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This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley. It’s 1955, and into a square little town in a square little state rides a guitar-playing young man who changes everything and everyone he meets in this hip-swiveling, lip-curling musical fantasy that’ll have you jumpin’ out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Jailhouse Rock,” and “Don’t Be Cruel.”
Auditions for the on-stage cast will begin promptly at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 31 and 6 p.m. Monday, August 1 at Marathon Center for the Performing Arts located at 200 W. Main Cross Street in Findlay. Check-in will begin 30 mins before auditions begin. Callbacks, if needed, will be Tuesday, August 2 at 6 p.m.
All students in grades 6-12 who wish to audition or apply for the technical crew must register and complete the required forms which can be found online at https://marathoncenterarts.org.
Students only need to attend one day of auditions. Those auditioning for the on-stage cast need to come prepared for movement. Youth interested in technical crew will only need to register online.
All youth participating in the production (as an on-stage cast member or technical crew member) and their parents must attend a mandatory meeting on Monday, August 8 at 6:00 p.m. at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts. Informational packets will be handed out and questions will be answered. All on-stage cast members will be measured for costumes. A read-through of the script will continue for the on-stage cast members until 8 p.m.
Youtheatre strives to teach the importance of commitment, therefore, attendance and punctuality are documented and may affect future Youtheatre participation.
REHEARSALS are 6 – 8 pm Monday - Thursday beginning Monday, August 8. We will also practice on select Sundays in September. Dress rehearsals will be held nightly during the week of the show and are mandatory for all cast/crew members. Students may not be needed at every rehearsal. A detailed rehearsal schedule will be released after casting which will attempt to comply with any listed conflicts.
PARTICIPATION FEES: All youth participating in the production must pay the following participation fee according to their role in the production: $60 for on-stage cast members and $25 for technical crew members.
PARENT COMMITMENT: Youtheatre is a family affair! At the parent meeting on Monday, August 8 at 6pm, parents will be asked to volunteer on pre-show and show-week parent committees. Committees cover every aspect of producing a show, including building and painting sets, costumes, backstage supervisors, dressing room supervisors, cast party and many more. Our shows would not be possible without the dedication and investment of each family!
CAST OF CHARACTERS
- NATALIE HALLER – A young woman and an excellent mechanic. She’s much more at home in greasy overalls than in a dress.
- CHAD – A great-lookin’, motorcyclin’, guitar-playin’, leather-jacketed roustabout.
- JIM HALLER – Natalie’s widowed father. Middle-aged and messy, he still longs for his wife.
- SYLVIA – The no-nonsense owner of SYLVIA’S HONKY-TONK.
- LORRAINE – Sylvia’s teenage daughter. Pretty, smart and a total romantic.
- DENNIS – An awkward young man. He aspires to be a dentist.
- MISS SANDRA – The beautiful, intellectual caretaker of the town’s museum.
- MAYOR MATILDA HYDE – The town’s very conservative mayor.
- DEAN HYDE – Matilda’s teenage son. He has spent his youth at military boarding schools, and he has never disobeyed his mother.
- SHERIFF EARL – The law in town and a man of not many words. He loyally follows the Mayor wherever she goes.
- HENRIETTA – A townsperson, one of NATALIE’S friends.
- MALE & FEMALE ENSEMBLE play an assortment of TOWNSPEOPLE.