Hello Students and Families!

Here is the information for the spring showcases. This information will be posted and available around the classrooms, as well. As always, feel free to contact the office with any questions: 847-577-5982 ext 221

 Details to remember:

• Students must arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of their Showcase.
• Please ask your instructor about dress requirements for your student’s class.
• For the Showcase they are participating in, each student will have 2 free tickets. Tickets will be held at the box office window under the student’s name.
• Do not purchase tickets for students participating in the Showcase; they will be sitting with their class for the duration of the program.
• Additional Tickets may be purchased for $3 each from the box office.
• Tickets will go on sale on Monday, May 7th at 12pm. All proceeds will go toward our SOPA scholarship fund.  Any other contributions to the scholarship fund are invited and welcomed.
• If you are NOT using your tickets, please inform the Box Office (847-577-2121).  Unused tickets will be released for purchase.
• If extra tickets are unavailable, the Box Office will put your name on a waiting list and contact you if tickets are released.
• We ask that you and any friends or family that come to the Showcase stay for the entirety of the class performances. They appreciate your support, and we want to encourage our students to and learn from observing their peers.

Thank you and have a great session!

Saturday, June 2^nd 1PM Show

Adult Foundation of Acting	Wednesday	7:00PM	Aimee-Lynn Newlan
Acting for Adults: Intermediate	Wednesday	7:00PM	Aimee-Lynn Newlan
Adult Theatre Studio	Tuesday	7:00PM	Steve Leaver

Monday, June 4^th 5:00PM Show

Footlights Acting Performance	Tuesday	5:30PM	Amy Cornelius
Starlights Acting Performance	Tuesday	4:30PM	Amy Cornelius
Starlights Theatre Studio	Saturday	10:00AM	Michelle Shaver
Footlights Theatre Studio	Saturday	11:00AM	Michelle Shaver

 

Monday, June 4^th 6:30PM Show

Starlights Musical Theatre Performance	Saturday	9:00AM	Sarah Wade
Starlights Musical Theatre Performance	Thursday	4:30PM	Marlene Flood
Footlights Musical Theatre Performance	Thursday	5:30PM	Marlene Flood
Footlights Musical Theatre Performance	Saturday	10:00AM	Sarah Wade

Tuesday, June 5^th 5:00PM Show

Movers & Shakers	Saturday	10:00AM	Julie Tucker
Pre-Ballet/Beginner Tap	Saturday	11:00AM	Julie Tucker
Boys Only	Tuesday	5:30PM	Danielle Coody
Spotlights/Limelights Dance Studio	Wednesday	7:00PM	Jen Cupani

Tuesday, June 5^th 6:30PM Show

Spotlights Performance	Monday	5:00PM	Steve Leaver
Spotlights Performance	Saturday	11:00AM	Jessi Gangware
Limelights Theatre	Saturday	2:00PM	April Dawn Gladu
Spotlights Theatre Studio	Monday	5:30PM	Jessi Gangware

Monday 4/16:

4:00-5:30pm: Run-thru Act I

ALL CALLED except Richard (he is not is Act I)

 5:00pm: Grace released for class – return to rehearsal after class at 6:30pm

5:15pm: Victoria released for class – return to rehearsal after class at 6pm

 5:30pm: Lena, Richard, Garrett, Lexi, Ben, and Summer – released for class

Chorus (Bianca, Claire, Arun, Rohan, Maya, Sophie, Katie S., Emily) released

 5:40pm: Review/work ending scene

6:20pm: Review/work Lethargian scene (Lydia, Lena-in class, Keilyn, Katie J., Monroe and Grace)

Anna, Marki, Ola, Gwen, Jasmine, Kelly, Chloe, Grant, Victoria and Meilyn released

7:00pm: Lydia, Keilyn, Katie J., Monroe and Grace released

Wednesday 4/18:

4:00pm: Review/work Terrible Trivium scene

Milo (Garrett), Tock (Ben), Humbug (Kelly) and Terrible Trivium (Keilyn)

4:30pm: Review/work Senses Taker scene

Milo (Garrett), Tock (Ben), Humbug (Kelly) and Senses Taker (Grant)

4:45pm: Review/work Kakafonous scene

Milo (Garrett), Tock (Ben), Humbug (Kelly), Kakafonous (Richard) and Dynne (Grace)

5:00pm: Anna released for class – return to rehearsal after class at 5:30pm

 5:20pm – 7:00pm: Run Act II

ALL CALLED

6:00pm – Ben released for class – return to rehearsal after class at 6:30pm

Friday 4/20:

4:00pm: Run-thru

ALL CALLED

6:00pm – 6:45pm: Script work

All released EXCEPT Milo (Garrett), Tock (Ben), Humbug (Kelly), Mathemagician (Lexi), Azaz (Summer), Kakafonous (Richard), Spelling Bee (Meilyn) and Terrible Trivium (Keilyn)

*Anyone else who wants to run lines as a group may stay also

Monday 4/23:

4:00pm: Run-thru/stop and start

ALL CALLED

5:00pm: Grace released for class

5:15pm: Victoria released for class

 5:30pm: Lena, Richard, Garrett, Lexi, Ben, and Summer – released for class

Anna, Ola, Gwen, Jasmine, Kelly, Chloe, Grant and Meilyn released

5:40pm:  Work with Lethargian and chorus (Lydia, Lena-in class, Keilyn, Katie J., Monroe, Grace-in class, Bianca, Claire, Arun, Rohan, Maya, Sophie, Katie S., Emily)

& Work Gatekeeper/Whether Man/Dodecahedron (Marki)

6:20pm:

Work with Dodecahedron and Chorus (Marki, Bianca, Claire, Arun, Rohan, Maya, Sophie, Katie S., Emily)

Lethargians released (Lydia, Lena-in class, Keilyn, Katie J., Monroe, and Grace)

7:00pm: Dodecahedron and Chorus released (Marki, Bianca, Claire, Arun, Rohan, Maya, Sophie, Katie S., Emily)

Wednesday 4/25:

4:oopm: Only Chorus called (Bianca, Claire, Arun, Rohan, Maya, Sophie, Katie S., Emily)

4:00pm: Record voice over (Richard, Marki, Lexi, Jasmine) – their first line is going to be recorded as they are offstage – I will break down times for when they need to arrive

5:20pm: Run-thru

ALL CALLED

6:00pm – Ben released for class – return to rehearsal after class at 6:30pm

7:00pm

All released

Friday 4/27:

4:oopm – 7:oopm:

2 run-thrus (we will take a break for the kids to have a snack)

ALL CALLED

Sunday 4/29: Spacing and Cue-to-cue (ON THE STAGE)

4:00pm: All EXCEPT Demon Chorus called – staging with car

5:00pm: Demon Chorus called

5:00pm – 9:00pm: rehearsal

Monday 4/30: Dress Rehearsal

4:00pm: ALL CALLED (cast into costume)

5:00pm – 9:00pm:  rehearsal

ALL CALLED

*if you have class this day, you are staying at rehearsal

Tuesday 5/1: Final Dress Rehearsal

4:00pm: ALL CALLED (cast into costume)

5:00pm – 9:00pm:  rehearsal

ALL CALLED

*if you have class this day, you are staying at rehearsal

Wednesday 5/2: 2 Performances

call time: 9am

curtain: 10am TBD (will confirm on Monday)

call time: 5pm

curtain: 6pm

Thursday 5/3: 1 Performance

call time: 5pm

curtain: 6pm

Saturday 5/5: 2 Performances

call time: 12 noon

curtain: 1pm

call time: 5pm

curtain: 6pm

Metropolis is excited to announce the Spring Music Festival on Saturday April 14th, 2012!  Below are the individual performance times, listed by instrument.

Students should remember to check-in 30 minutes before their scheduled performance time in the Metropolis lobby. In addition, students must provide a copy of their piece(s) with measures numbered. Please contact Michelle Banas, Music School Coordinator, at mbanas@metropolisarts.com with any questions. Students still interested in participating in the Spring Music Festival should visit www.metropolisarts.com/sopafestival to register no later than Wednesday, April 11th!

Piano

9:30 – Davenport, E
9:40 – Wiertel, J
9:50 – Obrecht, C
10:00 – Janca, L
10:10 – Jaszka, E
10:20 – Cremascoli, N
10:30 – Kalaway, C
10:40 – Hall, J
10:50 – Bailey, R
11:00 – Agami, M

Voice

9:10 – Loch, I
9:20 – Manley, A
9:30 – Williams, Ariel
9:40 – Williams, Alexa
9:50 - Scales, S
10:00 – Jordan, K
10:10 – Gary, N
10:20 – Bolithon, Cody
10:30 - Allison, L
10:40 – Campe, L
10:50 – Bolithon, Haley
11:00 – Lastowiecka, N
11:10 – Anfenson, E
11:20 – Marshall, B
11:30 – Drezen, E
11:40 – Barr, L
11:50 – Lindberg, C
12:00 – Gonzalez, G

Violin

9:00 – Yu, D
9:10 – Henner-Wo0ds, L
9:20 – Georgiev, I
9:30 – Nehf, I
9:40 – Cozzi, J
9:50 – Braun, C
10:00 – Sander, L
10:10 – Dressler, B
10:50 – Stejskal, K

Guitar

10:30 – Croke, Ethan
10:40 – Croke, Thomas

Flute

9:00 - Taylor, S
9:10 – Sparreo, L

Monday 3/19 (4pm-6pm)

4-4:45pm  ALL Called including Demon Chorus

4:45-5:30pm Dodecahedron (Marki) and Demon Chorus, Milo (Garrett), Tock (Ben), Humbug (Kelly), Numbers Miners (Grant, Monroe, Meilyn, Anna, Gwen, Victoria, and Jasmine), Mathemagician (Lexi)

 5:30-6pm Review – Any Dod./Demon Chorus scenes & Rhyme and Reason scenes

5:30pm Milo (Garrett), Tock (Ben), Humbug (Kelly), Mathemagician (Lexi) and Numbers Miners –released

6:00pm Dodecahedron (Marki), Rhyme (Ola), Reason (Chloe), and Demon Chorus - released

 

Wednesday 3/21 (4pm-7pm)

4-5:30pm Milo (Garrett), Tock (Ben), Humbug (Kelly), Gatekeeper (Marki), Spelling Bee (Meilyn), Merchants (Lydia, Lena, Keilyn, Katie, Monroe, Grace), Azaz (Summer), Ministers (Lydia, Anna, Katie, Gwen, Victoria)

 5:30-7pm Milo (Garrett), Tock (Ben), Whether Man (Marki), Lethargarians (Lena, Lydia, Keilyn, Katie, Monroe, Grace), and Demon Chorus

5:30pm Spelling Bee (Meilyn), Azaz (Summer), Anna, Victoria, Gwen – released

 6pm-6:30pm Tock (Ben) released for class; return to rehearsal after class for notes

The only people not called on Wednesday are: Richard, Lexi, Ola, Jasmine, Chloe and Grant

 Friday 3/23 (4pm-7pm)

4pm-5pm Milo (Garrett), Tock (Ben), Humbug (Kelly), Dischord (Richard)

 5pm-7pm ALL CALLED including Demon Chorus

Monday 3/12 4pm-7pm pages: 37-44, 52-54

4:00pm – Dischord (Richard), Milo (Garrett), Humbug (Kelly), Tock (Ben), Dynne (Grace)

4:45pm – Dischord (Richard) and Dynne (Grace) released

5:00pm – ADD IN Dodecahedron (Marki), Add’tl parts of the Dodecahedron (Ola, Chloe, Jasmine), and Demon Chorus

5:30pm – Tock (Ben) and Milo (Garrett) released

6:30pm – Rhyme (Ola), Reason (Chloe), Everpresent Wordsnatcher (Jasmine)

6:30pm – Dodecahedron (Marki) and Demon Chorus released

 

 

Wednesday 3/14 4pm-7pm pages 44-52

4:00pm – Mathemagician (Lexi), Milo (Garrett), Tock (Ben), Humbug (Kelly), Dodecahedron (Marki), Number’s Miners (Grant, Monroe, Meilyn, Anna, Gwen, Victoria, and Jasmine), Demon Chorus NO LONGER CALLED

5:30pm – Dodecahedron released

 

 

Friday 3/16 4pm-6pm

4:00pm – Humbug (Kelly), Milo (Garrett), Tock (Ben), Terrible Trivium (Keilyn)

4:30pm – Terrible Trivium (Keilyn) released

4:30pm – ADD IN Demon of Insincerity (Lena)

5:00pm – Adult Demons (Richard and Marki), Senses Taker (Grant), and Demon Chorus

Monday, March 5th

NO REHEARSAL

Wednesday, March 7th pgs. 17-28

4:00pm – Tock (Ben), Milo (Garrett), Azaz (Summer), Mathemagician (Lexi), Rhyme (Ola), Reason (Chloe)

4:45pm -  ADD IN Gatekeeper, Whether Man (Marki)

5:00pm – ADD IN Merchants(Keilyn, Lena, Grace, Katie J., Monroe, Lydia)

5:30pm – ADD IN Spelling Bee (Meilyn), Humbug (Kelly)

6:00pm -  ADD IN Ministers (Katie J., Lydia, Anna, Gwen, Victoria)

Friday, March 9th pgs. 28-37

4:00pm – Milo (Garrett), Humbug (Kelly), Azaz (Summer), Ministers (Katie J., Lydia, Anna, Gwen, Victoria), Tock (Ben)
5:30pm – ADD IN Dischord (Richard)

Thank you so much to all of you who came out and auditioned. We had over 60 students come on Sunday! Everyone did a fantastic job and you are all so very talented. Casting decisions are never easy to make, especially with the amount of talented students we have at Metropolis. You should all be very proud of yourselves and your work. We are so excited to begin work on The Phantom Tollbooth. Thanks again for coming out to audition!

Please let us know that you are accepting your role by 5pm on Tuesday,  February 28th or your role will be recast.  Call the office at: 847-577-5982 ext 221 to accept your role. If you have any questions or concerns, please call Michelle Shaver, the Performing Arts Education Director at: 847-577-5982 ext 243

Please read this whole posting carefully as there is important information regarding the first rehearsal after the cast list.

Milo: Garrett Falotico

The Clock, Tock: Ben Marshall

Humbug: Kelly O’ Brien

The Whether Man, Gatekeeper of Dictionopolis, Dodecahedron, Leader of Demons: Marki Kaim

Kakafonous A. Dischord: Richard Eyre

Everpresent Wordsnatcher: Jasmine Luethy

Lethargian #2, Word Merchant #2, Terrible Trivium: Keilyn Howard

Leth #1, WM #1, Demon of Insincerity: Lena Conlon

Senses Taker, Numbers Miner: Grant Oskroba

Leth #3, WM #3, Awful Dynne: Grace Vietzen

Leth #4, WM #4, Duke of Definition: Katie Jordan

Leth. #6, WM #6, Numbers Miner: Monroe Torkelson

King Azaz the Unabridged: Summer Rose Neary

Mathemagician: Lexi Fountain

Princess Sweet Rhyme: Ola Kalafarski

Princess Pure Reason: Chloe O’Brien

Spelling Bee, Numbers Miner: Meilyn Ward

Minister of Meaning, Leth. #5, WM #5: Lydia Campe

Earl of Essence, Numbers Miner: Anna Houston

Count of Connotation, Numbers Miner: Gwen Lichte

Undersecretary of Understanding, Numbers Miner: Victoria Tchalakov

Demons, Part of the Dodecahedron, and citizens in the Doldrums aka “The Demon Chorus”:

Bianca Burz

Maya Kusalovic

Emily Slezburg

Sophie Rohr

Rohan Kapoor

Arun Kapoor

Claire Goodman

Katie Sergiyenko

IMPORTANT

The first rehearsal is Wednesday, February 29th from 4pm-7pm.

Demon Chorus Members  are only called from 4pm- 5pm. 

Also, there will be a short parent meeting at 4pm. 

Hello students and families,

Here are the audition times for The Phantom Tollbooth. Please read the following information carefully, as the times are slightly different from what we’ve done in the past.  Please come 5-10 minutes prior to your audition time to fill out the audition form.

9:30am-10:30am: Spotlights (6-8 graders) and Limelights (High School)

10:30am-11:45am: Footlights (3-5 graders)

11:45am-12:30pm: Starlights (K-2 graders)

- The cast list will be posted Monday night

- The first rehearsal is on Wednesday February 29th from 4pm-7pm

- Rehearsals will take place Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4pm-7pm

- A detailed schedule will be provided at auditions

Thank you! We are looking forward to seeing you at auditions! Please call the office with any questions (847) 577-5982 ext 221

Hello students and families,

Here is the information about what to prepare for The Phantom Tollbooth auditions. Please read the following information carefully. Auditions are February 26 from 9:30am-12:30pm.  As sign-ups for the auditions are still open, we will let you know next week what time you need to be here. Call the Education Office at 847.577.5982 x221 or email Amy at acornelius@metropolisarts.com to sign up for the auditions or with any questions!

To be eligible to audition, your student needs to be registered for classes or lessons for the Spring 2012 term. 

The director asks that you prepare for the audition in 2 ways:

IMPORTANT:

Grades K-2 do NOT need to prepare any of the sides. They only need to come ready to answer questions about their made-up, magical land.

1. Come in with a short story (that you make up) about a magical land of your choosing. Think about what your magical land would be like, what and who would be in it, what is special about your land, ect. Be ready to present and tell the director about your magical land. Use your creativity and imagination!

2. The director would also like you to pick ONE of the follow sides and make a strong choice about the character indicated. The bigger, the better. The director wants to see bold character choices that embody the magic and imagination in the story.

SIDE 1: Please prepare the “Clock“

SIDE 2: Please prepare “Dischord”

SIDE 3: Please prepare “Mathemagician”

Auditions for the spring production of The Phantom Tollbooth are February 26 from 9:30am-12:30pm. Details about the audition (what to expect and prepare) as well as a specific time breakdown are forthcoming. Call the Education Office at 847.577.5982 x221 or email Amy at acornelius@metropolisarts.com to sign up for the auditions!

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