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Registration and Audition Information
Rising Stars Production - Ages 6 - 12 (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 Monday, May 19th.
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
Monday, May 19, 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 "Willy Wonka" will begin Tuesday, May 27th for leads and Wednesday, May 28th for all ensemble cast members.
Our regular rehearsal schedule will be Mondays (leads), Tuesdays (everyone), Wednesdays (everyone) and Thursdays (everyone). 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 June 23rd, tech week beginning June 30th or during performances.
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
Willy Wonka, owner of a magical and mysterious chocolate factory, invites the audience to join him in a world of "pure imagination" (Pure Imagination). Although Wonka excels at making candy, he is ready to retire and find some "bright spark" to continue his candy confectioning (Golden Age of Chocolate).
Charlie Bucket's family is poor. They do not have enough money to buy food or warm clothes, let alone candy. The local Candy Man arrives with his candy cart of Wonka treats, and gives Charlie a sample "on the house," as well as yesterday's paper (The Candy Man).
The paper contains exciting news: Willy Wonka is holding a contest! The five lucky people who find Golden Tickets inside Wonka bars win a tour of the chocolate factory and a lifetime supply of chocolate. While returning to school, Charlie learns the enormous eater, Augustus Gloop, has found the first Golden Ticket in Frankfurt, Germany. Augustus and his mother describe how Augustus has been carefully trained for the task of eating lots of food (I Eat More).
The reporter, Phineous Trout, announces that Veruca Salt has found the second Golden Ticket in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Veruca's father assisted her search by having his factory workers shell chocolate wrappers. Charlie makes his way home to find his father sitting alone on a bench. Mr. Bucket has lost his job at the toothpaste factory and worries the family will starve. Charlie reminds his father "the Bucket family always thinks positive" (Think Positive).
Charlie and his father return home and, "surprise!" it's Charlie's birthday! Charlie receives a Wonka bar as a birthday present, but no Golden Ticket is found. The family tunes in the radio, only to learn Violet Beauregarde, of Snellville, Georgia, has found the third Golden Ticket. Violet is a gum chewer who switched to chocolate in order to win the contest, but is now back to constantly chewing gum. Phineous Trout interrupts to announce Mike Teavee, in Television City, California, has found the fourth Golden Ticket. Mike and his mother explain the only thing they need is TV, the Internet and computer games (I See It All on TV).
Charlie wishes he'd never heard of "chocolate" or "Willy Wonka" and the family encourages Charlie to cheer up (Cheer Up, Charlie). The city is blanketed in a deep snow; on his way to school, Charlie meets the Candy Man, who gives Charlie his scarf. Charlie finds a coin buried in the snow, and offers to post a notice about the lost coin. The Candy Man rewards Charlie with a Wonka bar for being "such a good kid." Charlie then purchases a Wonka bar and finds the final Golden Ticket (Think Positive - Reprise) and (I've Got a Golden Ticket)!
He runs home to tell his family of his win and they decide Grandpa Joe should accompany Charlie on the tour of Wonka's factory (At The Gates). Wonka greets the five winners and their parents at the gates, and they begin their tour of the magical factory (In This Room Here).
They arrive at the Chocolate Smelting Room, where Wonka chills chocolate to the perfect temperature for dipping strawberries. Augustus cannot resist tasting the chocolate and falls into a vat of it, which hardens instantly like magic shell, trapping Augustus. The Oompa-Loompas remove Augustus and his mother and reveal the moral of eating too much (Oompa-Loompa 1).
Wonka continues the tour by revealing a pink candy boat that takes the remaining group on a psychedelic adventure down a chocolate river (There's No Knowing). They arrive at the Inventing Room where Violet is tempted by the Everlasting Gourmet Gobstopper (Chew It). She snatches one, chews it, and swells like a giant blueberry. The Oompa-Loompas remove her and her mother and detail the moral of children who chew gum more than once in a while (Oompa-Loompa 2).
Charlie and Grandpa Joe are separated from the group and discover the Fizzy Lifting Drink. They taste a bit of the drink and fly towards the sky (Flying). They encounter an exhaust fan overhead—which could mean their untimely demise—but they discover that by burping they float safely to the ground (Burping Song). They rejoin the group in the Nut Room where Veruca demands a Squirrel, a pink candy boat and an Oompa-Loompa (I Want It Now!). Veruca and her father disappear down a trash chute that may or may not lead to the incinerator, and the Oompa-Loompas discuss the moral of spoiled brats (Oompa-Loompa 3).
With just Charlie, Grandpa Joe, Mike and Ms. Teavee left, the tour reaches the Choco-Vision Room, where Mike meets his temptation and is shrunk to barely six inches tall. The Oompa-Loompas discuss the moral of too much TV and technology (Oompa-Loompa 4).
At the conclusion of the tour Charlie does something remarkable: he thanks Wonka for the tour and admits to tasting the Fizzy Lifting Drink and breaking the rules. Wonka reveals the tour was a test of character and only Charlie has succeeded. Wonka proclaims Charlie as his successor as Charlie's family joins them at Wonka's factory (Finale)
Cast of Characters
Willie Wonka/Candy Man
Charlie Bucket
Grandpa Joe
Mr. and Mrs. Bucket
Phineous Trout
Augustus Gloop
Mrs. Gloop
Mike Teavee
Ms. Teavee
Violet Beauregard
Mr. Beauregard
Veruca Salt
Mr. Salt
Grandma Josephina
Grandma Georgina
Grandpa George
James
Mathilda
The Candy Man Kids
The Oompaloomas
The Chorus of Cooks
For any additional questions or information about "Willie Wonka" please contact Tanya Bonds, Show Producer at bonds004@sbcglobal.net
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