Welcome to Seussical!

Hello adults of our Seussical Jr. musical participants,

Over 100 student auditioned for roles in the spring musical, and your student earned themselves a role! Congratulations!

Throughout the next 9 weeks everyone will be working hard to put together a great show. Lil Zumberge has returned as our director, with Ryan Jakacki as the ever-faithful assistant director. Jessica Edelheit comes back again to produce (and send this email). John Myszkowski will lead kids in musical rehearsals, and Mary Coats is choreographing again with help from newcomer and SLP math teacher, Jen Schmerler. We also have Noa Raasch, a junior from SLP HS coming to help with all things musical related.

A few very important notes. This year communication will work differently. All updates and communication will come via the SLP Theater blog-so bookmark this link: http://slpjhtheater.blogspot.com. Very rarely will an email be sent to each individual. You will need to rely on the blog for all play related information.

In order to know when an update has posted you will need to sign up for Remind 101. Remind 101 is a one way messaging service that you receive via text, email, or both. You can sign up with as many cell numbers and/or email addresses as you want. It is totally free. Your information remains anonymous, so no one will be able to see your email addresses or phone numbers. Once the blog has been updated a Remind 101 will be sent to all those who have signed up. Directions on how to sign up for Remind 101 are attached as a PDF. You’ll only need to sign up once. We encourage your students to sign up as well. We realize this is a big change from years past. Using Remind 101 will help the play staff streamline communication and cut down on the amount of time we spend tracking bounce back emails and incorrect addresses. We appreciate your willingness to try something new. We will begin sending Remind 101 message on Friday (3-14).

We are asking for snack donations for our rehearsals. When rehearsal is called until 4:30 snack will be provided for students. We ask families to donate individually wrapped snacks (granola bars, pretzels, and fruit snacks are always big hits). If you would like to donate, please drop your donation in the front office. We also ask that kids with food allergies provide their own snacks-we don’t want to take any chances.

We are charging a participation fee of $50 this year. The participation fee covers many costs including the cast t-shirt, scripts, copies, rights to the show, and dinner during the week leading up to the performances. Scholarships are available to those in need. Please contact Ryan Jakacki with any questions or scholarship related needs. Checks should be made out to SLP JH THEATER and include your student’s name in the memo line.

We won’t be shy in asking for help throughout the play season. It takes a village to raise a child, and at least 3 villages to put on a musical with 90+ kids!! Thank you in advance.

We are hoping to get a parent play meeting on the calendar coming up soon. Here is next week’s rehearsal schedule with one change from the Oriole Times article:

Tuesday, March 11 (until 4:30) all Who’s (including Mr. & Mrs. Mayor and Jojo), Horton, The Grinch.
Thursday, March 13 (until 3) all Jungle Creatures, Sour Kangaroo, Horton, Wickersham Brothers, Bird Girls, Mayzie, Gertrude.
Friday, March 14 (until 4:30) all Jungle Creatures, Sour Kangaroo, Horton, Wickersham Brothers, Bird Girls, Mayzie, Gertrude.

We so appreciate you being involved in your student’s extracurricular activities. Please contact us with any questions. Ms. Zumberge can answer your questions that relate directly to the kids and rehearsals, Mr. Jakacki will field all money and scholarship related questions, and Ms. Edelheit can answer questions on communication and volunteering.

Thank you for reading this long email. With everyone involved with cannot fail. We look forward to seeing what the show will bring, and can’t wait to see all of your kids dance and sing! 

Lil Zumberge zumberge.lillian@slpschools.org
Ryan Jakacki jakacki.ryan@slpschools.org
Jessica Edelheit edelheit.jessica@slpschools.org