Wakeland Theatre

Thank you to all who applied to be a part of Our Town.  It was a very tough decision!!!  We have a terrific cast and crew put together and we look forward to working with each of you.

The first meeting for ALL cast and crew will be on Thursday, August 17 from 4:30 – 6:00.  

 You need to make arrangements to be there! If you are not there, we will assume you are not a part of this play unless you make prior arrangements with me.

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It is time already to think about our fall play!  Audition videos and crew applications for our fall play, Our Town will be due by 8:00am on August 15th.

If you are auditioning to be onstage, you will need to prepare a one minute monologue from an American realism play.  You will turn in a video of that monologues.  Callbacks for the actors we need to hear read from the script will be held after school on August 16th.

If you want to be a part of the crew, please fill out the crew section of the online form.  If you are a 10th-12th grader and are applying for crew lead, you will have an interview the week of August 14th.

You can find the form with all of the information for both cast and crew at www.wakelandtheatre.com/ourtownaudition.

Please let Mrs. Dalfonzo or Ms. Cantrell know if you have any questions.

Jonette Dalfonzo – dalfonzj@friscoisd.org

Olivia Cantrell – cantrell0@friscoisd.org

2023-2024

Whether you are an active member, a joining member or a future potential member you need to enter this year’s points.

If You Have Never Filled It Out: Instructions for Filling Out your ITS Form:

• Go to this link and MAKE A COPY of the form. Save your new copy as your first name_last initial_grad year. Example: Matthew_R_2020
  • I have created an example for you that can be viewed here: Student_Example_2018
• Fill in the top section with your name, address, email, etc. Leave Induction Year and the fields below that empty.

If you have already started a sheet, please use your existing sheet and add this year’s points on.  If you can’t find it, please see Mrs. Dalfonzo or Ms. Cantrell.

Everyone:  Use the information below to fill in your points for this year.

• Using the Thespian Induction Points System enter your theatre activities and points to your best estimate.
  • Use this sheet to figure out how many points you get for this year’s productions.
  • If you have shop call hours, use this sheet to see how many hours you logged.
  • If you are unsure on the number of points you received for a specific action please see Mr. Yowell or Mrs. Dalfonzo.
  • See Notes below regarding points for some activities
  • If you are struggling to understand the form itself please refer to this YouTube video tutorial.
• Share your completed form with BOTH Ms. Cantrell AND Mrs. Dalfonzo at cantrello@friscoisd.org and DalfonzJ@friscoisd.org
• All points will be verified by the directors. Some points values may change based on director discretion.

A Couple of Notes:

• If are currently inducted into ITS you can earn points for productions you have seen outside of school. You may earn a maximum of .25 points per full-length production. Remember that one point is the equivalent of 10 hours so you are getting 1 point for every four productions you see, assuming an average production length of 2.5 hours per show. Beginning next year a program will be required for all audience shows submitted.
• If you are submitting points for work done outside of Wakeland Theatre, such as performing in a production for an outside company, you need to provide documentation of your involvement in the show. A performance program will be sufficient.
• You do NOT get points for rehearsals
• You do NOT get points for any class performances – public performances for an actual audience only.

All Thespian Points must be entered by March 1st. No changes or additions will be permitted after that time unless an event arises that you are asked to participate in such as Academic Awards, Legacy Line show, etc.

If you would like to apply to be a Thespian officer for next year, please see this packet.  All applications are due by April 14th at the end of the day.

See Mrs. Dalfonzo or Mr. Yowell with questions.

UIL One act play callbacks will be held on Monday, December 5 from 4:30 – 6:15.  Please come dressed to move.  We would like to see all who auditioned at callbacks.  We will be doing a few readings and improvisation.

Congratulations to the company of Shrek the Musical.  Please plan on being at a full cast and crew meeting until 5:15 on Tuesday, October 11.  Please bring a 1″ binder to that rehearsal to hold your materials.  Also, when you come to school on Tuesday, please initial by your name to indicate that you accept your part.

If you don’t intend on participating, please e-mail Mrs. Dalfonzo at dalfonzj@friscoisd.org as soon as possible.  There are people waiting in line to take your part.  We won’t be mad, we just need to plan.

It’s going to be an amazing show!!!  Let’s roll!