More Details on Auditions

If you’ve experienced the magic of theatre, [y]ou’ve seen a variety of people with different backgrounds, different strengths and different interests all work together on a theatrical production and end up feeling more like a single, united community than a cluster of individuals. By definition, a community is a group of people with a common interest, but we know it’s so much more than that. It’s a sense of trust, care and support that makes a community thrive.  (Pioneer Drama August 2011 Newsletter)

If your child aged 6*-18 wants to be part of the WRHS Theater community and participate in next spring’s production of Kilroy Was Here, plan on attending auditions at Bethany Evangelical Free Church in Clintonville on October 6 from 1-3 pm. 

Last names beginning with N-Z will be from 1-2 pm.

Last names beginning with A-M will be from 2-3 pm.

Any student who wants a line in the show needs to be prepared with a monologue that is less than one minute long.  (This might be a poem, Bible verse, story, etc.)  

Students will also need to be prepared with one verse of a song.  You may bring a CD or sheet music (a keyboard will be available, but we are not planning on having auditions in the room with the piano).  If you do not have a song chosen, be prepared to sing a verse of My Country Tis of Thee or America the Beautiful.

Some people prefer to sing in a duet or group for auditions.  That is allowed.  However, if you do not audition with a solo part, you will NOT get a solo part in the show.

We will be looking at memorization ability, articulation, volume, clarity, expression and preparedness when assigning roles.

If you have a child who doesn’t want to audition, but just wants to be part of the chorus, they will need to sign up by this time and you will need to fill out the parent commitment form.

*Sometimes younger children need more guidance than the directors have time to give.  If your child needs extra attention, plan on being at more of the rehearsals.

As a reminder, your dues to WRHS must be paid before your child may audition

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Auditions!!!

Mark your calendars for auditions on October 6 starting at 1pm at Bethany Church in Clintonville.  More details to follow.

I will have more information regarding parent commitments, etc, hopefully soon.

Just a reminder - make sure you've paid your membership dues to WRHS before auditions.  If you weren't a member last year, fees are $5/year (if email newsletter) or $10/year (if snail mail newsletter).  (If you were a member last year and haven't paid yet, you will need to pay a late fee.)  Fees need to be paid to Mary Kennedy-Kowalkowski.

I'm so excited to announce that our next homeschool play is going to be Kilroy Was Here!  This is an upbeat, patriotic play, set during World War 2 (1942).  There's going to be lots of fun music and plenty of opportunities for dancing!  You guys did such an awesome job with Night at the Wax Museum, and I think this musical will be a great way to showcase such a talented cast.

If you're interested in checking out some of the songs, you can go to youtube and search Kilroy Was Here Musical.  There are a few selections that another group posted - they should give you a good idea of  how the music goes, as well as some costume possibilities.

Here's some background on how the phrase 'Kilroy Was Here' became famous. If you're interested in finding out more about the USO, you could start here.

If you'd like to do some research on that time period, the American Girls' book Molly's World is a good resource for younger kids.  We watched a couple of Abbott & Costello movies from that time period, and you might enjoy one of those as well (at your parents' discretion, of course).  For parents, and perhaps older students, the Ken Burns PBS documentary The War from a couple years ago was well done.  It does contain some graphic scenes.

I'm sure there's a ton of great material out there for World War 2.  Please feel free to share your suggestions in the comments!