8 th Grade Musical Theatre

1. 8th Grade Musical Theatre Goals • The goal of the class is to teach students that while performing is supposed to be fun and rewarding, it also requires planning, focus, commitment and teamwork.   • Expand their understanding of the performing arts. • Making students more comfortable with advanced musical theatre, acting, and technical theatre concepts. •   By the end of the year, they should have audition pieces (acting and vocal) ready to audition for high school programs.  • Year long class. • 1 high school credit received at completion.

2. What to expect from the class A production class that leads to several productions. Class will rehearse in class and outside of class to prepare for these productions Outside rehearsals held at 7AM 2 days per week for Main stage Productions Outside Rehearsals held at 7PM 1 day per week for JTF production. Productions will include: Fall Main Stage production (Alice) Students will audition to be involved in Spring Main Stage production JTF production entry 1 week of after school rehearsals required during Production of the shows. (Main Stage and JTF)

3. 7th Grade Musical Theatre Goals • The goal of the class is to teach students that while performing is supposed to be fun and rewarding, it also requires planning, focus, commitment and teamwork.   • Expand their understanding of the performing arts. • Making students more comfortable with musical theatre, acting, and technical theatre concepts. •   By the end of the year, they should have audition pieces ready to audition for our shows here and in the community. • A semester long class • students will be prepared to audition for Musical Theatre class in December. 

4. What to expect from the class A production class that leads to several productions. Class will rehearse in class and outside of class to prepare for these productions Outside rehearsals held at 7AM 2 days per week for Main stage Productions Outside Rehearsals held at 7PM 1 day per week for JTF production. Productions will include: One-act production (8th Grade Only) Fall Main Stage production (Alice) Spring Main Stage production JTF production entry 1 week of after school rehearsals required during Production of the shows. (One-Act, Main Stage and JTF)

5. Involvement in shows All members of the Musical theatre class will be expected to commit to a show that is produced here at SFMS. All members of the class must audition for all roles. Members of the class will be cast in main roles before the show casting is opened up for other students. Membership in the class does not guarantee a main role. Students of the class only will be offered to audition for JTF roles for those who wish to be participants of this select group.

6. Junior Theatre Festival Information https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qvSK-WQgbE0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mmAaCoPPYxA

7. Brief Overview of JTF The Junior Theater Festival is a festival for children ages 8-18 held every year in Atlanta, GA at the Cobb Galleria. It is designed for serious minded middle school performers who are committed to working hard and delivering an amazing performance. Organizations from all over the country including parts of Canada attend each year and present a 15 minute condensed version of a Broadway Jr. show under the license of MTI iTheatrics. Theatre of the Stars hosts the event in which they work hand-in-hand with MTI. The weekend festival (Jan 16-18, 2015) includes the show presentation, workshops, guest speakers, awards, a dance party, and a ticket to a Broadway-style performance. All of this is available for the organization presenting their show, the directors, and the parent chaperones.

8. What is expected of the kids and parents? The 2015 JTF fee will be $225 for each cast member to attend JTF in January, 2015. The JTF fee includes: Competition performance at JTF in Atlanta An official festival T-shirt Adjudication and feedback Professional development workshops for directors Performance workshops for students Technical theater workshops for students and teachers Radio Disney Dance Party Broadway Junior Slam Celebrity talk-back with special guests A ticket to see a Broadway-style show Lunch on Saturday and Sunday Show Script

9. The fee does not include: Transportation All other Meals Lodging Chaperones and Parents We need parent chaperones to come to the festival as well. It is required by the festival to have 1 Chaperone for every 4 students. The cost for parents to attend is $225. We will have discounts for the hotel rooms for JTF. The students/parents would also need to pay the fee for the hotel rooms. There will be four people per room. Because of the cost and commitment of this program students in Musical Theatre will audition for this company once school has started to gain a spot in this special company. There will be morning rehearsals at least 1morning a week at 7AM. And rehearsals in Musical Theatre class as well.

10. Booster Club We are now currently searching for new members for our booster organization. We are looking for those who want to be members (NO FEE) And those who want to head up committees and serve as officers for the coming year. Some of the Offices/committees we need to fill: President Costume Fundraising Concessions Scenery Information technology (WEB PAGE) Advertising/PR Backstage operation Food JTF

11. For more information on this presentation or any questions of Mr. Upton or our Booster President please contact us at the email addresses below. Bob Upton bupton@forsyth.k12.ga.us PennyLaRocca pennylarocca@gmail.com