<p>MTMinded, I do not wish to name the theater, state, or shows on the forum. My D is an intern for the summer, is also cast in the mainstage musical, and is also in a musical production put on for youth audiences. An Equity Small Professional Theater is one of the 30 regional or national codes or contracts that Actors Equity has with theaters. There are classifications of contract agreements that AEA has with different sorts of theaters. The theater my D is working at has a Small Professional Theater contract. To read about these various codes/contracts/agreements, visit actorsequity.com.</p>
<p>Soozievt: I am so sorry! It just seemed to me that many people said where their kids were working and what shows they were doing. I didnât know you wished not to share with us about your D, we have heard so much about her! I thought you were waiting for your D to decide which offer she would take.</p>
<p>Thanks for the Equity website.</p>
<p>I apologize.</p>
<p>Hi Liz!!</p>
<p>Joe is doing fine how about you? We are starting the college stuff and would sure love to learn about some of the inâs and outs. Please let us know of any suggestions! Did Joe ever send you the pictures? If not email me your address and I will get a disk off to you ASAP. You know how boys are! It is wonderful to hear from you. I just hope this year is as wonderful for him as last. Take care</p>
<p>Show lists for first session go up tommorow yay! Iâm excitied to see how our CCâers faired in casting. I leave for OCUs pre college program on Sunday. Yay for 8 am flights, which means getting to the airport at like 6 30 ew. There doing Bye Bye Birdie, and iâm so scared on like pins and needles. Of course they decided to put the dance audition first, ack, oh well we shall see how it goes, and then off to SDM for 3rd session. Btw mtboymom has your son ever done Applause in NYC?</p>
<p>No we are from FL so he is not able to be a part of them. They sound terrific though!</p>
<p>Konnie just posted the show list on the SDM Site:</p>
<p>ELSIE THEATRE: TOMMY, URINETOWN.
PLAYHOUSE: WILL ROGERS FOLLIES, HELLO DOLLY.
FORUM THEATRE: BLOOD BROTHERS, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.
CABARET THEATRE: AâŠMY NAME IS ALICE, JOSEPH and the AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT.
CAROUSEL THEATRE: BLUE COLLAR BLUES, THE CHICAGO GYPSIES.
MERMAN: WOMEN IN WHITE, THE WOMEN.
GARDEN THEATRE: OUR TOWN.</p>
<p>I was just going to post those lol. I wonder who got Hope in Urinetown and Dolly . Tommy is the Whos Tommy right? Also they mention Women in White, that wouldnât be the Webber show that just closed on Broadway would it?
Ahh I <3 Our Town.
BrownSugar. how did your D. do in casting?</p>
<p>Also who is directing what. Does anyone know? I have a feeling Jeff Murphy is doing Urinetown, I dont know why.</p>
<p>DG, if you saw Konnieâs note, then you know she didnât say who is directing what production. I believe that Tommy is The Whoâs Tommy, and Women in White is a straight play, not the ALW show that closed recently on Bâway.</p>
<p>Since youâve asked, Iâm delighted to report that D got a terrific supporting role this session. She is thrilled that they recognized her development this year and gave her more responsibility than they did last year.</p>
<p>Happy for your daughter, BrownSugar!</p>
<p>Did your D fill you in on certain directors for each show? OTC, Players ensemble stuff? Anything she told you that would interest us â do tell!</p>
<p>Does anyone know how a person can find out whether the Stagedoor Manor (Stagedoor) documentary is going to be shown in his or her area? I keep hearing about the film and I know my D would love to see it. But I canât seem to find out where it is playing or how people can see it.</p>
<p>I spoke with the filmâs director and she told me it will soon be available from Netflix and is scheduled to eventually be on the Sundance Channel. I would keep checking. I assume the info will be also posted on the SDM website.</p>
<p>NotMamaRose, I only know what Freelance mentioned above. I havenât seen the documentary and my own kid is in it!</p>
<p>MattyB:
Director of Urinetown is Jeff M.
Director of Will Rogers Follies is Larry.
Director of Our Town is Michael R.</p>
<p>And since you know these kids, the only ones I know about are:
M.J. is Will Rogers. J.L. is Bobby Strong. M.K. is Officer Lockstock. B.Z. is Little Sally. S.M. is the female main role in Blood Brothers. Thatâs all I know, sorry. You know those kids. The little girl my D coaches at home is Mrs. Potiphar in Joseph but you donât know her as she went first session last year. Sheâs 11 anyway, lol.</p>
<p>An 11 year old Mrs. Potiphar? Thatâs hilarious. Of course, perhaps she is a mature looking 11, right? Reminds me of that scene in the movie, Camp, where the Ellen character has to sing a love song from Dreamgirls to a six year old boy. (You may recall that the story line had the older brother complaining to the powers that be that the camp didnât put on enough black musicals or shows, and he and his little brother did not want to be in Fiddler on the Roof! So in the movie, they cast a white girl â one of the leads of the movie â as one of the Dreamgirls and had her sing to this cute little 6 year old!) </p>
<p>Only in musical theater.</p>
<p>NotMamaRose, I believe that JosephâŠDreamcoat is the so-called âkiddieâ show this session, so it would make sense that Mrs. Potiphar is being played by an 11 year-old.</p>
<p>Well, that makes sense, and what I said did not! (Nothing unusual about that! :)) </p>
<p>Unfortunately, I have never been to SDM and my kids have not attended there. (A family whose child did go there really slammed the program to us a few years back, and now I am sorry I took their word for it, as so many of you have had excellent experiences and I am betting that my MT D would have loved the program. Just goes to show you: never listen to only ONE person!)</p>
<p>Way to, Mrs. Potiphar!</p>
<p>L</p>
<p>Lisa,
Each three week session, 13 full scale productions are put up. Eight are musicals and five are plays. There are no official age ranges for each production. However, usually one of the musicals (commonly called the âkiddie showâ) has a cast that ranges from 8-13 roughly. Kids that age may also be in other productions. For instance, Will Rogers Follies is an older kidsâ production but needs some younger characters. Some productions are a bit in the middle school age range. Some productions have a wide age range and some are primarily ages 14-18. By having some productions for a younger age range, it allows some of the strong younger campers to play significant roles. As well, the oldest kidsâ shows are appropriate for their level. It kinda depends on the show. For instance, the lead male in Urinetown is entering Yale in the fall and another lead is entering CCM and so the level of show for them differs than the level of the show for those in the âkiddie showâ.</p>
<p>As BrownSugar mentions, this sessionâs so called Kiddie show is Joseph. It is funny cause the 11 year old from our community who takes voice lessons with my Dâs teacher but my D coaches her for auditions, is quite small for her age and looks younger than she is! Of course, you did not realize the age range of the show. Even if the age range is 8-13, a young kid can play a lead. For instance, my D was Rose in Bye Bye Birdie and Emma Goldman in Tintypes when she was just 10 and TiMoune in Once on This Island at 11. So, there are different âlevelsâ of shows there. </p>
<p>Besides the shows, the kids are involved in taking classes each day. There is a balance between training and production experiences.</p>
<p>Soozievt, it sounds just great. Since my conversation (in a Broadway theater at the previews of Little Shop, just to add detail here!) I have heard so many great things about SDM. I just wish I had looked into it sooner! This weekend, my two Ds and I watched CAMP again together, and I didnât realize until then that it was filmed at the camp. Does Stephen Sondheim really come to the benefits there? How cool.</p>