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recallings2017-03-14 04:20 pm
catsudon) wrote in recallings2017-03-14 04:20 pm
romeo & juliet | community theatre event
If you pay attention to various haunts around the city, including your local area schools, you might just have seen the following flier the last two weeks...
The Who, What, Where, When, and Why's:
The auditions log is now live, the catch-all Rehearsal log is also live, and the final performance log can be found live here!
Welcome to the Community Theatre presentation of Romeo and Juliet! This production is a fundraiser for the Community Arts Program through the Recollé Community Center, and as such, while participants are not being paid, they are helping fund-raise for other community arts projects around the city. Recollé's Community Arts Program is helping bring the arts into every community member's life. Now's your chance to contribute to the cause!That's right, Recollé! We're about to get Shakespearean in here. As for how this is all going to shake out...
Auditions will be held March 15th at the Recollé Community Center. Those interested in backstage, stagehand, or production positions are invited to attend the audition to speak with the director. We hope to see you there!
The Who, What, Where, When, and Why's:
- What's going on?
The high school drama instructor is directing a Community Theatre production of the classic tragedy (or comedy, depending on who you ask) Romeo and Juliet, and you're all invited to participate! - Where is this happening?
Initially? In the auditorium of the Community Center, located around the border of Tribunal Terrace and Apprassage. - Why is this happening?
Rule of funny? ICly, this is a fundraising event for the Community Arts Program, where all participants are unpaid outside of the sheer joy of working for the community (or the sweet extra credit if they're a high school student — more on that below). - When is the play being performed?
Officially? Opening night is April 6th, and performances roll through that Friday and the weekend. There's going to be one log posted for the performances, and that will go live on April 5th! A catch-all rehearsal log will be posted on March 22nd. - What characters can participate in this play?
Any and all characters in the game! As this is a community theatre production, it's open to all levels of talent of all ages. - What are different ways my character can participate?
As an actor, of course, but the play will need stagehands, set designers, costume designers, production members, community sponsors, choreographers, photographers, videographers, people working on sound and lighting, and the list goes on... any possible associated support role will definitely be needed. - My character needs to be bribed to participate. Can you help?
Only if you play a high school aged student! The director is the high school drama teacher, and he has permission from the humanities teachers & principal to offer any high school student participating (either as an actor, a stagehand, or in other areas of production) extra credit for their participation. Struggling in one of your humanities classes? This might be the boost you need!
College students are encouraged to ask if they can turn this into a special project for extra credit with their professors. People within the community may choose to participate for the charity aspect, as this is a fundraiser production. - My character is going to audition for XYZ role! How will acting roles be determined?
The short answer is each role will be randomly rolled for between everyone who signs up for that role. (Once your character has won a role, they're taking out of future rolls for roles!) For a complete list of speaking parts in Romeo and Juliet, please see here. Note! There will be understudies for all the main speaking roles! As the production requests people to be on stage as both chorus and extras for crowd scenes, those who are not assigned a major role will be assigned as an understudy Just In Case.
Which will be relevant, as all understudies will actually be performing as those main roles for the very first showing of the play, as the main acting crew will be Unfortunately Detained due to traffic considerations and Good Intentions going a bit wonky. Everyone will be fine! This is an excuse and reason for more than one character to be given a role, and allow maximum capacity for people to participate in the play in all ways. - Wait, so the understudies will be doing the first performance?
Yes! Subsequent performances will be by the main cast, but due to Unforeseen Circumstances, the main cast will not be performing at the first production on opening night. - Are there any limitations to what roles my character can audition for?
No! There are no restrictions. People are invited to state they're formally auditioning for whichever part(s) they like; the director will be making all final calls. - How do I sign my character up to audition for the play?
Fill out the form here and leave it as a reply to that comment! Please note, you're asked for a link to a comment by you on the audition log. This can be added in at any point before I RNG the roles this weekend! This does not need to be a top level comment, it just needs to be any kind of reply by you to the audition log.
Characters who do not get RNG'd (Random Number Generated, essentially randomized) for a speaking role in the main production will be part of the chorus/background cast. Characters who are RNG'd for a speaking role as an understudy will still primarily be part of the chorus/background cast for the main production.
Any roles not assigned to PCs, whether due to a lack of interest or otherwise, will be assigned to NPCs. - How do I sign my character and/or their business up to help with the play?
Fill out the form here and leave it as a reply to that comment! Once you've signed up, you're good to go. Thank you for helping with this production! - Will characters need a partner for paired line reading at the audition?
This is not required! But for threading fun, any characters who are willing to help read lines, or willing to be drafted into reading lines from the script because they happened to be in the area, are free to do so. People can help any number of others with pair-read lines for the audition. You do not need to have a character who is willingly auditioning for the play in order to participate with the line-reading; characters can be flat out conned into doing this part.
For the sake of us as players, the director will make requests for people to read certain scenes in pairs. You, the player, can then decide what scenes these are, though I'll provide a few examples on the audition log going up on March 15th. The director can also be the reason why characters not planning to actually audition for a role are pulled in to help read lines: he's a very demanding, persuasive man, and he needs your assistance, now!
The auditions log is now live, the catch-all Rehearsal log is also live, and the final performance log can be found live here!
QUESTIONS
SIGN-UPS
FOR ACTING ROLES
EXAMPLE (also a valid sign up)
Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 17
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Tybalt
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): No
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: it will be here!
Additional notes: Noting here that Yuri will be in one of the two roles of Tybalt for rule of my personal amusement in running this, but that leaves one or the other 100% open (so he'll still be RNG for primary or understudy position).
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 15
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Nurse
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: catch me at kc's tbh
Additional notes: are you ready for random russian mixed with olde english i sure am
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 18
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Juliet, Romeo, Lady Capulet
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: Here it is!
Additional notes: yeah she'll be auditioning for both juliet and romeo lmao (and she can help out with painting the set as well, why not)
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 17
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Paris, Friar John
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: YES. Yu kind of doesn't want to be here why did Anya talk him into this
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Absolutely.
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: is here!
Additional notes: If Yu doesn't get a part he WILL NOT be bummed and happily work as a stage hand or on sound design or something. So if he's not RNGd as an actor I'll probably belatedly then sign him up under the additional roles comment.
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 17
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Juliet, Mercutio, Lady Capulet
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: here!
Additional notes: please drag her to practice
also if she doesn't get a role she could be a stagehand!
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 14
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Juliet, a page, non-speaking extra
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): No (she'll just play a minor role / extra)
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: here's one!
Additional notes: Anise is gunning for Juliet and failing that, she'll go for a minor role (preferably one where she can still wear a cute dress).
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 15
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Mercutio, Capulet, Romeo
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes!
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes!
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: rdy for death
Additional notes: SHE WILL DO HER BEST!!!! If she doesn't get a role she can help with the stage tho
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 12
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Benvolio, non-speaking extra
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: here!
Additional notes: Just in case he didn't get any roles, he'll try to be a stagehand.
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 20
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Escalus, Mercutio, Montague
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: nailed it
Additional notes: As Ye Olde College Student, if Yuri needs to cast him in an older role, this is totally legit, too, just let the world see his beautiful face
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 20
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Romeo, Mercutio, Friar John
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: here! eventually!!
Additional notes: Bolin did theater in high school and would love to help out in any way he can. If need be, he'd be totally fine with playing one of the older roles and he'd help out as a stagehand
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Character Journal:
Character Age: 17
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Paris, Escalus, Balthazar
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: Eyyyy
Additional notes: He needs that sweet sweet extra credit. If he doesn't get an acting role he'll totally help out building sets or otherwise acting as a stagehand SO I am definitely cool with doing that as needed!
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 16
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Tybalt, Paris, Prince Escalus
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: here
Additional notes: Will most likely stagehand if he doesn't get a part
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 17
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Romeo
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: Heeeeeeeeeeeeere.
Additional notes: Full disclosure, I am primarily just doing this for the express purpose of trying to see if trying to act like a noble from classic literature triggers memory her being ACCUSED of acting as such in canon for an ... entirely different piece of classic literature, be it herself or a canon mate. In this case, choosing the "hero" makes sense of how that would get called upon in canon.
AND BOTH MEET TRAGIC ENDS, SO...If all else fails, laugh at her expense.
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 12
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Chorus (Is what Dani would put down. Added before she gets the chance would be the others), BALTHASAR, BENVOLIO
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: here!
Additional notes: Dani will also be pleased being a Stage Hand if her age is a issue. (Her family might not but she will ignore them, as they are the ones pushing her towrds it a bit. She wants to do this..but as her choice)
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 22
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Romeo/Mercutio/Benvolio
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes, rng him for literally whatever, I'm down
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: here we go
Additional notes: he's getting pulled into this via helping Anya but he's down for it anyway, especially if he gets to fight somebody tbh
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 16
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Tybalt, Benvolio
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: right over here
Additional notes: she's being slightly pushed into this but hey at least she'll take it seriously anyway
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 17
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): the Lady Capulet, Tybalt, Mercutio
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: ♣
Additional notes: Alicia will be throwing some money at this too, perhaps on her father's behalf but more likely on her own, and is available for some tech work if needed in a pinch. I'm not sure it's enough to post in the other side too, but I can if needed!
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Character Journal:
Character Age (for kc's records): 16
Roles character is auditioning for (up to 3, in order of preference): Romeo, Juliet
I am okay with my character getting assigned one of their preferred roles as an understudy: Yes
I am okay with my character getting assigned to another role by RNG if they are not rolled for their preferred role(s): Yes
Link to my comment somewhere on the Audition Log: to be updated
Additional notes: She's egotistical enough to want one of the leading roles.
FOR ALL OTHER PARTICIPANT TYPES
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Volunteering to assist by...: Put him in charge of sound stuff please???? He can also do lighting or special effects potentially. I would love for him to practice swordfighting w people in the play tho. also I would love it if he could be...the narrator is that extra look I'm mobile and trying my best
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Volunteering to assist by...: He would absolutely volunteer to help with the stage combat, please let Luke
gently smack aroundspar with people to get everything up to speed. Additionally can probably bring bar food for practicesno subject
Volunteering to assist by...: set design, lighting, special effects, etc! your friendly neighborhood mechanic is here for tech work or just building stuff, depending on what they need.
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Re: FOR ALL OTHER PARTICIPANT TYPES
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i love his kappa face
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