12/06/2014
Hello all,
DO NOT SKIM THIS MESSAGE! THERE IS A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU AND YOUR CHILD MUST KNOW!!!
I want to give you some information about what to do before we dive into show week.
Starting this Sunday we will be using the dressing rooms. We will no long be using the theatre. The children will report to room 118, which is stage left. If you don’t know what that means, if you are facing the theatre doors it is to your right down the long hall way past the women’s rest room.
The following list is what your child needs to do when you arrive at A&S. Starting Monday the 8th.
Before
Show/Rehearsal:
1. Go put coat in room 139.
2.Try and go to the bathroom even if they think they don’t have to.
3. Sign-in next to room 118, and get costume in 118.
4. Then go up to room 401 and put costume on, they are to leave their regular clothes in this room. CHILDREN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GET DRESSED BY THEMSELVES, this is because there are many parts and the costumes can be difficult to get in to. So an adult is required to assist in dressing. Parents are welcome to help their child get dressed in their costumes, if parents are unable to help that is okay we will have helpers to help them dress, but because there are so many children any assistance would be very appreciated
5. Go back to room 118 and get ready for show. ( due to a small amount of space parents will need to leave after their child is dressed.)
After Show:
1. Go back up to room 401 and take costume off.
2. Take costume back down to room 118 and give it to the costume people.
3. A parent must sign-out their child before they can leave (this is for all of the children, no exceptions, there is more information at the end about this).
From Tuesday to Sunday:
Your children will do the same first four steps every night in addition to that once in room 118 they will have their make-up done by backstage helpers.
Make-up + Hair: All children are to have their hair done before they arrive at the theatre. Remember that you are not allowed to use a curling iron on your daughter’s hair. You need to use either foam rollers, or rags to curl their hair. We got a lot of questions about whether parents can do their child’s make-up at home if they know how. Marsha has decided that she only wants the designated back stage helpers to do the children’s make up, so please bring your children with freshly washed faces.
Snacks: We will be there for a long time, so I understand if your child wants to bring snacks. But they are only allowed to eat certain types of food. They can bring: plan crackers or pretzels( nothing with a powder coating, or goo), any veggies (celery, carrots, etc.), cheese sticks, dry fruit( that isn’t sticky to the touch), jerky ( not sticky). As well they are to only drink plain clear water, which means no juice or soda even if in box or can. The costumes we are using need to stay in pristine condition so that can be used for future productions.
Cookies: If you signed up to make cookies for the party scene, we ask they you bring them that night at the first cast call. Just bring them to room 118 with child and give them to me that way I can take them backstage. As well we are asking for small bit size cookies that way we don’t make a mess on stage.
I would all so want to add that parents of party children. We are allowing them to only each two cookies per night. So if you can help us out by informing your children that they are only allowed two cookies, no more, it would help us a lot.
Sign-out System: As you all know there are a lot of children in this show, so to make it easier to keep track of all of them parents will need to sign their children in and out as they do pick up and drop off in room 118. When you drop off your child you will need to write down who will be picking them up on the sheet provided, WE WILL NOT LET YOUR CHILD LEAVE WITH ANY BODY OTHER THEN THE PERSON YOU INDICATED ON THE SIGN IN SHEET. If you will not be personally dropping your child off you will need to make sure we know who will be picking them up. As well if a parent will be picking up more than one child I will need to know who that is and what children they will be taking. As you leave with your children you need to sign the sheet so that we know what children you have taken responsibility of. THIS IS FOR ALL OF THE CHILDREN, INCLUDING ANGELS, NO EXCEPTIONS. We will be starting this system on tomorrow (Sunday).
If you have any questions please send me an email and I will get back to you as soon as I am able.
Thank you for helping through out this process!
Best,
Stephanie Young
ASM: Children Coordinator
