ANYTHING GOES!!

Over 85 auditions later...our cast has been chosen and we are beginning our journey! This is the second largest amount of people we have had audition in my ten years here (after Beauty and the Beast). Every audition cycle I worry- will we have enough people? Will we have the talent to fit the roles? Will people even show up ??? And they always do. One of the fantastic things about this cast is that out of 60 of them, 26 are either brand new to our stage or have only appeared in one previous show. I think one of the wonderful things about our 'veterans' is how they welcome the 'newbies'- and how many newbies come to us each show. Seeing the amount of new people who want to work on our stage says something about not only the quality of our shows but also the quality of our people on and offstage. Seeing all the new faces that want to join out family lets me know that we're heading in the right direction. Tonight we're beginning with our first vocal rehearsal- we'll do about 2 weeks of music rehearsal to be sure the vocals are solid before we start serious choreography. On Wednesday we're throwing a little something called 'Tap Camp' for the cast- our Tap Captain, Bethany Herron, will be starting the process of teaching our actors to tap- I'll keep you posted!