8th Grade Musical Theatre
Goals
•The goal of the class is to teach students that while
performing is supposed to be fun and rewarding, it
also requires planning, focus, commitment and
teamwork.
•Expand their understanding of the performing arts.
•Making students more comfortable with advanced
musical theatre, acting, and technical theatre concepts.
• By the end of the year, they should have audition
pieces (acting and vocal) ready to audition for high
school programs.
• Year long class.
•1 high school credit received at completion.
What to expect from the class
A production class that leads to several productions.
Class will rehearse in class and outside of class to prepare for
these productions
Outside rehearsals held at 7AM 2 days per week for Main stage
Productions
Outside Rehearsals held at 7PM 1 day per week for JTF
production.
Productions will include:
Fall Main Stage production (Alice)
Students will audition to be involved in Spring Main Stage
production
JTF production entry
1 week of after school rehearsals required during Production of
the shows. (Main Stage and JTF)
7th Grade Musical Theatre
Goals
•The goal of the class is to teach students that while
performing is supposed to be fun and rewarding, it also
requires planning, focus, commitment and teamwork.
•Expand their understanding of the performing arts.
•Making students more comfortable with musical theatre,
acting, and technical theatre concepts.
• By the end of the year, they should have audition pieces
ready to audition for our shows here and in the community.
• A semester long class
• students will be prepared to audition for Musical Theatre
class in December.
What to expect from the class
A production class that leads to several productions.
Class will rehearse in class and outside of class to prepare
for these productions
Outside rehearsals held at 7AM 2 days per week for Main
stage Productions
Outside Rehearsals held at 7PM 1 day per week for JTF
production.
Productions will include:
One-act production (8th Grade Only)
Fall Main Stage production (Alice)
Spring Main Stage production
JTF production entry
1 week of after school rehearsals required during
Production of the shows. (One-Act, Main Stage and JTF)
Involvement in shows
All members of the Musical theatre class will be expected to
commit to a show that is produced here at SFMS.
All members of the class must audition for all roles.
Members of the class will be cast in main roles before the show
casting is opened up for other students.
Membership in the class does not guarantee a main role.
Students of the class only will be offered to audition for JTF roles
for those who wish to be participants of this select group.
Junior Theatre Festival Information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature
=player_embedded&v=qvSK-WQgbE0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_emb
edded&v=mmAaCoPPYxA
Brief Overview of JTF
The Junior Theater Festival is a festival for children ages 8-18
held every year in Atlanta, GA at the Cobb Galleria. It is
designed for serious minded middle school performers who
are committed to working hard and delivering an amazing
performance. Organizations from all over the country
including parts of Canada attend each year and present a 15
minute condensed version of a Broadway Jr. show under the
license of MTI iTheatrics. Theatre of the Stars hosts the event
in which they work hand-in-hand with MTI. The weekend
festival (Jan 16-18, 2015) includes the show presentation,
workshops, guest speakers, awards, a dance party, and a ticket
to a Broadway-style performance. All of this is available for
the organization presenting their show, the directors, and the
parent chaperones.
What is expected of the kids and parents?
The 2015 JTF fee will be $225 for each cast member to attend JTF
in January, 2015.
The JTF fee includes:
Competition performance at JTF in Atlanta
An official festival T-shirt
Adjudication and feedback
Professional development workshops for directors
Performance workshops for students
Technical theater workshops for students and teachers
Radio Disney Dance Party
Broadway Junior Slam
Celebrity talk-back with special guests
A ticket to see a Broadway-style show
Lunch on Saturday and Sunday
Show Script
The fee does not include:
Transportation
All other Meals
Lodging
Chaperones and Parents
We need parent chaperones to come to the festival as well. It is required
by the festival to have 1 Chaperone for every 4 students. The cost for
parents to attend is $225.
We will have discounts for the hotel rooms for JTF. The students/parents
would also need to pay the fee for the hotel rooms. There will be four
people per room.
Because of the cost and commitment of this program students in Musical
Theatre will audition for this company once school has started to gain a spot
in this special company.
There will be morning rehearsals at least 1morning a week at 7AM. And
rehearsals in Musical Theatre class as well.
Booster Club
We are now currently searching for new members for our booster
organization.
We are looking for those who want to be members (NO FEE)
And those who want to head up committees and serve as officers for the
coming year.
Some of the Offices/committees we need to fill:
President
Costume
Fundraising
Concessions
Scenery
Information technology (WEB PAGE)
Advertising/PR
Backstage operation
Food
JTF
For more information on this presentation or any questions of Mr. Upton or our
Booster President please contact us at the email addresses below.
Bob Upton
bupton@forsyth.k12.ga.us
Penny LaRocca
pennylarocca@gmail.com