AUDITION INFORMATION Disney The Aristocats KIDS

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1 AUDITION INFORMATION Disney The Aristocats KIDS Welcome to the Atomic City Children s Theater s audition for this year s production of Disney The Aristocats KIDS. Atomic City Children s Theater, or ACCT, is an after-school program offered by the Los Alamos Public Schools system for elementary and middle school age students. We are very excited to provide Los Alamos and White Rock area students an introduction to the theater and fine arts through direct involvement in live productions at our own Duane W. Smith Auditorium. It has been shown that students who are involved in fine arts programs excel in their academic achievements. This philosophy is at the heart of our program. We feel that involving students in fine arts at the elementary and middle school levels helps establish a positive pattern of behavior that will stay with them in their later endeavors. GETTING STARTED Our audition will be held in three stages; Dancing, Singing & Monologue Reading. Students will complete the dancing stage as a group before moving on to the individual singing and monologue reading stages. MOVE We ll learn and review some steps together as a group before the audition. Don t worry about making mistakes. Have fun doing the steps. Be very expressive with your arms and smile! SING You will be asked to sing Happy Birthday. You can use anyone s name in the song. Have fun with it, but remember that we cast roles based on this song, so sing as well as you can. READ After everyone has finished singing, we will call groups of students to the stage to read one of the monologues included in this packet. Boys will read the Peter monologue, and girls will read the Wendy monologue. QUIET PLEASE We ask that parents and students be considerate of the other students while they re auditioning. Everyone gets nervous when it s their time to audition and trying to perform to room full of noisy people makes it much more difficult to do your best. WHAT PART DID I GET? We will let everyone know by phone the part for which you ve been selected. Be sure and include a phone number on your audition registration form, where we can contact you about your role. WHAT ABOUT TECHNICAL CREW? We would love to have your help in technical areas of our production, whether you are a part of the cast or not. Some of the opportunities to help include working in the scene shop building and painting sets, making props, or helping out during the show by assisting with costumes, hair, make-up, or selling concessions.

2 WHAT WILL I HAVE TO DO AS A STUDENT DIRECTOR, MUSIC DIRECTOR OR CHOREOGRAPHER? We are very proud of our successful Student Director program. As a Student Director, Student Music Director or Student Choreographer, you will be assigned a few scenes, songs or musical numbers to stage, rehearse, or choreograph. INFORMATION MEETING A mandatory parent information meeting for all cast members and their parents will be held during the first week of rehearsals on March 7, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in the Mountain School Music Room. At the meeting, everyone will have a chance to meet the directors, ask questions, sign up to volunteer (and last but not least) turn in the required forms. Have a great audition and good luck! ATOMIC CITY CHILDREN S THEATER Daren Savage, Director Kelsey Cline, Music Director

3 Character Roles - Disney The Aristocats KIDS Thomas O'Malley is the charming and charismatic lead alley cat. He lives as a free spirit with no attachments but secretly desires to be part of a family. This role requires a strong actor, singer, and mover. He should also be comfortable flirting with the actress playing Duchess. When auditioning, mix and match your O'Malley and Duchess hopefuls into different pairs and look for the best chemistry. The success of the show largely hinges on the energy of this leading cat so cast your strongest performer in this role. Duchess is the elegant and nurturing mother of the Aristokittens. This leading role requires small group singing, but no solos, so cast your strongest actor and mover, rather than singer. Look for a mature actress who is able to convey a maternal figure. Try to audition Duchess hopefuls with O'Malleys and Aristokittens to see who works best together. Edgar is the villainous butler of Madame. He's allergic to the pampered Aristocats and secretly hates tending to them. This leading part requires one of your strongest and most mature performers with excellent acting and singing skills. Cast an actor who can portray a believable sneeze, possesses excellent comedic timing, and is unafraid to be mean. Toulouse and Berlioz are Duchess's sons. Since these Aristokittens are in the majority of the scenes but require little solo singing, cast two of your stronger actors who can sing well. Toulouse yearns to be seen as tougher than he is and has a small singing solo, so cast accordingly. If possible, the Aristokittens should be physically smaller than Duchess. Marie is the spirited and sassy daughter of Duchess. She is the youngest child and a charmer just like her mother. Since she's in the majority of the show and has a small singing solo, cast a stronger actor rather than singer. When auditioning, mix and match Aristokitten hopefuls into different trios to see who works best together. Roquefort is the naïve yet ultimately brave house mouse who overcomes his fears and saves the Aristokittens from Edgar. This role requires a strong singer and character actor who can believably play innocent and frightened. If possible, cast someone physically smaller than the Alley Cats to in order emphasize his vulnerability when confronting them. Roquefort can be played by either a girl or a boy. Madame is the eccentric and kind human owner of the Aristocats who loves her pets more than anything else in the world. This small character role requires a good actor who possesses the maturity to play a maternal role. She should also be capable of delivering a short singing solo. Since Madame only appears at the beginning and end of the show, consider double casting her as an Alley Cat for the country section of the show. General Napoleon and Private Lafayette are two country dogs in a comedic power struggle throughout the show. Napoleon is the power-hungry leader and Lafayette the not-so-subservient private. These roles do not require solo singing, so cast based on acting and the ability to move like a dog. Since this comic duo feeds off of each other, cast actors who can work well together. If you have a small cast, consider double casting them as Alley Cats in the opening number and for "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat." Napoleon and Lafayette can be played by either girls or boys. Vichy and Soisse are two privates in the dog army who report to General Napoleon. These are smaller acting roles that require good movers and solid singing voices appropriate for small group singing. If you have a small cast, consider double casting them as Alley Cats in the opening number and for "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat." Amelia and Abigail are the two bold geese sisters who rescue O'Malley from the river and lead the way out of the country back to Paris. These comedic characters sing a duet (but no solos), so cast solid singers and actors. It's also important for Amelia and Abby to be able to move convincingly as geese. If you have a small cast, consider double casting them as Alley Cats in the opening number and for "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat". Scat Cat is the jazzy leader of the Alley Cat narrators. He or she is ultra hip and enjoys introducing the Aristocats to jazz music. Scat Cat leads the song "Ev'rybody Want to Be a Cat" so cast a strong singer and smooth mover. When auditioning, look for a child that's willing to go over-the-top on both movement and acting improvisations. The more creative and able to perform outside the box, the better. Scat Cat can be played by either a girl or a boy. The Alley Cats (Hep, Mad, Slick and Wacky) although small acting parts, are the glue that holds Disney's The Aristocats KIDS together. These storytellers set up and comment on the action as well as execute the scene changes. These roles require actors with strong speaking voices who can focus onstage for long periods of time. They should also have good memories for the more complicated blocking of scene changes and transitions.

4 Boy s Monologue Huck: It was a noble big balloon, and had wings and fans and all sorts of things, and wasn't like any balloon you see in pictures. It was away out toward the edge of town, in a vacant lot, corner of Twelfth Street; and there was a big crowd around it, making fun of it. Girl s Monologue Duchess: Now kittens, you must not fight. Toulouse! Aristocats do not fight. Aristocats behave like ladies and gentlemen. Now it s time for your music practice. It s important to have a well rounded education. You never know when a knowledge of music might come in handy.

5 Atomic City Children s Theater Participant Registration [ ] I am auditioning for a role in the cast. Audition Number (assigned at audition) Desired Role(s) Would you be willing to be cast in an Ensemble Role (Alley Cat, Dog Army, etc.)? [ ] I am registering for ACCT Tech. Technical area(s) of interest: [ ] I am interested in being a Student Director, Musical Director, or Choreographer: STUDENT NAME School/Grade Phone: Home Mobile MOTHER/GUARDIAN: FATHER/GUARDIAN: Name Name Phone home Phone home Phone mobile Phone mobile EXPERIENCE: List any previous participation or training in technical theater, drama, dance, or music. SCHEDULE CONFLICTS: The rehearsal/performance schedule is listed below. If you have no conflicts, please indicate. If there are conflicts, LIST BELOW all recurring and one-time events or activities that you are unwilling to miss or reschedule in order to participate. [ ] No conflicts [ ] Conflicts (list below): Rehearsals: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays: 4:00 6:00 p.m. beginning March 7, Performance Week Rehearsals: Tuesday - Thursday, April 25-27, 2017 from 4:00-9:00 p.m. Performance: Friday, April 28, from 5:00 8:00 p.m. Performance: Saturday, April 29, from 12:00 5:00 p.m. **Please do not accept a role that you know you will not be able to fulfill due to missed rehearsals. We will cast Disney The Aristocats KIDS roles according to student availability.