Getting Started

I hope that your child/children understand the process of applying to audition for middle school one act play.  Today packets were available in the office as well as Teresa Kuehler’s room.  Students need to complete the packets; parents need to initial each page, and an administrator needs to sign a portion of the form attesting to their absences and tardies, etc.  The packets are due September 9, and students may either take them to the middle school office or to Teresa Kuehler. Next to the packets is a calendar with rehearsals marked. So, if your child did not  pick up a packet with the calendar, he/she has the opportunity to do so next week.  On September 9, students may pick up the scripts.  Auditions are September 15^th from 2-4/4:30 in the high school auditorium.  The first rehearsal is Tuesday, September 17 at 5PM.

 

In the calendar, rehearsals are marked.  We will always rehearse Sunday afternoons 2-4 or later  (it will not interfere with church) and Tuesdays from 5-7, or later.  The closer it gets to contest the more rehearsals we will have.  After scripts are memorized, we will rehearse Wednesdays 3;30-4:14 for those not in cross country  and from 3:30-4:15 on Fridays of home games.  Right now, the contest is slated for December 6^th, and we do not know the location. 

 

Excused absences – students are limited to three. Excused absences are illness; death; and participation in another UIL event.   Tardies – 3 tardies = 1 absence.  Students cannot miss rehearsals the week prior to contest unless it is for another UIL academic event. 

 

The easiest way to keep up with schedules is to access Shallowater’s Chocolate Factory blog at http://shallowaterschocolatefactory.blogspot.com/

 

49 students have signed up to be part of one act play.  UIL limits us to 15 actors and 5 crew.  However, we usually carry extra students who can help organize, create props and costumes, help with set design, poster design, program design, T shirt design, and critique performances for each rehearsal.  We need understudies and alternates. Students who do not receive a part may want to help with creative jobs this year and audition again next year. Michelle Lira, a former student, began as a student who wrote critiques, and she was a stage manager; she went on to star in plays in high school. Everyone who participates in this endeavor creates the end product. 

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me – Cindy Couch ccouch@shallowaterisd.net or 806-470-9940.