High School Mainstage – Oliver!
If you are looking for ticketing information about the performance of Oliver!, TNT’s fall musical, please visit this page.
This is a professional level production attended by hundreds of the general public each year so expectations and commitment levels are high. The production is cast by audition. Concurrent enrollment in a Play Theory class is required for ALL participants. Applicants must complete the form below to be eligible to audition.
Thank you for your interest – TNT’s Fall Musical Oliver! has been cast and they are hard at work in rehearsal. Check back in the future for our next mainstage musical!
Participants will learn their lines early in the season and work diligently, looking outward, to make the team stronger and to make the show a generous gift to our community. Attendance at all rehearsals is mandatory and unexcused absences will result in your role being reassigned. High school participants are expected to be mentors and role models to the younger participants in this show, looking outward to help them at every rehearsal. Each will have leadership responsibilities.
- Director & Artistic Director: LaRee Florence, Assistant Director: Michael Anderson
- Participants must have previous PLAY THEORY experience with TNT in order to audition for this show.
- Time: Fridays, 4:15pm-6:00pm
- Age Group: 14-18
- Start/End: August 24-November 18
- Auditions and call backs will be August 24 and 25 by appointment. Once you have submitted an intent to audition, you will receive an email with information on scheduling your audition. Walk in auditions will not be accepted.
- Tech Week November 6th-11th (plan on rehearsals every day with some late nights)
- Performances at Take Note Troupe November 10, 11, 16, 17, 18
- Participants are expected to find a sponsor for the show and help distribute posters and handbills.
- Participants are required to take another PLAY THEORY class concurrently. Juniors and Seniors may also consider coaching a PLAY THEORY class as concurrent enrollment. Please read about Premiere Performance Teams here.
We are vendored with South Sutter Charter School, Cottonwood, and Sequoia Grove. If you are using charter funds, please email [email protected] for information on how to sign up in a timely manner after you have been cast.
Complete the intent to audition form located on this page on the tab above. Play Theory qualified applicants will be invited to audition via email. Roles are limited, all who audition will not be cast. This is an opportunity to have a “semi-professional” experience, with leadership responsibilities in addition to the performance opportunity. Those who are cast will have tuition waived except a $100 costuming fee, with the expectation of the highest levels of professionalism, including consistent attendance, personal preparedness, and looking outward to especially help the younger participants.
Please complete the form below indicating your intent to audition for the Fall MainStage Musical Oliver!. If you meet Play Theory qualifications, you will be invited to audition via email. Roles are limited; we do not anticipate casting all who audition.
Applicants meeting Play Theory qualifications will be emailed an invitation to audition after completing this audition form.
***If you are invited to audition for Oliver!, please bring a printed color photo headshot (shoulders and head) at least 3″x5″. The photo will not be returned.
Parents do not need to attend auditions, however parents will need to sign off on the rehearsal schedule– specifically so we can know if their child will need to be double cast.
Everyone will need to audition regardless of interest in a speaking role. All interested in a lead or role with lines will memorize lines from the audition sides.
Please come to the auditions in comfortable clothing you can move in.
Following auditions, the cast list will be posted on the cast list tab above.
We do not have access to the score yet. We may be able to post some options later for lyrics and melody. However if you want to get started there are notes below from the director.
The goal is for everyone to choose one scene and one song that they feel best fits the character they are auditioning for (even if their preferred character isn’t in one of the scenes or songs I’ll be able to see what I need from the sides).
For the song selections, choose one of the songs here:
- Consider yourself: 1st verse and chorus
- As long as he needs me: 1st verse and chorus
- Pick a pocket or two: from the beginning through the verse about “un-taxed income. You’ve got to pick a pocket or two boys, you’ve got to pick a pocket or two.”
Congratulations to those cast in Oliver!
Once Oliver! is cast, the cast list will be posted here. Please respect the process of paying tuition (link in the Oliver! High School group), registering for the Mainstage class, and joining the group as it will be where we communicate with the cast.
Access to Groups for all classes (including this one) is available when you login with the username and password used to purchase the TNT Annual Family Membership.
Payment is due immediately — please come to the first rehearsal having already paid tuition (costuming fee for high schoolers only).