Announcing our Fall play!

Amelia and the Stupid Book

Performances December 5th, 6th, and 7th

A play about fitting in, your first crush, getting revenge, and reading a private journal.  In other words, just your average year in the life of a middle school student.

                                             Crew List

Our first crew meeting will be after school until 5:30 next Wednesday September 25th.  Meet in the Drama room M15.

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Stage Managers Payton Sita, Anoushka Kumar, Rutva Vaishnav

Lillian Rzegocki

Anahita Pande

Kaavya Suresh

Moriah Zeller

Chloe Scantlebury

Nishita Srivastava

Ariana Villa

Joshua Basil

Sravya Vuppamandla

Hannah Simon

Sri Sai Vidisha Vanjarapu

People I added whose names were difficult to read on the sheet

Zoetsom (I really am not sure on this one…) 7th Grade

Henry Wernolk-(Or something close to that)  7th grade 

Saanvi S- 8th grade, sorry I couldn’t decipher how to spell your last name correctly!

 Cast List

Our first rehearsal will be Friday the 20th after school until 5:30.  Please remember to bring a peanut free snack.

Narrator 1-  Kaia Janssen

Narrator 2-  Patrick Kenison

Facts and Stats-  Hindavi Gaikwad

Amelia- Leah Gorder

Gummy Bear-  Elliot Knapp-Levy

Sadie- Aditi Warke

Willow- Grace Castleton

Sam- Satvika Chittineni

Xander-  Max Beachy

Kyle-  Jake Scamahorn

Molly- Madison Knight

Betty - London Smith

Joey-  Ali Dogan

Ms. Malone- Katie Robertson

Parts to still be assigned to Chorus Actors Include

Kelly

Liam

Adrien

Amelia’s Dad, 

Shakespeare

The Brothers Grimm

Adrein’s mom

Regina G

Noah, 

Jack, 

Bobbie/Billie, 

Tribe Leader, 

Tribe Members, 

Students, 

Teachers

Chorus Actors

Kelsey Ignacio

Nora Bynum

Sharene Carriaga

Karthi Senthilkumar

Seerit Kaur

Dhriti Sandeep

Maya Hall

Ray Ellison

Brigham Bond

Sanaa Balaji

Emmanuel Charles  

Diya Dinesh

Yahel 

Sanakshi Juturu

Gyun Nayyan

Seul Bahn

Miles Reid

Noah Robertson

Audrey Wickliffe

Sara Nava

Sahasra Kamisetti

Sruthi Vijayababu

Arhan 

Ayaan S

Cora Kalainoff

I want to thank everyone who showed up to audition.  Everyone did so great!  As always I was looking for people who could be loud on stage, be expressive and not have too many conflicts.  There were quite a few great actors that came to auditions, but had too many conflicts to be considered for the play.

Casting a show in a school is a difficult process.  A lot of different elements go into my casting decisions.  A director spends quite a bit of time with a script before the audition process even starts, reading it over and over again.  Which means that the characters are very much alive in my head.  I can hear their inflections, imagine their facial expressions… in other words I’ve really gotten to know them.  Sometimes one actor will come in and they portray a character exactly the way that I imagine them, and that is how an actor gets the part.  Another big factor can be behavior in past productions.  If I cast you before and you were always talking during directions, or never had your lines memorized when you were supposed to, then you may not be ready for a lead role.  

And finally, actors don’t get up on stage in a bubble.  They have to relate to other actors and connect with them onstage.  Sometimes two actors are able to get onstage and act as if they’ve known each other for five years instead of five minutes, and if a show needs that chemistry on stage, then those actors are going to get the roles.  There are a lot of elements you can't control, and if you didn't get the part you were hoping for, all I can say is keep trying!  Try out for the spring show and see what happens.  Don't give up, even though I know it can be really hard.