Young Frankenstein Parent Info

All of the information provided at the parent meeting is shared below. Please email jen.hykes.willson@gmail.com if you have any questions! 

SPREAD THE WORD: All lobby sales are CASH ONLY.

Bake Sale assignments

Every child is assigned one day to bring 3 doz baked goods for the bake sale - 

• Find your assigned day here - items can should be dropped off at your child's call time on your assigned day in the lobby (look for the tall table); enter the building where students enter as the lobby will not yet be open

• Homemade sells best; bakery items are great

• We love variety (brownies, thumbprints, Rice Krispy Treats);  please no packaged cookies (Oreos, Chips Ahoy)

• Feel free to bring more than 3 doz or to bring on more than one day, but know that we're counting on you for your assigned day, so if you need to trade, let Jen know. 

• Remember to bring items in a container you're willing to part with - we can't promise to reunite you with your dishes!

Dinner Details

Students are not permitted to leave campus between shows, so dinner is provided both Saturdays between the matinee and the evening performance. Due to the unpredictable timing of performances and student responsibilities between shows (cast and crew photo, makeup touch ups, resetting the stage), we STRONGLY recommend that all students take advantage of the provided meals - we cannot guarantee what times they will be free to pick up food that is delivered.

April 25 between shows

Pizza dinner provided - cost to students is $10, due April 22

• Cash: hand to to Mr. Carr, Jen Willson, or Beth Lott at rehearsal - make sure they get student's name

• Venmo: @Alumni-Musical,  in note include student first and last name and "pizza dinner"

• Check: Payable to WHPAG, make sure student first and last name are in memo or on envelope 

May 2 between shows

We ask that each student bring one item, as assigned, to help ensure everyone is fed between shows. We don’t have access to warmers so hot food should arrive between 4-4:15. Everything else can arrive at your student’s call time or up until 4:30. Bring all items directly to the cafeteria (door 24).

• Find your assignment (if your student is not listed, please sign up for drinks or desserts) and use the links below to tell us specifically what you'll bring. 

  • If you are assigned to bring sides, tell us what you're bringing here

  • If you are assigned to bring paper goods, tell us what you're bringing here

  • If you are assigned to bring desserts, tell us what you're bringing here

  • If you are assigned to bring drinks, tell us what you're bringing here

• Please bring items in disposable dishes. Serving utensils are provided.

• Note the quantities/sizes on the individual assignments. More is not better when it comes to this meal. We usually have leftovers so no need to double the intended serving size. 

WHPAG will supply the main dish - they are always grateful for donations to offset costs. if you'd like to help:

• Venmo: @Alumni-Musical; note "covered dish" in the memo

• Send $5 cash in an envelope labeled "Covered Dish Dinner - deliver to Beth, Jen or Mr. Carr by May 1

Donations and Volunteers needed!

We are looking for donations for our water and Candy Gram sales and volunteers to help with set up, lobby sales, and clean up. Most volunteers will not miss any of the show. You must have a ticket to see the show, even when you're volunteering. 

• Sign up here to help in the lobby or with banquet set up

• Sign up here to help take tickets

• Donations should be dropped off in the lobby at your child's call time (look for the tall table); enter the building where students enter as the lobby will not yet be open

Volunteer details:

Sign up even if you have a ticket to see the show - you won't miss a thing!

• Set Up and decorate: Come early to prep the lobby.

• Bake Sale: Set up, work before the show and during intermission. 

• Water and Shirt Sale: Set up, work before the show and during intermission.

• Candygrams: Set up, work before the show and during intermission. 

• Floater: Pitch in where needed.

Sign up for a day you're not seeing the show - you will miss Act 2:

• 2nd Act Clean Up: Close up the bake sale, water sales, candygrams and other lobby activity

Sign up to help with Covered Dish and Banquet!

• May 2 Covered Dish Dinner: Help with set up, serving, or clean up; volunteer to take leftovers home

• May 3 Banquet: Volunteers needed at the Rankin Croatian Club 236 4th Ave, Rankin, PA to set up, serve, and clean up

Donation Details

Use the form to sign up!

• Bottled water

• Candy for candygrams

• Extra (beyond your required 3 dozen) bake sale items

Cast Report Times for Dress Rehearsal and Performances

Report times for cast will be shared as soon as they are available. IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

• Cast MUST report with hair done.

  • Wigged cast: It is CRITICAL that cast arrive with their hair ready to be wigged! If your child is assigned pincurls, they must be done before their report time!

• Cast members are responsible for their own bobby pins, mascara (playing female characters), undergarments, and shoes, unless otherwise directed. Bringing deodorant is STRONGLY recommended.

• There is absolutely no eating while in costume - this goes for dress rehearsals and show days. Cast must eat before they get dressed. No food is allowed in the dressing rooms at any time.

• Water only once students are in costume - no other beverages are allowed in the cosume room at any time. Please send students with a water bottle (preferably with a straw!). 

Crew Report Times

Stage crew members who are doing show crew should report for dress rehearsals and shows at 5:00 pm. All crew members must be in all black clothing, with no visible logos, and should wear black shoes and socks.

Other Notes from Parent Meeting

• Patron's Night tickets (complimentary with each ad) can only be redeemed on Thursday, April 23.  If your child is double cast, see Mr. Crone to discuss switching to a date your child is performing. Note that Patron's Night is open seating and seats are NOT guaranteed - arrive early to ensure you get a seat!

• Complimentary tickets (the blue ones), that your student earned from selling ads, need to be redeemed in person at the box office. Those vouchers will be treated as cash and used to purchase an assigned seat(s) in the auditorium. These can be redeemed during normal box office hours or on any show day. The blue tickets can not be redeemed for Patrons' Night. 

• Strike is May 3 (two 4-hour blocks) and the evenings of May 4 and 5 - this is taking apart the set and putting everything away! All crew are required to attend 6 hours of strike; all case must attend 4 hours. Parents are welcome and encouraged to come help! Sign up sheet will be posted soon. 

• Musical Banquet is also May 3, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at the Rankin Croation Home (236 4th Avenue) - all cast and crew are invited, and there is no cost to attend. Dinner will be served. This is a kid event - they get dressed up and celebrate a job well done. If a parent would like to attend, you should sign up to volunteer with serving and clean up!

• Gene Kelly Awards are May 23 at the Benedum Center at 7:30 pm. 

  • This is a regional high school musical awards program. Schools can be nominated in a variety of categories, and all cast and crew and their families are welcome to purchase tickets and attend as part of the Woodland Hills block. 

  • If we are nominated for Best Musical, our cast will perform one song from the show during the awards. In order to perform, students MUST have purchased a ticket as part of the Woodland Hills block. Cast will have a FULL DAY of rehearsal. More details to come if we are nominated. 

  • We will NOT KNOW if we are nominated before ticket orders are due. Due date is TBD but will likely be early May. Students should decide who they want to sit with and submit one order form with payment for their group by the due date. Parents ticket requests are also due at the same time. 

  • Ticket prices are TBD  and will be payable by cash or check. See Mr. George or Mr. Carr with questions.