Teen Master Theatre Project
As our students progress through the workshops
many will develop a passion for performing. The Magic Circle
Theatre offers the Master Series as an opportunity to meet that
challenge.
Musicals
- In this exciting program, students aged 10 to 19 can
audition to be a part of our Master Series Musical. During this
eight to ten week session, each student will go through the audition
process, be given a role in a Broadway Musical show and spend three
evenings a week rehearsing that role.
They will learn choreography from professional dancer,
Stephen Hatcher; vocal instruction from Jennifer Vaughn, Magic
Circle Theatre’s staff Musical Director; and receive acting
instruction from a working actor from our community.
These fully costumed shows are performed on stage at either
the Roseville or Tower theatre with a full set and a committed
technical crew to make the show as professional as our Main Stage
performances. Many of our season ticket holders pay to come see
these shows and rave about the performances.
Since these shows are Broadway musicals it offers
the students their first opportunity to experience what it is like
to be a community theatre performer. They must prepare for their
auditions with a song and sheet music; they must come dressed
appropriate to audition; they will fill out an audition form and
then audition by themselves on stage in front of their peers; some
will be cut because of the size of the cast and others will
experience what it like to be cast in a show and receive that
exciting call from their director! All these experiences are
essential in order to become a well-rounded performer and to make
our character stronger.
Alice in Wonderland Jr. - Auditions are Saturday,
May 3rd at 11:00am at the
ROSEVILLE THEATER
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Rehearsals will begin May 10 and
will continue Saturdays at 11:00 am
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Performances are Saturdays, July 5
- Aug. 9 at 2:00 pm (call is at least one hour earlier)
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Please bring 16 bars of music from
a Broadway musical (NOT Disney’s Alice in
Wonderland, Jr.) and wear comfortable clothes for
movement.
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You
must be between the ages of 10 and 19 years old to audition!
Non-Musical and Shakespeare
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Many of our students take
the opportunity to perform a play, which is a completely different
experience than a musical show.
Students ages 13 to 19 can audition to participate in our
plays that we rehearse and perform at the Tower theatre. This
intimate theatre-in-the-round setting places the actors in close
proximity to their audience and there is no room to be out of
character or miss a cue. We focus our rehearsals not just on
blocking, but on creating characters that communicate to the
audience and actors around them. Our Shakespeare cast performs each
summer and this summer we will be working mastering Macbeth. Our
actors will take on more responsibility as they create the show from
the ground up and study the text of the play in order to create more
meaningful characters and performances. Our Non-Musical Series
performs contemporary dramas and comedies that place a strong
emphasis on acting skills and character.
MACBETH - The
2008 Shakespeare Teen Master Theatre Project will meet on Monday,
June 30th at 5:30pm at the Tower Theater
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Rehersals begin June 30 and continue on Mon., Tues. and Wed.
at 5:30 pm
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Performances are Aug. 22, 23, 29
and 30 at 7:30 pm
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There will be two matinees: Aug.
23 and 24 at 2:00 pm
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Please prepare a 1 to 2 minute
Shakespearean monologue or sonnet (NOT from Macbeth)
and wear comfortable clothes for movement.
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You
must be between the ages of 13 and 19 years old to sign up
for this workshop!
Teen Master Theatre Project 2008-2009
Productions
THE VISIT -
A wealthy woman returns to her debt ridden home town and offers a
sum greater than they have ever imagined to help out. But there is a
condition: she wants the life of a villager who years ago had caused
her to be expelled from town in disgrace. Ringing denial of this
absurd demand is followed by the gradual corruption of everyone in
town. He is murdered and money is passed over his body to the town.
The lady leaves with a fantastic entourage and with the coffin of
her old lover. The Visit will perform
October 24 - November 1, 2008 at the Tower Theater.
Directed by David Garrison
SEUSSICAL, THE
MUSICAL - Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Lucky
Stiff, My Favorite Year, Once On This Island, and
Ragtime) have lovingly brought to life all
of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant,
Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie and all of the Whos of Whoville! These
classic, colorful tales are seamlessly brought together by Jojo, a
young boy and “thinker of strange and wonderful thinks”! As each
story unfolds you will marvel at how relevant and profound Seuss’s
subtle themes are; making this musical one that appeals to all ages.
The score emerges as a Seussian gumbo of musical styles, ranging
from Latin to pop, swing to gospel, and R&B to funk!
Seussical the Musical will perform February 20 - March
7, 2009 at the Roseville Theater.
A PLAY TO BE
DETERMINED - March 20 - March 28, 2009 at the
Tower Theater
A MUSICAL TO BE
DETERMINED - Saturdays, July 18 - August 22, 2009 at
the Tower Theater
SHAKESPEARE
PRODUCTION TO BE DETERMINED - August 21 - August 29,
2009 at the Tower Theater