The Disney Channel's smash hit High School Musical comes to life on the Tuacahn stage! On the front steps of East High, it’s the first day after winter break. Amongst the Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians, Skater Dudes and other cliques, two students break free of the status quo and audition for their school’s high school musical! This heartwarming story features rousing music, fantastic dance choreography and is sure to delight the entire family!
Presented in the Hafen Theatre by the Summer Theatre Institute, the best High School talent from all across the state of Utah!
Memorable Songs: Breaking Free, Start of Something New, What I’ve Been Looking For, Get’cha Head In the Game, We’re All In This Together, and more!
From July 9th through August 2nd, Disney's "High School Musical" will be presented at 7:30 every M, T, TH, F, SAT with 3:00 matinees on Fridays and Saturdays.
Audition Information for the Tuacahn High School Summer Theatre Institute
Production of High School Musical
The Tuacahn Summer Theatre Institute was started in 2005 under the Educational Outreach program at Tuacahn Center for the Arts. It is designed to transition students aged 14 – 19 to the professional world of theatre. It is not a camp. It is not summer stock. It is both! Students will study the art of Musical Theatre both in workshops and by rehearsing (3 weeks of rehearsal and training, 8 – 12 hours a day) and performing (28 shows!) a grand Broadway musical. This year we will be producing Disney’s blockbuster High School Musical. Cast members that are not from the St. George area will be housed in traditional college campus apartments with other cast members (of the same sex). Coaches, workshop teachers and all of the artistic staff are professional, degreed artists from all over the country. There is nothing like this in the nation!
For the most part, this is going to be just like any other musical you have been in except:
- You will produce the entire musical in three weeks.
- Some of you will be away from home for the first time.
- Every member of the cast is amazing. There are no “weak links.” (Remember that high school show where the “sweet spirits” who couldn’t really sing or dance were put in the back just to make them feel good? That isn’t this show.)
- You are on the campus of one of the most beautiful theatre venues in the world. Literally.
- Every member of the cast (including the interns) is under 19 and yet, the sets, costumes, lighting, props and sound have all been designed and built by Tuacahn’s professional staff. The same staff responsible for Les Miserable, and The Sound of Music in the amphitheatre.
- Disney has extended the contract rights to 30 performances. More than five times a normal high school royalty contract.
- Your audiences will be sold out every night!
Time commitment: Cast: June 16, 2008 – August 2, 2008 (closing night.) SEVEN WEEKS!!!
Staff: June 9, 2008 – various contract ending dates
Most summer camps that run 7 weeks cost thousands of dollars to attend. Look around the internet. Because the camp rests on the campus of the Tuacahn Center for the Arts, we are able to keep our costs very low and pull our coaches from some of the most talented people in the business.) Despite the rising cost of housing, the Tuacahn Institute is the best bargain of its kind in the nation!
Tuition and Fees $245 + $47 (cast members who do not require housing)
$445 + $47 (cast members who require housing)
Note: Tuition includes housing (if applicable), 24 lunches, 9 dinners, all productions costs (except shoes), 40 hours of professional training outside of rehearsal time, etc… The $47 is an activity fee that includes prime tickets to Tuacahn’s Les Mis, The Sound of Music, the Utah Shakespearean Festival’s Fiddler on the Roof, several banquets, socials and BBQ’s. Some scholarships are available to technicians and male actors. Please inquire.
February 1 – Auditions held at the Rose Wagner Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah
138 West 300 South (near the Gateway Mall)
Session One: 5:00pm Individual Auditions
6:00pm Dance Auditions (required by all in Session 1)
Session Two: 7:00pm Individual Auditions
8:00pm Dance Auditions (required by all in Session 2)
Note: Please arrive early for check in! A stage manager, Penny Beckstrand will sign you in and make sure you have all the necessary forms. Download the audition packet now from this website, fill it out and bring it with you. Your parent signature is required to audition if you are under 18 or still living at home.
February 2 – Auditions held at Brigham Young University (in conjunction with the Utah Theatre Association Festival) Provo, Utah. Signs will be posted at the information desk in the Harris Fine Arts Center.
Session One: TBA Individual Auditions
One hour later Dance Auditions (required by all in Session 1)
Session Two: TBA Individual Auditions
One hour later Dance Auditions (required by all in Session 2)
Note: Please arrive early for check in! A stage manager, Penny Beckstrand will sign you in and make sure you have all the necessary forms. Download the audition packet now from this website, fill it out and bring it with you. Your parent signature is required to audition if you are under 18 or still living at home.
February 9 – Auditions held at The Hafen Theatre, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, 1100 North Tuacahn Drive, Ivins, Utah
Session One: TBA Individual Auditions
One hour later Dance Auditions (required by all in Session 1)
Session Two: TBA Individual Auditions
One hour later Dance Auditions (required by all in Session 2)
Note: Please arrive early for check in! A stage manager, Penny Beckstrand will sign you in and make sure you have all the necessary forms. Download the audition packet now from this website, fill it out and bring it with you. Your parent signature is required to audition if you are under 18 or still living at home.
What to prepare? Sing: 24 – 36 bars of an upbeat, contemporary Broadway song. Show off your range! Please use accompaniment. Pianist/CD Player provided.
Act: Comic monologue under one minute
Dance: Wear appropriate dance clothing!
What to Bring? Performance Resume!
Headshot (or recent school picture)
Audition Packet (Download and print from the website) which includes the “Parental Permission to Audition Form” that requires a parent signature if you are under 18 at the time of auditions.
Please call (435) 652-3324 between 8am – 3pm for additional questions!
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here to download the Tuacahn Audition Packet
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here to download the Technical Internship Application
