Rehearsal Schedule
Thwacked! Rehearsals 1/11/24 & Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024 click on link in blue for detailed schedule
Please Work on and sing these songs this week at home. Click on the blue # in green to get the audio track
pp12-14 3a “It’s Falling” 6
pp 17-18 3b “It’s Falling” 8
pp 19-22 #4 “The Hop” 10
Here is the Thwacked! General Schedule. The schedule is subject to change.
A detailed schedule for each rehearsal will be:
1. sent to the parent email provided on the Registration form
2. a hard copy will be given to the student every week
3. and the detailed schedule will be posted on Ms. Baldwin's Stars & Stripes Website.
Audition Dates & Information for Stars & Stripes Theatre's production of Thwacked!
Lead auditions for 3rd and 4th graders will be Tuesday, December 12, 2023 from 3:00 PM to approximately 5:00/5:30 PM depending on the number of students auditioning. Only 3rd and 4th graders will be auditioning for lead roles. 2nd graders will be ensemble members. 3rd and 4th Graders DO NOT have to audition for a Lead Role to be in the show. They will still be in the show as a member of the Ensemble if they choose not audition for a Lead Role. Only children who are interested in performing a Lead Role need audition on Tuesday, December 20th.
Casting Note: Casting and participation in Stars & Stripes Theatre productions are dependent upon attendance and the adherence to all policies (grades, behavior, etc.) outlined in the Student Handbook. Students must maintain a G average to participate and they can be removed at any time if their grade falls below. Also, please let the production team know if there are schedule conflicts as soon as possible. Students are expected to attend all rehearsals they are called for unless prior approval has been given. Failure to do so can result in dismissal from the show.
Stars & Stripes Theatre General Schedule 2023/24
As of November 1, 2023 Schedule subject to change Changes & TBAs will be in Red
Thwacked - A Fractured Fable of Frogs, Folks and Falling Skies
General Registration Electronic Forms due– Monday, November 27, 2023.
Lead Audition Forms - Grades 3-4 only - Paper Lead Audition Forms will be included in your materials packet. Return Paper Lead Audition forms to your homeroom teacher by Monday, December 4, 2023.
Lead Auditions – Tuesday, December 12, 2023 – Ensemble Room - 3:00 to 5/5:30 p.m. for Grades 3 & 4 only. Call back auditions may or may not be scheduled.
This schedule will be updated weekly. Beginning and ending times and some dates may need to be adjusted. For example a 9:30 to 1:30 may need to change to 9:00 to 1:00 or 10:00 to 2:00. Not all cast members will be called at all times. Company members may be called for an hour or so on a particular rehearsal day or possibly not at all.
Please check for weekly updated schedules in: 1. your email 2. Stars & Stripes Website.and 3. your child’s Take Home Folders.
Rehearsals:
Sunday, January 7, 2024 – 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. - Music Ensemble Room/Cafeteria
Parent Meeting 4:15 to 5:00 p.m. – One parent required to be in attendance – In Library or Cafeteria
Sunday, January 14, 2024 – 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. – Music Ensemble Room/Cafeteria
Sunday, January 21, 2022 – 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. – Music Ensemble Room/Cafeteria
Friday January 26 - 3:00 to 4:45 - Leads & Captains - Music Ensemble Room
Sunday, January 28 - 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. – Music Ensemble Room/Cafeteria
Saturday, February 3 – 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Music Ensemble Room
Saturday, February 10 –9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Music Ensemble Room/Cafeteria
Wednesday, February 14 - 3:00 to 4:45 - Music Ensemble Room
TBA - Thursday, February 22 - 3:00 to 4:45 - Music Ensemble Room
Saturday, February 24 – 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Music Ensemble Room/Cafeteria & Gym/Stage
TBA (probably) - Sunday, February 25 - Noon to 5:00 - Music Ensemble Room/Cafeteria (possibly Gym/Stage)
Saturday, March 2 - 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Dixon Gym/Stage/Music Ensemble Room
Sunday, March 3 – Noon to 5:00 – Dixon Gym/Stage/Ensemble Room
Dress Rehearsals:
Saturday, March 9, Rehearsal 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Music Ensemble/Dixon Gym/Stage/Cafeteria
Sunday, March 10 – Noon to 5:00 – Dixon Gym/Stage/Cafeteria
Tuesday, March 12 – 3:00 to 5:15 p.m. – Dixon Gym/Stage/Music Rooms
Thursday, March 14 – 10:00 A.M. Invited Dress for Outreach Programs – Dixon Gym/Stage/Music Rooms
Performances:
Thursday, March 14, Friday, March 15, and Saturday, March 16 –Performance at 7:00 p.m. – Dixon Gym/Stage/Music Rooms
Sunday, March 17 – Snow Date at 2:00 p.m. – Dixon Gym/Stage/Music Rooms
Absences will jeopardize the cast member’s participation in the show. Also, if a cast member is absent from a rehearsal within ten (10) days of the performance dates, without specific approval from the Director because of extenuating circumstances, he or she will not be performing in the show. Attending rehearsals is critical to his or her, and others self-confidence on stage. Please let the production team know if there are schedule conflicts as soon as possible. Students are expected to attend all rehearsals they are called for unless prior approval has been given. Failure to do so can result in dismissal from the show.
SAMPLE of a basic rehearsal (this was the schedule for one rehearsal of Seussical Kids!)
Blocking and Music Review is in the Music Ensemble Room
Dance is usually in the Cafeteria & Music Ensemble Room. Breaks are taken in the Cafeteria or Playground.
Dismissal will be run like regular Car Line dismissal. You will not need to come into the building.
We will send your child out to your car in the regular car line formation.
Clarifications - Here is a breakdown of a typical Stars & Stripes schedule line.
EXAMPLE - 10:50 to 11:15 – - Blocking p 32/33 and Music Review pp 33-39 Be Prepared - Scar and All Hyenas
10:50 to 11:15 is the actual time that the cast member will be working on the listed music/dance/dialogue. They need to arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time (the first time listed) so they can start rehearsing at the listed start time.
Blocking p 32/33 and Music Review pp 33-39 this means that these particular pages are involved in that working session. Blocking is when the director works together with the actors and tells the actors when to move stage left or stage right, upstage or downstage, enter or exit, sit, stand, faint, and all the thousands of other moves actors can make.
Be Prepared - This is the particular song (on pp 33-39) that we will be working on during the listed time period.
Scar and All Hyenas - This is a listing of the characters that will be needed during that time period and on those pages. It is important to know what name your kid’s character has and what they are - for example, a bird villager, a hyena, etc. That way something like ‘All Hyenas’ can be listed instead of putting every hyena’s name on the list.
Casting Note: Casting and participation in Stars & Stripes Theatre productions is dependent upon attendance and the adherence to all policies (grades, behavior, etc.) outlined in the Student Handbook. Students must maintain a G average to participate in the play and that they can be removed at any time if their grade falls below.