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Teen West Project: Year 10 - Emergence is now on sale!

Go to southweststageworks.com and click Online Ticket Sales for your chance to see...or, rather, for your people to see your work!

- jm

Final Reminder: Cast/Crew Production Fee

This is CALL #3 reminding everyone that Cast/Crew/Management have a Production Fee to take care of to support our production...$100 for Actors/$25 for Crew/Management, committed to when you turned in your Audition Forms/Crew Applications.  Please either take care of this with the bookkeeper directly in the main office, or online through SchoolPay through the below links ASAP (since you're already late):

Cast: CAST SCHOOLPAY LINK

Crew: CREW SCHOOLPAY LINK

At this stage, the bookkeeper only has production fee records from the following people (please check with her if you believe you've paid and don't see your name below): 

Cast: Katie D, Ania L, Olivia P, Kyle S, Joeyy W, Eli M, Ella H

Crew: Elodie A, Maya H, Simone T, Addison FG, Emma O, Helena S

I will be turning in any unpaid production fees to the Main Office as student charges at the opening of the show.  Remember: Any unpaid student charges prevent you from participating in major school events, including Prom, Senior Awards, and, potentially, receiving your Diploma.  I am sorry at this point to be pulling the nuclear card, but at this point, entering Tech Week, to only have 1/4 of the cast and crew (specifically 26.7%, or 15 of 56) having taken care of their obligations after 6 weeks of the production process is impeding our ability to produce our show, as we rely on these funds.  

Please do this TODAY if possible.  If there is a financial challenge for your family (read: if your family qualifies for free/reduced lunches/fees here at IBWHS, or there has been a major life event recently demanding additional resources), please contact me and we can make other arrangements.

Thanks to the folks who've gotten this taken care of.  Hugely appreciated!

- jm

TW10 - "Where Do We Go?" - Unmasked

I had not made a final decision about whether the song "Where Do We Go?" should be masked or unmasked in terms of costumes.

It is clear from rehearsals (and listening) that the only way it can be performed is without masks. We simply can't hear well enough - and the sound is terribly muffled (and will be even more muddy in the costume masks). It also makes the most sense from the playwright's intention - given all students unmask to say their names in the ritual - then all come together to sing. It makes no thematic sense for the fellow students to cover their faces again for the song.

So, once you remove your mask to say your name, you should keep it off and in your hand until the end of Microphone.

I feel that, given all are facing downstage when they sing - and are not facing each other - and given it's only a 2:30 song - this is quite safe. And given other schools are doing full musicals completely unmasked for the entire show - this is well within standards at PPS. That said, if anyone is deeply uncomfortable having to sing unmasked in this moment of the show, come talk to me. There may be some solutions, but they will involve a change in that individual's stage position - or even potentially having to sing off stage.

TW10 - Schedule Reminder / Changes

There are some small changes to the schedule as originally published - and even different from our in person conversation on 4/27. This is due to the unforeseen issue of AP exams, which are affecting a large number of people, requiring us to ensure we don't lose time. In advance, thanks for your flexibility.

Below is the rehearsal / show schedule through strike. Please tell your families that release times will be honored as much as possible, but that we request some flexibility (within about 15 minutes) so as to make sure we finish the work that's needed.

Full Cast is called each day. And anything and everything may be worked. 

FINAL NON-TECH REHEARSALS

TH 4/28

4:00 - 6:30p

M 5/2

4:00p - 6:00p

T 5/3

4:00p - 6:00p

TECH REHEARSALS

W 5/4

4:00p - 8:00p

TH 5/5

4:00p - 8:00p

F 5/6

4:00p - 8:00p

DRESS REHEARSALS

M 5/9

4:00p - 5:30p (Special Calls only if Needed)

5:30p - 9:30p (ALL)

T 5/10

4:00p - 5:30p (Special Calls only if Needed)

5:30p - 9:30p (ALL)

SHOWS

W 5/11, TH 5/12, F 5/13

CALL 5:30p / GO 7:30p

***SA 5/14 - OFF (Prom!)***

SU 5/15

CALL 12:30p / GO 2:00p

STRIKE SESSION 1*

SU 5/15 

4:00p - 6:30p

STRIKE SESSION 2*

M 5/16

4:00p - 6:30p

*You must attend one of the strike sessions. 

TW10 - "Where Do You Go?"

Here is the LINK to the Folder with both the sheet music and four audio files that should help you hear your parts.  Hard copies of the music will be provided, but you can also download it from the link.

In addition, click HERE to stream these audio files on SoundCloud.

Learn! Memorize! Quickly!

UPDATE:  The backing track is up on SoundCloud and in the Media Fire folder. Also, downloading has been enabled for all the SoundCloud tracks if you want the actual files, rather than having to stream. Click the "..." to access that.  You can also download them from Media Fire. 

Costume Fittings: This Week and Next

 Big thanks to the actors who've already checked the callboard (you know, that thing where we post show info IRL) and made it to their posted Costume Fittings.

We have more coming up both this week and next...please make plans to get in, or you get ill-fitting costumes:

Fri. 4/22, 330p-5p, in Costume Room (Anyone who hasn't made it in by then)

Ian

Nico

Dory

Katie

Eli

Joeyy

Molly K

Olivia

Aspen

Eden

 

Wed. 4/27 & Thu. 4/28, 240p-4p

Savy

Candor

Molly C-F

Hyacinth

Kyle

Cass

Ella

Shay

Ania

Orie

Elias

 

Fri. 4/29, 330p-5p 

Anyone else who couldn’t make the other dates/times

A Few Links and Check-Ins...

 Hey there, team!  Here are a few notes from your producer...

1) Please remember to talk up the show!  We will have poster/postcard art and a ticketing website at the end of next week...but none of this sells tickets like you!  Get folk excited, and you'll have a top-notch audience!

2) Remember also: All Cast/Crew/Management have a Production Fee to take care of to support our production...$100 for Actors/$25 for Crew/Management.  Please either take care of this with the bookkeeper directly, or online through SchoolPay through the below links ASAP (since you're already late):

Cast: CAST SCHOOLPAY LINK

Crew: CREW SCHOOLPAY LINK

3) Production Calendar - Please click the link below to download/view the Production Calendar through the end of the run.  Note calls for your position(s) including General Rehearsals (specific notes on Matt's schedule), Builds, Hangs, Techs, Dresses, Performances, and Strikes.  

PRODUCTION CALENDAR LINK

4) Speaking of your roles/positions, see below as a reminder for all non-actor/management what you were assigned at the start of this process (including the folks missed in the earlier list):

Stage Management

Jack Reynolds

Sam Grommes

Assistant Stage Management

Skyler Roy

Elodie Anderson

Scenic Lead

Emma Oechies

Scenic Apprentices

Russell Ellis

Baxter Ellis

Anya Leontovich

Costume Lead

Simone Taylor

Costume Apprentices

Helena Stedman

Marissa Margolin

Props Lead

Madeline Laboe

Sound Lead

Fran Amato

Sound Apprentice

Hayden Dennis

Lighting Lead

Robin Boyce

Lighting Apprentices

Maya Harrington

Creek Reynolds

Porter Gaab

Run Crew / Show Support

(note: specific tasks to be determined during the tech process between Stage, Costume, Props, Front of House)

Simone Taylor

Marissa Margolin

Helena Stedman

Sarah Brown

Madeline Laboe

Calvin Oberlander

Creek Reynolds

Calder Baker

Addison Feld-Gore

Ellen Murchison

Eliana Walcott

Porter Gaab

Baxter Ellis

Anya Leontovich

Joe Runyon

Robin Boyce

Emma Oechies

TW10 - Reconnect Part Two Audio

Please see this LINK to download / listen to Kyle's audio from rehearsal so as to better learn your cues.

TW10 - Rehearsal Weeks 5 - 6

TW10 - Rehearsals Weeks 5 - 6

Unless noted, always come prepared to move and to work barefoot.  

If you see your name but don't have a conflict anymore, please email to correct. If you do not see your name and you had listed a conflict, please email to correct. 

If you miss a rehearsal, you will need to connect with a colleague in the show to catch you up on what happened in terms of the devising / staging. It may also mean that for certain sections you will not be included in the final staging, depending on what and how much was missed. In general, we will do our best to work actors back into the staging when they are absent, but we cannot guarantee this.

REHEARSALS WEEK 5

M 4/18

4:00p - 6:00p

Called: All Actors (No Olivia, Eli at 5p)

Agenda: WEAR

6:00p - 6:30p

Called: Nico / Hyacinth

Agenda: Text Work

T 4/19

4:00p - 6:30p

Called: All Actors

Agenda: Penance

W 4/20

4:00p - 6:30p

Called: All Actors 

Agenda: Reconnect 

TH 4/21 

4:00p - 5:45p

Called: All Actors

Agenda: WEAR / Microphone

5:45p - 6:30p

Called: Olivia

Agenda: Text / Music Work

REHEARSALS WEEK 6

M 4/25

4:00p - 7:00p

Called: All Actors (Nico leaves at 4:45p)

Agenda: Penance / Microphone

T 4/26

4:00p - 6:15p

Called: All Actors 

Agenda: Penance / Reconnect

6:15p - 7:00p

Called: Eli / Kyle / Cass

Agenda: Text Work

W 4/27

4:00p - 6:15p

Called: All Actors 

Agenda: WEAR

6:15p - 7:00p

Called:  Nico / Hyacinth

Agenda: Text Work

TH 4/28

4:00p - 7:00p 

Called: All Actors

Agenda: Run / Work Entire Show

TW10 - 4/11 Canceled

With school canceled due to inclement weather, so is today's rehearsal.

We will continue with the schedule this week as planned and work to make up the time on WEAR later in the process.

TW10 - Costume Fittings Today and Tomorrow

REMINDER

The entire cast is called today, TH 4/7, at 4:00p for costume / mask fittings except for:

Hyacinth

Katie

Cassidy

Eli

The above four actors will come in between 3:30p - 4:30p on F 4/8 for their fittings.

Today, please yield to the actors who speak in Penance so that they may be finished by the time their text work starts at 4:45p.

Thank you.