That’s right, folks. You heard it from us first - it’s auditions! Get ready to hear about our action-packed week for the casting of Cinderella! Auditions are the process when directors watch their performers act, sing, and sometimes dance to see who has the most potential for specific roles. Our directors (Ms Tye and Mr Jackson) have that daunting job of choosing who gets each part. This show is going to be especially challenging to cast because our group has a lot of talent, and there are multiple good fits for each character - but that’s a good problem to have! We kicked off Monday with our singing auditions which was a big step out of most people’s comfort zones. However, with the help of the marvelously talented Justin Hiscox (our superhero piano accompanist), the thought of singing alone onstage with an audience was a little bit less scary. With a bunch of love and support from our castmates, everyone got up on that stage and absolutely KILLED their singing auditions! The auditorium has been buzzing with positivity and support for each other, which has been just the best feeling ever. Faith Morales, one of our cast members, said “We’re able to laugh with each other and have fun together. It’s such a supportive community!”. Building trust with your cast mates is extremely important, not just because it is more fun to work with people you trust, but a supportive cast backstage is a powerful cast onstage, and it really shows through. Stuff started to get more intense on Wednesday when callbacks began. That’s when Ms Tye and Mr Jackson started narrowing down the possible candidates for each role. It became more nerve-wracking for all of us, but it’s a good thing we never lost our supportive class vibe. A handful of roles have already been decided, others are becoming more and more obvious as the week goes on, and some are still very unclear as to who will get it. You’ll just have to stay tuned until next week for the official casting announcement! Here are a few of Ms Tye’s audition tips that we found very helpful this week:
-Kaia Douglas & Gretel Kaune
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This week we are preparing excitedly for our Auditions that are coming up quickly! this is one of the most thrilling parts of the musical process for students and the director. At this point we get to know the show better as well as cast. Although this is an exciting and new experience there are always those nervous butterflies, However nothing a little practice and confidence won't fix. We have gone over audition tips and audition prep to ensure these students get the most out of their auditions.
The students now understand to be confident and prepared on the day of the audition. They know to understand their character as much as they can with the information they are given, but most of all they know to give it their all and to never hold back during an audition. Right now students are working together to read lines as well as rehearsing their vocals and of course rehearsing any other moment they get to fulling understand everything they need to know. We are confident that our students will be ready to kill the auditions and bring a whole new level of enthusiasm and excitement to the audition process of Cinderella. `~Chelsey, Co-op Student |
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