AUDITION PACKET SUMMERSTAGE 2015

Hoboken Children’s Theater www.hobokenchildrenstheater.com 646-339-8485

Welcome to SummerStage 2015!!!!

On our first day of SummerStage we will have auditions, followed by everyone learning one of the group musical numbers. These auditions are no pressure and there is no need to worry or panic. Just have fun and only do the things you are comfortable with and that make you happy. To help you through the audition process, we have prepared this packet for you. If you still have questions, ask in an e-mail to [email protected] and we will get right back to you.

How and What to Prepare

OLO • If you are interested in A SPEAKING ROLE AND A ROLE WITH SSOLO SINGING SINGING, you should memorize the song and scene provided in this packet. • If you are interested in A ROLE WITH SOLO SINGING BUT NO SPEAKING LINES, you should memorize and sing the song provided in this packet, but you are not required to do the scene. • If you are interested in A ROLE WITH LINES BUT NO SOLO SINGING, you should memorize the scene provided in this packet, but you are not required to sing. • If you are only interested in A GROUP ROLE, you do not have to do a scene or sing at the auditions. But we would LOVE to hear you!

EVERYONE MUST LEARN THE SONG AS THIS IS THE GROUP NUMBER WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE FIRST DAY.

What to Bring

• Your AUDITION FORM at the end of this packet. • Comfortable clothing, dance shoes or shoes you can dance in. • A PENCIL!!!!! • Water with your name on it!

SONG TO SING FOR AUDITION The tracks with guide vocals and without, are on the audition page. Sing Your Own Song Those kids that try and knock you down They’re not what life’s about Just learn to sing your special song and drown them out I won’t pretend it doesn’t hurt, some things kids say can hurt a lot But what hurts more is when they make you Want to be something you’re not You’ve got to sing your own song, use your own voice Your voice is not a thing to be afraid of And when they hear it ring true, there’s not a thing they can do To take away the music that you’re made of Oh to be normal, to be a safe and unassuming shade of gray Not too different, not too smart, no more poems in your heart Do you really want to live your life that way?

GROUP SONG TO LEARN FOR FIRST DAY

Everyone should learn the whole song for the first day. The tracks with guide vocals and without, are on the audition page. Hola Lola Edwina:

Lola Lopez lived in Lima, lovely Lima in Peru. Lola had a cousin Harry way out west in Honolulu. One day Lola got a letter from her cousin way out west,

Harry:

If you’d come to my birthday party, Lola that would be the best.

Edwina:

So on an airplane Lola flew, all the way from Lima Peru, Far across the ocean blue, flew Lola from Lima to Honolulu. And Harry’s family said,

All:

Hola Lola, Lola hello. hola Lola, hello, Hola Lola, Lola hello, hola Lola hello

Edwina:

There at Harry’s birthday party as the children laughed and played. Cake was served by Harry’s mom but under a palm tree Lola stayed. Harry said to Lola,

Harry:

Lola, why not come and say hello?

Lola:

Nadie aqui habla m’idioma.

Edwina:

They’re all talking words I don’t know! And Harry said,

Harry:

Now don’t be shy! Come to the table for pineapple pie. Everyone will welcome you, sweet Lola from Lima to Honolulu. Just say,

All:

Hola Lola, Lola hello. hola Lola, hello, Hola Lola, Lola hello, hola Lola hello

Edwina:

Lola sat down at the table set up in the island sand. Softly Lola whispered,

Lola:

Hola

Edwina:

Hoping the kids would understand. Lola closed her eyes and swallowed, fearing that the worst would come

All:

But all the kids took ukuleles and everyone began to strum! And they all sang, Hola Lola, Lola hello. hola Lola, hello, Hola Lola, Lola hello, hola Lola hello Aloha Lola, Shalom Lola, Salaam Lola, cheerio Ciao Lola, Nihau Lola, Jambo anh-ye-ha-seh-yo! So if you meet someone different and they seem a little shy You’ll make friends in any language, think of Lola and just say Hola Lola, hola Lola, Hola Lola, hola Lola, Hola Lola, hola Lola, Hola Lola, hola Lola, Hola Lola, hello!

SCENE TO MEMORIZE FOR AUDITION Boys learn Bobby. Girls learn Edwina. BOBBY:

Hi, I’m Bobby, your new next door neighbor. We just moved here from St. Louis.

EDWINA: Great! Can you sing? BOBBY:

Umm…

EDWINA: Can you dance? BOBBY:

Well…

EDWINA: You’ll learn! BOBBY:

I heard there’s a kid my age who lives here.

EDWINA: You must be thinking of my sister Katie. She’s at the Michigan Summer Math Olympics. BOBBY:

Oh, then you must be that drummer I heard practicing this morning. You sound great!

EDWINA: You must be thinking of my brother Joe. BOBBY:

Well…who are YOU?

EDWINA: I am Edwina Spoonapple, advice-giver extraordinaire. Perhaps you have heard of me. BOBBY:

Not really.

EDWINA: Would you like to be in our show? BOBBY:

No thanks.

EDWINA: No thanks necessary! Now Bobby…we’ll just get you started on the opera and the big tap number and…wait! You can’t eat fire by any chance, can you?

DEAR EDWINA - Audition Form (Please have filled out form on the first day.)

NAME________________ AGE___ GRADE

(as of September)____

I would like A SPEAKING ROLE. Yes No I am comfortable with this amount of memorization. Small Amount Medium Amount Large Amount 2-9 lines

10 - 20 lines

Over 20 lines

I would like A SOLO SINGING ROLE. Yes No I am comfortable with this amount of solos. Medium Amount Large Amount Small Amount A few lines of a song or duet

A section of a song

A whole song

I would prefer a GROUP ENSEMBLE ROLE and sing with others. Yes No I have been in a musical before. Yes No Anything you would like us to know about you: _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Do not write below line

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S 1 2 3 4 5 A 1 2 3 4 5 P 1 2 3 4 5 __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________