S.O.R. AUDITIONS

AUDITIONS:

ALL AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD AFTER SCHOOL IN THE THEATER UNTIL THEY ARE COMPLETE (USUALLY BY 5:00)

• 8th-9th Grade: Wednesday, Jan. 25

• 6th-7th Grade: Thursday, Jan. 26

**Feel free to come to the other day if your assigned day doesn't work**

• Call Backs: Friday, Jan. 27

EVERYONE WHO AUDITIONS WILL HAVE A PART IN THE SHOW!

Be sure you're available April 20, 21 and 22, 2017!

Audition Expectations:

**To be involved in the show, you should be available most days of the week starting the 1st week of February until 4:30 and then until 6:00 after Spring Break.  The show dates are April 20-22.**

1.  These two forms must be filled out in order to audition, along w/ $60 Activities Fee (checks should be made out to SVMS with DRAMA on the memo line):

• Student Audition Form

• Parent Permission Form

2. All students will sing at auditions.

SING: 

• See music at the top of the right-hand column

• Click on this link to access extra information from R&H about School of Rock

• Plan to sing about 30 seconds to 1 minute of the song you're preparing...no one will sing the entire song (if you're preparing for non-singing roles, please just choose another song to prepare and sing).

  • Leads: Students interested in lead roles are expected to sing a solo or prepare a duet.

  • Ensemble: If you're not interested in a lead role, we will put you in a group at auditions to sing with for your audition. 

ACT (at call backs): Actors will be given scripts to rehearse at call backs to see dynamics between different characters.  Scripts CAN be used in the audition. 

Callbacks:

Please read everything about callbacks for after school FRIDAY: 

1.  Please know a callback does not mean a lead or even a named part, but that we liked what we heard and saw and want to see/hear you again.  

2.  You will each sing again for us at the beginning of callbacks.  Please plan on moving for us while you sing.

3.  Some of you will be asked to sing again (and maybe again).  

4.  Some of you will be given a script to prepare a scene from and perform on Thursday.  

5.  Everyone who auditioned WILL be in the show and should plan on attending our 1st ALL cast and crew meeting.

Be sure you're available April 20, 21 and 22, 2017

Listen To The Songs on YouTube!

Song List:

Musical numbers

Named Characters:

The Adults

• • Dewey Finn: The main protagonist, Dewey is a struggling rockstar who is kicked out of his band, No Vacancy, at the beginning of the show. Forced to by a need of money, he impersonates Ned Schneebly and gets a substitute teacher job at the Horace Green School, where he founds the band School of Rock with the students, who are musical prodigies. Dewey is wild, crude, and somewhat more childish than his students.

  • Rosalie Mullins: Rosalie is the principal of Horace Green, and is very uptight and traditional at school. However, she feels an intense amount of pressure from work, which is what causes her to be so high strung. She has a secret love of rock and roll music, and longs to be as carefree as she once was.

  • Ned Schneebly: Dewey's longtime friend, former bandmate, and current roommate. Ned is very easily manipulated, and tends to let people walk all over him—especially his girlfriend, Patty. He still loves rock and roll music, but is held down by Patty. He is a substitute teacher and is impersonated by Dewey at Horace Green.

  • Patty Di Marco: Ned's girlfriend. She is very demanding and domineering, and doesn't let Ned make any decisions for himself. She hates Dewey and wants him out of the apartment and out of her and Ned's lives.

  • Mr.Mooneyham: He's Zack father, he's a busy man and doesn't like his son to play the guitar thinking he's not smart enough, he will get angry when he will learn that Dewey is not a teacher, but will finally accept his son choice to play in a band.

The Students

• • Tomika (Singer): Tomika transfers to Horace Green after being accepted off of the waiting list. She is shy and doesn't speak to anyone at school, and feels as though she's not as intelligent as the other students. However, it turns out that she is a highly gifted singer, and becomes the secondary singer in School of Rock, behind only Dewey.

  • Summer (Manager): Summer is a high-achieving girl who hates nonsense. Initially, she absolutely despises Dewey, but comes to love the band—or, perhaps, the power that comes with it—and is willing to do anything to see it achieve. Summer is the brightest student at Horace Green, as shown by the fact that she has significantly more gold stars on the achievement board than any of her peers.

  • Zack (Guitarist): Zack is the son of an uptight businessman with no time for his children. Because of that, Zack keeps a lot bottled inside and has issues with being too stiff with his guitar playing at first. However, Dewey discovers that Zack is actually a musical prodigy, as shown when Zack writes the band's anthem, Teacher's Pet, after only a month or so of practice with the guitar.

  • Lawrence (Keyboardist): Lawrence is an unconfident boy, and is also gluten intolerant. He initially believes that he isn't cool enough to be a part of the band, but Dewey is able to convince him that he's amazing. At the beginning of the show, Lawrence's only friend is Tomika, but he doesn't think she counts because she never talks. He's a very imaginative keyboard player, and talented at improvising.

  • Freddy (Drummer): Freddy is a rambunctious boy, as soon when he repeatedly slams cymbals together disruptively during music class. He is constantly told he isn't intelligent—by both his own father and Summer—but Freddy and Dewey both think that he's intelligent in a different way, and that Freddy's father just doesn't see that.

  • Billy (Stylist): Billy is a flamboyant boy with a love of style and fashion magazines. He is disgusted with Dewey's outfit choices, and how no one else in the band shares is artistic vision, but is confident is his styling choices regardless. Billy comes from a long line of football players, and his father wants him to be one as well, but Billy has absolutely no interest in doing so.

  • Katie (Bassist): Katie is a quiet, serious girl who keeps mostly to herself. She plays the cello at school, but is quick to pick up the bass at Dewey's encouragement. She is stone-faced when she plays, and takes her instrument and the band very seriously, however not as much as Summer takes managing.

  • Mason (Lighting): Mason is a nerdy, tech-savvy boy who designs all of the lighting and special effects for School of Rock using his laptop. He's also very forgiving, as he's the first to accept Rosalie when she decides to drop her high-strung act, hugging her and telling her that she's the best. In addition, he also appears to have experience with pyrotechnics. His film counterpart is Gordon.

  • James (Security): James is a gruff and tough boy that becomes the band's security guard. During rehearsals, Dewey has him stand near the door, and if James sees anyone potentially dangerous to blowing School of Rock's cover—like Rosalie or one of the teachers—he has the job of alerting the rest of the band, so that they could hide the instruments. His film counterpart is Frankie.

  • Shonelle and Marcy (Backup Singers): Shonelle and Marcy are quieter girls who tend to blend into the background. They are School of Rock's backup singers, and also talented dancers. Dewey tells their parents that they have the voices of angels. Their film counterparts are Alicia and Marta.

  • Sophie and Madison (Roadies): Sophie and Madison are School of Rock's roadies, but, since the band doesn't go on tour, they are essentially backup dancers. Each girl is a talented dancer and they could often be found together, much like Marcy and Shonelle. The roadies usually dance near Freddy and the drum set. Their film counterparts are Eleni and Michelle.