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Registration and Audition Information
Main Stage Production - Ages 13 - 20 (subject to change)
EVERYONE registered will be in the show. Auditions are to determine who will perform specific roles.
Online registration begins Monday, May 5th at 8 pm and closes on Tuesday, May 13th at 8 pm on our website at www.edmt.info.
Please bring the registration confirmation sheet, medical release form, behavior contract and conflict calendar with you on audition day. Those who didn't have an opportunity to register online before the deadline may complete registration forms at EDMT on audition day if space allows
Auditions will be Saturday, May 17, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. at the EDMT Rehearsal Facility at 5011 Golden Foothill Pkwy, Suite #4, in the El Dorado Hills Business Park, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
Registrants who elect not to audition still need to come to EDMT on Audition Day between 9 am and 1 pm to take their HEADSHOT PHOTO for the program.
On Line Registrants will receive an email confirmation notifying you of your audition number and time of audition the week prior to auditions. Those Not Registering Online, the Registration Table opens at 8:00 a.m. May 17th.
All Registration Forms must be downloaded and turned-in. If you wait and register on site, you will be given an audition number and time to return later that day, providing there is space left in the cast.
What to expect on Audition Day
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. When your number is called, you will come forward, introduce yourself and your song, and then sing up to one minute. You may sing acapella, with a background CD or tape (without vocals), or you may bring sheet music for the accompanist.
Next, auditionees will be taught a short dance routine in groups of 20, which they will then perform for the director and choreographer in smaller groups. (Some groups of auditionees will sing first and dance second, and others will dance first and sing second.)
Finally, the Artistic Staff will announce the audition numbers of those that are being called back. Those called back will proceed immediately to the "Callback Table" in the registration room to pick up any songs/scripts needed in preparation for the callback on Tuesday, May 20th.
Ensemble Registrants, those electing not to audition, still MUST come to EDMT on Audition Day to be measured and to have a head shot photo taken for the program.
Callbacks
Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 3:30 p.m. at EDMT.
Those called back will be asked to read lines and sing the song(s) they were given at the "Callback Table" at auditions. These do not have to be memorized.
Cast List
The Cast List will be posted on the EDMT website on Wednesday, May 21, by 5:00 p.m. The names of all registrants will be on the Cast List.
Mandatory Parent Meeting for Families
All Cast Member Parents (mandatory) must attend the PARENT MEETING Thursday, May 22th at 6:30 p.m. where you will receive important information critical to the success of the cast member and show. A drawing for FREE show tickets when you sign up for a number of volunteer roles that evening!
Rehearsals
Rehearsals for "Thoroughly Modern Millie" will begin Tuesday, May 27th. No rehearsal on Memorial Day.
Our regular rehearsal schedule will be Mondays (entire cast), Tuesdays (entire cast), Wednesdays (leads only) 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 more than 3 conflicts on NON-mandatory dates. NO absences are allowed during mandatory rehearsals beginning the week of July 7th, tech week beginning July 14th or during performances.
Performances are scheduled to begin at the Jill Solberg Theater on the campus of Folsom High School on July 18th and run through July 27th.
Cost
$295 Registration Fee. If there are two immediate family members, $275 each. If there are 3 or more immediate family members, $250 each.
$ 75 Refundable Parent Participation Deposit (20 volunteer hours per family required, 3 of which must be completed at load in or load out and 3 for scene shop). Parent participation opportunities will be discussed at the parent meeting
$100 Raffle Book. Raffle Ticket Books will be distributed on Audition day, Sept. 8th.
Cast member families may sell raffle tickets to friends and family if they choose to reimburse this fee.
Scholarship Information
The EDMT Board of Directors awards up to three (3) full scholarships for a show with a cast size of 50, or up to six (6) full scholarships for a show with a cast size of 100, to individuals deemed most appropriate from the pool of applications.
Each scholarship is equivalent to one tuition charge. In addition, EDMT will waive the $75 parent participation deposit, but not the parent participation. 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 Friday, May 2nd. Recipients of scholarships will be notified by phone no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, May 5th.
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 jeanettecaruso@edmt.info or fax to 916-941-7465. If mailing, send to EDMT Scholarship, 5011 Golden Foothill Parkway, #4, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762.
Refund Policy
Auditioned registrants will receive a full refund of tuition, minus a $40.00 processing fee if they remove themselves from the cast on the day of auditions. The parent participation deposit will be refunded in full. Auditioned registrants will receive one/half refund of tuition, minus a $40.00 processing fee, and their parent volunteer deposit, if they remove themselves from the cast before the cast list is posted. The parent participation deposit will be refunded in full. NO refunds in 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. The parent participation deposit will be refunded in full. NO refunds of tuition or of 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.
Show Overview
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" is a high-spirited musical romp that has all of New York dancing the Charleston. Taking place in New York City in 1922, this show tells the story of young Millie Dillmount, who has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself. It's a New York full of intrigue and jazz – a time when women were entering the work force and the rules of love and social behavior were changing forever.
Millie soon begins to take delight in the fashionable lifestyle of the day, but problems arise when she checks into a hotel owned by the leader of a white slavery ring to China.
Based on the popular movie, the stage version of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" includes wonderful songs and rousing dance numbers. Filled with frisky flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess audiences will love to hate, this show won six Tony Awards including Best Musical in 2002.
Cast of Characters
Millie Dillmount
Jimmy Smith
Miss Dorothy Brown
Trevor Graydon
Mrs. Meers
Ching Ho
Bun Foo
Miss Flannery
Muzzy Van Hossmere
George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Lucille
Rita
Alice
Gloria
Ruth
Ethel
Dorothy Parker
Musical Numbers
Not For The Life of Me
Thoroughly Modern Millie
How The Other Half Lives
The Speed Test
They Don't Know
The Nuttycracker Suite
What Do I Need With Love?
Only In New York
Jimmy
Back At Work
Forget About The Boy
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life/I'm Falling In Love With Someone
I Turned The Corner/I'm Falling In Love With Someone (quartet/reprise)
Mugin
Long As I'm Here With You
Gimme Gimme
For any additional questions or information about "Thoroughly Modern Millie", please contact Sue Mackin, Show Producer at slmackin@sbcglobal.net.
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