The Creative and Performing Arts Academy of NEPA Presents: AUDITIONS FOR Sunday, September 10th 3-6pm At the Ritz Theatre, Scranton PA **Open to all Middle School Students- 5 th -8 th Grade** Disne y s The Little Mermaid JR. is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized materials are supplied by Music Theatre International, 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Script, music and all other materials 2010 itheatrics Broadway Junior and MTI s Broadway Junior Collection are trademarks of Music Theatre International. All rights reserved
Please Prepare: Middle School Production (see separate list of roles available) Performa nc e Dates : November 10th- 7pm November 11th at 1pm & 7 pm November 12th at 3pm Daytime School Shows TBA Rehe arsals : Tuesdays 5-7pm, Wednesdays 5:30-8:30pm, Sundays 5:30-7:30pm **Please note that not all actors will be called to all rehearsals** 1. One of the song selections found at the end of this packet. You will be singing with a live accompanist. Please be familiar with all of the songs, as you may be asked to sing another selection of the director or music director s choosing. Please note that we will be learning a song as a group as well, so don t worry if you don t have it mastered! If you wish to audition for a specific role, please see song choices below. If you are auditioning for ensemble, please look at Under the Sea and Part of Your World. * Ariel, Mersis ters /Princ es ses: #12 - Part of Your World (m. 30-52) * S ebas tian, Flounder, S cuttle: #13 - Under the Sea (beginning - m. 40) * Prince Eric: #30 - One Step Closer (m. 7-27) * Ursul a, J etsom, Floatsom: #24 - Poor Unfortunate Souls (m. 72-end) Rehearsal tracks can be found at www.youtube.com/littlemermaidjrmusic All of the audition scenes are also found at the end of this packet. The scenes do not need to be memorized. Please look over specific roles you are interested in. In addition, the director may choose scenes for you to read. You will also be expected to participate in a dance audition. Please bring proper footwear (no open toe shoes, or clogs). There is an Audition Form in this packet. Please fill it out completely and clearly mark conflicts you may have on the rehearsal schedule provided.
General Inform ation Thank you so much for your interest in CaPAA s production of The Little Merm aid Jr. Auditions & C all Backs Auditions will take place on Sunday, September 10th from 3-6pm. We may decide call backs are needed. If so, you will be contacted by the staff, if you are needed for a callback. Call backs will be held Wednesday, September 13th from 5:30-8:30. Audition Material Please select one of the songs included in the packet to be sung with a piano accompanist. Please look over the scenes provided. C ast List All families will be notified via email once the cast list is set. Rehearsal s Tuesdays 5-7, Wednesday s 5:30-8:30, Sundays 5:30-7:30. Please note that not all cast members will be called to all rehearsals. Tech & Dress Rehearsa ls Sunday November 5th-Thursday November 9th. Please hold the hours between 5-9pm. Per forman ces Friday November 10th 7pm performance. Saturday 1pm and 7pm performance. Sunday November 12th 3pm performance. Additional School Show performances TBA. C rews and Vo lunteers We are always in need of extra hands with costumes, publicity, concessions, spotlights, backstage help, and an assortment of other tasks! Please let us know if you, or anyone you know is interested in any of these positions! Questions? Contact Sheri Melcher at sheri@capaa.org/ 570-252-4156
C haracter Descr iptions S EA CH ORUS: story telling inhabitants of the sea PILOT: driver of Prince Eric s ship S AILORS : crew of Prince Eric s ship PRINC E ERIC: a prince who would rather explore the ocean than govern a kingdom GRIMSBY : Prince Eric s valet MERF OLK & SEA CREATURES : residents of King Triton s kingdom S EBAS TIAN: an anxious crab and court composer for King Triton MERSI S TERS (Aquat a, Andrina, Atina, Adella, Allana): the daughters of King Triton and Ariel s sisters : a little mermaid who longs to be human FLOUN DER: a rambunctious young fish and Ariel s best friend S CU TTLE: a zany seagull and self-proclaimed expert on humans GULLS: Scuttle s friends and fellow seagulls UR S UL A: a sea witch with a vendetta TENT AC LES : extensions of Ursula, perhaps poor unfortunate souls FLOTS AM & JETS AM: electric eels and Ursula s henchmen C ARLOTT A: headmistress in Prince Eric s palace CH EF LOUIS: head chef in Prince Eric s palace CH EFS: Chef Louis s assistants LAGO ON ANIMALS: musical inhabitants of Prince Eric s lagoon PRINC ES S ES : neighboring royalty, vying for Prince Eric s hand in marriage
Production Sch edule Please note any and all rehearsal dates that your child will NOT be able to attend. Please note, that while we will do our best to accommodate your child's schedule, we cannot base an entire schedule around every cast member s individual conflicts. The number of conflicts your child has, will be taken into consideration when casting. We will do our best to make ourselves available outside of the scheduled rehearsal time to teach your child what they missed, but they are expected to ask friends in the cast for notes and practice on their own. If too much is missed, or the child has not taken the necessary action to learn what was missed, they may be dropped from that number, or part of the show.
LITTLE MER MAID JR. C ON FLIC TS Please fill out and return this page at our first cast meeting. CIRCLE THE DATES and TIMES that are in conflict. Name: September: November: 10th: 3-6 (auditions) 1st: 5:30-7:30 13th: 5:30-8:30 (possible callbacks) 5th: (holding for tech) 5-9 17th: 5:30-7:30 6th: (holding for tech) 5-9 19th: 5-7 7th: (holding for tech) 5-9 20th: 5:30-8:30 8th: (holding for tech) 5-9 9th: (holding for tech) 5-9 9th: 7pm show October: 10th: 1pm show 1st: 5:30-7:30 10th: 7pm show 3rd: 5-7 11th: 3pm show 4th: 5:30-8:30 8th: 5:30-7:30 10th: 5-7 11th: 5:30-8:30 15th: 5:30-7:30 17th: 5-7 18th: 5:30-7:30 22nd: 5:30-7:30 24th: 5-7 25th: 5:30-8:30 29th: 5:30-7:30 31st: NO REHEARSAL Feel free to use the back of this page if necessary to communicate any issues.
Talent Release Form I, parent/guardian of (actor s name), hereby give my permission to the Creative and Performing Arts Academy of NEPA (CaPAA from here forward) to use the image and/or voice, either in whole or part, of my child (actors name) in promotional and informational resources of CaPAA, including, but not limited to, newspaper articles, Facebook, and other CaPAA affiliated websites. Signed: Parent or Guardian Date:... My Disne y s Little Mermaid, Jr. Commitment: By completing this form, I hereby commit: 1. During all rehearsals and productions, I must follow all rules and guidelines set out by CaPAA. 2. I must provide my own shoes and socks for the production, and I will notify a staff member if this is not possible. 3. To attend all tech rehearsals, dress rehearsals, and performances, unless I have previously notified CaPAA. 4. That I have marked all schedule conflicts on the attached rehearsal schedule. 5. If I miss any rehearsals I will get help from my friends, or arrange a time that works with staff members to catch up. 6. I will work hard, and honor the commitment I am making to this production. Signed: (Actor) Signed: (Parent/Guardian)
AUDITION FORM Name: Age: : Home Phone: Cell Phone: Address: Contact Email: Experienc e/training : Acting: Have you had any formal training? YES NO Where/When: Vocal/Instrumental Music: Have you had any formal training? YES NO If yes, number of years: Dance: Have you had any formal training? YES NO What types?: If yes, number of years: Special or unusual talents or abilities? (ie. juggling, gymnastics, acrobatics)
AUDITION MAT ERIALS Side: F lound er/ariel Hey, Ariel! There you are! FLOUNDER Just look, Flounder! The sun, the sand... isn t it the most beautiful place you ve ever seen? FLOUNDER I dunno, Ariel... I m not sure we ought to be up here. Don t be such a guppy! FLOUNDER A guppy?!? I m as brave as you are! I m not afraid of anything! What about sharks? Where?!? Oh, Flounder, you really are a guppy! FLOUNDER FLOUNDER
I am not! Awww... (gives FLOUNDER an affectionate pat on the head) You ll never guess what I found today. Look! (lifts up a large silver serving fork) Have you ever seen anything so wonderful in your entire life? Wow! Cool! What is it? FLOUNDER I don t know... but I bet Scuttle will! Come on, I ll race you! Hey, wait for me! FLOUNDER Side: Seb astian/scuttle/flounder /Ariel Oh child, what have you done? SEBASTIAN (After a moment, sits up and stares at her new legs in wonderment. Slowly and shakily she tries to stand, sticking her arms out for balance... then falls on her rea r. SCUTTLE flaps in.) SCUTTLE Well, look who got beached! Hiya, Ariel! Wait Theres s something different about cha... Don t tell me...it s your hairdo, right? You ve been using the dinglehopper! ( shakes her head no.) Nah? Hmm... I can t quite put my foot on it right now She s got legs, you idiot! SEBASTIAN FLOUNDER Ariel traded her voice to the Sea Witch to become human! SCUTTLE
Nah, kid! Not your beautiful pipes! ( nods. She opens her mouth, but no sound.) SEBASTIAN Ya see? Not a sound! What would her father say? I ll tell ya what her father d say: he d say he s gonna kill himself a crab, that s what he d say! FLOUNDER Now she s got three days to make Prince Eric fall in love with her. And to prove it, he s gotta kiss her! The Prince? Well, I ll say! SCUTTLE SIDE: Ar iel/king Trit on And now let me see... what did Scuttle call this one? Is it a ditty-whumper? A thumb-doodle? Whatever it is... Prince Eric held it in his own strong, beautiful human hands (An enraged KING TRITON bursts in.) Ariel! KING TRITO N (taken aback by the collection of human stuff) What is all this?!? Daddy, they re my... Human junk! No, treasures! Did you save a human from drowning? He would ve died! KING TRITO N KING TRITO N KING TRITO N That savage brute could have killed you! And it s my job to keep you safe from harm.
But he didn t frighten me. He made me feel... wonderful! Besides, I am not a child anymore! KING TRITO N No? Well, you are certainly talking like one. He s a human you re a mermaid. It doesn t matter you don t understand! I wish mother were here! KING TRITO N (takes a moment to recover from the low blow) Ariel, I miss your mother just as much as you do. But I am still the king. And you are not to go to the surface ever again. Am I clear?!? (KING TRITON pauses for a moment of regret.) SIDE: A riel/ursula/flotsam/jet sam FLOTSAM Oh, Mistress of the Deep! You ve a visitor... I don t know if... Now, now... Mustn t get cold fins! Don t be shy, Ariel darling! JE TSAM FLOTSAM URSULA I...I shouldn t be here. Mother died because of you. URSULA Oh child... what happened to your dear mother was a terrible, unfortunate accident Poor soul. An...accident? Of course! I did my very best to save her. URSULA
You did? But Father told me URSULA The truth is that the ocean wasn t big enough for both your father and me, so he sent me here. And now I see he s driven you away, too... He doesn t understand me. URSULA Oh, but I do, dumpling. We re so very alike, you and I gals with ambition! Now tell me absolutely everything. I m in love with someone. A human. URSULA A prince, I hear. Quite a catch! Well, the answer is simple: you ve got to become human yourself! Can you do that? URSULA My dear, sweet child It s what I live for: to help unfortunate merfolk like yourself. Poor souls with no one else to turn to... SIDE: P rince Eri c/gri mbsy Now, suppose I don t want to be King? PRINCE E RIC GRIM SBY I swore an oath to your dear father on his death bed that I d turn you from a roustabout into a royal and have you married to a princess. Ugh! PRINCE E RIC GRIM SBY By your next birthday, which is now just three days away! PRINCE E RIC
Did you ever try to take a princess sailing? It s a joke! Their dresses get caught in the rigging. And most of em can t even swim! GRIM SBY You know, there s more to a woman than her flutter kick. Our kingdom needs a queen! PRINCE E RIC Where am I gonna find her, Grimbsy? A girl who s as carefree and alive as the sea itself. Where? (PRINCE ERIC stares out to sea.) It s too much to hope for, isn t it? Somewhere, out there... a girl who s a match for a guy like me? Perhaps you re not looking hard enough. GRIM SBY PRINCE E RIC Trust me, Grimsby! When I come across the girl of my dreams, it ll hit me like lightning.
POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS