Auditions: A Year With Frog and Toad

A Year With Frog and Toad –

Waking from hibernation in the Spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special. Part vaudeville, part make believe… all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons.

Rehearsals – Rehearsals will be two to three days a week, with an emphasis on daytime rehearsals based on collective ensemble availability. Wednesday morning/afternoon is the leading rehearsal time locked in so far.

PREPARATION

Woodstock Arts is deeply committed to building an inviting and inclusive arts community that celebrates individuality and diversity and treats everyone with fairness and respect. We invite artists of all genders, races, ages, sizes, and sexual orientations, as well as artists with disabilities to participate. We want to represent diverse communities in our organization and welcome you here.

Woodstock Arts is taking measures to ensure your safety and well-being. We want to make this experience as comfortable, safe, and fun as possible for everyone involved.

We Are Operating As A Fully Vaccinated Cast. 

Auditions will be in-person on Sunday March 26th from 3:00 pm -8:00 p.m. Video audition submissions will be accepted until Sunday the 26th at 6:30 pm. You can send your Video Submission to zach@woodstockarts.org. Please Slate before your video audition. (NOTE: you will still need to fill out the online audition form along with a video submission.) 

In-person callbacks will take place on Monday, March 27th at 6:00 pm until 10 p.m.

Information about callbacks will be emailed separately.

For your audition please prepare- A cut of music (16-32 bars) that suits young audiences, and a monologue that shows willingness to make big character choices (60 – 90 seconds).

From the director –  “Choose material that’s appropriate to the show – knowing that it’s for young audiences. Whether that’s MT rep that matches the style of the show, or other pop/children’s music that matches the style- it would be nice to see that they’re familiar with the show and performing for kids. So a cut of music (16-32 bars) that suits young audiences, and then a monologue that shows willingness to make big character choices.”

Character Breakdown – 

We are currently adhering to the following procedures:

We Are Operating As A Fully Vaccinated Cast – Those auditioning will be asked to present your vaccination card at the time of entry and sign-in.

As we are a place of community gathering and artistic excellence, we will be following the AEA guidelines for our productions, and have chosen to produce our shows as a fully vaccinated adult company. By fully vaccinated, we mean that adults will be two weeks post second vaccination (or Johnson & Johnson vaccine) by the start of rehearsals. As a result, we will only be offering roles to adults who are vaccinated or who plan / are willing to be vaccinated before the start of rehearsals. Medical exemption information is included below.

For audition purposes –

1) If you have not been fully vaccinated at the time of the auditions – but are willing / intend to be vaccinated if cast – you can submit your callback sides via video submission 1b) If you are unvaccinated due to health reasons, you can submit you’re audition sides via video submission along with medical certification of the exemption. If cast under the exemption, the expectation will be to test weekly and provide a negative test at the start of the rehearsal week each week.

2) If you are fully vaccinated by the time of the audition date, please bring your vaccination card (or photo of card) with you and present it at the time of check-in.

2b)  If you are vaccinated but out-of-town and cannot make this auditions, please send a video of your sides along with proof of vaccination.

Most importantly, if you are sick or are feeling ill, please do not attend the auditions.  Let us know, take care of yourself, and send a video.

In case of exposure, all cast members will be expected to follow exposure protocol. While our policies are updating with the state of the world, our current policy is to encourage but not require audiences to be masked during the performance.