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"Beauty and the Beast, Jr." Performance Notes

Notes concerning dress rehearsals and performances for "Beauty and the Beast, Jr.";

Students may bring a book to read, but no electronic devices.

Please remember that our contract prohibits any recording or photos be taken at the dress rehearsals and performances.

Students should eat a light, healthy meal before performances...no greasy foods, no milk or soft drinks.

Costume information about the understudy performance on March 10:

For the understudy performance, the understudies will wear the costumes for their characters, which will be at the theater for the Saturday rehearsal.  The children who normally play those roles can simply switch costumes with their understudies OR they can bring their own villager costumes if they feel more comfortable wearing their own clothing.  We will have some extra skirts and blouses on hand for fitting issues as well as safety pins, etc. to help with costumes that may be a little large.  You may want to talk with your child about who their understudy is so that you can think if sizing will be an issue.  Each child will just wear the shoes they normally wear.  We want this to be as simple as possible.

Thank you once again to our production committee, who are working so hard!

And thank you, parents, for encouraging and supporting your children in "Beauty and the Beast, Jr.!

 

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"Beauty and the Beast, Jr." Schedule for Dress Rehearsal and Performance Week

Our schedule for dress rehearsals and performances, all at the Pope HS Theater, is as follows:

Friday, March 9, 6:00-8:00 P.M.:  Tech rehearsal for cast wearing mics

Saturday, March 10, 9:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M.:  Dress Rehearsal

                               8:30 A.M. Cast who wear mics arrive, with makeup already done, get costumes and mics

                               9:00 A.M.  All students need to arrive in costumes, with hair and makeup already done.....Bring a bag lunch, a snack, 2 bottles of water....all clearly marked with name

                                9:00 A.M.  Brief meeting for parents

                                1:00 P.M.  All students will perform, with understudies in the lead roles.....This performance is only for the families of understudies.

                                 3:00 P.M.  Parents come to the theater for pickup

Tuesday, March 13, 5:30-8:00 P.M.:  Dress Rehearsal    

                              5:00 P.M.  Cast who wear mics arrive, with makeup already done, get costumes and mics

                              5:30 P.M.  All students need to arrive in costumes, with hair and makeup already done....Bring a snack and bottled water....marked with name

                               8:00 P.M.  Parents come to the theater for pickup

Thursday, March 15, 7:00 P.M. Performance

                               5:30 P.M.  Cast who wear mics arrive, with makeup already done, get costumes and mics

                               6:15 P.M.  All students need to be in the orchestra room, in costumes, with hair and makeup already done...Bring bottled water....marked with name

Friday, March 16, 7:00 P.M. Performance

                           5:30 P.M.  Cast who wear mics arrive, with makeup already done, get costumes and mics

                            6:15 P.M.  All students need to be in the orchestra room, in costumes, with hair and makeup already done....Bring bottled water....marked with mane

Saturday, March 17, 1:00 P.M. Performance

                               11:30 A.M.  Cast who wear mics arrive, with makeup already done, get costumes and mics

                                12:15 P.M.  All students need to be in the orchestra room, in costumes, with hair and makeup already done....Bring bottled water with name

                                 Cast party immediately following the performance, in the Pope cafeteria

                   

 

"Beauty and the Beast, Jr." Schedule for the Week of March 5

Our schedule for the week of March 5 is as follows:

Tuesday, March 6, 2:30-5:30 P.M.:  ALL/Everyone in costumes/Bring bottled water and a snack

Thursday, March 8, 5:00-9:00 P.M.:  Load-in of sets to Pope HS/Contact:  Robert Bruder at rjbruder@bellsouth.net

Friday, March 9, 6:00-8:00 P.M.:  Tech rehearsal, in costumes, for cast (not understudies)in the roles of Belle, Beast, Cogsworth, Lumiere, Maurice, Gaston, Mrs. Potts, Lefou, Chip, Babette, Silly Girls 1, 2, 3, Madmae, Monsieur D'Arque, at Pope/Contact:  Brian Adams at Brian.Adams@cobbk12.org

Saturday, March 10, 9:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M.:  ALL students ALL day/arrive in costumes with hair and makeup already done/Brief parents' meeting at 9:00 A.M. (no coffee in theater....sorry)/Students bring a bag lunch, snack, 2 bottles of water....everything marked with name/1:00 P.M. understudy cast will perform for their families/All parents come to theater at 3:00 P.M. for pickup

Please note:  Our dress rehearsals on March 10 and 13 are not Open Dress Rehearsals (with the exception of the understudies families at 1:00 P.M.)  We want everyone to wait until the actual performances to enjoy the musical!

For your calendar:  Our "Beauty and the Beast, Jr." students will be part of the FAST Showcase, on the evening of Thursday, March 22.

 

Summer Opportunity

For those of you looking for a musical week for your children....

Summer Show Offs is a summer day camp for K-12th grade students, using music and dance to help build character and confidence, July 9-13, 2012, and held at the Johnson Ferry Baptist Church Student Center.

One of our Tritt parents is the coordinator for this camp.  Email Heather Taylor for more information at heather@summershowoffs.com or go to http://www.summershowoffs.com/Summer Show-Offs/Home.html for more details and registration.

"Beauty and the Beast, Jr." Overview of Rehearsals and Performances

At the end of each week, I will continue to send emails with the details concerning the following week.

For your calendars, here are the remaining dates in our schedule.

Tuesday, January 17, 2:30-4:30 P.M.:  ALL students and 4:30-5:30 P.M. rehearsal for cast and understudies for Scenes 8, 9, 10

Monday, January 23, 2:30-4:00 P.M.:  Rehearsal for soloists, both cast and understudies....Belle, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Babette, Madame, Cogsworth

Tuesday, January 24, 2:30-4:30 P.M.:  ALL students, photos to be taken of ALL and 4:30-5:30 P.M. rehearsal for cast and understudies in Scenes 11, 12, 13

Monday, January 30, 2:30-4:00 P.M.:  Rehearsal for soloists, both cast and understudies....Gaston, Lefou, Silly Girls 1, 2, 3, Belle, Beast

Tuesday, January 31, 2:30-4:30 P.M.:  ALL students and 4:30-5:30 P.M. rehearsal for cast and understudies in Prologue, Scenes 1, 2, 3, 4

Wednesday, February 1, 2:30-4:00 P.M.:  Rehearsal for understudies only....Belle, Beast, Cogsworth, Lumiere, Maurice, Gaston, Lefou, Mrs. Potts, Narrators 1, 2, 3, 4, Chip, Babette, Silly Girls 1, 2, 3, Madma de la Grand Bouche, Monsieur D'Arque

Monday, February 6, 2:30-4:00 P.M.:  Rehearsal for soloists, both cast and understudies....Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Babette, Madame, Cogsworth

Tuesday, February 7, 2:30-4:30 P.M.:  ALL students and 4:30-5:30 P.M. rehearsal for cast and understudies in Scenes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Wednesday, February 8, 2:30-4:00 P.M.:  Rehearsal for understudies only

Monday, February 13, 2:30-4:00 P.M.:  Rehearsal for soloists, both cast and understudies....Gaston, Lefou, Silly Girls 1, 2, 3, Belle, Beast

Tuesday, February 14, 2:30-4:30 P.M.:  ALL students and 4:30-5:30 P.M. rehearsal for cast and understudies in Scenes 10, 11, 12, 13

Wednesday, February 15, 2:30-4:00 P.M.:  Rehearsal for understudies only

Tuesday, February 21, 2:30-5:30 P.M.:  ALL students

Thursday, February 23, 8:15 and 8:50 A.M.:  Previews, in costume, for Tritt students

Tuesday, February 28, 2:30-5:30 P.M.:  ALL students

Tuesday, March 6, 2:30-5:30 P.M.:  ALL students

Saturday, March 10, 9:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M.:  Dress rehearsal for ALL students,, at Pope HS Theater

                               1:00 P.M. Understudies will perform for their families (all students remaing to perform)

Tuesday, March 13, 5:30-8:00 P.M.:  Dress rehearsal for ALL students, at Pope HS Theater

Thursday, March 15, 7:00 P.M. Peformance, at Pope HS,  with principals arriving at 5:30 P.M. and all remaining students arriving at 6:15 P.M. Theater doors will open at 6:30 P.M.

Friday, March 16, 7:00 P.M. Performance, at Pope HS, with principals arriving at 5:30 P.M. and all remaining students arriving at 6:15 P.M.  Theater doors will open at 6:30 P.M.

Saturday, March 17, 1:00 P.M. Performance, with principals arriving at 11:30 A.M. and all remaining students arriving at 12:15 P.M.  Theater doors will open at 12:30 P.M.

Cast party for all students and their families, following this performance

"Arf" Registration Form

                                                    "Arf" Registration Form

                                 A musical to be performed by kindergartners and first graders

                                                         Director:  Beth Irwin

Student's Name__________________________________________________

Parent's Name___________________________________________________

E-mail Address___________________________________________________

Phone Number____________________________________________________

Classroom Teacher________________________________________________

Emergency Contact_________________________________________________

My child will be ____attending ASP or____be picked up in the carline.

Students not picked up within 10 minutes will be waiting in ASP for their parent.

Fee attached:  $110____, with checks made payable to Beth Irwin and turned in to Shell Jones, in Tirtt's front office, by March 16, 2012.

Rehearsal Dates:  Mondays and Tuesdays, April 9, 10, 16, 17, 30, and May 1, 7, 8

Rehearsal Times:  2:30-3:45 P.M., in the music room

Performance at Tritt:  May 10, 6:30 P.M., at Tritt

 

"Beauty and the Beast, Jr." Villagers, Servants, Flatware, Wolves

All students who are listed as Villagers, Servants, Flatware in the cast list, have been given specific roles now.  You should find each student identified as a male or a female villager.  You should also find each of those students identified in another specific role.  So, these students are playing two different roles in the musical.

Male Villagers:  Will H., Brendan D., Elana M., Dana B., Madalyn D., Jessica G., Elizabeth S., Natalyn S., Emma B., Kaitlyn M., Hannah S.

Female Villagers:  Ashley R., Madison M., Ashley C., Samantha W., Sigal B., Maeve B., Angel H., Alea H., Emma V., Katie K., Lauren H., Caroline C., Ryan H., Amanda C., Madalyn C., Annie H., Chloe P., plus the 3rd grade girls as young villagers

Wolves:  Will H., Brendan D., Madalyn D., Kaitlyn M.

Male Servants:  Elizabeth S., Hannah S., Jessica G.

Female Servants:  Madison M., Angel H., Amanda C.

Dishes:  Ashley C., Dana B., Natalyn S., Emma B., Ashley R., Samantha W.

Knives:  Lauren H., Elana M., Madalyn C., Emma V.

Forks:  Maeve B., Katie K., Caroline C., Chloe P.

Spoons:  Sigal B., Alea H., Ryan H., Annie H.

Napkins:  Olivia T., Min B., Holly B.

Sugar:  Audrey F.

Creamer:  Christian B.

Salt:  Bella L.

Pepper:  Camryn H.

To save time in rehearsals, each student should know which two roles they are playing.

 

 

 

"Melton, the Warm-Hearted Snowman" Cast

Each student in this musical has a speaking part.  Parts will be sent home on Monday, November 7, with the child's part highlighted.  Please help your child memorize the part by November 14 if possible.

The cast for "Melton, the Warm-Hearted Snowman" is as follows:

Melton:  McKenna Clary

Mama Snowman:  Gracen Houck

Papa Snowman:  Parker Beville

Bartholomew:  Ian Ward

Molly:  Lucia Baumgartner

Santa Claus:  Will Caruso

Johnny:  Cole Moser

Scrooge:  Eli Schmetterer

Tommy:  Aaron Garner

Rudolph:  Erika Brown

The Doctor:  Joshua Bensman

Nellie:  Min Brookshire

Penny:  Anika Goyal

Elf 1:  Jackie Taylor

Elf 2:  Jackson Kappel

Elf 3:  Mary Grace Tibbs

Susie:  Anna Swierski

Annie:  Hannah Mary Moulton

Dasher:  Arie Porembski

Dancer:  Leah Holland

Prancer:  Emily Johnson

Vixen:  Michelle Dumars

Comet:  Andy Engstrom

Cupid:  Emma Baum

Donner:  Aleni Poulos

Blitzen:  Elizabeth Rieger

We will keep the costumes simple, please.

Melton, Mama Snowman and Papa Snowman:  White sweat shirt and white pants, with shirt full of "stuffing"

Santa Claus:  Santa jacket with beard and hair and hat

The Doctor:  White lab coat or long white shirt, with dark pants, accessories if you have them

Elves 1, 2, 3:  Elf hat and maybe a tunic over pants

Rudolph:  tan sweat shirt and pants, antlers, and red nose

The Reindeer:  tan sweat shirt and pants and antlers

Scrooge:  dark jacket with pants, glasses on the end of his nose

Children (all other roles):  winter clothes, with scarfs around necks, or mittens, etc, but no earmuffs

Try the thrift shops, etc. for the costumes.  Please keep them cute, yet simple and inexpensive.

"Beauty and the Beast, Jr." Cast List

ALL students who are registered for this Tritt F.A.S.T. musical WILL be on stage, in costumes, in all performances.

Ellen Linebaugh, Brian Adams, and I spent many hours auditioning and discussing these roles.  We agreed on the decisions.  Please encourage your child in the role they were given, as each one is very important to the success of the musical.

Thank you to all who auditioned for a speaking role.  Since there were not quite 70 4th and 5th graders who signed up, we will have one cast and we will also have understudies.  If the understudies are fully prepared, we will provide a performance opportunity for them, such as a dress rehearsal for their families.  That will be decided as we progress further into the rehearsals.

Each student should be listed on both the Cast List and the Understudies List.  If not, please email me at bethirwin@charter.net.

New, updated information on the performance schedule is as follows:

Saturday, March 10:  Dress rehearsal for all

Tuesday, March 13:  Dress rehearsal for all

Thursday, March 15, 7:00 P.M.:   Performance for all

Friday, March 16, 7:00 P.M.:   Performance for all

Saturday, March 17, 1:00 P.M.:  Performance for all

"Beauty and the Beast, Jr." Cast:

Belle:  Annie Reichelt

Beast/Prince:  Evan Conley

Cogsworth:  Maria Howell

Lumiere:  Abby McKinley

Maurice:  Martin Vershel

Gaston:  Martin Sholl

Mrs. Potts:  Addie Resh

Lefou:  Matt Alea

Narrator 1:  Meghan Crandall

Narrator 2:  Olivia Fertig

Narrator 3:  Christian Hearn

Narrator 4:  Demetria Arasi

Chip:  Kathryn Bruder

Babette:  Isabella Santander

Silly Girl 1:  Etta Schnyder

Silly Girl 2:  Madison Mims

Silly Girl 3;  Anna Caroline Kirkland

Madame de la Grande Bouche:  Sydney Spencer

Monsieur D'Arque:  Brody Hartman

Old Woman/Enchantress:  Elisa Fontanillas

Aristocratic Lady:  Aurora Ellis

Fish Man:  William Hood

Egg Man:  Molly Keesling

Sausage Curl Girl:  Alexa Horvath

Baker:  Charles Dunn

Lady with Cane:  Sage Holland

Lady with Baby:  Haley Hutchings

Candle Man:  Maggie Jones

Hat Seller:  Milner Patterson

Milkmaid:  Madeleine Ochal

Shepherd Boy:  Abigail Ochal

Bookseller:  Barrett Meadows

Villagers/Servants/Flatware:  Sigal Bakun, Dana Benson, Maeve Breathnach, Emma Brothers, Amanda Carr, Caroline Cibulskas, Ashley Comstock, Madalyn Corcoran, Benden Daugharty, Will Herrington, Madelyn Dougharty, Jessica Glaser, Ryan Haag, Lauren Hadlow, Annie Hankamer,Will Herrington, Alea Hornsby, Angel Hsieh, Katie Krivutza, Kaitlyn McIntire, Madison Mims, Elana Morchower, Chloe Princenthal,  Ashley Richerson, Elizabeth Santi, Hannah Smith, Natalyn Smith, Emma Verbeek, Samantha Winkler, and 3rd graders  Audrey Fertig, Min Brookshire, Bella Loud, Olivia Thomas, Camryn Haag, Christian Brady, Holly Beebe

 

Understudies Cast:

Belle:  Aurora Ellis

Beast/Prince:  Barrett Meadows

Cogsworth:  Meghan Crandall

Lumiere:  Demetria Arasi

Maurice:  Brody Hartman

Gaston:  William Hood

Mrs. Potts:  Christian Hearn

Lefou:  Milner Patterson

Narrator 1:  Ryan Haag

Narrator 2:  Amanda Carr

Narrator 3:  Angel Hsieh

Narrator 4:  Ashley Comstock

Chip:  Olivia Thomas

Babette:  Katie Krivutza

Silly Girl 1:  Molly Keesling

Silly Girl 2:  Sage Holland

Silly Girl 3:  Maggie Jones

Madame de la Grande Bouche:  Madalyn Corcoran

Monsieur D'Arque:  Charles Dunn

Old Woman/Enchantress:  Maeve Breathnach

Aristocratic Lady:  Samantha Winkler

Fish Man:  Emma Brothers

Egg Man:  Hannah Smith

Sausage Curl Girl: Caroline Cibulskas

Baker:  Will Herrington

Lady with Cane:  Sigal Bakun

Lady with Baby:  Chloe Princenthal

Candle Man:  Brenden Daugharty

Hat Seller:  Jessica Glaser

Milkmaid:  Alea Hornsby

Shepherd Boy:  Madalyn Dougherty

Bookseller:  Elizabeth Santi

Servants/Villagers/Flatware:  Matt Alea, Dana Benson, Evan Conley, Aurora Ellis, Olivia Fertig, Elisa Fontanillas, Lauren Hadlow, Annie Hankamer, Sage Holland, Alexa Horvath, Maria Howell, Haley Hutchings, Anna Caroline Kirkland, Kaitlyn McIntire, Abby McKinley, Elana Morchower, Abigail Ochal, Madeleine Ochal, Annie Reichelt, Addison Resh, Ashley Richerson, Isabella Santander, Etta Schnyder, Martin Sholl, Natalyn Smith, Sydney Spencer, Emma Verbeek, Martin Vershel,  and 3rd graders Audrey Fertig, Kathryn Bruder, Min Brookshire, Bella Loud, Camryn Haag, Christian Brady, Holly Beebe