GCP JUNIOR COMPANY AUDITIONS
All
auditions are in Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater and start
promptly at 9 a.m.
- NEXT AUDITION -
Saturday, May 31, 2008
9 a.m. in Roger Rocka's Dinner
Theater for the pre-shows:
CHICAGO PRE-SHOW
& THE PRODUCERS PRE-SHOW
Saturday, September 27, 2008
9 a.m. in Roger Rocka's Dinner
Theater for the pre-shows:
SOMETHING'S AFOOT PRE-SHOW
& THE #1 SHOW OF
2009 PRE-SHOW
ABOUT THE
JUNIOR COMPANY
WHAT: Good
Company Players Junior Company of performs in a 15 to 20-minute
Pre-Show before each show at Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater in
Fresno's Tower District. The Pre-Show features this young people's
company
singing and dancing, both as a group and as soloists. It's like
a mini-musical revue.
WHO: The
Junior Company usually numbers 18-20 young people, aged 8 to 16 years. Good Company
Players looks for
a balanced mix of ages,
sizes, and boys-to-girls, as well as performers whose strength is
singing, or dancing, or both. Formal voice and dance training is
not a pre-requisite for acceptance into the Junior Company.
Talent is only one of the attributes sought in
Junior Company members: potential, a high degree of motivation, maturity, and
commitment
are other qualities that successful Junior Company members need to
demonstrate.
These attitudes must also apply to school work,
since Company members must maintain an acceptable grade average.
We expect Junior Company members and their families
to take the performance commitment as seriously as we do, so only extraordinary
rehearsal
or performance conflicts are accepted. Historically, it has been
better for all concerned for Junior Company members who develop a
pattern of conflicts to resign from the Company.
WHEN: The
Junior Company rehearses on Saturdays during the day. The performance commitment
is very time-consuming:
the Pre-Show goes
on six times a week, Wednesday through Sunday with two shows on most
Sundays. A Junior Company is normally formed for two Pre-Shows at
a time; the total time commitment can run from 14 to 19 weeks.
WHY: Good
Company Players is committed to providing training and experience for motivated
youngsters. In the 23 years
since the first
Junior Company was formed, "alums" of this group have played
key roles in GCP shows; many have had professional training and careers
for which the Junior Company was an acknowledged foundation.
HOW: Auditions
for the Jr. Company are 3 times a year,
and any interested youngster is welcome to try out. Current members
of the Junior Company must try out each time to retain their place
in the Company.
The audition consists of singing a memorized
song.
We ask that auditioners to bring in sheet music. We
provide an accompanist at the auditions and need to hear the auditioner sing
with the pianist, not a capella
or with tape. The song should be sung simply, directly to the listeners without
any choreographed movements.
There is a dance portion of the audition,
but no preparation is required. A choreographer will teach some steps and
evaluate the young people's ability to learn and perform them. We know not everyone
may be equally strong as a singer or dance, that people have their special strengths
that contribute to the Company. But we do look at the attitude the
auditioners
bring to all parts of the audition process.
Apart from the singing and dancing, those trying
out are often asked to line up on stage and just stand there and be looked at,
or to tell us about themselves
informally. We are interested in seeing how comfortable they are with being watched,
if they can stand quietly or if they get easily bored, or chat with their neighbors.
So much of what the Junior Company does requires concentration and patience.
At the end of the morning, all auditioners line
up on stage and do a vocal exercise that tests their ability to hold pitch in
part singing. Much of what the Junior
Company does is blend as a group, so this skill is an important one.
Finally, the casting decision will be made based on talent, perceived potential
and on other factors: the ratio of boys to girls, the range of sizes and types
- these things also go into the casting decision.
For more information,
visit the Jr.
Company Web site
If
you have any questions about the audition process
or about
the Jr. Company Program, please call
Good Company Players
office at
559-266-0211
GCP
Auditions Calendar
Good
Company Players is an amateur theater company which produces
plays in both The 2nd Space Theatre, and at Roger Rocka's Dinner
Theater. Any member of the community is welcome to audition for
all roles in all shows.
Performers and crew members are volunteers seeking
training and/or a recreational outlet. GCP makes an effort to defray the expenses
of performers and crews with a nominal expense reimbursement, issued at the end
of the show's run, but no volunteers are paid to participate.
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