - especially if any of these performance areas are new to you. We'll also be looking at production roles and have a guest panel of last year's musical theatre students to talk about their experience and the different jobs they took on as part of the course last year.
The week of February 22nd we'll have our auditions. It will be vital that you are present each day this week (well, your regular attendance throughout the course will be vital.) We will not be doing make-up audition dates. You'll all have chosen two contrasting songs from the show to perform for the teachers and your classmates as part of your audition. We'll have a couple of days of vocal auditions in the auditorium. Closer to the audition dates you'll all get a copy of your scripts and I'll tell you the scenes that we'll be looking at for your acting audition. We'll spend a couple days playing with the script with you all reading for different roles. Yes, both your vocal and acting auditions will be group auditions with everyone present. This can be nerve-wracking, but I promise we'll already have worked closely together and your classmates will be incredibly supportive of you and your audition.
The final day that week and potentially into the next week, we'll be doing callbacks for the lead and supporting lead roles if we need to see anyone again to make our casting decisions. Last year the callbacks were with smaller groups of just the people going for those lead roles with Mr. A and I, while everyone else did drama activities with our peer tutors and student teachers. It will likely be similar this year, although we'll decide on details once we figure out who we need to see another audition from.
We'll have another lunch meeting in December or January to go over what songs you should be especially looking at and answer any questions you might have about the February auditions.
In the meantime, if you have any questions about any of the above, feel free to shoot me an email ([email protected]) or come have a chat with me in the arts office (room 173).
Lead and Supporting Roles:
Ariel: Female (soprano)
Prince Eric: Male (tenor)
Grimsby: Probably male, but open to female auditions (mostly spoken)
Flounder: Probably male - this is written for a little boy, so we may open up auditions for a petite grade 9 student, or even a child from outside the school. What are your thoughts on this? (soprano/high tenor)
Scuttle: Male or Female (Ms Sisson and I are thinking we might do a kind of 1920s Flapper type gull chorus, so we may lean towards Scuttle being cast as Female.)
King Triton: Male (Baritone)
Sebastian: Male or Female (Baritone or Alto)
Flotsam: Male or Female (tenor or soprano)
Jetsam: Male or Female (tenor or soprano)
Ursula: Female (Alto)
Chef Louis: Male or Female (Chef Louise?)
Ensemble: (One of the cool things about this ensemble is that many of these roles have names, lines, and sung solo parts - These are great roles to go for!)
Pilot, Sailors: Males and Females (We won't be dressing girls as boys here - in the world we're creating, girls are sailors too!)
Sea Creatures: Males and Females
Mersisters (Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Atina, Adella, Allana): Females
Gulls: Probably only Female (flapper gull chorus!)
Maids: Females
Chefs: Males and Females
Animals: Males and Females
Princesses: Females
The first couple weeks of the course, we'll be doing some skills intensives - learning about acting, music and dance. This is the time to show your effort and energy and to learn some new things - especially if any of these performance areas are new to you. We'll also be looking at production roles and have a guest panel of last year's musical theatre students to talk about their experience and the different jobs they took on as part of the course last year.
The week of February 22nd we'll have our auditions. It will be vital that you are present each day this week (well, your regular attendance throughout the course will be vital.) We will not be doing make-up audition dates. You'll all have chosen two contrasting songs from the show to perform for the teachers and your classmates as part of your audition. We'll have a couple of days of vocal auditions in the auditorium. Closer to the audition dates you'll all get a copy of your scripts and I'll tell you the scenes that we'll be looking at for your acting audition. We'll spend a couple days playing with the script with you all reading for different roles. Yes, both your vocal and acting auditions will be group auditions with everyone present. This can be nerve-wracking, but I promise we'll already have worked closely together and your classmates will be incredibly supportive of you and your audition.
The final day that week and potentially into the next week, we'll be doing callbacks for the lead and supporting lead roles if we need to see anyone again to make our casting decisions. Last year the callbacks were with smaller groups of just the people going for those lead roles with Mr. A and I, while everyone else did drama activities with our peer tutors and student teachers. It will likely be similar this year, although we'll decide on details once we figure out who we need to see another audition from.
We'll have another lunch meeting in December or January to go over what songs you should be especially looking at and answer any questions you might have about the February auditions.
In the meantime, if you have any questions about any of the above, feel free to shoot me an email ([email protected]) or come have a chat with me in the arts office (room 173).
We are excited to announce this year's musical: The Little Mermaid!
Musical Theatre students: Here are a few things that you can look at over the next little while to become familiar with the musical and the music. Enjoy :)
Broadway Production Trailer
Complete Broadway Soundtrack (There are some small changes, and the song "I Want The Good Times Back" has been replaced with "Daddy's Little Angel":
Part One of the full pre-Broadway production. The filming isn't fantastic, but will give you a good sense of the show as a whole. There have been some changes to the script and music since this production.
Some little videos:
Part of Your World
Under the Sea
One Step Closer
Kiss the Girl
She's in Love (One of my favourite new songs with the Mersisters and Flounder! This video starts with Part of Your World)
Poor Unfortunate Souls (This features Sherie Rene Scott, who was the original Amneris from Aida!)
There's lots more out there! Check it out and let me know if you find something else that you'd like me to post here :)
Broadway Production Trailer
Complete Broadway Soundtrack (There are some small changes, and the song "I Want The Good Times Back" has been replaced with "Daddy's Little Angel":
Part One of the full pre-Broadway production. The filming isn't fantastic, but will give you a good sense of the show as a whole. There have been some changes to the script and music since this production.
Some little videos:
Part of Your World
Under the Sea
One Step Closer
Kiss the Girl
She's in Love (One of my favourite new songs with the Mersisters and Flounder! This video starts with Part of Your World)
Poor Unfortunate Souls (This features Sherie Rene Scott, who was the original Amneris from Aida!)
There's lots more out there! Check it out and let me know if you find something else that you'd like me to post here :)
AUDITIONS ARE SOON!
Make sure you have all the information you need about auditions, which are WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH 3:00PM-6:30PM! See the document immediately below here for the details. Check out the Drama and Theatre Resources page for audition and character development resources, upcoming events and opportunities, and details about our fun Fitness for Performers workshops!
Did you miss our Musical Theatre meeting on September 23rd? Here's the handout you need! Chat with Mr. Abrahamse about chocolate fundraising.
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Welcome to Musical Theatre 2015-2016!
Alright - here we go! We're getting ready to start on an adventure of a lifetime. Our first lunch meeting to go over what you can expect during first semester as we get organized is on Wednesday, September 23rd. See you then!
Below you will find expectations for auditions and lots of audition tips to make sure you have an awesome audition process. Please go through everything carefully. MORE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADDED HERE AND ON THE DRAMA AND THEATRE RESOURCE PAGE. KEEP AN EYE ON THEM!
AUDITIONS ARE October 28th 3-6:30pm! Please do your best to be there. Please let me know ASAP if you have an unmovable other commitment. Remember, the purpose of this first audition is to show Mr. Abrahamse, Mrs. Clarke and I what you are capable of doing, and to choose a fantastic musical based on your strengths. This will also be the first step in casting you, so your attendance at auditions will be very important. Auditions are one of my favourite stages of creating a production - I can't wait to see what you've got! :)
If you are looking for help finding a song, please see Mr. Abrahamse, Ms Latchford or Mr. Jackson. If you are looking for monologues, check out this fantastic website for narrowing down exactly what you want in a monologue: http://www.stageagent.com/Shows/Monologues/ Mr. McFadden, or I can help point you in the right direction as well.
Below you will find expectations for auditions and lots of audition tips to make sure you have an awesome audition process. Please go through everything carefully. MORE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADDED HERE AND ON THE DRAMA AND THEATRE RESOURCE PAGE. KEEP AN EYE ON THEM!
AUDITIONS ARE October 28th 3-6:30pm! Please do your best to be there. Please let me know ASAP if you have an unmovable other commitment. Remember, the purpose of this first audition is to show Mr. Abrahamse, Mrs. Clarke and I what you are capable of doing, and to choose a fantastic musical based on your strengths. This will also be the first step in casting you, so your attendance at auditions will be very important. Auditions are one of my favourite stages of creating a production - I can't wait to see what you've got! :)
If you are looking for help finding a song, please see Mr. Abrahamse, Ms Latchford or Mr. Jackson. If you are looking for monologues, check out this fantastic website for narrowing down exactly what you want in a monologue: http://www.stageagent.com/Shows/Monologues/ Mr. McFadden, or I can help point you in the right direction as well.
Audition Tips
1. Confidence: It sounds simple but it takes practice. Walk in the door with your held head high. Be wary of shuffling feet. You don't get sympathy points if you're nervous, not feeling well, or having a bad day. Leave it outside the door. You are being sized up the minute you walk in, so practice good posture and body language before you arrive. And don’t forget to smile – that's the lasting impression you want to leave.
2. Be prepared: Being prepared is the best way to ace an audition. An audition is just like a job interview, and you should treat it as such. But what does it mean to be prepared?
Do your research. Who is the director? What else has she directed? Have you read the script? What do you know about your character? How would you play this role? The more questions you can answer about the project, the more empowered you'll be in the audition.Practice makes perfect: Have you memorized your material? (See the Play Study and Character Development file above for memorizing and acting tips). Have you made thoughtful acting choices? Did you rehearse it over and over again? The more you practice, the more empowered you'll be in the audition.
3. Be professional: Directors like working with people who work hard and are trustworthy. Dress and compose yourself like a professional.
4. Take care of yourself: As an actor, your best assets are yourself - your body, your voice and your mind. Exercise, eat well, keep yourself healthy, practice your performance skills, read and learn about your craft as much as possible. It's obvious at an audition which actors take good care of themselves and are continually learning.
5. Choose appropriate material: Choose a song and a monologue that fit you - your age, your looks, your best strengths and abilities. If you are a 17 year old boy, don't choose a monologue spoken from the perspective of a depressed 65 year old actress who can't let go of the past. It won't make sense, and doesn't fit you. Choose carefully.
6. If you make a mistake, battle through it: You will make a mistake at some point in your audition. You'll forget a line, your voice will crack on that high note or you'll rush through that beat that you told yourself you'd take. It's OK. No performance you do will be 100% perfect. The director wants to see you keep going. Every word you speak, every moment you have in performance is another chance to perform to the best of your ability. When you make a mistake, take a deep breath and keep going. You've got this.
7. Don't be over-confident: Re-read #1. Then don't overdo it. Divas are no fun to work with. A theatre production is a team effort, and everyone needs to be ready and willing to work as part of a team. Be friendly, listen well and be willing to try.
8. If you don't get the part of you want, be gracious and don't argue: The decisions about who to cast and who we have to say “no” to are not always easy. There is a lot of discussion about who does and who does not get a role. If the director decides that you are not the best fit for this show, or that you are best suited to a different role than the one you wanted, please respect their decision about what they feel is best for the show they are directing. It doesn't always mean that you had a bad audition, or that you’re not a good actor. It just means that you were not the best actor for this part in this show.
Arguing leave a bad impression on the people that cast the shows. You will not change anyone’s mind. All it does is make it more difficult for the director and producers to cast you in a future production.
That being said, it is appropriate to ask what you could do to improve so you have a better chance of getting into future shows (although I will probably redirect you back to this list). If you follow the advice in this article list, you will continue to improve!
2. Be prepared: Being prepared is the best way to ace an audition. An audition is just like a job interview, and you should treat it as such. But what does it mean to be prepared?
Do your research. Who is the director? What else has she directed? Have you read the script? What do you know about your character? How would you play this role? The more questions you can answer about the project, the more empowered you'll be in the audition.Practice makes perfect: Have you memorized your material? (See the Play Study and Character Development file above for memorizing and acting tips). Have you made thoughtful acting choices? Did you rehearse it over and over again? The more you practice, the more empowered you'll be in the audition.
3. Be professional: Directors like working with people who work hard and are trustworthy. Dress and compose yourself like a professional.
4. Take care of yourself: As an actor, your best assets are yourself - your body, your voice and your mind. Exercise, eat well, keep yourself healthy, practice your performance skills, read and learn about your craft as much as possible. It's obvious at an audition which actors take good care of themselves and are continually learning.
5. Choose appropriate material: Choose a song and a monologue that fit you - your age, your looks, your best strengths and abilities. If you are a 17 year old boy, don't choose a monologue spoken from the perspective of a depressed 65 year old actress who can't let go of the past. It won't make sense, and doesn't fit you. Choose carefully.
6. If you make a mistake, battle through it: You will make a mistake at some point in your audition. You'll forget a line, your voice will crack on that high note or you'll rush through that beat that you told yourself you'd take. It's OK. No performance you do will be 100% perfect. The director wants to see you keep going. Every word you speak, every moment you have in performance is another chance to perform to the best of your ability. When you make a mistake, take a deep breath and keep going. You've got this.
7. Don't be over-confident: Re-read #1. Then don't overdo it. Divas are no fun to work with. A theatre production is a team effort, and everyone needs to be ready and willing to work as part of a team. Be friendly, listen well and be willing to try.
8. If you don't get the part of you want, be gracious and don't argue: The decisions about who to cast and who we have to say “no” to are not always easy. There is a lot of discussion about who does and who does not get a role. If the director decides that you are not the best fit for this show, or that you are best suited to a different role than the one you wanted, please respect their decision about what they feel is best for the show they are directing. It doesn't always mean that you had a bad audition, or that you’re not a good actor. It just means that you were not the best actor for this part in this show.
Arguing leave a bad impression on the people that cast the shows. You will not change anyone’s mind. All it does is make it more difficult for the director and producers to cast you in a future production.
That being said, it is appropriate to ask what you could do to improve so you have a better chance of getting into future shows (although I will probably redirect you back to this list). If you follow the advice in this article list, you will continue to improve!
Welcome!
I am so looking forward to getting started with you in semester 2! Keep your ears open for announcements about auditions and fundraisers this fall.
In the meantime, sign up for Remind (instructions attached below). I'll use that to text or email you (your preference, depending on how you sign up for the service), for audition times, meetings, etc.
In the meantime, sign up for Remind (instructions attached below). I'll use that to text or email you (your preference, depending on how you sign up for the service), for audition times, meetings, etc.
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