THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK REHEARSAL SCHEDULE AND GUIDELINES PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY Congratulations and welcome to the cast and crew of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK This production is going to be unique and such a great experience! The goal of this production is to tell Anne Frank s story and to have the audience experience both her words, but also the concept that storytelling is a vital part of our society. That people have stories to tell, and some need to be told and retold. The addition of a Chorus to this production, will add to this concept and I can t wait to get started! It will be important for the 8 annex members are at all rehearsals: you are always on, even when trying to hide from the outside and from each other! You must have an excuse to miss a rehearsal. If you can not attend a rehearsal due to an emergency or illness -YOU MUST LET MRS. PAM STEERS KNOW. Also, please send me an email when you report a school absence. It may make a difference as to what we rehearse at a specific rehearsal if someone is absent. My classroom is 246. Email is psteers@egrps.org UNEXCUSED ABSENCES WILL RESULT IN DISMISSAL FROM THE CAST OR CREW. Please talk with your employer about changing your schedule to meet your rehearsal needs. When you miss a rehearsal it affects the whole cast and the sections we are working on. All of you have already signed a contract that you will be available to attend all rehearsals. Mandatory rehearsals are October 30 Nov 7. All cast and crew members are to follow all guidelines in the EGRHS conduct policy for co-curricular activities. This includes no tobacco smoking in the school building or on school property and no use of illegal substances at any time. The PAC and the parking lot are school property, as is the cast/crew party site. I also have the right to go beyond the school discipline policy for alcohol or drug related offences and have the option of permanently removing you from the production. Remember, your actions affect not just you, but a cast and crew of 33 students! You must be in school a minimum of 4 consecutive hours in order to attend rehearsals or performances. So, stay healthy! Exceptions are made for school business absences. And, don t forget the tardy policy which can affect rehearsal/performance attendance. If you reach 8 tardies in any one class, you will be suspended from any co-curricular activities for 3 days! So, be on time to class!
BE ON TIME! Rehearsals will start on time. It is recommended that you arrive at least five minutes early to the rehearsal area. Use this time to clear your mind and focus on the work ahead. After Nov 2 there is not an ending time listed for rehearsals. We would hope to be done by 9:00. Once we get into costume, run the show, have notes and get out of costume, it may be late. BE PREPARED!!! and tell your parents! We feed you a large snack/early dinner those days right after school. Begin memorizing now, the sooner you are off book, the more we can begin to work on characterization. Cast members will also be responsible for writing a short segment for the intro to the show. Details to be discussed in rehearsals. You are responsible for knowing what rehearsals you need to attend. Highlight your schedule accordingly. For cast members there is an attached scene breakdown. Cast members bring a pencil, script, and this schedule to ALL REHEARSALS. We make changes to the schedule as we go along!!! Put your name on everything!!! Crew bring your script, schedule and running plots to all rehearsals and a pencil. Costume and makeup crews should also bring a note pad. The scripts are yours to keep and mark up. No hats, no gum, no cutting or dying your hair! There is ABSOLUTELY NO EATING in the PAC. During Little Auditorium rehearsals please try to eat quickly AND clean up after yourselves- we do not get custodian cleaning during rehearsals. There is no eating or drinking in the PAC house, backstage or dressing rooms at any time. You may eat in the green room upon arrival, if you clean up after yourselves. Only water bottles are allowed backstage, dressing rooms, or while you are in costume. Visitors are allowed at rehearsals only with the permission of the director. This is our time to work freely and creatively without an audience. We do have some speakers and consultants coming in to rehearsals. Crew member are encouraged to attend those. We will send out email notifications. You will be able to order online photos from the entire show on a CD from Mrs. Jan Lewis at janlewisphoto.com You can visit the drama website at www.egrhsdrama.org to order tickets and/or drop off orders to the high school office or during box office open hours. Actors and crew will be responsible for writing their own bios online by October 15. Here is the link. http://goo.gl/forms/hspsiuhyeh
DON'T CHEW GUM DURING REHEARSALS. Also, no hat wearing. The face is the most expressive part of your body: we need to see it. Please do not cut or dye, etc. your hair without talking to me first! All costumes will be provided. Women will need to provide nylons and appropriate slip or body slimmer. Details to be discussed in rehearsal. Men will all need their own brown or tan socks multiple pairs so you are not wearing sweaty and stinking stocks for a week! We will provide women s shoes. Men will need brown or dark grey dress shoes we have some. Women will need to provide their own lipstick, eye shadow, mascara.. We provide foundation, cheek color and specialty makeup and facial hair. Men need to provide their own eye liner black. This is all for hygienic reasons. We will be providing all hair needs for the show. All actors should bring their own deodorant and washcloths and cold cream. We only have paper towels, so a personal hand towel for drying your face is nice. T-shirts can be purchased, but are not required. They are worn by cast and crew on opening night to promo the show. Production Staff Stage Crew, lights, sound, props, costumes, makeup must attend beginning Oct 30 You are encouraged to attend any rehearsals you would like. You must attend all noted rehearsals and performances. As this is a short commitment -there are no excuses. If you miss a rehearsal you will be replaced! Backstage crew must wear black beginning October 31. Make-up and Hair -attend all rehearsals marked crew. You can watch one night and then take inventory on tech Sat and organize things. You are in charge of makeup room and backstage dressing areas for dress rehearsals and performances to assist with applications and keep things clean. Costumes costumes are rented. You will responsible for labeling the dressing rooms for actors, assisting the parents with unloading and sorting and loading, and then handling any quick changes during the show. Publicity/Program/Advertising I will meet with Publicity separately. We need students to solicit advertising. Take a stack of Ad forms and divide and conquer: Gaslight, Breton Village and East Town businesses. You need to personally stop in and ask if they put an ad in- and set up a time where you could come back to collect the ad/money. Follow up is always good. When posters are in, be sure those businesses and others get posters to display. Sound See Trent about monitors and speaker placement and what sound board to use. There will be sound cues to record. Properties We have a meeting on Tuesday, October 6 from 3:15 4 and again Oct. 13 from 6-6:30. Prop crew must attend all rehearsals beginning Oct 19.
House Manager & Ushers. The HM must work on Wed. Nov 4 at 6:30 for Final Dress. All need to attend Thur, Fri, Sat. Nov. 5, 6, 7 at 6:30. The HM is in charge of ushers each night and the training of them. We are doing this production in the round so seating will be crucial. You also need to work on contacting and finding enough ushers to have 12 ushers for each night and have them attend a training session on the 4 th. Usher Attire is black and white. Nice. No jeans, no belly buttons, no bare shoulders. At least 4 ushers must stay each night to watch the stage during intermission. Set Construction Keep in contact with Trent Wadsworth for work dates. Stop in and check with him or email him at twadswor@egprs.org He often posts work times on the green room door. His phone is 293-1037. There will be some seating platform building going on in October. Due to the PAC concert schedule, the actual set and platforms will not be going up until Oct 29 th. The 29 th and 30 th will be HUGE work days! Note all BOLDED times TBA = To Be Announced LA = Little Auditorium PAC = Performing Arts Center DATE TIME REHEARSAL Cast/Crew Needed All Rehearsals until October 30 are in the LA. Mon. Sept 21 3:30-6 Guidelines/Costume measuring All Cast Tue. Sept 22 3:30-4 Production Staff Meeting All Crew 4:00 6 Documentary All Cast and Crew Wed Sept 23 3:30 6:00 Block I-1 See breakdown Bailey not til 5:00 Thur. Sept 24 3:30 6:00 Block I -2 See breakdown 6:00 6:30 Parent Meeting Gus not til 5:00 Friday Sept 25 3:30 6:00 Block I-3 See Breakdown Tyler, Harry, Gus not til 5 Mon. Sept 28 3:30 6:00 Bill Lewis Guest lecturer All Cast and Crew Tue. Sept 29 3:30 6:00 Block I-4 See Breakdown Leah, Ron not til 5:00
Wed Sept 30 4:15-6:00 Vocals All Singers Thur. Oct 1 3:30 6:00 Work Act I All Cast Add in Singers Fri. Oct 2 3:30 6:00 Block II-1 See Breakdown (back up day for Bill Lewis ) TBA All Cast and Crew? Mon. Oct 5 3:30-5:30 Block II-2 (and I if needed) See Breakdown Corbin, Gus, Kaiya not til 4:30 Tue. Oct 6 3:10 4 Prop Meeting Prop Crew 3:45-6:00 Block II-3 See Breakdown Hadley, Cece, Gus, Harry, Ron, Corbin not til 5:00 3:30 5 Vocals Singers Wed. Oct 7 4:30 6:00 Vocals Singers Thur. Oct 8 3:30-6:00 Run Thru All Cast Add in Singers for Act II HOMECOMING Mon. Oct 12 3:30 6:00 Work Act I: 1 & 2 See breakdown No singers Tue. Oct 13 3:30 Drama Club Meeting 3:30 6:00 Run Thru All Cast 6:00 6:30 Prop Meeting Prop crew Wed Oct 14 4:30 6:00 Scenes TBA Anne, Peter, Margot, Mr. Dussel, Mrs. Frank, Mrs. Van Daan, Miep Thur. Oct 15 3:30 6:00 Work Act I: 3 & 4 See Breakdown T-shirt and Bio Forms DUE no singers Fri. Oct 16 3:30-6:00 Run Act I All Cast MEMORIZED! 6:30 Possible viewing of Film Anyone who wants Mon. Oct 19 4:30 7:00 Run Thru All Cast Prop crew at rehearsals from now on Tue Oct 20 3:30 6:00 Work Act I or TBD All Cast
Wed Oct 21 4:15 7:00 Run Thru All Cast Thur.Oct 22 3:30 6:00 Work At II All Cast Fri. Oct 23 3:15 5:00 Run Act II All Cast MEMORIZED! Mon. Oct 26 3:15 6:00 Work Act I All Cast Tue Oct 27 3:30 6:00 Run Thru All Cast Wed Oct 28 4:30 6:00 Work Act II All Cast Thur. Oct 29 3:30 7:00 Working Run Thru All Cast Set Building!!! Anyone who can Fri. Oct 30 3:30 6:00 Run Thru All Cast & Crew Set Building!!! Anyone who can MOVE TO PAC All rehearsals from now on are MANDATORY Sat PAC MANDATORY Full Cast & Crew Oct 31 8:00 am Crew Call BLACK ATTIRE REQUIRED it is Halloween! 8:45 am Cast Call 9:00 am Technical, Light, Sound and use of space Rehearsal 12:15am Eat! Stage Boosters provide lunch 2:00pm Dress Rehearsal Go (no makeup or hair) 6:00pm Done and out of there. REST and go pass out Candy! The Box Office is open all week from 11-1 We go late this week- be prepared- tell your parents! All Cast and Crew Mon -PAC 3:30 Call - - we will feed you a big snack/dinner at 3:10 3:30 Nov 2 5:00 Dress rehearsal add makeup and hair Tue -PAC 3:30 Call - we will feed you a big snack/dinner from 3:10 3:30 Nov.3 5:00 GO Dress Rehearsal Photographer comes and takes official photos Wed. -PAC Nov 4 Thur. -PAC Nov 5 3:10 Usher Training 5:30 Call 6:30 Final Dress Rehearsal 6:30pm Call 7:30 Opening Night Performance
Fri. -PAC Nov 6 Sat. -PAC Nov. 7 6:30pm Call 7:30 Performance 6:30 pm Call 7:30 Performance Strike Costumes/Props After 11:00pm -2:00 am Cast /Crew Party Sponsored by Stage Boosters Mon PAC 3:30 5:00 Strike All Nov. 9
The Diary of Anne Frank Scene Breakdown The Annex 8 =Anne, Margot, Mr & Mrs. Frank, Mr & Mrs. Van Daan, Peter, Mr. Dussel Act I 1: pg 9 17: Arrival Anne, Margot, Mr & Mrs Frank, Miep, Kraler, Mr. & Mrs. Van Daan, Peter Pg 10 : Going into hiding - Bailey 2: pg 17 25 Adjusting to the Annex Anne, Margot, Mr & Mrs. Frank, Mr & Mrs. Van Daan, Peter Pg 17 Silence - Gus Pg 17 Hitler Silhouette 3: pg 25-33 Mr. Dussel arrives The Annex 8, Miep, Kraler Pg 26: Mother in Lake/ Mr. Dussel - Tyler Pg 29: Waiting Harry BBC Announcer: pg 30 - Gus Barrack/German: pg 31 - Harry 4: pg 33 40 Hanukkah The Annex 8 Pg 37 footsteps Pg 33: When liberated Leah Pg 39: Patch of blue sky - Ron Act II 1. Pg 41 47 New Years, 1944 The Annex 8, Miep, Pg 41/42 My body - Alex 2. pg 47-52 Margot ill/dinner The Annex 8, Kraler Pg 48: Sun shining/longing - Corbin Pg 51: A diary! Kaiya BBC Announcer: pg 51 - Gus Bolkestein/Dutch: Pg 51 Corbin 3. Pg 53-63 Anne and Peter/Stealing/Caught The Annex 8, Miep, First Man, 2 nd Man, 3 rd Man Pg 58: Friend Hanneli Hadley Pg 61: Good at heart Cece Rauter/German: Pg 54 Ron BBC Announcer: Pg 59 - Gus Eisenhower Silhouette - pg 57
Chorus Assignments Pg 10 : Going into hiding - Bailey Pg 17 Silence - Gus Pg 26: Mother in Lake/ Mr. Dussel - Tyler Pg 29: Waiting Harry Pg 33: When liberated Leah Pg 39: Patch of blue sky - Ron Pg 41/42 My body - Alex Pg 48: Sun shining/longing - Corbin Pg 51: A diary! Kaiya Pg 58: Friend Hanneli Hadley Pg 61: Good at heart Cece Hitler Silhouette - TBD Eisenhower Silhouette - TBD BBC Announcer: pg 30 - Gus Barrack/German: pg 31 - Harry BBC Announcer: pg 51 - Gus Bolkestein/Dutch: Pg 51 Corbin Rauter/German: Pg 54 Ron BBC Announcer: Pg 59 - Gus First Man Gestapo Harry 2 nd Man..Ron 3 rd Man..Corbin Singers: Rebekah Ben Bailey Ceci Hadley Kaiya Tyler Leah Alex Corbin Gus (Harry and Ron if they want to) Specific pages yet to be determined typically under all Diary Readings and emotional scenes.