Artistic Manager: Anjie Rose Wilson
Producer: Amber Wilson
Director: Joey Baciocco
Choreographer: Emily Hobbs
Vocal Director: Ty Rhoades
Asst. Director: Madeline L’Engle
Asst. Choreographer: Ashley Slavin
Asst. Choreographer: Mackenzie Haar
Asst. Vocal Director: Cameron Renstrom
Technical Director: Zach Wilson
In the middle of all this, the Junior League of Superheroes, (InvisiGirl, Stupendous Boy, ElectroZap, Zip, and Ice Cube) have simultaneously lost their super powers. Can they still be heroes without any special powers? Even their brilliant scientific advisor, Professor “Y,” is stumped.
Meanwhile, “Tantrum” (a supervillain) plots to take over Capital City while the Junior League of Superheroes is powerless. He has a device called “The Big Red Button.” When it is pushed, time stops. During these frozen periods Tantrum can do whatever he/she wants; rob a bank, steal a car, or even change someone’s answers on a test to ruin their score.
What will happen to Capital City? Is the JLS doomed to disappear: and its members destined to simply grow-up to become baristas? Will Tantrum get his way? Find out int “The Junior League of Superheroes.”
TECH REHEARSAL/PERFORMANCES
Each cast will have a tech rehearsal on April 6th, and perform three shows, April 7-9, 2022.
VENUE
Rehearsals take place at the EDMT rehearsal facility, located at:
5011 Golden Foothill Parkway, Unit 4, in El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
Junior League of Superheroes performance location: TBD
Saturday, January 22nd, 10am – 1pm
Participants will learn from EDMT’s Founder and Artistic Director, Debbie Wilson:
– Exactly what to expect at the audition.
– How to choose audition songs. Participants will receive a Google Drive link of appropriate audition songs that they can use.
– How to drill your introduction, what to include, and why your introduction is so important!
– Dance steps that are in the Training Show dance audition.
– The story and characters in Junior League of Superheroes, including getting to practice lines from the show.
Plus, everyone will get a chance to do a full practice audition to gain experience.
Parents attend for FREE and are strongly encouraged to attend so they can assist their young performer. Only 1 parent per child registered may attend.
Performers wear closed-toed shoes and comfortable clothes to dance in. If your performer has an audition song they would like to sing please have them bring it on a CD.
Our Training Shows start with the key theater terms and performing. Student performers then progress through actually staging a performance. The show itself is a “lighter” production that is perfectly suited to younger performers.
The first class is a real audition that parallels the audition process used by El Dorado Musical Theatre and most other stage performance groups. Since all students who enroll in the class participate and perform onstage, auditions are for determining who will perform each specific role.
NEW participants to EDMT since August 2020 are required to sign an EDMT Waiver and Release Form. Once registered, participants will receive the waiver via DocuSign. The form must be signed and returned prior to the first rehearsal.
[New to EDMT: Bring a copy of your birth certificate to your audition to verify your age.]AUDITIONS
Wednesday, February 16th, beginning at 4:00pm at EDMT’s Rehearsal Facility. Arrive 15 minutes before your audition time to check-in, be measured for costumes and have a photo taken for the program.
CAST LIST
The cast list will be posted on the EDMT website on Friday, February 18th at 12:00pm.
REFUND POLICY
– Registered cast members will receive a full refund of tuition, minus a $50.00 processing fee if they remove themselves from the cast before February 17th, at 6:00pm.
– NO refunds of tuition will be made once the cast list is posted on the EDMT website on February 18th, except in extenuating circumstances such as death in the family, medical injury, serious illness, or surgery not known about prior to auditions.
– To request a cancellation prior to the cast being posted, send an email to [email protected]. Make sure to include performer’s name, parent’s name and phone number, and reason for canceling.
– NO refunds of tuition will be given to cast members removed from the cast by EDMT staff for behavioral reasons.
Note: Auditionees and their parents are aware that rehearsals require the cast member to have the ability to focus for two hours, with one break.
The first rehearsal is on Saturday, February 19th.
It is extremely important that you review the calendar from the website and provide any schedule conflicts on audition day. Please DO NOT REGISTER if your schedule has more than 2 conflicts on NON-mandatory dates or ANY conflicts on Dress Rehearsal on April 2nd or Tech Rehearsal/Performances on April 6th-9th. Missing any of these important dates may result in being dropped from the show.
Rehearsals will take place at EDMT, 5011 Golden Foothill Pkwy, Unit #4, in El Dorado Hills, CA.
NEW participants to EDMT since August 2020 are required to sign an EDMT Waiver and Release Form. Once registered, participants will receive the waiver via DocuSign. The form must be signed and returned prior to the first rehearsal.
Jerry (Jeri) Rivers* – The other News Anchor for Channel One News
InvisiGirl – One of the members of the JLS. She has the power to turn invisible. She leads the JLS.
Zip* – One of the members of the JLS. He/She can move at amazing speeds. Zip can run so fast, he/she is just a blur.
Stupendous Boy – One of the members of the JLS. He can fly. He’s faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to …oh you get the idea.
Ice Cube* – The fourth member of the JLS. He/She can transform naturally occurring water in the air into ice and form it into any shape or form.
ElectroZap* – The fifth member of the JLS. He/She can produce powerful bursts of electricity. Once ElectroZap sneezed and shorted out all the cell phones in a one mile area.
Professor “Y”* – The brilliant scientific advisor to the JLS. He/She has the last name Yebstrenski, so people just say Professor “Y.”
Tantrum* – The supervillian who plots to take over Capital City using “the Big Red Button that can stop time.”
*These roles are not gender specific and can be cast with either a boy or a girl.
MUSCIAL NUMBERS
Where Have Our Heroes Gone? ……Full Cast
Ordinary Kids ……JLS 5
Draw the Line ……Cast
I Always Get My Way ……Tantrum
It Has To Do With Unity ……JLS 5 and Full Cast
Who can participate?
Boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 9. (Age as of the date of auditions.)
Why do we have auditions?
The purpose of the audition is to determine how well students can sing or dance and to determine who can best perform each role. Students are not expected to arrive fully versed as a performer since that is what they are learning in the class.
What are the audition song requirements and preferences?
Choose an age appropriate song, preferably from a musical, no longer than one minute. Performers may sing acapella (voice alone with no accompaniment), or with an instrumental CD or electronic music file (acceptable file formats are .MP3, .WAV, .AIF, .M4A). Bring a burned CD with the cut of music you will use for the vocal audition. Or email an edited music file where you will start singing to [email protected]. The file must be able to be played and transferred (not a song off of Spotify).
What to wear to a dance audition?
Dress comfortably for a dance audition. (Clothes and shoes that allow you to move easily, NO sandals or thick boots.) Everyone is expected to participate in the dance audition.
What is the class/cast size?
Participants are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Depending on the number of registrants, we will have a maximum of three casts with 30 performers each. Students who apply after the first 90 spots are filled will be placed on a waiting list.
Will siblings be placed together in the same cast group? Can we request to be in a cast group with a friend?
Cast groups will be created by the artistic staff to meet the needs of the show. Siblings will be placed in the same cast. There are NO FRIEND REQUESTS for cast groups for this show.
Are masks required?
Masks are optional for all performers, staff members and volunteers while on site. Performers will not wear masks when performing onstage. This policy is subject to change.
Can parents observe rehearsals?
Only registered performers, rehearsal monitors and staff members may be on site while rehearsals are in progress. Parents are not invited to observe.
How will drop off and pick up work?
All performers should enter EDMT through the front door entrance and arrive 10-15 minutes before their scheduled rehearsal time for check-in. After rehearsal, performers will exit EDMT through the front door. A Rehearsal Monitor will wait with the performers in front of the building until parents arrive. Please arrive on time to pick up your performer(s).
Who do I go to when I have a question?
Please direct all questions to the Show Coordinator or Producer, (Mrs.) Chris Hobbs. Please avoid disrupting rehearsals by going directly to the artistic staff.
