Saturday Night Show Canceled

Due to weather concerns, tonight's show and cast party will be canceled. Sunday's show is still on.

Saturday show CANCELED

Please reply to this message (keasling.anne@gmail.com) or send a msg to Ms. Z at 612-702-6082 when you get this message. I appreciate any help you can give me in spreading the word to other cast and crew members.

Cast, Crew and Families-

It is with great sadness that I write to tell you we are canceling tonight's show. This is a difficult decision to make. I know how hard we have all worked to see this show be a success and it is extremely disappointing that we will only be able to put on two shows. However, after much discussion with Mr.Bork and after getting the support of Dr. Bowers, we have decided to go ahead and call off the performance for tonight. It is clear that the weather conditions make travel too dangerous. We will also be canceling the cast party. I know that kids will be very upset with this decision and I hope that we can work to come up with a time to celebrate all the excellent work and fun times we have had on this show. Any parents who are interested in working on this opportunity for kids please let me know.

We WILL have the Sunday performance as planned. I will see you there at 12:00. Please plan to stay a bit late in order to clean up the theater.

Again, I am so sorry kids! I know this will be very disappointing for you, but we will have another awesome performance on Sunday!

Thanks,

Lil, Anne, Ryan

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Lil Zumberge

952.928.6313

http://mszumberge.blogspot.com/
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Tuesday Rehearsal

We will have our first rehearsal at the Senior High today for the lead cast only. Kids will meet first in Ms. Zumberge's room and then will take the 3:00 bus to the SH where we will rehears until 4:15, at which point they will take a chartered bus back to the JH and then the 4:30 activity buses home. Please call Ms. Zumberge if you have any questions!

We will repeat this process on Friday with the full cast, thanks!

Rehearsal MONDAY 11/22

On Thursday kids learned their final dance for the show. Now they know all three, and we need to practice them over and over to be sure they are comfortable with them. For this reason, we are going to hold a rehearsal on Monday for the FULL cast. This rehearsal will be only for going over the dances and will end at 3. Please plan to be there :)

Thank you for your continued support, we are on our way to making a great show!

Posters

If any parents are willing to help hang posters around the community, please email keasling.anne@gmail.com.

Posters will be sent home with students on Thursday, November 18th.

Rehearsal Changes

We have two rehearsal dates to change.

First, there is an early release on Thursday, December 2nd. There will be no rehearsal that day.

Second, the school party is Friday, November 19th. We will not have rehearsal that day. Instead, full cast will meet on Thursday, November 18th. Everyone will stay until 4:30p.m.

Let me know if you have any questions.

-Anne Keasling

Parent Meeting Tuesday 10/12

The informational parent meeting will be held in room 106 on Tuesday night. We had originally planned for this to be in the choir room, but had to move due to a scheduling conflict. The time of 7 p.m. remains the same. Looking forward to meeting you then!!

Thanks!

Lil, Anne, Ryan

Rehearsal Schedule

Yesterday I sent out an invitation to join the calendar for the rehearsal schedule. That's the best way for you to keep up on schedules and schedule changes up to the show. If there are changes, which inevitably there will be, we'll make announcements at school, update the calendar, post to the blog. Of course, you or your actor can always check with Ms. Zumberge or Ms. Keasling if there are questions.

Email List Activated

Today I sent out the first message to the newly composed email list. If you did NOT receive an email from me today, please contact me so I can add you to the list: keasling.anne@gmail.com

Rehearsal Schedule

I am working on putting together a full rehearsal schedule. However, in the time being, I will let you know in advance who will be rehearsing. The next practice will be for everyone except the "peeps" of the Monty's and Cap's. This means, all the people with scripts with the name of a part on the top SHOULD plan to be there. We will rehearse THURSDAY, 10/7, in ROOM 106.

Thanks!!

CAST LIST POSTED

After much deliberation and math (parts are cast using a scoring system combined with judges input), the cast has been set for "Seuss of R & J". We are really excited to work with such a talented group of young actors, but it was hard to turn so many away. I am hopeful to see many of the same faces in the spring!

TO THE CAST:

If you have not already done so, please see Ms. Keasling for your script before the end of the day on Friday.

We will have our first read-through on Monday. Please see Ms. Z if you can't be there.

I will have the rehearsal schedule posted ASAP and will also hand out to the cast.

If you are the parent of a cast member and do not begin to get messages from Ms. Keasling by October 7th, please email her at keasling.anne@slpschools.org to be sure she has your address.

Thanks! I look forward to a great show :)

Seuss Call Backs

WOW!! We had a record turn out for auditions! Nearly 130 people tried out for 35 parts!!! It is so exciting to have such enthusiasm, but also so much harder to make a decision. Thank you , thank you, thank you to all who participated. You all did a wonderful job and it was a joy to watch you :)

We have posted the Call Back list for the show. Please be aware of the following:
1. Some people have already been cast, and their name does not appear on the list. We are trying to keep the group small for today's auditions to be sure we get through them all.
2. Some kids coming today were not at yesterday's audition. We will be using a new score sheet for all kids, so it will be a clean slate.
3. The final cast list will be posted tomorrow after 4th lunch.
4. Props crew/ backstage crew applications will not be posted until November.


If you are not cast in the show please do not give up!! You can still be part of the crew, which is a blast. Also, I strongly encourage all of those who are not cast to try out again in the spring for the musical. That show will have more parts and is always a lot of fun!

A special thanks to Joe Polach and Randy Zutz for supervising and advising the kids while they waited to audition, we could not have done it without them. Also, a special thank you to Molly Rosen for sitting on the judges panel to give us a fresh perspective and a keen 6th grade eye!

AUDITIONS--MONDAY, SEPT. 27

There has been a slight change in the audition schedule. We are going to hold the first round of auditions on Monday, September 27th. All students interested in auditioning should come to the choir room Monday after school. We will give you a script to read and tell you everything you need to know. You just need to show up ready to read and participate.

Call backs will be held on Tuesday, September 28th (same time, same place).

If you absolutely cannot be there on Monday, then you MUST attend the call back audition on Tuesday.

Questions?
Email Lil Zumberge-- zumberge.lillian@slpschools.org

Fall Play Auditions

Winter Play Auditions!!! **** Please note addition of 9/27!!

Please join us for the December production of "The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet"

Auditions for the winter play, "The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet", will be held after school on Monday 9/27 and Tuesday 9/28 in the Chorus room. Students should come prepared to read for a scene as well as do a few improv games. Auditions will be over in time for kids to take the 4:30 bus home. EVERYONE is encouraged to try out!! We are able to work around sports schedules as well as other interferences; we love new faces and are excited to have a 6th- 8th grade program!! Show dates are 12/10-12/13. There will also be a musical in the spring of 2011.