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Audition PacketIMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday, October 5th, 2016, 6:30 pm Parent Information MeetingFriday , October 1 4 th , 201 6 by 3:30 pm Audition Packets Due in School OfficeMonday, October 24th, 2016, 2:45 pm Auditions – 2nd and 3rd Graders Wednesday, October 26th, 2016, 1:30 pm Auditions – 4th and 5th GradersFriday, October 28th, 2016, 2:45 pm Auditions – Make ups and Call Backs OnlyFriday, November 18th, 2016, 5:00 pm Cast List Posted on Website and emailedWednesday, November 30th, 2016, 6:30 pm Mandatory Parent/Cast Meeting-MPR Monday, January 9th, 2017, 2:45 pm Rehearsals Begin – ALL CASTApril 20, 21, & 22; 27 28, & 29, 2017 Performances

All children auditioning for the show must return the attached forms to the school office by Friday, October 14th, 2016.

Kinder & 1st Graders will not audition, but will be selected by lottery, if there are any spots available after the auditions. All interested Kinder & 1st Graders must turn in an audition packet by October 14th.

2nd Graders will audition using ONLY the “Prologue” script. 3rd-5th Graders will audition with partners using scripts 1, 2 or 3.

If you have any questions, you can email us at [email protected]

KEEP THIS TOP SHEET AT HOME AS AN IMPORTANT REFERENCE.

Audition Requirements

Due to the large number of students auditioning, we have a few important guidelines that must be followed in order to keep auditions running smoothly.

1) ALL applicants must complete the following: The Parent Volunteer Form and the Audition Application (with photo!), each signed by a parent. These must be turned in to the school office by 3:30 Friday , October 1 4 th . This will allow us to organize the auditions ahead of time so that they can proceed smoothly. Be sure to CIRCLE the part you want to read ON PAGE 4 of this packet . No late or incomplete applications will be accepted!

2) 2rd through 5th Graders – On the day of your audition, report to the outside lunch area as soon as you are dismissed from school. You will be checked in and confirmed for your audition. You must stay in the lunch area until you are called for your audition. You may only leave the area to use a restroom, with permission. You will not be allowed on the playground, in the library, or computer lab. Parents are encouraged to wait with you in the lunch area, but will not be permitted to watch auditions.

3) Bring a drink, an after-school snack, a book, homework, a deck of cards or some other quiet form of entertainment and a sweatshirt or jacket. The lunch area is a protected area, but can get cold in the late afternoon.

4) Bring all sample script sheets. Be prepared to read one of the parts from the attached sample scripts (Choose your favorite character!). It MUST be the same part you checked on the information sheet (on page 4) that you turned in. You do not need to memorize the lines, but it is best if you have rehearsed them several times so you are familiar with your part and you can do your best! You will not need to follow stage directions for your audition. NO MAKE-UP, COSTUMES OR PROPS ARE ALLOWED.

5) Be prepared to sing a song (max 1 minute) that will demonstrate your singing ability. See the attached song list for approved songs to choose from. You will be reading and singing at the same audition. You will not be auditioning twice.

6) After your audition: If your parents are not at school, be prepared to phone them to come pick you up immediately. If you are a YMCA student, you must return to the YMCA immediately after your audition.

KEEP THIS SHEET AT HOME AS AN IMPORTANT REFERENCE.

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Please attach a photo of yourself with

tape or glue (no staples), no larger

than 4”x6”. Sorry…photo cannot be

returned.

First Name Last Name Grade Height

STUDENT IS INTERESTED IN:(Please check one or more)

CAST MEMBER –◇ Character part (Grades 2 -5)◇ Chorus or Dance (Grades 2-5)◇ Extra non-speaking part (Grades K-5)

STUDENT TALENTS:(Please check all that apply and number of years studied)

◇◇◇◇◇____________

HAVE YOU APPEARED IN OTHER PLAYS?(Please list play title, your part, your age at the time of play, and play sponsor – church, community group, etc.)____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Have you participated in Arroyo Vista Children’s Theater’s productions before?_____________________ Other activities student will be involved in from Jan–April (sports, church, etc.)

_____________________________________________________________________________________Student’s Name Grade Teacher


Parents’ Names

Address

Home Phone # Work # Cell #1 Cell #2

Email #1 Email #2 if needed for AVCT communication

Student’s Age Height Weight

Sizes: Shoe Dress Pant Shirt

THE PART I HAVE PRACTICED IS (circle one): 2nd grade Script: reading the Prologue

or

Script 1: Bert Mary Poppins

or

Script 2: Mary Poppins Jane Michael

or

Script 3: Winifred Miss Andrew

I WANT TO AUDITION WITH (Optional**): ____________________________________________(**Optional: We do NOT require you to choose people to audition with – we will put you in groups based on your character and script; however, IF you choose to read with particular people, each person must read a different character from the same script.)THIS APPLICATION MUST BE TURNED IN TO THE OFFICE ALONG WITH THE PARENT VOLUNTEER SHEET BY FRI, OCTOBER 14TH.

PARENT PERMISSIONAs the parent of _____________________________, I understand that if my child is selected to participate in the Arroyo Vista Children’s Theater play, it will require a time commitment for both my child and me. I agree to volunteer my time and do everything I can to help support this year’s play production.www.avchildrenstheater.org Page 4 of 19 Mary Poppins

Medical Concerns/Allergies:_____________________________________________________________

Parent Signature Date

EMERGENCY CONTACTSPlease list 3 people we can reach in an emergency if you are unavailable:

Name:_______________________ Phone #:______________________ Relationship:____________Name:_______________________ Phone #:______________________ Relationship:____________Name:_______________________ Phone #:______________________ Relationship:____________

CONTRIBUTIONArroyo Vista Children’s Theater is self-supporting and gets no financial assistance

from the PTA or school district. In order to operate our theater, we need a monetary contribution from each participant to cover expenses.

Cast member: $150/childAdditional sibling: $135

Your contribution includes a play t-shirt for all cast membersCAST CONTRIBUTIONS HELP PAY FOR:

✧ Costumes & Props✧ After-school snacks✧ Stage-building materials

✧ Posters✧ Music audio CDs✧ Play programs

✧ Sound & lighting equipment✧ Script & music royalties✧ …and lots, lots more!

I understand there is a donation associated with Arroyo Vista Children’s Theater. If my child is selected to participate, I will need to contribute before a script or music can be issued.

Parent Signature: ___________________________________________ Date: _____________________*Costumes remain the property of Arroyo Vista Children’s Theater for future productions.

Mandatory Parent Volunteer Responsibilities

Arroyo Vista Children’s Theater is run by unpaid parent volunteers. This means the enormous task of putting on our yearly play must be shared by each parent. All parents of Cast Members MUST volunteer as Play Night Supervisors for 2 performances in addition to volunteering in at least one other area below. After completing this form, sign the back side of this sheet.

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Play Night: Holding Room Supervisors/Clean Up Crew - ALL FAMILIES:☒ Supervise Cast Members in an assigned holding room, keeping order and making sure rules are

followed. Parents will also bring a vacuum to assist cleaning all areas of the play, including MPR and hallways, and will not leave until all duties are fulfilled. NO ONE under the age of 18 will be allowed to supervise. Must be available for 2 play performances from one- hour before to one-hour after the performance.

Listed below are areas in which families must also volunteer. After casting is done, you will be assigned one or more areas in which you are most needed. Please check all that apply. The Volunteer Coordinator will schedule our volunteer parents. Parents will also be expected to assist with hair and make-up on performance nights.

Coordinator Position:❏ I am interested in being a Team Coordinator –

❏ Makeup - Purchasing, Designing and Scheduling Volunteers

❏ Hair - Purchasing, Designing and Scheduling Volunteers

❏ Costume - Organizing and Scheduling Volunteers

❏ Goodie Grams - Purchasing and Coordinating

❏ Concessions - Purchasing and Running the Station on Play Nights

❏ T-shirts - Designing, Ordering, and Distributing

❏ Rehearsal Cast Supervisors: Organizing and Scheduling After School Supervising Parents

❏ Play Night Coordinator - Scheduling Play Night Holding Room Supervisors/Clean up Crew

❏ Ticket Sales - Receiving Orders, Assigning Seats, and Distributing Tickets

❏ Program - Creating, Taking Pictures, and Printing

❏ Set Design - Purchasing and Scheduling Volunteers

❏ Web Design - Manages Website on an Ongoing Basis

❏ Fundraising/Grant Writing

❏ Other: _____________________________________________________

☒ Arroyo Vista Employee : Required to Assist in Opening and Closing of School on Weekends to Facilitate with Rehearsals.

Committees: I am interested in serving on the following committees (Check all that apply!)❏ Makeup

❏ Design and Application: Some weekends and evenings for training/practice, and 2-3 hours prior to play performances - LOTS NEEDED

❏ Hair ❏ Design and Styling: Some weekends and evenings for training/practice,

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❏ Costume - Purchasing, Sewing, Assembling, Check out/Receiving costumes. In the evenings on a regular basis (no children are permitted at these evening workshops: sewing, gluing, assembling, etc)

❏ At home sewing and assisting on a regular basis❏ Silent Auction - Solicit Auction Items from Community, Assist on Play Nights❏ Concessions - Assist with Purchasing Items, Help with Selling on Play Nights❏ Rehearsal Cast Supervisor - Serve Snacks and Supervise Students for after

School/Weekend Practices❏ After school supervision, serve snacks - Arrive at AV by 2:15❏ Weekend practice supervision

❏ Set Design - Build, Paint, Create on Evenings and Weekends ❏ In the evenings on a regular basis (no children are permitted at these evening

workshops – Sets and Prop work - painting/gluing/glittering/building)❏ Choreography - Learn and Lead Small Dance Groups after School/Weekend Practices❏ Music - Available to Play Music at Rehearsals After School and Weekend Practices❏ Acting Coach/Line Runner - Assist Small Groups with Scenes During After School/Weekend

Practices❏ Play Night Assistance - Back Stage Assistance, Lighting/Special Effects: Available for All

Rehearsals 2 weeks Before Performances, and Work During PerformancesOther:❏ I am available to help in another way (please let us know—we are open to new ideas!)

--------- Please Sign ------------- Please Sign -------------- Please Sign -------------------Please Sign--------- I have selected ALL areas above that I am interested in and available to help with; in addition to my two REQUIRED “Play Night Supervisor” assignments. If my child is selected to participate, I agree

to volunteer in an area assigned to me.(You will only be required to volunteer if your child is selected to participate in this year’s production.)

Student’s Name (Please Print)__________________________________________________________

Parent’s Name & Phone # (Please Print)__________________________________________________Parent’s Signature____________________________________________________________________

Media Release Form

Please answer the following and sign below. Failure to answer a question will result in a “No” answer. Yes No

1. I give permission to AVCT to use my child’s name in printed material (ie: Posted Cast List, Play Program). □ □

2. I give permission to AVCT to use my child’s picture in printed material (ie: Play Program, Posters). □ □


3. I give permission to AVCT to use my child’s picture on the AVCT website, Facebook and Instagram (names will never be posted on social media). □ □

_______________________________________ __________________Parent/Guardian Signature Date

_______________________________________Child’s Name (Print)


PARENT

I,_______________________________________________ hereby release all Arroyo Vista Children’s Theater officers and agents from any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action in conjunction with the Arroyo Vista Children’s Theater performances, rehearsals, and related events. In case of illness or accident, permission is granted for emergency treatment to be administered and I will assume full responsibility for such action including payment of costs. I will additionally permit the use of my name and pictures in broadcasts, telecasts, brochures, newspapers, etc.


_______________________________________ __________________Health Insurance Carrier Policy Number

___________________________________________________Name of Insured

CHILD

I, as the parent or guardian of _____________________________________________authorize his/her participation in the Arroyo Vista Children’s Theater performances and all practices and related events. By doing so, I hereby release all of Arroyo Vista Children’s Theater officers and agents from any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action in conjunction with the Arroyo Vista Children’s Theater performances, rehearsals, and related events. In case of illness or accident, permission is granted for emergency treatment to be administered and I will assume full responsibility for such action including payment of costs.


_______________________________________ __________________Health Insurance Carrier Policy Number

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2nd GRADE ONLY: AUDITION SCRIPT

PROLOGUE: WIND’S IN THE EAST, THERES A MIST COMING IN,

LIKE SOMETHING IS BREWIN’ AND ‘BOUT TO BEGIN.

CANT’T PUT MY FINGER ON WHAT LIES IN STORE,

BUT I FEEL WHAT’S TO HAPPEN, ALL HAPPENED BEFORE.

IN LONDON’S BY-WAYS IS WHERE I PUT MY CAP.

THIS ONE’S THE HARDEST TO FIND ON A MAP.

CHERRY TREE LANE, AS SWEET AS A SONG,

BUT THE NANNIES WHO COME HERE, THEY DONT STAY FOR

LONG.

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

Bert:


The narrator of the story, and is a good friend to Mary Poppins. An “everyman”, Bert has many occupations, including hurdy-gurdy player, sidewalk artist, and chimney sweep. Bert watches over the children as well as the goings on in Cherry Tree Lane. He has charm, speaks with a Cockney accent and is a song-and-dance man.

Mary Poppins:Jane and Michael Banks' new nanny. She is extraordinary and strange, neat and tidy, delightfully vain yet particular, and sometimes a little frightening but always exciting. She is practically perfect in every way and always means what she says. Precision and diction is key.

JaneThe high-spirited daughter of Mr. and Mr. Banks, is bright and precocious but can be willful and inclined to snobbishness. MichaelThe cute and cheeky son of Mr. and Mrs. Banks. Excitable and naughty, he adores his father and tries to be like him. Both he and Jane misbehave in order to get the attention of their parents.

Winifred BanksGeorge's wife and Jane and Michael's mother. A former actress, she is loving and distracted homemaker who is busy trying to live up to her husband's desire to only associate with "the best people" as well as be the model wife and mother. She has great warmth and simplicity to her tone.

Miss AndrewGeorge Bank's overbearing and scary childhood nanny, brought in to care for the children after Mary Poppins leaves. With her bottle of nasty-tasting brimstone and treacle to keep naughty children in line, she is a bully who only knows one way of doing things - her way. She has a heaviness and gruffness to her voice.


AUDITION SCRIPT ONE: Bert and Mary Poppins

MARY POPPINS: Oh. So you are a sweep now, are you?

BERT: The best view in the world, eh? And who gets to see it? The birds, the stars, and the chimney sweeps. Nothing to beat it, eh?

MARY POPPINS: Bert… (MARY POPPINS stands and picks up her umbrella and bag.)

BERT: Oh, you’re going then?

MARY POPPINS: The wind has changed.

BERT: But they’re good kids, Mary.

MARY POPPINS: Would I be bothering with them if they weren’t? But I can’t help them if they wont let me, and there’s no one so hard to teach as the child who knows everything.

BERT: So?

MARY POPPINS: So, they have to do the next bit on their own.

BERT: Good bye, Mary Poppins. Don’t stay away too long.

MARY POPPINS: Cheerio, Bert. Keep an eye on them for me.


AUDITION SCRIPT TWO – Mary Poppins, Jane, & Michael

JANE: It’s not fair! You’re going out, and we get left on our own!MARY POPPINS: You’ve plenty of toys to play with.JANE: I don’t want to. They’re boring!MARY POPPINS: They might say the same about you.MICHAEL: Why does Daddy get so cross?JANE: Fathers are supposed to look after their children, not yell at them all the time.MARY POPPINS: Maybe, but have you asked yourself who looks after the fathers when things go wrong?MICHAEL: The mothers, I suppose.MARY POPPINS: Not the children?JANE: Wouldn’t that be rather upside-down?(MARY POPPINS continues to primp herself ready for her “evening out”)MARY POPPINS: Sometimes families are upside-down, for a while anyway.JANE: I don’t want to be an upside-down family. I wish I could run away.MICHAEL: Why don’t you? Somebody might adopt you. JANE: But you’d miss me.MICHAEL: No, I wouldn’t. I could have your toys.JANE: No, you could not!MICHAEL: Yes, I could, and I jolly well would!JANE: Give that to me! (JANE seizes one arm of the toy while MICHAEL pulls the other, tearing VALNTINE’S arm in the proess.) Now look what you’ve done!


MARY POPPINS: That’s no way to treat Valentine. What’s he ever done to you?


AUDITION SCRIPT 3 –Winifred and Miss Andrew

WINIFRED: Miss Andrew! It’s so lovely to meet you at last! I do hope you had a good journey

(The terrifyingg MISS ANDREW drops her bag and advances into the room with a covered birdcage.)

MISS ANDREW: It was thoroughly unpleasant. I never enjoy travel. You must be poor George’s wife. Your flower beds are disgracefully untidy! Take my advice: Plant evergreens. Or better still, have nothing there at all, just a plain cement courtyard!

WINIFRED: But dear Miss Andrew, I am so fond of flowers.

MISS ANDREW: Then you are a very silly woman. Where did George go?

WINIFRED: He…. (looks around) I’m afraid he had...an urgent appointment.

MISS ANDREW: For which no doubt he was late as usual. (looks about with a sneer.) It’s not much of a house, is it?

WINIFRED: We like it.

MISS ANDREW: Then it doesn’t take a lot to keep you happy. Look at the dust! There! And there! Filth!!

WINIFRED: Well, we are rather short-staffed at the moment.

MISS ANDREW: Hasn’t anyone ever cleaned those curtains?!?

WINIFRED: Well, I...um...


Approved Song List for Auditions

Be prepared to sing a song from the list below that will demonstrate your singing ability. If you choose a Mary Poppins or Sleeping Beauty Song, you will have the option of music accompaniment playing during your audition. The songs will be posted online. If you would like to sing a song that is not on this list, you may email us by October 20th at [email protected] for prior approval. It must be a musical theater song and must be sung without accompaniment (music).

1) Chim Chim Cher-ee - Mary Poppins

2) Spoonful of Sugar- Mary Poppins

3) Feed the Birds - Mary Poppins

4) Let’s Go Fly a Kite - Mary Poppins

5) Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mary Poppins

6) Once Upon a Dream - Sleeping Beauty

7) Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


MARY POPPINS SONG LYRICS

CHIM CHIM CHER-EE - Stop at :55Chim chim-i-ney, chim chim-i-ney, chim chim cher-ee, a sweep is as lucky as lucky can be.Chim chim-i-ney, chim chim-i-ney, chim chim cher-oo, good luck will rub off when I shake hands with you.Or blow me a kiss, and that’s lucky too!Now as the ladder of life has been strung, you may think a sweep’s on the bottom-most rung.Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke, in this whole wide world, theres no ‘appier bloke.Chim chim-i-ney, chim chim-i-ney, chim chim cher-ee, a sweep is as lucky as lucky can be.Chim chim-i-ney, chim chim-i-ney, chim chim cher-oo, good luck will rub off when I shake hands with you.

SPOONFUL OF SUGAR - Stop at 1:07Spoken - In every job that must be done there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap! The job’s a game.And ev’ry task you undertake becomes a piece of cake.A lark! A spree! I’t s very clear to see…....that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, the medicine go down, medicine go down.Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, in a most delightful way!A robin feathering his nest has very little time to rest, while gathering his bits of twine and twigThough quite intent in persuit, he has a merry toon to toot!He knows, a song, will move the job along!

FEED THE BIRDS - Stop at 1:26Early each day to the steps of St. Paul’s the little old bird woman comes.In her own special way to the people she calls: Come buy my bags full of crumbs.Come feed the little birds, show them you care, and you’ll be glad if you do.Their young ones are hungry, their nest are so bare. All it takes is tuppence from you.Feed the birds, tuppence a bag, tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.Feed the birds, that’s what she cries, while overhead, the birds fill the skies.

LET’S GO FLY A KITE - Stop at :50With tuppence for paper and strings, you can have your own set of wings. With you feet on the ground you’re a bird in flight, with your fist holding tight to the string of your kite. Oh…..Let’s go fly a kite, up to the highest height.Lets go fly a kite and send it soaring up through the atmosphere, up where the air is clear, Oh, let’s go fly a kite!

SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS - Stop at :45It’s Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, even though the sound of it is something quite atroious, if you say is loud enough, you’ll always sound precocious. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!Um diddle iddle iddle um diddle ay Um diddle iddle iddle um diddle ay.Um diddle iddle iddle um diddle ay Um diddle iddle iddle um diddle ay.Cuz I was afraid to speak when I was just a lad, Me father gave me nose a tweak and told me I was bad.But then one day I learned a word that saved me achin’ noseThe biggest word ya ever heard and this is how it goes!Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, even though the sound of it is something quite atroious,


if you say is loud enough, you’ll always sound precocious. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!


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