Pre-Professional Track Summer Intensive
Listen. Learn. Work. Sweat. Play. Grow.
So, you want to be pushed? You want to work at the top of your game? You want to give everything you have and then some? At this year’s PPT Intensive, we BET you SWEAT, because we are going to Master CLASS your SASS!
Do you also believe in playing as hard as you work? Strengthen your tribe and expand your skills, knowledge, and flexibility through team competitions: dance vocabulary contests, Improv Olympics, and daily creative challenges.
Have you LEARNED to LISTEN? Everyone has a story. Everyone has an egg. Everyone has a nugget.
The five day Pre-Professional Track Intensive will feature inspiring master classes in various forms of dance, voice, and acting; “Inside The Artist’s Studio” visits from area arts professionals; and every participating high school student will take part in SLT’s College Auditions and Applications Preparatory Course for a portion of each afternoon.
Monday – Friday, June 4 – 8, 9am – 4pm
For Middle and High School Students currently enrolled in SLT’s Pre-Professional Track Program
(Other interested students may gain admission by audition and/or permission.)
Summer Conservatory Camp
Beyond The Basics
Springfield Little Theatre’s Summer Conservatory Camp is designed for the “hungry” theatre student! So, you want to live and breathe your craft? Want to delve deeper into your study of acting, dance, and voice? SLT’s Summer Conservatory Camp is a one week intensive recommended for students with prior musical theatre experience.
Students will follow a collegiate schedule including classes in Yoga, Health and Nutrition, Voice and Movement, Acting, Improvisation, Ballet, Musical Theatre Audition Workshop, Jazz Dance, and Tap. All students will attend a daily “Inside The Artist’s Studio” session with a local arts professional.High school aged students will participate in a College Performing Arts Auditions and Applications Preparatory Class.
Monday – Friday, June 4-8
For Committed Students Ages 10-18
College Auditions and Applications Preparatory Course
For High School Students
This series of five classes will focus on equipping high school students with the knowledge of how best to prepare for college theatre program auditions and applications. Representatives from various institutions will visit to shed some light into what their schools are looking for in an incoming student and to provide audition and application preparation advice including:
Tips On Getting Organized
Structuring Essays
Identifying the Recommenders That Can Make A Difference
Showcasing Extra-Curricular Activities
Selecting Material
Refining Songs and Monologues
Gaining Confidence
Practicing Auditioning
Developing Articulate Interviewing Skills for The Conversation After
The Audition
Providing Image Recommendations or “What to Wear”
Most Importantly, coordinating each aspect of the application to tell one cohesive, compelling narrative of the student’s BEST SELF
The course will culminate with mock auditions, interviews and constructive feedback on the final day of class.
Monday, June 4 – Friday, June 8, 2:30pm – 4pm
For High School Students
Our Education Department invites you to let us take care of your children so you can relax and enjoy our productions!
Let us take care of your children while you enjoy a PARENTS ONLY night out!
Parent’s Night Out is affordable childcare for theatre-loving parents and is open to children ages 4-12 on the performance dates listed below. We’ll treat your kids to a night of theatre games, crafts, photo booth fun, a movie, and snacks! Drop your kids off at 5:30pm so you can enjoy dinner before the show, or drop them off right before the show. We’ll take care of them on the 3rd and 4th floors of the Landers while you watch the production, and you can pick them up in the West Lobby after the show. (Please feed your child before drop-off.)
Parents NIght Out
The Miracle Worker
◦Saturday, October 28
West Side Story
◦Saturday, January 20
Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding
◦Available for every performance!◦Please note: performances take place at The Old Glass Place, and Parent’s Night Out will still take place at the Landers. Hours are adjusted to reflect differing performance times.
How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
◦Saturday, May 19
All Shook Up
◦Saturday, June 9
Parent’s Night Out requires pre-registration at the time
of your ticket purchase and costs $10 per child.
To register, simply sign up when purchasing your tickets.
For more information, please call our Box Office at (417)869-1334.
Summer Stages – Session I: Trolls
Where Everyone’s A Star!
Summer Stages teaches acting basics through theatre games & improvisation, scene-work, musical theatre song & dance, and offers students an opportunity to present a free performance for their parents and friends on the Landers stage on the final day of the workshop. Kids who love visual art have fun with themed craft projects, as well! Snacks and a t-shirt are provided for every camper!
Students in Summer Stages Session I will tackle material from and inspired by DreamWorks Trolls, create their own music videos, paint their own Troll dolls, and create a Troll Village! Don’t forget to wear your bright colors and come to camp with crazy hairdos! And remember, “Happiness isn’t something you put inside you. It’s already there!”
Monday – Friday, June 11-15
Ages 4-5, 9am – 11am
Ages 6-8, 9-12, and 13-18, 9am – 4pm
Final Performance: Friday, June 15, 11am (Ages 4-5) / 4pm (Ages 6-18)
No Experience Necessary.
All Are Welcome!
Give My Regards To Broadway
Are You A Triple Threat?
The actor who can sing and dance, the singer who can dance and act, the dancer who can act and sing…that’s what’s known as the “triple threat” performer and it is what makes the magic that is called musical theatre! Do you have what it takes? Come find out in our Give My Regards to Broadway camp.
A sampling of Broadway’s best!
Lion King, Aladdin, Newsies, Matilda Mamma Mia!, Annie … What’s YOUR favorite?
Students of all levels of experience (beginning to advanced) are invited to attend. Campers present a free performance for their parents and friends on The Landers stage on the final day of the workshop. Snacks and a t-shirt are provided for every camper.
Monday – Friday, June 18 – 22
Ages 4-5, 9am – 11am
Ages 6-8, 9-12, and 13-18, 9am – 4pm
Final Performance: Friday, June 22, 11am (Ages 4-5) / 4pm (Ages 6-18)
No Experience Necessary.
All Are Welcome!
Summer Stages – Session II: Tangled
Where Everyone’s A Star!
Summer Stages teaches acting basics through theatre games & improvisation, scene-work, musical theatre song & dance, and offers students an opportunity to present a free performance for their parents and friends on the Landers stage on the final day of the workshop. Kids who love visual art have fun with themed craft projects, as well! Snacks and a t-shirt are provided for every camper!
Even if you haven’t spent your entire life in a tower, there are many enchanting discoveries to be made at Springfield Little Theatre!Students in Summer Stages Session II will tackle material from and inspired by Disney’s Tangled, have the opportunity to write their own fairy tale, enjoy a Rapunzel-inspired makeover, and be honored guests at our “Kingdom Dance”.
Monday – Friday, June 25 – 29
Ages 4-5, 9am – 11am • Ages 6-8, 9-12, and 13-18, 9am – 4pm
Final Performance: Friday, June 29, 11am (Ages 4-5) / 4pm (Ages 6-18)
No Experience Necessary.
All Are Welcome!
Summer Institute – Session I: Shrek The Musical, JR.
Let Your Freak Flag Fly!
Springfield Little Theatre Summer Institutes are all-inclusive theatrical training grounds for experienced musical theatre performers ages 4-18 resulting in six public performances on the historic Landers Theatre stage! Be a part of a full scale production—a whirlwind two-week process from beginning to end! It’s summer stock, er “ogre-stock,” for youth!
Beauty is in the eye of the ogre in Shrek The Musical, JR., based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film and fantastic Broadway musical. It’s a “big bright beautiful world” as everyone’s favorite ogre, Shrek, leads a cast of fairytale misfits on an adventure to rescue a princess and find true acceptance.
Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek. One day, Shrek finds his swamp invaded by banished fairytale misfits who have been cast off by Lord Farquaad, a tiny terror with big ambitions. When Shrek sets off with a wisecracking donkey to confront Farquaad, he’s handed a task – if he rescues feisty princess Fiona, his swamp will be righted. With abundant opportunities for imaginative staging and a host of over-the-top roles for an expandable cast, there’s a super fun part for everyone in this dazzling adventure story, so “let your freak flag fly”!
Rehearsals/Camp Days: Monday-Friday, July 9 – 19
Ages 4-7, 9:00am – 11am • Ages 8-18, 9am – 4pm
Performances: Friday, July 20 and Saturday, July 21, 10:30am, 12:30pm and 2:30pm
Previous involvement in a School’s Out Workshop, Education Class, Education Series, SLT Troupe, or Workshop required for participation. Contact The Education Department to learn how to satisfy the pre-requisite!
Technical Theatre Camp – Session I
If You Build It, They Will Come!
An incredible opportunity for students 12 and up to gain training, insight, respect for, and hands on experience in technical theatre from SLT’s own Scenic Designer Chuck Rogers, Lighting/ Sound Designer Jamie Bower, Costumer Kris Haik, and SLT summer support staff.
Students enrolled in this camp will not only gain a valuable skill set, but they will also help to create the sets, costumes, and props, as well as serve as the technical crew, for the SLT Summer Institute production of Shrek The Musical, JR.
Monday-Friday, July 9 – 19
Ages 12-18, 9am – 4pm
Performances: Friday, July 20 and Saturday, July 21, 10:30am, 12:30pm and 2:30pm
No Previous Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!
Theatre Administration Camp – Session I
Keep Calm and Get It Done!
What goes on in the main office in preparation for a production? How does a show get marketed? How do we make a show profitable? How do our supporters get recognized? What goes into planning for the next camp? How do we juggle it all? Learn about and be a part of it all in Theatre Administration Camp in conjunction with Shrek The Musical, JR.
Please Note: This is not a performance camp. You will be working in the SLT business office under the direct supervision of the production/camp assistant.
Monday-Friday, July 9 – 19
Ages 12-18, 9am – 4pm
Performances: Friday, July 20 and Saturday, July 21, 10:30am, 12:30pm and 2:30pm
No Previous Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!
AUDITION NOTICE
Stop the presses! Auditions for Springfield Little Theatre’s production of NEWSIES will be held Monday, July 9 and Tuesday, July 10 at 7:00 p.m. on stage at the historic Landers Theatre, 311 East Walnut beginning at 7:00 p.m..
Callbacks are scheduled for Wednesday, July 11 beginning at 6:00 p.m.
All auditioning should prepare a one-minute vocal selection and bring sheet music. An accompanist will be provided.
Set in turn-of-the century New York City, NEWSIES is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged “newsies.” When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what’s right!
Based on the 1992 motion picture and inspired by a true story, NEWSIES features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Sister Act, The Little Mermaid) and Jack Feldman with a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein (Kinky Boots). Featuring the now classic songs “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” and “Santa Fe,” Newsies is packed with non-stop thrills and a timeless message, perfect for the whole family and every audience.
Springfield Little Theatre’s NEWSIES will open Springfield Little Theatre’s 2018-2019 season, and will be co-directed by Beth Domann and Lorianne Dunn with music direction by Susan Gravatt.
Most rehearsals for SLT’s production of NEWSIES will be held Sunday-Thursday evenings between the hours of 6:00-10:00 p.m.
Performance dates:
Thursday, September 13, 7:30 p.m. (Underwriter’s Preview); Friday, September 14, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, September 15, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, September 16, 2:00 p.m.; Thursday, September 20, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, September 21, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, September 22, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, September 23, 2:00 p.m.; Thursday, September 27, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, September 28, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, September 29, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, September 30, 2:00 p.m.; Thursday, October 4, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 5, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 6, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, October 7, 2:00 p.m.
Additional promotional appearances TBA. Cast members are expected to be available for every performance. No exceptions.
An Audition Preparatory Workshop for NEWSIES will be offered Monday, June 25 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Participants will have the opportunity to run their audition selection and receive feedback from an experienced audition coach. Interested participants will also be taught a dance combination and undergo a mock dance audition. The workshop costs $20 to attend. Registration will be accepted at the door.
Character Breakdown for NEWSIES:
Jack Kelly
The charismatic leader of the Manhattan newsies, is an orphaned dreamer and artist who yearns to get out of the crowded streets of New York and make a better life for himself out West. Fiercely protective of his best friend, Crutchie, and strongly loyal, Jack isn’t afraid to use his voice to attain better conditions for the working kids of New York City. Though living on the streets has given him a tough-guy exterior, Jack has a big heart and can demonstrate a sweet vulnerability – especially when it comes to bantering with a certain female reporter. Must have a great pop tenor voice and sense of physicality.
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Crutchie
A dedicated newsie with a bum leg that’s painful, but helps sell more papes. Though he walks with the assistance of a crutch, Crutchie doesn’t let it define him; when in a jam, Jack Kelly’s best friend relies on a goofy- sweet sense of humor and optimistic resilience. Crutchie is the heart of the resistance. Though his movement will suggest his bum leg, Crutchie will still be included in the dance numbers.
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Davey
Les’s straight-laced, bright big brother starts selling newspapers to help his family earn a living, but becomes swept up in the fervor of the strike. A leader in his own right who is learning to use his voice to uplift others, Davey is the brains of the resistance.
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: D3
Les
Davey’s cheeky younger brother, is inspired by the freedom of the newsies and loves their independent lifestyle. A precocious and natural newsie, Les is an intuitive salesboy and a pint-sized charmer. He should present as younger than the other newsies.
Vocal range top: Bb3
Vocal range bottom: Db3
Newsies Ensemble
Including Albert, Buttons, Elmer, Finch, Henry, Ike, Jo Jo, Mike, Mush, Race, Romeo, Specs, Splasher, and Tommy Boy, are some of the hard-working kids of New York City that go on strike for a livable wage.
Scabs
Three newsies who are hesitant to join the strike.
Spot Conlon
The proud leader of the Brooklyn newsies, boasts an intimidating reputation and a short singing solo in “Brooklyn’s Here.”
Katherine Plumber
An ambitious young reporter, works hard to make a name for herself as a legitimate journalist in a time when women aren’t taken seriously. Quick, funny, and resourceful, she boldy captures the voice of a new generation rising in her coverage of the newsies’ strike. While she generally has no time for cocky, streetwise young men, she makes an exception for Jack Kelly. Katherine should have a great contemporary pop voice with a high belt – diction is key.
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Darcy
The upper-class kid of a publisher who sides with the newsies. Can double as a newsie.
Bill
The son of William Randolph Hearst who joins the newsies’ cause. Can double as a newsie.
Wiesel
Or “Weasel,” runs the distribution window for the World and knows most of the newsies by name. Assisted by the intimidating Delancey brothers, who keep order by any means necessary, Wiesel is Pulitzer’s disgruntled paper- pusher.
Age 35-50’s
Oscar and Morris Delancey
Tough brothers who work at the distribution window for the World, take the side of the publishers in the strike and are known to use their fists to make a point.
Goons
Assist the Delanceys in roughing up the newsies at the end of Act One.
Joseph Pulitzer
A pompous businessman through and through, owns the World and is concerned solely with the bottom line. Katherine’s no-nonsense father, Pulitzer doesn’t sympathize with the strikers, but he does eventually – and grudgingly – respect Jack.
Age: 35-50’s
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Seitz
Editor, advises Pulitzer, but ultimately admires the kids’ newspaper.
Adult Male
Bunsen
Pulitzer’s bookkeeper, comes up with the ideas to raise the newsies’ price per paper.
Gender: both
Adult
Hannah
Pulitzer’s practical and insightful secretary.
Approximate Age: 20 to 40’s
Nunzio
Pulitzer’s barber.
Gender: male
Approximate Age: 30 to 50’s
Guard
The Guard removes the newsies from Pulitzer’s building.
Gender: both
Approximate Age: 20 to 60
Snyder
The crooked and sinister warden of The Refuge, a filthy and horrible orphanage, is concerned only with catching enough kids to keep his government checks coming.
Gender: both
Approximate Age: 40 to 60’s
Medda Larkin
Inspired by vaudeville performer Aida Overton Walker, this big-voiced saloon singer and star of the Bowery offers her theater as a safe haven for the newsies. An astute entertainer with great comic delivery, she’s a good friend to Jack and stands firmly behind the newsies in their fight for justice.
Approximate Age: 20’s to 40’s
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: F3
The Bowery Beauties
Female performers at Medda’s Theater
Gender: female
Teen to Adult
Stage Manager
Introduces Medda’s act
Gender: both
Approximate Age: 20’s to 50’s
Nuns
The three nuns offer breakfast to the hungry newsies. Could cast additional nuns.
Gender: female
Approximate Age: 20’s to 60’s
Photographer
Takes the triumphant photo of the newsies at the end of “Seize the Day”
Woman
A newspaper customer.
Mr. Jacobi
Allows the newsies to congregate in his restaurant to plan their strike – when he doesn’t have any paying customers, that is.
Gender: both
Approximate Age: 30’s-60’s
Policemen
Assist Snyder and turn against the newsies in the fight that concludes Act One.
Gender: male
Approximate Age: 20’s to 60’s
Mayor
The Mayor of New York City rebuffs Pulitzer’s attempts to shut down the newsies’ strike.
Gender: male
Approximate Age: 40’s to 60’s
Governor Teddy Roosevelt
A well-respected lifelong public servant, inspires Jack to stand up to Pulitzer.
Gender: male
Approximate Age: 50’s to 60’s
Please direct questions to Lorianne Dunn at 417-351-3996/lorianned@springfieldlittletheatre.org or Beth Domann at 417-869-3869 x12/bdomann@hotmail.com.
Summer Institute – Session II: Disney’s Mary Poppins, JR.
Anything Can Happen If You Let It!
Springfield Little Theatre Summer Institutes are all-inclusive theatrical training grounds for experienced musical theatre performers ages 4-18 resulting in six public performances on the historic Landers Theatre stage! Be a part of a full scale production—a whirlwind two-week process from beginning to end! It’s sure to be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Based on one of the most popular Disney movies of all time and the Broadway musical that played for over 2,500 performances and received multiple Olivier and Tony Awards nominations, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins is capturing hearts in a whole new way: as a practically perfect Broadway Junior musical!
The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.”
Rehearsals/Camp Days: Monday-Friday, July 23 – August 4
Ages 4-7, 9:00am – 11am • Ages 8-18, 9am – 4pm
Performances: Friday, August 3 and Saturday, August 4, 10:30am, 12:30pm and 2:30pm
Previous involvement required for participation.
Contact The Education Department to learn how to satisfy the pre-requisite!
Technical Theatre Camp – Session II
If You Build It, They Will Come!
An incredible opportunity for students 12 and up to gain training, insight, respect for, and hands on experience in technical theatre from SLT’s own Scenic Designer Chuck Rogers, Lighting/ Sound Designer Jamie Bower, Costumer Kris Haik, and SLT summer support staff.
Students enrolled in this camp will not only gain a valuable skill set, but they will also help to create the sets, costumes, and props, as well as serve as the technical crew, for the SLT Summer Institute production of Mary Poppins, JR.
Rehearsals/Camp Days: Monday-Friday, July 23 – August 4
Ages 12-18, 9am – 4pm
Performances: Friday, August 3 and Saturday, August 4, 10:30am, 12:30pm and 2:30pm
No Previous Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!
Theatre Administration Camp – Session II
Keep Calm and Get It Done!
What goes on in the main office in preparation for a production? How does a show get marketed? How do we make a show profitable? How do our supporters get recognized? What goes into planning for the next camp? How do we juggle it all? Learn about and be a part of it all in Theatre Administration Camp in conjunction with Disney’s Mary Poppins, JR.
Please Note: This is not a performance camp. You will be working in the SLT business office under the direct supervision of the production/camp assistant.
Rehearsals/Camp Days: Monday-Friday, July 23 – August 4
Ages 12-18, 9am – 4pm
Performances: Friday, August 3 and Saturday, August 4, 10:30am, 12:30pm and 2:30pm
No Previous Experience Necessary. All Are Welcome!