Audition Information
- Monday, Oct 28: Audition Workshops (after school, 4-5:30pm)
- Wednesday Nov 13: Vocal Auditions, 4-6pm
- Thursday Nov 14: Acting Auditions, 4-6pm
- Friday, Nov 15: Dance Auditions, 4-6pm
- Monday, Nov 18: Callbacks, 4-6:30pm
- Feb 28-March 2: Mamma Mia Performances
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do auditions/casting work?
A: There are three separate sections of the audition...Singing, Dance, and Acting. Each section will be scored, these scores help to make decisions about callbacks and casting.
Q: Do I have to audition with all three areas (singing/dance/acting)?
A: There are three 'audition paths' this year. What you audition with will be dependent on what sort of role you are interested in.
Q: Do I have to find my own material to audition?
A: No. At the audition workshops, you will be provided with audition songs (sheet music and tracks), you will be taught the audition dance, and you will be provided with the acting scenes.
Q: Do I have to attend audition workshop to audition?
A: Attendance at audition workshops isn't required, but you will be expected to know what is taught at the workshops, as well as the information that is covered. If you aren't able to attend the workshop, make sure someone is there taking good notes for you.
Q: What if I've never been on stage before, or am not a good singer/dancer/actor?
A: Don't let that stop you from coming out. There are many roles within the show, for many levels of talent/experience. Come to the workshops and give it a shot!
Q: What does the rehearsal schedule look like?
A: We will rehearse the last two school weeks of December (weeks of Dec 9 and Dec 16)
Daily after school rehearsals will begin when we return from winter break on Jan 2.
Most daily rehearsals will go from 4-6pm, Friday rehearsals will be from 4-7pm
The final two weeks (beginning Feb 17), rehearsals will run later than 6pm.
Q: Do I have to be in a Performing Arts Class to audition?
A: No, anyone can audition as long as they are a student enrolled at Pinecrest.
Note: If you are a senior and graduating early, you are not eligible to audition.
Q: Do only juniors/seniors get leading roles?
A: No, someone's grade is not taken into account during casting. If an underclassmen is best for the role, they will be cast.
Q: Does everyone who auditions get cast?
A: Not always. While I wish we could cast everyone who auditions, we cannot have a cast of 118 actors for our musicals. Some years everyone who auditions does get cast. However, some years, we have a larger turnout for auditions, and some people do not get cast.
Q: Does it cost anything to do the musical?
A: There is no cost to perform in or work backstage for the musical. There are fundraising and sponsorship opportunities to help offset production costs, and we ask that families help towards this if they are able. But these are not required to participate.
A: There are three separate sections of the audition...Singing, Dance, and Acting. Each section will be scored, these scores help to make decisions about callbacks and casting.
Q: Do I have to audition with all three areas (singing/dance/acting)?
A: There are three 'audition paths' this year. What you audition with will be dependent on what sort of role you are interested in.
- Vocalist Path: Vocalists (Pit Singers) will be singers for the show, but will not be on stage. If you are auditioning to be a pit singer, you will only need to do the vocal audition.
- Ensemble Path: If you want to be on stage as a singer/dancer, but do not want a larger leading role, you will audition with at least dance auditions (everyone who wants to be on stage must do a dance audition). We recommend you do a vocal audition as well, but that is not mandatory.
- Lead Path: If you are interested in a larger leading role , then you will audition with vocals, dance, and acting.
Q: Do I have to find my own material to audition?
A: No. At the audition workshops, you will be provided with audition songs (sheet music and tracks), you will be taught the audition dance, and you will be provided with the acting scenes.
Q: Do I have to attend audition workshop to audition?
A: Attendance at audition workshops isn't required, but you will be expected to know what is taught at the workshops, as well as the information that is covered. If you aren't able to attend the workshop, make sure someone is there taking good notes for you.
Q: What if I've never been on stage before, or am not a good singer/dancer/actor?
A: Don't let that stop you from coming out. There are many roles within the show, for many levels of talent/experience. Come to the workshops and give it a shot!
Q: What does the rehearsal schedule look like?
A: We will rehearse the last two school weeks of December (weeks of Dec 9 and Dec 16)
Daily after school rehearsals will begin when we return from winter break on Jan 2.
Most daily rehearsals will go from 4-6pm, Friday rehearsals will be from 4-7pm
The final two weeks (beginning Feb 17), rehearsals will run later than 6pm.
Q: Do I have to be in a Performing Arts Class to audition?
A: No, anyone can audition as long as they are a student enrolled at Pinecrest.
Note: If you are a senior and graduating early, you are not eligible to audition.
Q: Do only juniors/seniors get leading roles?
A: No, someone's grade is not taken into account during casting. If an underclassmen is best for the role, they will be cast.
Q: Does everyone who auditions get cast?
A: Not always. While I wish we could cast everyone who auditions, we cannot have a cast of 118 actors for our musicals. Some years everyone who auditions does get cast. However, some years, we have a larger turnout for auditions, and some people do not get cast.
Q: Does it cost anything to do the musical?
A: There is no cost to perform in or work backstage for the musical. There are fundraising and sponsorship opportunities to help offset production costs, and we ask that families help towards this if they are able. But these are not required to participate.