SHOW OVERVIEW
In the suburb of Brookfield Park live three best friends; Vanessa, Tiffany, and Amber. They get pretty much whatever they want. This is particularly true of Vanessa, who is her “Daddy’s Little Princess.” Mysteriously, Vanessa finds herself magically transformed into a frog. Not knowing what to do, the trio enlists the help of Brianna, a well-grounded brainiac and the smartest girl in their school. She discovers that Vanessa was transformed by an evil application she had downloaded onto her smartphone. The only way she can hope to regain her human form is to give up her selfish ways. Vanessa tries to earn her transformation by teaching a group of children to sing. While the singing is successful, the transformation was not. Brianna determines that since she did this for only self serving reasons, it didn’t work. Will Vanessa ever return to human form? Or will she remain a frog forever and force Tiffany and Amber to go to the mall without her? Find out as you experience The Frog Princess.
REHEARSALS
Saturdays 9:00 am – 11:00 am (Everyone)
Saturdays 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (Leads)
TECH REHEARSAL/PERFORMANCES
Each cast will have a tech rehearsal on February 24th or 25th, and perform three shows, February 26-March 1, 2025.
VENUE
Rehearsals and shows take place at the EDMT rehearsal facility, located at:
4949 Windplay Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
TRAINING SHOW AUDITION WORKSHOP
This one-day workshop is open to performers between 5-9 years old who have been in two or less EDMT productions. The audition workshop is not mandatory to participate in the training show production, but it is a great way to prepare for auditions. Cost is $50.
Note: You have to register to participate in the training show separately.
Date/Time: Saturday, November 2nd, 9:00am – 12:00pm
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 Frog Princess dance audition.
- The story and characters in The Frog Princess, 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 clean closed-toe shoes and comfortable clothes to dance in. If your performer has an audition song they would like to sing please have them bring an electronic file in one of these formats, .MP3, .WAV, .AIF, .M4A.
The audition workshop takes place at the EDMT rehearsal facility, located at:
4949 Windplay Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
ABOUT EDMT’S TRAINING SHOW PROGRAM
- Training Shows are an ideal way for young people to start learning about performance and theatre. For young people who already have some theatre experience, it is a unique opportunity to gain further experience acting, singing, and dancing onstage.
- Our Training Shows start with the key theatre terms and performing. Performers then progress through actually staging a performance. The show itself is a “lighter” production that is perfectly suited to younger performers.
- The audition parallels the audition process used by El Dorado Musical Theatre and most other stage performance groups. Since all participants perform onstage, auditions are for determining who will perform each specific role.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Vanessa …………………………………The girl who thinks she’s a princess until she becomes a frog.
Tiffany ………………………………….One of Vanessa’s best friends.
Amber …………………………………..Vanessa’s other best friend.
Brandon* ………………………………A brainiac who is enlisted to help Vanessa regain human form.
(Brianna if role is played by a girl.)
Chris* …………………………………..One of Brandon’s friends who is in the school show.
Jamie* ………………………………….Another of Brandon’s friends who is also in the school show.
Miss (or Mr.) Smith* ………………The teacher who is trying to get the students to sing.
Student 1* …………………………….A student in the library who bumps into Brandon.
Student 2* …………………………….A student who gives Brandon some news.
* Roles that can be cast with either a boy or a girl.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
“Magic Everywhere” ………………………………………………………..Full Cast
“It’s All About Me” …………………………………………………………..Vanessa
“So Why Should I Help You?” …………………………………………..Brianna
“The Anything Song” ………………………………………………………..Vanessa, Tiffany, Amber and Cast
“Will I Always Be This Way?” ……………………………………………Vanessa
“I Love To Sing” ……………………………………………………………….Full Cast
“Magic Everywhere” (reprise) ……………………………………………Full Cast
REGISTRATION
Online registration begins Tuesday, December 3rd, at 8:00pm on this webpage and closes when full or on December 13th, at 8:00pm, whichever comes first. (If the cast is full you may choose to be placed on a waiting list.) Everyone registered will be in the show. Auditions are to determine who will perform specific roles.
- No cast requests.
- Please review the calendar thoroughly.
- Do not register if you will miss more than two rehearsals.
- [New to EDMT: Bring a copy of your birth certificate to your audition to verify your age.]
AUDITIONS
Saturday, December 14th, starting at 9:00am at EDMT’s Rehearsal Facility. Arrive 15 minutes before your audition time to check-in.
- We will send an email after registration with instructions on how to submit music electronically for auditions.
- Upon arrival to auditions you will be measured for costumes.
- Auditionees will be seated by number in a row of 10 chairs in the audition room. Parents are invited to watch. When your number is called, you will come forward, introduce yourself and your song, and then sing for up to one minute.
- After 10 sing, they may choose to recite a few lines, provided by the artistic staff, to be considered for a role.
- Next, 20 auditionees will dance for the staff in small groups. Some groups of auditionees will sing first and dance second, and others will dance first and sing second. The audition dance video will be emailed on Saturday, December 7th.
- At that point, the first 10 are excused and the next 10 sing and recite lines.
CAST LIST
The cast list will be posted on the EDMT website on Thursday, December 19th, at 8:00pm.
COST
$300 Tuition Fee. This is paid online by credit card at the time of registration. Additional expenses may include the purchase of personal items such as changing garments and shoes; and those which are completely optional, such as a cast photo or t-shirt, etc.
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 the cast list is posted.
- NO refunds of tuition will be made once the cast list is posted on the EDMT website, 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.
REHEARSALS
Saturdays 9:00 am – 11:00 am (Everyone)
Saturdays 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (Leads)
- Saturday, January 11th is the first rehearsal.
- 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 February 22nd or Tech Rehearsal/Performances on February 24th-March 1st.
- Missing any of these important dates may result in being dropped from the show.
Rehearsals will take place at EDMT, 4949 Windplay Drive, in El Dorado Hills, CA.
PARENT MEETING
There is a PARENT MEETING on Saturday, January 11th, 10:15-11:00am (parents of ensemble) and 11:30am-12:00pm (parents of leads). You will receive important information critical to the success of your cast member and the show.
SHOW FAQs
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 participants can sing or dance and to determine who can best perform each role. Participants are not expected to arrive fully versed as a performer since that is what they are learning in rehearsals.
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 use an electronic music file (acceptable file formats are .MP3, .WAV, .AIF, .M4A). 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 clean 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 four casts with 30 performers each. Those 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.
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 Producer. Please avoid disrupting rehearsals by going directly to the artistic staff.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For any additional questions or information about The Frog Princess please contact Producer, Zoi Jones, at [email protected] or call the EDMT office at (916) 941-7464.