2. The FOLT soiree is on February 19. If you’re planning to attend the cost is $5 (since you’re in the cast) and you need to give it to Josh or I by THIS WEDNESDAY (the 10th). Please encourage your parents to come out an support us! Tickets can be ordered online from the FOLT website. Also, feel free to invite some of your friends who aren’t in theatre, especially if you’re preforming. You can give me their money by Wednesday as well. Remember it’s $10 for students and $15 for adults as long as you order by FEBRUARY 10TH! At the door the tickets are $10 more.

3. There is cast bonding at 6:30pm in the Ampitheatre on February 18th. Please try to be there, I know there are actual practices that day, but hopefully you can still come out.

Today Mrs. D and I met for more than 3 hours to cast the ensemble members for the opening number and for Havana (at least as much of Havana as we know at this point)…As well as working out the rehearsal schedule from here on out. There’s LOTS of information in this e-mail so be sure you read it all the way through. There are a few people who still have not been measured — which means I don’t have an e-mail contact for them…which means they won’t have this info. If any of you see: Nicole Borgia, Megan Carolan, Laura Cuconati, Tiffany Nguyen, Andrew Rodriguez, London Scheufler, Kevin Peterman, Johnal West, Alizabeth Pimental, Katelyn Csatari or Danielle Zimmerman please give them the info below (and tell them I need to measure them). Thanks!

ENSEMBLE MEMBERS PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO RUNYONLAND AND HAVANA.

• “Oldest Established” – all crap shooters except Sky
• “A Bushel and A Peck” – all Hot Box dancers and Adelaide
“Take Back Your Mink” – all Hot Box dancers and Adelaide
• “RUNYONLAND” (this is the opening number which morphs into “Fugue for Tinhorns” which is the song “I’ve got the horse right here, his name is…”). For Runyonland the following “characters” will be seen in the opening:

• Chase Miller and Zach Chay-Dolan will be the two “shady characters” noted in the description.
• Aidan Gilrain-McKenna and Jasmine White will be the “paper doll vendor” and his “wife” (the two con artists with the baby-buggy).
• Cooper Chay-Dolan as “Brandy Bottle Bates” is the drunk that Sarah sings to.
• Max Saeger as “man with newspaper”
• Alexy Taylor and Gillian Moses are the two “street walkers”.
• Zane White and Lauren Masemore are the Texan and his wife.
• The Sightseeing group include: Megan Coleman as the tour guide with
• Marphil Aybar, Nicole Borgia, Tiffany Nguyen (Texans begin as part of this tour)
• Megan Carolan as a pick-pocket
• Laura Cuconati, London Scheufler and Shalome Sine as bobby soxers
• Ryan Dupuis as a cop with night-stick
• Taylor Kent, Claire Labanz and Ashley Matus as shoppers
• Mitchell Raccosky as a prize fighter and Sidney Lariar as his manager/trainer
• Elise Polentes and Andrew Rodriguez as actors
• Meghan Smith as a photographer
• KhaDeidre Stuckey as a “blind” con-artist
• Danielle Zimmerman as an elderly street vendor.

• “Crapshooters Dance” – all crapshooters except Nicely and Sky
• “Sit Down Your Rockin’ the Boat” – all crapshooters, all Mission, Sarah, Sky, Nathan, General, Brannigan
• “Luck be a Lady” – all crapshooters
• “Havana” – *Sky, Sarah, Waiter, and the following ensemble members (at least): Jasmine White, Meghan Smith, Gillian Moses, Megan Coleman, Megan Carolan, Marphil Aybar, Taylor Alexy, Laura Cuconati, Nicole Borgia, Elise Polentes, all male ensemble members.
• “Marry the Man Today” – Adelaide and Sarah, Nathan and Sky
• “Guys and Dolls” – Nicely and Benny (maybe adding more?)
• “Finale” – ENTIRE CAST

ALSO: The following songs will be blocked during regular rehearsal times:
• “Follow The Fold” – all Mission except for General (Act 1:1c)
• “Adelaide’s Lament” – Adelaide (Act 1:8)
• “If I Were a Bell” – Sarah and Sky (Act 1:9)
• “My Time of Day” – Sky, Sarah, (and misc. other characters to be determined later) Act 1:10
• “I’ve Never Been in Love Before” – Sky, Sarah (Act 1:10)
• The Raid (Act 1:10)
• “Sue Me” Nathan and Adelaide (Act 2:4)
• “More I Cannot Wish You” Arvide and Sarah (Act 2:2)

ENSEMBLE MEMBERS:  since this play takes place in New York City, and New York City never sleeps, all out-side street scenes will include other “characters” wandering through (ie:  the cop on the beat, shoppers on their way somewhere, newspaper hawkers, etc….).  At this point we are not sure how many, how often, or who…but we know what we want which is to create a sense of city-hub-bub.  Stay tuned… we’ll be needing you!!!

TO THE ENTIRE CAST:  Stay tuned for the complete rehearsal schedule to appear in the next few days.  Actors will be expected to be OFF-BOOK by March 15 (so start early and often to learn your lines!)…the sooner you know them the better.  Major brownie points and possible awards for those who are off book first. (No, we are not above bribery).

-Mary Wright

• Scene 1a – OPENER – Ensemble
• Scene 1b – Fugue for Tinhorns (Nicely, Rusty, Benny, and assorted others)
• Scene 1c – pg 4-7 Sarah & Mission Band
• Scene 1d – pg 7 – 11; Nicely, Benny, Harry, Brannigan, Nathan
• Scene 1e – pg 11-15 Crap shooters plus those in scene 1d
• Scene 1f – pg 15-22; Adelaide, 3 Hot Box Girls, Nathan, Benny, Nicely, Harry, Sky, Mission Group

Act 1, Scene 2 – Mission

• Pg 23 – 34 Sky, Sarah, Arvide (Agatha, Calvin, Martha)

Act 1, Scene 3 – Telephone Booth

• Pg. 35 – 37 Nathan, Joey Biltmore

Act 1, Scene 4 – Hot Box

• Scene 4 a – pg. 37 – 40 Announcer, Hot Box Dancers, Adelaide
• Scene 4b – pg. 40 – 48 Waiter, Nathan, Adelaide, Mimi, assorted others

Act 1, Scene 5 – Street?

• Pg. 49 – 52 Mission Band, Sarah, Arvide, Sky, Benny, Nicely

Act 1, Scene 6 – Mission (exterior? Interior?)

• Pg 53 – 56 Mission Band, Sarah, Arvide, General, Sky

Act 1, Scene 7 – Street

• Pg 56 – 63 Benny, Harry, Nathan, Nicely, Big Jule, Angie, Brannigan, crap shooters, ens.

Act 1, Scene 8 – Havana

• Pg 63 – 67 Waiter, Ensemble Members, Sarah, Sky

Act 1, Scene 9 – Havana (not same locale)

• Pg 67 – 70 Sarah, Sky

Act 1, Scene 10 – Mission (exterior?)

• Pg 70 – 76 Sarah, Sky, Adelaide, Hot Box girls, Drunk, Brann., Nathan, Crap Shooters

Act 2, Scene 1 – Hot Box

• Scene 1a M.C., Hot Box Girls, Adelaide
• Scene 1b pg 76-82 Waiter, Sky, Nicely, Adelaide

Act 2, Scene 2 – Mission

• Pg 83 – 87 Arvide, Sarah, Nicely

Act 2, Scene 3 – Sewer

• Scene 3a – dance Crap Shooters, Nathan
• Scene 3b – pg 88 – 99 Crap Shooters, Sky, Nathan
• Scene 3c – pg 99 – 102 “Luck Be a Lady” – Sky, Crap Shooters, Nathan, etc …

Act 2, Scene 4 – Street

• Pg 103 – 108 Crap Shooters (incl/ Harry, Jule) , Nathan, Nicely, Adelaide

Act 2, Scene 5 – Mission

• Scene 5a – pg 109 – 113 Brannigan, General, Arvide, Sarah, Sky, Nathan, Mission Band, Crap Shooters, a few ensemble
• Scene 5b – pg 113- 118 “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat” to end

Act 2, Scene 6 – Outside Mission

• Pg. 118 – 126 Sarah, Adelaide, Nathan, Sky

Act 2, Scene 7 – Street

• Pg. 126 to end FULL ENSEMBLE

WHAT IT IS: (from the FOLT website)

Movement for Theatre Creating Character & Dramatic Action
Led by: Mark McKenna & Jennie Gilrain

“This intensive workshop will help those students interested in theatre gain a multidimensional understanding of the language of movement. A progression of exercises and improvisations are designed to help students recognize, experience and practice the fundamental dynamics of movement. Learn more about how to shape characterization, action and line delivery in scene work, and how design elements influence and support the action of a scene.”

Saturday, January 23, 2010
9:45 AM-3:00 PM ~ Please bring your lunch

Hope to see many of you there!

Cast bonding was great last night. For those of you who couldn’t be there, I’m sorry, but we’ll be having more!

I just updated the calendar with all of the choreography practices so be sure to check when you need to be there.

I think that’s it for now.

Jaz

Tuesday, December 15th 3pm-5pm
Wednesday, December 16th 3pm-5pm
in the Auditorium.

Scripts are available to pick up in the Main Office.

See you there!

ps. HERE is a link for a video of taxi during “Inherit the Wind” tech week, courtesy of Cassie

Just wanted to throw another reminder out to the seniors about sign making on Saturday at Andrew’s house right after practice.

Love you all,
JazzyFayy