Artistic Director s Notes: Please review the following notes. The notes on top are the most recent.

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1 Artistic Director s Notes: Please review the following notes. The notes on top are the most recent Great job at the Parent Preview everyone. Mrs. DeNardo said you did a great job in the Green Room! Keep up the good work. We will have a dress rehearsal Saturday. Please have all your costume pieces in your box for head shots Thursday. All costumes stay in box. When you get here Thurs. And Sat. you will change. We will have dress rehearsals every Sat. unless otherwise noted. For head shots on Thursday: You may wear light makeup and have your hair done. Please make sure you are rehearsing at least 5-10 minutes per day, including reviewing your lyrics and music. Lionesses singing off stage need to learn the lyrics and songs. You need to either meet with Edwin about this or help each other when you are not on stage. In Circle of Life make sure you don t go too fast as you go around the circle. Also, make sure you stay off of the gray carpet. No one should be standing directly behind Pride Rock. All: Watch timing on the music here. Lionesses: In Circle of Life you need to sing your alternate part louder and more confidently. Anela: Nice job taking on this! Need to make your entrance and work on chant as you come down the steps. Really command the animals and draw them in to the celebration. All Animals: Need to play the animals. Nice job Isabella Combs. You are always playing your character. Grasslands Chant: Need to bring out platform so Mufasa and Simba can sit on it. Need volume and review lyrics in this song. I Just Can t Wait to Be King: Andrew and Ava, really nice job. Need to interact with each other more. Remember you are best friends. Need to make choices to show that. Jianna: Need to respond to them the whole time. Nice job singing and playing the character. Make bigger choices as Zazu. Michael: Do not wave to your mom in the audience. That is breaking character.

2 All: NEVER BREAK CHARACTER. Be Prepared: Scar: Nice volume and choices. Keep going back into the script and making choices, respond to the hyenas. Respond to Mufasa. Hyenas: When you are eating the bones, face out to audience. Create different levels. Bigger falling over and kicking feet. Bigger hysterical laughter. Hakuna Matata: Nice job everyone. As they are eating the grubs all those on stage should be focused on them and leaning over with hands on knees in levels. Timon, Pumba, Simba need to be closer to stage so the spot light can hit you. Marco: I LOVED YOUR CHOICE COMING DOWN THE STEPS. NEED TO MAKE THOSE STRONG CHOICES EVEN MORE!!!!!! Shadow lands: Makenna: Really nice facial expressions. Keep doing that and making a connection. At some point choose to look up and focus. Anela/Makenna: Really build the moment of your blessing and have it give her strength. Arianna work with Anela on this additional part in this song. Finale: Everyone needs to sing with more enthusiasm. You need to learn these lyrics. When you all come down, you need to kneel instead of sitting. No one should be standing behind Pride Rock Everyone needs to go to the website, upstageplayers.com to access the music and rehearse for 5-10 minutes per day. Circle of Life: Nice job Anela stepping in. Don t step on gray carpet. Sing louder. No pushing when touching hands, feet shoulder width apart, Leave hands up until we call black out. Don t break characters. Need to exit half and half.

3 Scene 2: Olivia you should be there in the black out. Molly needs to run around Scar more. Mufasa walk up the steps. Can t hear you. Fix that bench. Scene 3: It should be the other rock. Ensemble B: Feet together. Need grass in hands. Look around Lionesses. Look all around hunting. Simba/ Mufasa go over these lines. Page 23. Morgan tell him more direct him more. Ensemble B: Stand with grass, feet together, looking up to the light booth. Need to add buzzards into this scene. Sophie your interaction with Simba needs to be facing him. Grab his hand and take him out. Sophie lost your lines. Scene 4: What s out there, look out there. Simba really try and see what he s talking about. Stay on stage Scar, pat his head, let him run off, then call the black out. Scene 5: When you are circling around the rock face inward towards Lauren. Michael need to come downstage. Wave her over there. Keep looking over the shoulder. Whine NO Not ZAZu. P. 28 go over Lionesses. You are jumping lines. P. 29 after blackout. Ensemble be farther back so we can t see you. Michael should be closer to audience when walking. Nice job Singing. Nice facial expressions Nala. Sophie need to be grumpy with them, more facial expressions throughout the whole dance,

4 Aggravated/exasperated. Maybe cross arms, look away towards an audience member. Don t smile, or look at the floor. Louder at the end Mara too slow going off. Don t break character. Scene 6: Mariah let s try the rock up stage more in every scene. Need to go over pinned ya. Hyenas come down on creepy music. Pick up these lines faster. Grab Nala pick her up Rebecca. P. 52: Scene 7: Mariah Pride Rock should be upstage. Stanley need to be ready for the set transitions. Morgan review the song. Scene 8: Olivia I can t hear you. Need to be closer to Simba When you are talking to him. Know where you are going and when. Be confident. Ask questions, go over you. Andrew you cannot laugh. Stand up be after. Scar you should cross to down right. Andrew run through the audience. Everyone exit when the lights go out/ Becca The Mourning: You are standing on the rock. Scene 9: Abigail Need to play Hakuna Matata without words. Hakuna Mata What is your focus? Eat like us. Ensemble A PUt your hands on your knees. Too far up. Timon, Pumba, Simba. Won t be in the light. Need to be half way up. Scar s Cave: Scene 10: Move the stool to corner

5 Scene 11: Shadowland I can t help crying in this song. You all sound beautiful. Thank you. Excellent facial expressions Makenna. Scene 12: Bigger jumps, Marko, ignore them. too loud backstage. Love pointing up Timon. Nice job standing in Deklan! Marko loved you looking up watching over us. Grace nice laughing. Timon/Pumba flail arms all over the place. Nala don t say who are you, until the music stops. Makenna keep yourself open, watch that downstage shoulder. PUmba, the king, actually kneel down. Makenna/Marko: Go over these lines. I missed you. Makenna, smack his hand. Instead of looking directly at each other, shift out a little. When Makenna is singing, what are you doing Marko? Just walk Marko. Slow down with your lines, remember to be in the moment. Drop the flower. Marko, lost lines on reflection. Marko you can choose to look up to Rafiki. Rafiki sing to Simba, touch his face.

6 When you say Father, sounds surprised. Ensemble B: Don t look up to him. Rub head as soon as she hits you Marko. Marko don t go in through Scar s Cave. You sound really good Ensemble B and Rafiki! Bravo. Nala/Timon/PUmba pick up cue faster. Love out of breath Deklan. Good excitement Makenna. Great job jumping on scene change Grace. Scene 13: You all should be ready for Scene 13. No talking up on top. Marko you can t stage whisper, talking. Jumped lines on p Skipped lines on p Timon/Pumba should sing Luah Hawaiain Treat down stage. Pronunciation of Sarabi: Scar. Back to audience Scar/ Can t anticipate the lines, need to be in the moment. Marko open up to the audience. Scar look at Simba. Great faces Hyenas, love your creeping. Simba/Scar speak up/ Nala is waiting for your cue. Don t look up when you are searching for your lines Scar. Just cover. Where is your focus Lionesses? What are you feeling. Alex out of character. Lexi, don t feed lines. Actors should call for lines.

7 Scar/Simba review this scene/ pick up cues faster. Page 121 Bigger I.killled.Mufasa. Run all the way off, why did you stop. Don t break character. Practice going up and around to check timing. Love your crescendo on this. Curtain call notes: Ensemble A: Ensemble B: Hyenas Notes: 2-9 All should be off book by 2-9. Rafiki chant while coming down the steps, don t just grunt. Remember all cast, do not walk on the grey carpet on the stage. There will be speakers there. All: Need to smile during Circle of Life, it is a celebration. Sing your part loud! Lionesses will sing Ensemble 2 part.

8 Molly s mouse costume needs to be placed up on top of the stairs. Need a Parent helper with this. Kris/Mariah Does Sophie Johnson have a cage? Sophie J. Need volume. Ensemble B needs to enter before the lights call. Ensemble B feet together, hands to side., stand holding grass Mufasa/Little Simba Review lines on p Nice entrance sophie J. love your choice of being out of breath. Build on this moment. Olivia: nice facial expressions and responding to Andrew. Keep building on this. Ameer: Don t need to move Scar s seat off. It can stay. Ava/Andrew: Need to be closer to Sarabi when you enter. Lexi: Watch pronunciation of Sarabi. Excellent job jumping Mara, excellent. Azra was smiling, keep it up. Nice job singing/acting Andrew/Ava/Sophie Charlise I can really hear you singing. Keep up that volume! Hopefully everyone else will also follow. No hands in pockets. Simba and Nala: Run away faster Hyenas need to change the aisle they are walking down. Andrew needs to be in the front of the triangle. Hyenas need to scatter up the aisleway. Good entrance Mufasa Good laughing Hyenas Scene 7: Come here you shuffle his hair Mufasa Mufasa sing to Andrew. Scene 8:

9 Can t really whisper-need to hear you. Andrew you can t smile. Need to be farther down-scar Andrew-Shake your dad awake.