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Open to performers ages 6-13, or 14 year olds that have not yet started high school.
SHOW CALENDAR
On-line registration opens at 8:00pm on May 1st and closes May 10th at 11:59pm (or when full, whichever comes first).
AUDITIONS – May 12, 2012 at 9:00am at EDMT’s Rehearsal Facility
5011 Golden Foothill Parkway, Suite 4, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
CALLBACKS -- Monday, May 14th at 3:30pm at EDMT’s Rehearsal Facility
PLEASE NOTE: If you would like to learn the DANCE AUDITION COMBINATION prior to audition day, it will be taught on Monday, May 7th at 5:30pm, at EDMT’s Rehearsal Facility.
SHOW OVERVIEW
In the London season featuring the appearance of THE LION KING, HONK! became a stand-out by winning the 2000 Olivier Award (the British equivalent of the Tony® Award) for Best New Musical.
Honk! Jr. is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling, incorporating a message of tolerance. Honk! Jr. tells the story of an odd looking baby duck, Ugly, and his quest to find his mother.
Soon after Ugly is born, he is seduced away by a wily Cat who wants to eat Ugly for dinner. Eventually, Ugly manages to escape but has no idea how to return home.
Along his way, he encounters a beautiful swan, Penny, tangled in a fishing line.
After saving her, the two birds fall in love. However, she must return to her flock and fly south for the winter. Eventually, Ugly’s mother finds him frozen in snow.
Luckily, her warm tears manage to thaw him out and he comes back to life – as a handsome swan! Soon, Ugly is reunited with Penny and the two swans decide to live the rest of their days in the same pond as Ugly’s loyal mother.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
UGLY
IDA
CAT
DRAKE
MAUREEN
THE TURKEY
BEAKY
BILLY
FLUFF
DOWNY
GRACE
HENRIETTA
THE BULLFROG
FROGLETS
GREYLAG
DOT
BARNACLES
PINKFOOT
SNOWY
FATHER SWAN
MOTHER SWAN
PENNY
BEWICK
JAYBIRD
ENSEMBLE
MUSCIAL NUMBERS
A Poultry Tale
The Joy of Motherhood
Different (pre-reprise)
Hold Your Head up High
Look at Him
Different
You Can Play With your Food
Every Tear A Mother Cries
The Wild Goose Chase
The Joy of Motherhood (reprise)
Warts And All
The Blizzard
Transformation
Look At Him (Reprise)
Warts And All (Reprise)
REGISTRATION AND AUDITION INFORMATION
Online registration begins May 1st at 8:00pm and closes on May 10th at 11:59pm on our website at www.edmt.info. (if you register after cast is full to capacity your name will be placed on a waiting list). Please bring the online registration confirmation sheet, medical release form, rules of conduct form, conflict calendar, and a copy of a birth certificate with you on audition day. These forms may be downloaded from the Honk! Jr. web page.
Those who didn’t have an opportunity to register online before the deadline may register on audition day if space allows. EVERYONE registered will be in the show. Auditions are to determine who will perform specific roles.
When you arrive you will be measured and have a photo taken for the program. Auditionees will be seated by number in a row of 10 chairs in the audition room. Parents are invited to watch. When your number is called, you will come forward, introduce yourself and your song, and then sing for up to one minute. You may sing acapella, with an instrumental CD or tape, or you may bring sheet music for the accompanist. We do not allow CD’s with lyrics on the CD. No iPods.
Next, 20 auditionees will perform the dance audition for the staff in groups of five. Some groups of auditionees will sing first and dance second, and others will dance first and sing second. Those that did not learn the dance audition on Monday, May 7th, can come early and learn the dance on the day of auditions.
Finally, the Artistic Staff will announce the audition numbers of those who are being called back. Those called back will proceed immediately to the “Callback Table” in the registration room where they will pick up any songs/scripts needed in preparation for the callback day on Monday.
CALLBACKS
Monday, May 14th at 3:30pm at EDMT’s Rehearsal Facility
Those called back will be asked to read lines from the script and sing the song(s) they were given at the “Callback Table” at auditions. They should also be prepared to dance.
CAST LIST
The cast list will be posted on the EDMT website on Wed. May 16th by 5:00pm.
MANDATORY PARENT MEETING
Parents of all casts members must attend the PARENT MEETING Thursday, May 17th at 7:00pm, where you will receive important information critical to the success of your cast member and show. Enter a drawing for FREE show tickets when you sign up for a number of volunteer roles that evening! Failure to attend this meeting will result in an absence that will count against the three absences allowed per child during the entire rehearsal period.
REHEARSALS
Rehearsals for leads only will begin Monday, May 21st at EDMT. Rehearsals for the entire cast will begin on Tuesday, May 22nd. Our regular rehearsal schedule will be Mondays (leads), Tuesdays (entire cast), Wednesdays (entire cast), and Thursdays (entire cast). It is extremely important that you download a calendar from the website and mark any schedule conflicts and present them with registration forms on audition day. Please DO NOT REGISTER if your schedule has more than 3 conflicts on NON-mandatory dates or ANY conflicts with mandatory rehearsals, tech week or performances. NO absences are allowed during mandatory rehearsals, tech week or performance dates. Missing any of these important dates may result in being dropped from the show.
Mandatory rehearsals begin Monday, June 25th, and the show runs from July 6 through July 22 at Three Stages Performing Arts Center at Folsom Lake College.
PUBLICITY APPEARANCES
Cast members obtaining lead roles are expected to make themselves available for publicity events such as television appearances and newspaper interviews.
COST
$320 Registration Fee.
If there are two immediate family members, $300 each. If there are 3 or more immediate family members, $280 each.
$75 Refundable Parent Participation Deposit (20 volunteer hours per family required, 3 of which must be completed at load in or load out). Additional parent participation opportunities will be discussed at the parent meeting. To receive a refund, all volunteer logs MUST be turned in to either the Parent Volunteer Coordinator or Show Producer by no later than July 21st(no exceptions). NOTE: If a family registers multiple children in the show, only one parent volunteer deposit will be collected.
$100 Pre-Paid Raffle Book. Raffle ticket books will be distributed at the parent meeting. Cast member’s families may sell raffle tickets to friends and family if they choose to recoup this fee. If a family registers multiple children for the show, only one raffle fee will apply for the entire family.
Additional expenses may include the purchase of personal items such as shoes, changing leotard, or a wig; and those which are completely optional, such as, a cast photo, souvenir mug or ornament, T-shirt, etc...
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
The EDMT Board of Directors awards up to (3) full scholarships for a show with a cast size of 50, to individuals deemed most appropriate from the pool of applications.
Each scholarship is equivalent to one tuition charge. Scholarship recipients will not be charged the $75 parent volunteer deposit, but will be held responsible for completing their volunteer hours. The raffle fee of $100 still applies and may be paid on audition day. Scholarship recipients will not be eligible for another scholarship if parent participation hours are not completed. High school students may opt to complete the parent volunteer hours on their own. Award decisions will be made by the board of directors based on desire to attend, potential benefit to applicant, and financial need. Scholarship recipients must be in good standing with the company and commit to remain in the show regardless of whether or not a lead role is obtained. They also may be asked from time to time to help out at the facility on set work days or painting days.
The deadline for applications is April 25th at 5:00pm. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Recipients of scholarships will be notified by phone no later than 5:00pm on April 27th.
To apply for a scholarship, please submit in writing via mail, fax or e-mail a letter which begins: Please consider me for an EDMT scholarship because…Include reasons that would motivate the board of directors to offer you a scholarship. Include your name, address, and a telephone number at which you can be reached.
Please e-mail letter to rickwilson@edmt.info or fax to 916-941-7565. If mailing, send to EDMT Scholarship, 5011 Golden Foothill Parkway #4, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762.
REFUND POLICY
NO refunds of tuition will be made once the cast list is posted on the EDMT website except in extenuating circumstances such as death in the family, or a medical injury, serious illness or surgery not known about prior to auditions.
Registered cast members will receive a full refund of tuition, minus a $40.00 processing fee if they remove themselves from the cast before or on the day of auditions. The parent participation deposit and raffle fee will be refunded in full. Registered cast members will receive one-half refund of tuition, minus a $40.00 processing fee, plus their parent volunteer deposit, if they remove themselves after audition day but before the cast list is posted. NO refunds of tuition or parent volunteer deposits will be given to cast members removed from the cast by EDMT staff for behavioral reasons.
Note: Auditionees and their parents are aware that rehearsals are strenuous and require the cast member to have the ability to focus for 45-60 minutes at a time.
For any additional questions or information about Honk! Jr, please contact Producer, Alicia Soto at mediease@aol.com or call the EDMT office at (916) 941-SING (7464).
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