After registration is completed, please prepare the following materials for the auditions.

• A photo of yourself or headshot (if you have one)
• Explanation of your theatrical or performance-based experienced or resume (if you have one)
• One audition song (16–32 bars, or about 60–90 seconds of music). The song can either be from musical theatre or popular music. Please select something that best shows off your voice and range. 
• Students may share a 30–40 second story about a winter holiday of their choice, or perform a text that we provide (see below).

• Plan to participate in the dance call from 5:45-7:00pm on the audition day. Please dress in clothes you can move in. The floor is generally slippery, so we recommend wearing sneakers for the dance call, Also, if you have tap skills – please bring your tap shoes (no worries if you are not a tapper or don’t have shoes!)

For Student Who Prefer To Use Text From Us:

(from “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” by Barbara Robinson) 

The Hermans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world.  They lied and stole and talked dirty and hit little kids and cussed their teachers and took the name of the Lord in vain and set fire to Fred Shoemaker’s old broken-down toolhouse. The toolhouse burned right to the ground, and I think that surprised the Hermans. They set fire to things all the time, but that was the first time they managed to burn down a whole building. I guess it was an accident. I don’t suppose they woke up that morning and said to one another, “Let’s go burn down Fred Shoemaker’s toolhouse”… but maybe they did. After all, it was a Saturday, and not much going on.” 

For Students Who Prefer To Write Their Own Audition Text:

Please share with us a 30–40 second (no longer!) story about a winter holiday (or holidays!) of your choice. This should be something you write in advance, and not improvised in auditions. 

Director’s Note for All Auditioners: 

I have no preference which of the two options above you choose, but please choose only one. Either way, have fun with it. Try to make it feel like this is your story that you’re telling us. Feel free to use us (i.e., look at us directly) during the audition—that isn’t always something you should do at auditions, but we’re inviting it for this audition. I want to feel like this story comes genuinely from you, and that you’ve never told it before and you’re having a blast getting to share your real feelings about whatever you’re telling us. 

Whichever text you choose, it is strongly recommended that you have the text fully or mostly memorized and carry a copy with you as a backup in case you need to glance down and remember something. I am not testing your memorization skills, but I do believe that it is much easier to make the text feel like it is natural and out of your brain when it is memorized—and memorizing also gives you lots of time to think about how you feel about the words you’re saying and what you hope we will understand about your perspective on the story. 

Questions? Email: kidstageproductions@villagetheatre.org 

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