Grandville High School Theater

Monday: 3-4:30ish “Kids” Choreography. (280)

Who needs to be there:The MacAfees (not Kim), adult female ensemble, guys who aren’t in the bar scene or named teen roles.

Tuesday: 7AM “A Healthy Normal American Boy” music(Choir)

Who needs to be there: All Ensemble, Albert.  Juniors are excused due to ACT.

Tuesday: 3-6PM Music Session/ Full cast meeting. (Choir)

Who needs to be there: Everyone. If you cannot be there, you need to provide a written reason no later than Monday. Matt Miller, I already know you won’t be there.

Wednesday: 3-6 Act 1, scenes 1-6 “Working” (Aud)

Who needs to be there: Everyone. We will be starting to fit people for costumes.

Guys, bring “slacks” and jeans. You may also bring button down shirts to match. We have some in the cove, but you are welsome to bring your own.

Girls, if you have a slip, bring it. You may also want to bring a leotard or white/neutral tank-top to put on while you try on costumes.

Bring things to do (like your homework!) to stay quiet when you are not on stage. We may need to run things several times. Plan to stay until 6. Bring snacks if you know you will get hungry, butyou will need to eat them outside of the auditorium.

NOTE: YOU MUST WEAR SHOES IN THE AUD. I WILL KICK YOU OUT IF YOU DON’T HAVE SHOES ON.

Thursday: 7AM “Kids” music (choir)

Who needs to be there:The MacAfees (not Kim), adult female ensemble, guys who aren’t in the bar scene or named teen roles.

Thursday: 3-5:30 Act 1, scene 7-2.1 “Working” (Aud)

Who needs to be there: Everyone.

Friday: 3-6 “Put on a Happy Face” Choreography (Aud)

Who needs to be there: Albert, the “sad girls”

The directing team would like to thank everyone who auditioned for Bye, Bye Birdie! It was exciting to see so many new faces and so much new talent. If your name is on the lists below, congratulations, you are in the cast! Please clear your schedules for next week, including for Tuesday after school for an all-cast meeting and read through. If you were not cast, we hope that you will consider being involved with the show as a part of our crew. Please stay tuned to the announcements for further information.

Thanks to everyone who auditioned. We have a great group of talent! Before we make our final selections, we would like to see the following people on THURSDAY after school in the auditorium starting at 3:00:

Atticus Auchter

Jared Bugbee

Allie Gullett

Katelyn Lewis

Rebecca Lynch

Sarah Malone

Andrea Mellendorf

Matt Miller

Toby Miller

David Nagelkirk

Jacob Northuis

Travis Root

Jenny Shaffer

Waverly Sisson

Jared Yoakem

Please see Mrs. Fischer in room 166 (1-3^rd hours), P-17 (4^th hour), or room 174 (5-6^th hours) to pick up your call back packet.

The final cast list will be posted online on Thursday night. All cast members should plan to attend a read through rehearsal on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Dance auditions will be held on Monday Feb. 13 in project room 280 starting at 3:00. You will need to sign up for a 10 minute session. Please show up at least five minutes early to warm up, since we will start teaching the routine right away. Please wear comfortable clothes and dance shoes if you have them.

Vocal auditions will be held in the choir room on Tuesday from 3-5 and 6-8. If you wish to be in the ensemble, you may learn the music at the audition. If you want a major role, you will need to prepare one of the solo audition songs available on the bulletin board outside of room 167.

Mr. Gossett will be available in the choir room starting at 7 AM on Feb. 8-10 to help you learn the music.

SYNOPSIS OF BYE BYE BIRDIE

Bye Bye Birdie is a satire that takes place in 1958 and centers around an Elvis Presley type rock and roll superstar (Conrad Birdie) who is drafted into the army. His agent and song writer (Albert Peterson) and Albert’s secretary and love interest (Rosie Alvarez) plan a farewell performance for Birdie on the Ed Sullivan television show, which they hope will provide the publicity to sell his new song “One Last Kiss” and bring Albert’s company out of debt. At the conclusion of the performance, Birdie will give a real kiss to a lucky girl from his fan club.

The lucky girl is randomly chosen is Kim MacAfee from Sweet Apple, Ohio, and is a avid member of the local Conrad Birdie fan club. Albert and Rosie come to Sweet Apple to prepare for Birdie’s arrival and things begin to unravel. Kim’s father (Harry MacAfee) begins to get excited about the thought of being on the Ed Sullivan Show with his daughter and Kim’s new steady (Hugo Peabody) starts to get jealous of the thought of Kim kissing Birdie on national television.

After Birdie’s arrival in Sweet Apple, things continue to come undone as Birdie’s charms enrage Hugo to punch him out on national television as he embraces to kiss Kim. Later, Birdie confesses that he is tired of show business and goes out on the town with the kids to show them how to party. This leads to Birdie’s arrest. Meanwhile, Rosie is getting tired of waiting for Albert to propose and figures that eight years is long enough. She is also tired of Albert’s domineering mother (Mae Peterson) who is constantly interfering in their relationship. Rosie goes out on the town and stumbles into a Shriners’ meeting, leading to a humorous ballet sequence.

The show ends with Albert bailing Birdie out of jail prompting Birdie to ask Albert to be his agent forever as he gets on the train toNew Yorkand his induction into the army. Kim and Hugo make up as Hugo proposes to Kim and Albert finally decides to propose to Rosie to tie up remaining romantic knot before the show’s finale.

Synopsis and character list taken from: http://www.civic.bev.net/sme/byebyebirdie/Birdie_info.html#characters

Thank you to all who auditioned for this winter’s production of You Can’t Take It With You.  Our final decision was extremely difficult as so many of you auditioned well.  We hope to see you all involved with Grandville High School productions in the future!

The following people should plan on attending our script read-through tomorrow from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in room 266.  Please see Ms. Smith in room 266 with any questions that you may have.  

Penelope Sycamore ~ Dani Niewenhuis

Essie ~ Kassie Blok

Rheba ~ Andrea Mellendorf

Paul Sycamore ~ Nik Sanders

Mr. DePinna ~ Alex Miller

Ed ~ Brett Brooks

Donald ~ Matt Miller

Martin Vanderhof (Grandpa) ~ Steven DeVries

Alice ~ Natalina Auchter

Henderson ~ Andrew Fishback

Tony Kirby ~ Gideon Stoner

Boris Kolenkhov ~ A.J. Muusse

Gay Wellington ~ Haleigh Smith

Mr. Kirby ~ David Nagelkirk

Mrs. Kirby ~ Sarah Malone

Grand Duchess (Olga) ~ Kailee Page

G-Man ~ Grant VanderKallen

If your name appears on the list below, please report to the auditorium at 3:00 pm tomorrow (Thursday) for call back auditions.  See Ms. Smith in room 266 if you have any questions.

Steven Aldrich

Natalina Auchter

Kassie Blok

Max Bloomquist

Anna Bradley

Brett Brooks

Jared Bugbee

Alex Cortade

Steven DeVries

Jared Dobbs

Kaity Doyle

Andrew Fishback

Katelyn Lewis

Xavier Love

Sarah Malone

Andrea Mellendorf

Alex Miller

Matt Miller

A.J. Muusse

David Nagelkirk

Dani Niewenhuis

Kailee Page

Mary Pham

Danny Ruiz

Taylor Senkowski

Haleigh Smith

Sarah Stecher

Gideon Stoner

Grant VanderKallen

Join us in the Grandville High School auditorium on Nov. 17, 18, and 19 for the GHS Theatre production of a wild west version of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.  Show times are 7:00 each night.  Tickets are available at the box office the night of the performance, at lunches at Grandville High School the week of the show, or by calling 254-6334 to reserve them.

Many thanks to everyone who auditioned.  You are a talented group and made our decision very difficult.  We hope to see you all involved with Grandville High School productions in the future!

 The following people should see Mr. Tower to pick up a script and a rehearsal schedule, and should plan to attend the orientation rehearsal scheduled for Monday, September 26, from 3:00 – 5:30 in the auditorium.

Christopher Sly……Andrew Fishback

Lord……Jared Bugbee

Bartholomew, the page……Jacob Foster

Hostess / Widow……Haleigh Smith

1^st Huntsman & Servant / Vincentio……Dylan Warren

2^nd Huntsman & Servant / Merchant……Grant VanderKallen

3^rd Servant / Messenger / Officer……David Fitzpatrick

Katharina……Natalina Auchter

Bianca……Meredith Barnes

Baptista……Steven DeVries

Petruchio……Nik Sanders

Gremio, suitor to Bianca……Brett Brooks

Hortensio, suitor to Bianca……Alex Miller

Lucentio……Gideon Stoner

Tranio, Lucentio’s servant……Max Bloomquist

Biondello, another servant to Lucentio……Alex Courtade

Grumio, Petruchio’s servant……Daniel Ruiz

Haberdasher……Atticus Auchter

Tailor……Sarah Malone

Curtis, Petruchio’s house-servant……Amanda Charboneau

Nathaniel, another servant……Andrea Mellendorf

Philip, another servant……Dustin Shaver

Joseph, another servant……Waverly Sisson

Nicholas, another servant……Kyle McVey

Peter, another servant……Ryleigh Galer

Townspeople and Wedding Guests……Megan VerHage, Kaity Doyle, Phoenix Lofquist, Rachel Behl, Michelle Galdys

Many thanks to everyone who read for us at auditions.  The final cast list will be posted here on Friday night, or posted on the bulletin board outside Room 167 on Monday morning.

Before the cast list can be posted, Mr. Tower needs to see the following people at a call back audition in the auditorium on Friday, Sept. 23, at 3:00.  No need to prepare anything.  Just come to the call back and we’ll give you the material you need.

 Max Bloomquist

Brett Brooks

Jared Bugbee

Alex Courtade

Steven DeVries

Jacob Foster

Toby Miller

Daniel Ruiz

Nik Sanders

Dustin Shaver

Gideon Stoner

Grant VanderKallen

Dylan Warren

Natalina Auchter

Meredith Barnes

Rachel Behl

Amanda Charboneau

Kaity Doyle

Ryleigh Galer

Phoenix Lofquist

Waverly Sisson

Haleigh Smith

Katie Tiesma

Megan VerHage