Madagascar Jr for 2nd-6th grade

  • WHEN: August 10th & 11th

    WHERE: The Cube (7903 NW 30th St)

    AGE: 2nd-6th grade

    You will sing around 1 minute of a music theatre song of your choice. We prefer you have an accompaniment track to play from your phone on our speaker or we can pull it up for you if it’s off of Youtube. You may be asked to do a quick two 8 count dance or say a line or two for our director within your 5 minute slot.

    SLOTS
    We have only opened a certain amount of spots. We will not open more. Everyone who signs up for a slot, completes their audition, and doesn’t have conflicts on tech week will be cast in the show. This is why we are asking that you read ALL information before committing to an audition slot as not to take a spot from someone else if you can’t participate due to conflicts with the below information. Please read ALL tabs below before signing up for an audition slot.

  • If you accept the role offered to you, rehearsals will begin on Monday, August 17th. Rehearsals will be at The Cube. Rehearsals will take place on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings from 6-8pm. Not everyone is called for every rehearsal. A detailed rehearsal schedule will be given to the cast at the first rehearsal. This rehearsal process is VERY short! If you have more than 3 conflicts on these listed dates in between 6-8pm, it is recommended that you email Becca before signing up for an audition slot so she can advise you on if you should move forward with participating in the show.
    REHEARSAL DATES: August 17, 18, 20, 25, 27, 31, September 1, 3, 8, 10

    We are generally lenient with a few conflicts on rehearsal evenings. However, excessive conflicts written on your audition sheet will impact your casting. If you have questions or concerns about your conflicts, email Becca.

    Tech rehearsals are required. If you know of any conflicts during any tech rehearsals, email Becca (becca@mytokc.org) before signing up for an audition slot so she can let you know if that conflict would be excused or not. If you let us know of a tech rehearsal conflict after casting, your role may be removed from you if we feel that is necessary for the quality of our production and our cast. Tech rehearsals will be September 14th, 15th, 16th, & 17th from 5-8:30pm with performances on Friday, September 18th at 7pm & Saturday at 3pm & 7pm.

  • Tech rehearsals and performances will be at the Mustang Performing Arts Center!

    Tech rehearsals are Monday-Thursday, September 14-17th from 5-8:30pm (dinner will be provided).

    Performances are Friday, September 18th at 7pm & Saturday, September 19th at 3pm & 7pm.

  • If you’re interested in being a donor or business sponsor for this production, email Becca (becca@mytokc.org)! She can share with you the donor levels and perks for this show/season.

  • Director/Choreographer: Amanda Andrews

    Amanda is MYT’s Co-founder and Artistic Director. She has directed many of our mainstage shows and camps and is excited to be back directing and choreographing Madagascar Jr!

    Music Director: Maison Dolphin

    Maison is an MYT alumni currently studying Music Education at OCU. Maison has music directed and choreographed for multiple of MYT’s jr shows and summer camps.

  • If your students commits to their role in the show, they will have two separate fees. The first is a registration fee to Mustang Community Education for $50. The other fee is a production fee to Metro Youth Theatre for $175.

    Payment plans and partial scholarships for the production fee due to MYT are available upon application. The Community Education fee is non-negotiable and must be paid by all participants.

    There is also a sibling discount that applies to the production fee only. The first sibling will pay $175 for their production fee. Each additional sibling will owe a production fee of $75 on top of their $50 registration fee to Community Ed.

Madagascar Jr Audition Sign Up

Audition FAQs

What should I sing for my audition?

Students should sing a one minute cut from a musical theatre song with a similar style to the show they are auditioning for. They should not sing a song from the show they are auditioning for. The auditioner should reflect on the role they feel would be best for them in the show and choose a musical song in the same style as that character. Utilize google! You can google “good audition songs for *insert name of musical here*” and come up with lots of options! Find a song you like and pick one minute from that song that features your voice well and you enjoy singing. Find a karaoke track on Youtube, buy the digital piano/vocal track on musicnotes.com, or sing it a cappella if you can’t find it in the first two locations. We will have a speaker you can connect to when you come into the audition room, or our music director can look up your karaoke track on Youtube for you. Movie musicals count as musicals!

How early should I get to my audition?

We have paperwork for you/your parent to fill out before you enter the audition room, so please arrive to your audition at least 15 minutes before your scheduled time. Please also have in mind your conflicts that you’ll need to let us know about that may occur on a rehearsal evening (Monday, Tuesday, or Thursdays). No conflicts are allowed the week of tech week. Conflicts might include weekly things like dance lessons or one night events such as choir concerts.

Will I have to dance?

Most likely, yes! If we have seen you in auditions before/you have done shows with us before, then you might get to skip learning the dance in your audition with the choreographer based on how we are doing on time. If you’ve never done a dance call with us, you will learn it with the choreographer in your 5 minute time slot. It will be 2-3 eight counts so the choreographer can see how you pick up dances & how you perform!

What should I wear to my audition?

You can wear whatever you feel comfortable in for your audition. There will most likely be a small movement/dance that the students will learn with the choreographer in their audition, but it won’t be anything too crazy. As long as you can move a bit in your clothing, you are good!

What are callbacks and does everyone get a callback?

Callbacks are when you are asked to come back to do more auditioning for the show! The director, choreographer, or music director may ask you to come back on a different evening to dance more, sing more, or read lines for certain characters in the show.

If you do NOT get a callback, that just means the creative team has seen what they need from you! You still have the chance to be cast in the show even without a callback.