<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><font color="#274e13">ONCE ON THIS ISLAND</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Directed by Eugene Sumlin<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Music Directed by Stacy Bolton<br>Stage Managed by Alex Boyd</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Auditions will be held on:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px 40px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Monday, October 28, 6-8 PM, </span> Monticello Middle School Auditorium, 3665 Monticello Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44121</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Tuesday, October 29, 6-8 PM, </span>Monticello Middle School Auditorium, 3665 Monticello Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44121</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Callbacks will be held on October 30, 6-9 PM by invitation only</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">If you are not called back, please know that does not mean you are not cast.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Please note: If you are not available to audition on this date please e-mail <u style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="mailto:hytstagemanager@gmail.com" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(36,131,208);text-decoration-line:none">hytstagemanager@gmail.com</a></u>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Rehearsal and performances will be held at:<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Monticello Middle School Auditorium</span>, 3665 Monticello Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44121</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Casting Information:  All roles are available. HYT is committed to non-traditional casting.  Actors will be cast solely on the basis of talent, except in cases where age, race or physical ability is essential to a role.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">WHAT TO PREPARE:</em></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Grades 6-12</span></p><ol style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px 40px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:decimal">One selection in the style of the show up to a minute in length (ie- one verse and one chorus).</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:decimal">Accompanist provided (no acapella singing) Bring complete sheet music.</li></ol><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Grades 1-5</span></p><ol style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px 40px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:decimal;text-align:left">Please learn the lyric below to “Why We Tell the Story”.  We will help you practice a little before you sing alone  – Understanding the words you are singing is a huge bonus. Parents, we encourage you to explain the lyrics to your kids before they audition.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON1gtzdEiwM" class="external" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(36,131,208);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON1gtzdEiwM</a>  (go to 2:07)</li></ol><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">So I hope that you will tell this tale tomorrow</em><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">It will help your heart remember and relive</em><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">It will help you feel the anger and the sorrow</em><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">And forgive</em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Everyone please bring a <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">headshot or photo</span> (Resume optional) and fill out the audition form, found at the top of this page, prior to coming to audition. Also, please list all conflicts on the audition form or come prepared with your conflicts to complete a form at auditions.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">We will be looking for the following when you audition:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px 40px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc">Ability to sing consistently on pitch and with expression</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc">A solid sense of beat and rhythm</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc">Overall preparation (knowledge of song and self-presentation)</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc">Positive Behavior</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Rehearsals will begin <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Monday, November 4. </span> Rehearsals will be Monday – Friday, 5:00-8:30 pm. Please note there will be a few Saturday rehearsals for principal characters only. You will not be called every day, only when you are needed to work.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Attendance at ALL tech week rehearsals, <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">sitzprobe on January 12</span> (where the orchestra and cast will play and sing through the show), as well as all performances, is mandatory. Tech week begins January 12th-16th</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Production Dates*:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px 40px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc">Friday, January 17 & 24, 7 PM</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc">Saturday, January 18 & 25, 2 PM</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc">Sunday, January 19 & 26, 2 PM</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">*subject to change</em></p></div></div></div>