Casting Call for "Winnie The Pooh" Grades 6-9

CASTING NOTICE:The Performer's School in association with Ravinia Festival Kids Concert series production of "Winnie The Pooh"Looking for performers grades 6-9

Fall 2016
GRADES 6th-9th
Auditions: Thursday, May 19th 5:00 – 9:00 pmJust Added Audition Date: Sat. May 21st 1-4pmSign Up for Audition Slot: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0545a8a828a3f58-theperformers
Audition Form – Complete online PRIOR to auditions. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18f4QMpE4Dt8ZtcFqvrnuA_SgMlny7u7L_ILvRxpy2ys/viewform?c=0&w=1Bring a headshot and resume with contact info on it to the audition. Please prepare two 16 bar cuts of classic or contemporary musical theater songs.You will have an accompanist. A scene to prepare will be sent to you after you have completed the Audition Form. The scene DOES NOT have to be memorized. Rehearsal Dates: May 31, June 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 from 6-9 pm, August 6, 13, 20, 27 from 12-5 pm. Starting August 6th – additional evenings times TBD . Sept. 3rd & 4th 12-5 pm .
Tech Week: Sept 6th-8th from 6-9pm. TECH/DRESS will be all day/into evening on Friday Sept. 9th
The Performers School in association with Ravinia Festival will be presenting a production of Winnie The Pooh Kids through Ravinia Kids Concert Series on September 10th & 11th, 2016. Rehearsals will take place at the Highwood Rec Center and then at Ravinia Bennett Hall. Students must be available for all rehearsal dates, tech week and the shows. Auditions will take place at the Highwood Rec Center.
ABOUT RAVINIARavinia, located right outside Chicago, is North America’s oldest and most diverse music festival, presenting over 140 different events every summer, including the annual residency of the nation’s finest orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. As a nonprofit organization, Ravinia provides arts programs for over 75,000 people in underserved communities in Cook and Lake Counties through its REACH*TEACH*PLAY educations programs. Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute is a summer music conservatory which awards 60–70 fully paid fellowships each year to the most talented young professional musicians from around the world to work with an esteemed faculty and the headliners who frequent the festival. For information, visit Ravinia.org.
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