Into the Woods Highlights
Check out these snippets from the FABULOUS show! Great job everyone.
Friday July 5, 2019
Check out the Week Five in Review Video (Right)
A word about this week from our directors:
Week five was all about completion! We finished the show. Crew and the scene shop finished the set. The costume department put finishing touches on our woodsy couture. Crew started their backstage jobs. And all was well in the woods! Next week is Tech Week. Please make sure that your child brings their costume basics and deodorant to keep their costumes fresh.
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Friday July 5, 2019
Check out the Week Four in Review Video (Left)
A word about this week from our directors:
Week four was spent pushing forward with staging. We're two thirds of the way through the script and the kids are really starting to grasp their characters as wolves, forest sprites, all the characters we know, royalty, and forest dancers! We spent some time polishing what we've done so far, as well as, constantly refining scenes and character work to make the show really shine! After the holiday weekend, we will finish the blocking of the show and begin to run-run-run and make it sparkle! Cheers to the weekend! Please encourage your actor to work on getting off-script as soon as possible.
--Keith
Parents don't miss your chance to include an encouraging message in the playbill.
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Check out the Parent's Day Highlight Video
Break-a-Leg Gram
Surprise your child with a special message in the playbill!
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Friday June 28, 2019
Check out the Week Three in Review Video (Left)
A word about this week from our directors:
Pheeeew! Week three was B-U-S-Y! In addition to producing our Parent's Day preview, we pushed forward with music, choreography, and staging for the rest of Act One! The scene shop began installing our permanent set and we had to adjust staging and choreography accordingly. The kids are doing GREAT with line and choreography memorization which helps us to move ahead with ease. Next week, we will begin staging Act Two, continue costume fittings, and receive more set pieces and props. Things are shaping up nicely.
Parents don't miss your chance to include an encouraging message in playbill.
Purchase your Break-a-Leg Gram here!
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Into the woods... and out of the woods... and home before dark!
Friday June 21, 2019
A word about this week from our directors:
Voice Lessons! Choreography Sessions! Blocking! Staging! Trees! Props! Costume Fittings! Into the Woods, Jr. moved ahead like blazes in week two. We completed vocals, choreography, and staging for scenes one and two! Rex and the costume shop artists started costume fittings on the actors. Our journey into the woods is officially underway. Now that we have scenes one and two staged, we will spend next week polishing the snippets that we will use for Parent's Day! Yes, you heard me correctly. Next week is Parent's Day week! Check out the schedule below. Costume fitting will also continue next week. Please send your camper with a tank top so that they will feel comfortable during the costume fitting.
PARENTS DAY
Friday, June 28
9:30AM - 11:30AM
Join us for CASTSummer Parents Day to get a glimpse into Classes, Rehearsals, and Technical Ed (crew)
Parent's Day Schedule:
9:30 AM Welcome in the Gym
9:45 AM Youth Arts Presentation
10:00 AM Class Presentations
10:30 AM Move down to Auditorium
10:35 AM Midsummer Nights Dream Presentation
10:45 AM Crew Video
10:50 AM Into The Woods Presentation
11:05 AM Crew Tour
11:30 AM Conclusion
Friday June 14, 2019
CHECK OUT WHAT OUR DIRECTORS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS WEEK IN THIS VIDEO!
ABOUT INTO THE WOODS
The story follows a Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the Baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch's curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Will everyone's wishes be granted? Will the curse be lifted? Who or what exactly do they meet on their ventures into the woods?
PERFORMANCES
Into the Woods, Jr.
Julian Auditorium
416 South Ridgeland
Oak Park, IL 60302
Friday: 7/19 @ 7:30pm
Saturday 7/20 @ 3:00pm
Sunday: 7/21 @ 6:00pm
Tickets $5/$10
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
KEITH ERIC DAVIS (Director) has been seen in theatres around Chicago including Drury Lane OakBrook/Water Tower, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, Stage Left and Lifeline. Favorites: Earth and Sky at Circle Theatre, for which he received an After Dark Award for Outstanding Performance, Ecstasy of Dragonflies, Never the Sinner and The Shadowbox, Raised in Captivity, Alice and CAST’s Inspector Hound. Other Chicago credits inlcude: Reckless, Balm in Gilead and Three Way Split, MacBett at 13th Tribe/greasy joan and co., Inspecting Carol, As You Like It and Grand Hotel. A proud member of Actor’s Equity and the Screen Actor’s Guild, Keith has appeared on Early Edition and in several commercials.
LEKEYA SHEARRILL (Assistant Director) is an educational theater program director, instructor, and former second grade teacher at Holmes Elementary School in Oak Park. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from Illinois State University and a Master of Arts in Elementary Education from Roosevelt University. Prior to beginning her career as a teacher, she was a commercial, stage and educational theater actress. She has distinguished herself as a teacher who successfully fuses the arts and education by incorporating dramatic arts during classroom instruction. She also teaches performance art classes in PTO facilitated after-school programs, Julian Middle School’s CAST program, Oak Park Education Foundation programs and Keys2broadway Educational Theater Company.
