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LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center - 940 New Hampshire Street\, Lawrence \, KS 66044
DESCRIPTION:<h5><b>Calling all singers, dancers, and actors in grades 4-12!</b></h5> <h6><b>IN-PERSON AUDITIONS</b></h6> <h6><b>Sunday, April 28 | 1 pm–6 pm</b></h6> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Callbacks: Monday, April 29 & Tuesday, April 30</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Audition for all June & July shows. Please Register by April 26!</span> <span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong><a class="btn" style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScm91tMpffoqXX88Tn7uHq2w0zlQR8CHJ_ufyY_GQpXvUae5w/viewform">AUDITION REGISTRATION </a></strong></span> <hr /> <h5><b>What should I prepare for auditions?</b></h5> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please prepare 16 bars of a Broadway or pop song.  WE WILL PROVIDE AN ACCOMPANIST</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please prepare a brief monologue or poem (30-60 seconds)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wear clothes you can move in. There will be a short dance call</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arrive at least 15 mins early to your audition time</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fill out the above audition form by Friday, April 26</span></li> </ul> If you would like to audition, but aren’t available at the above time please submit your materials for a VIRTUAL AUDITION, below. Have questions about how to audition, or wondering what to expect?  Check out the link below for a walk through on how the audition process works. <a class="btn" href="https://lawrenceartscenter.org/summer-youth-theatre-auditions-how-to/">SYT How to Audition</a> <h6><strong>Virtual Auditions</strong></h6> <ul> <li>Accepted now through Friday, April 26,  5 pm</li> <li>To audition, prepare 16 bars of a Broadway or pop song and a brief monologue/poem</li> <li>Record your audition on a device and submit at the link below</li> <li>Fill out the audition form and submit your virtual audition</li> </ul> <a class="btn" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScm91tMpffoqXX88Tn7uHq2w0zlQR8CHJ_ufyY_GQpXvUae5w/viewform">SUBMIT VIRTUAL AUDITION</a> <hr /> <h5><strong>When are auditions & callbacks?</strong></h5> <h6><b>Auditions:  Sunday, April 28th</b></h6> <h6><b>LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER MAINSTAGE</b></h6> <span style="font-weight: 400;">1 pm:  Grade 8</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">2:30 pm:  Grades 4 & 5</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">4:30 pm:  Grades 6 & 7</span> <h6><b>10TH & MASS STUDIOS, STUDIO A</b></h6> <h6><b><i>Address: 1000 Massachusetts Street</i></b></h6> <span style="font-weight: 400;">2:30 pm: Grades 9 & 10</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">4:30 pm:  Grades 11 & 12</span> <h5><b>Callback Auditions</b></h5> <h6><b>Monday, April 29th</b></h6> <span style="font-weight: 400;">4:30-7 pm:  </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Grades 4-8, Main Stage (All are Called Back!)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">6-9 pm:  </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Puffs</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Grades 8-12, 10th & Mass, Studio A (All are Called Back!)</span> <h6><b>Tuesday, April 30th</b></h6> <span style="font-weight: 400;">6:30-8:30 pm: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alice in Wonderland</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Grades 4-8, 10th & Mass, Studio A (All are Called Back!)</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">6-9 pm:  </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cabaret,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Grades 8-12, Main Stage (Selected Callbacks!)</span> <hr /> <h5><b>How does the SYT program work by grade?</b></h5> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">4th graders can choose between participating in the 1st-4th grade camps or the 4th-8th program.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">8th graders can choose between participating in the 4th-8th grade program or the 8th-12th program.</span></li> </ul> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Not sure what to grade to audition for? Go by the grade you will be in April 28, 2024.</span> <hr /> <h5><b>What if I have a conflict on audition day?</b></h5> <span style="font-weight: 400;">If you CANNOT audition in person on Sunday, April 28th, then you may submit a video audition.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">***</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be sure to include a link to your video audition in the registration form, which is listed above.</span></i> <hr /> <h5><b>What is your SYT conflict policy?</b></h5> <span style="font-weight: 400;">If an actor has more than 3 conflicts they will be automatically placed in the ensemble.</span> <hr /> <h5><b>Do you offer financial assistance?</b></h5> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes! We offer financial aid assistance & SYT scholarships.</span> <a class="btn" href="https://lawrenceartscenter.org/financial-assistance-at-lawrence-arts-center/">FINANCIAL AID</a> <a class="btn" href="https://lawrenceartscenter.org/scholarships/">SCHOLARSHIPS</a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Questions?</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> <a class="btn" href="mailto:elizabeth@lawrenceartscenter.org">CONTACT US</a></span> <hr /> <b style="color: rgb(35 31 32/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-size: 1.75rem;">When are rehearsals & performances?</b> <strong>JUNE SHOWS</strong> <strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;">SYT 4th-8th Grade, Junior Musical:  </span></span><i>Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition</i></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Rehearsals: 3 Weeks, M-F, May 28-June 13 | 1-5pm</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Performances:  Fri. June 14 | 7 pm & Sat. June 15 | 2 pm & 7 pm</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re off to see the wizard!  After a tornado whisks her away to the magical land of Oz, Dorothy teams up with a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodsman and a Cowardly Lion to find the mighty Wizard of Oz, who can send her home. Along the way, they must avoid the clutches of the Wicked Witch of the West, who is trying to steal the mysterious magic slippers that once belonged to her evil sister... but are now on Dorothy's feet. </span> <strong>SYT 8th-12th Grade, Senior Play:  <i>PUFFS, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years At A Certain School of Magic and </i><i>Magic</i></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Rehearsals:  4 weeks,  May 28-June 20 | M-TH 4–9:30 PM & Friday 4–7 PM</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Performances:  Fri. June 21 | 7 pm & Sat. June 22 | 2 pm & 7 pm</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">In this hilarious parody of a familiar story, three potential heroes are just trying to make it through a magic school that proves to be very dangerous for children. Alongside them are the Puffs, a group of well-meaning, loyal outsiders with a thing for badgers. Their epic quest takes the classic story to new places and reimagines what a boy wizard hero can be.</span> <strong>JULY SHOWS</strong> <strong>SYT 4th-8th Grade, Junior Play:  <i>Alice in Wonderland</i></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Rehearsals:  3 weeks, M-F, July 1-18 | 1-5pm</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Performances:  Fri. July 19 | 7 pm & Sat. July 20 | 2 pm & 7 pm</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">With the help of a Cheshire Cat, an astute Caterpillar, and a righteous Humpty Dumpty, Alice must find her way home and discover who she really is. With original music composed by Ric Averill, this play with music is designed specifically for our Summer Youth Theatre 4th-8th graders.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Adapted from Lewis Carroll by Ric Averill. Commissioned for home production and national tour by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.</span> <strong>SYT 8th-12th Grade, Senior Musical:  <i>Cabaret </i></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Rehearsals:  4 weeks, July 1-25, M-TH 4–9:30 PM & Friday 4–7 PM</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Performances:  Fri. July 26 | 7 pm & Sat. July 27 | 2 pm & 7 pm</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Daring, provocative, and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of Bohemian Berlin as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.</span> <hr /> <h5><b>Important SYT Dates</b></h5> <span style="font-weight: 400;">SYT Auditions for ALL summer shows: April 28</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">SYT Callbacks: April 29 & 30</span> SYT Parent Meeting - ZOOM: May 15, 5:30-6:00pm <ul> <li><a href="https://lawrenceartscenter-org.zoom.us/j/84339110936">https://lawrenceartscenter-org.zoom.us/j/84339110936</a></li> </ul> <span style="font-weight: 400;">June SYT Rehearsals Begin for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wizard of Oz, & Puffs</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">: May 28</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Junior Musical Performances, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wizard of Oz</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">:  June 14 & 15</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">No Rehearsals, Juneteenth, Holiday, LAC is CLOSED: June 19</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Senior Play Performances, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Puffs</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">: June 21 & 22</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">June Strike & Pool Cast Party for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Puffs</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">: June 23</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dark Week, NO SYT: June 24-June 30</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">July SYT Rehearsals Begin for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alice in Wonderland & Cabaret (1998 Version)</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">:  July 1</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">No Rehearsals, Happy 4th of July: July 4 & 5</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Junior Play Performances, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alice in Wonderland</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">: July 19 & 20</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Senior Musical Performances, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cabaret</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">: July 26 & 27</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Full SYT Strike & Cast Party for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cabaret</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">:  July 28</span> <hr /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Have questions about SYT?</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> <a class="btn" href="mailto:elizabeth@lawrenceartscenter.org">CONTACT US</a></span>  
SUMMARY:Auditions | Summer Youth Theatre 2024
ORGANIZER:Lawrence Arts Center
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