Sets Under Construction : We're Almost There

Ms. Sell-Dane gives some pointers on texture painting the fountain

Painting away....

Mrs. Montz hard at work

Chip's tea cart getting finishing touches

Mr. Martinez and Mr. Sponsler play a game of "catch"

Time for the Rose Window to come together

And there it is...

The beginnings of Belle's small provencial town

The town coming together

Mr. Curschman checks out the library and west wing sets

 

 

 

Sister Dorothy pays us a visit



We Open One Week From Today!!

Thanks to all of our cast and crew for coming to rehearsal last night.  I hope the crew enjoyed seeing the show and getting a feel for what they'll be doing during our performances.

Cast:  You did a great job last night.  As always, there's still room to polish and improve some things, but we'll work on those things Sunday and next week.

We move from today's Royal Wedding to our own Fairy Tale Wedding next week!

Congrats to all, keep the excitement up, and keep singing the music!!!

Final Rehearsal Schedule

·        Wednesday, 4/20

o   (Rehearse All Scenes without music; NO SCRIPTS ALLOWED! Needed: Narrators, Silly Girls, Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Madame, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Babette, Gaston, Lefou, Maurice, Monsieur D’Arq, 5-8pm)

·        Tuesday, 4/26

o   (Run Act 1, 6-8pm; All Cast; COSTUME CHECK: Please bring your costume, including shoes so we can be sure you have everything you need)

·        Wednesday, 4/27

o   (Run Act 2, 7-9pm, All Cast)

·        Thursday,4/28

o   (Run entire show 6-8pm All Cast; Tech Crew watches show)

·        Sunday, 5/1

o   (Run entire show 4-7pm with All Cast & Crew)

·        Tuesday, 5/3

o   (Run entire show 6-9pm, All Cast & Crew)

·        Wednesday 5/4

·        (Tech Rehearsal with CREW ONLY, No Cast,  6:30-8:30pm)

·        Thursday 5/5

o   (Full Dress Rehearsal with Cast & Crew)

§  Performance 7pm

§  Call Time: 5:30pm for Cast & Crew at PLC

·        Friday, 5/6 School Performance 12:30pm

·        Friday 5/6 Performance 7:30pm

o   Call Time TBD

·        Saturday, 5/7 Performance 7:30pm

o   Call Time TBD

o   CAST PARTY Immediately Following the Show

Only 20 Days Until Opening Night!

Our sets are continuing to take shape.  Thanks to Mr. Sponsler, Mr. Moran, Dr. Timmel, Mr. van Dijk and Mr. Curschman for all of their help today.

Mr. van Dijk paints the Town Square fountain.

Mr. Sponsler and Mr. Moran test the frame of the stained glass window for the castle.

A little more to the left...

Mr. Sponsler spray paints the window frame black while Mr. Moran makes sure no one sees they don't have drop cloth on the ground.

Only 20 Days Until Opening Night!

Our sets are still moving along and taking shape.  Here

Rehearsals 4/13, 4/15 & 4/17

Here's what is on tap for this week:

 

 

Wednesday 4/13

• WHAT: Review all lines you have in Act 1
• WHEN: 2:00 - 4:00pm
• WHERE: PLC Stage
• WHO: Gaston, Lefou, Beast, Belle ONLY

 

Friday 4/15

• WHAT: Rehearse all of the Major Music numbers  (Belle, Gaston, Be Our Guest, Human Again, Beauty & The Beast)
• WHEN: 12:00 Noon, Mrs. Montz will have the cast dismissed and escort them to the PLC; Lunch served 12:30pm to 1:00pm (Cheese Pizza, Drinks, Cookies.  You may bring your own lunch if you prefer not to have pizza); Rehearse from 1:00pm to 4:30pm
• WHERE: PLC Stage
• WHO: ALL CAST

 

Sunday 4/17

• WHAT: Run all of Act 2  (End of Scene 7 through Scene 13)
• WHEN: 1:30pm - 5:00pm
• WHERE: PLC Stage
• WHO: ALL CAST

Production Notes

Just a few shots of our set construction coming along.  You should sign up with Ms. Sell-Dane if you can and help out. 

Samantha, Maddie and Emmanuel paint the forest scenery.

Ms. Sell-Dane checks in on the painting.

Mrs. Montz helps add books to the book case.

Our 16-foot stained glass window design.

Mrs. Egan helps roll out the acetate that will form the basis of the stained glass window.

Your fearless leader helps outline the individual panes of glass.

Things are really starting to take shape.

Can you spot the rose?

The "stained glass" begins to bring the window to life thanks to Mrs. Egan and Caroline Montz.

Ryan, Justin and Peter sanding down the mugs to be painted for the "Gaston" scene.

Lots of New Rehearsal Info

Hi Everyone.

Great rehearsals today.   To update you on Thursday night’s performance for the Oration Contest:

·        Meeting time 7:00pm

·        Meeting location: Music Rehearsal Room behind the stage; please use the backstage door at the loading dock to enter.

·        Our performance time will be after the eight speeches.  For this reason, we need to plan to be there until about 9:00pm.

·        Your costume:  We anticipate having the Beauty and the Beast Tee-shirts early this week.  Mrs. Montz will distribute them at school as soon as she has them.  Please wear a (non-shredded) pair of blue jeans with your Cast/Crew Tee-Shirt.

PLAY REHEARSALS THIS WEEK: (*Please note we have added additional time and days to get caught up!)

Wednesday 4/6/11

·        When: 2:30-4:30pm

·        Where: PLC Theater

·        What: “Human Again” Blocking

·        Who:  Belle, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Madame, Babette (Beast can come at 4:00pm)

·        4:30-7:00pm

·        What: Block Scene 11 (ending after Beauty and the Beast, pages 103 to 105), and Scene 13, including “Home Reprise” and “Finale”

·        Who:  Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Madame, Babette, (Lefou and Gaston come at 5pm)

Friday, 4/8/11

·        When: 3:00-5:00pm

·        Where: PLC Theater

·        What: Blocking for Scenes 2, 8, 10, 12

·        Who:  Belle, Beast, Monsieur D’Arque (Mac), Gaston, Lefou, The Four Narrators, Maurice,  The Wolves (Abby Kranich, Nicole Budel, Alex Alatriste, Meredith Popper)

Sunday, 4/10/11

·        When: 1:30-5:00pm

·        Where: PLC Theater

·        Run ALL of Act 1  (Prologue through Scene 7)  WE WILL RUN THIS WITHOUT SCRIPTS, SO PLEASE COME PREPARED!!

·        Who:  ALL CAST MEMBERS

Rehearsals 4/3/11

The Genesian Players have been asked to perform a song at the annual school Oration Contest next Thursday, April 7th.  I would like the entire cast, and any crew members who would like to join us, to sing "Belle."  We will do this as a song, with no stage movement or choreograhpy.  We will rehearse this coming Sunday, so all chorus and principle characters need to be there, and again, I want to invite any crew members who'd like to sing with us to come and rehearse as well.  We will perform wearing blue jeans and our new Beauty and the Beast Cast & Crew Tee-shirts, which we plan to distribute next week. This will give us our first taste of performing together for an audience, and it will give us a chance to promote the show.

Rehearsals then, will be:

SUNDAY APRIL 3RD  in PLC 

• 1:30PM- 3:00PM  All chorus plus Belle, Gaston, Lefou, Silly Girls and Book Seller (and interested crew members) rehearse the song "Belle" (crew members may leave at 3pm)
• 3:00PM- 4:00PM  All chorus, plus Belle, Silly Girls, Gaston and Lefou rehearse "Belle" and "Gaston" numbers (singing and stage movement/choreography)
• 4:00PM- 5:00PM  All chorus finish blocking "Be Our Guest" and rehearse that number

THURSDAY APRIL 7TH in PLC 

• 7:30PM - 9PM (We're trying to shorten this time based on when the actual performance takes place and will let you know)  All cast and interested crew perform "Belle" song for Oration Contest
• (We will meet in either the chorus room behind the stage or in one of the upper rooms.  Separate email will confirm)