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2025 Winter Musical: Finding Nemo JR

Name
Days
Location
Finding Nemo JR MON/WED SESSION
Ages 9 - 16

Auditions January 3rd, 2025
Callbacks January 4th, 2025
Rehearsals start January 6th, 2025
Rehearsals will be on Mondays and Wednesdays each week.
Tech/Dress rehearsals March 10th & 12th
Performances
March 14th @6:30pm
March 15th @3:30pm

This musical adaptation of the Disney Pixar animated feature film has a charming score by the Frozen song writing team, Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Originally a stage show performed in Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, it’s now a 60 minute musical adapted for young performers!

This program is open to performers between the ages of 9 and 16 of all experience levels in performance! This production will be a fast-paced rehearsal process aimed to develop and grow skills of artistic expression, self-confidence, and collaborative teamwork in theater arts.

AUDITIONS
Auditions will take place in the evening of Friday, January 3rd, 2025
If you are unavailable to audition in person on January 3rd, please contact education@aomtheatre.com upon registering to set up a video audition or make other arrangements.
Video auditions will be due on January 1st, 2025.
In auditions you will learn a short dance combo and perform your solo vocal audition.
**Everyone who is registered will be cast in the show**

VOCAL AUDITION
Please prepare to sing a 1 minute audition cut of a Musical Theatre song in the style of the show.
Prepare to sing with a karaoke track that you’ve practiced with.
Karaoke tracks can be readily found on YouTube, Apple Music, and Spotify. Please no tracks with voices.
You can bring this ready to go on your own device, or you can send it in advance to education@aomtheatre.com.
There will be no live pianist for this audition.

DANCE AUDITION
Dance auditions will happen during your audition group time.
You will be taught a short combination of dance and perform it for the directing team.
Come wearing appropriate attire for dance with your hair pulled back out of your face.
Come to the audition with your body warmed up and ready to move and dance.

CALLBACKS
Everyone who is registered and auditions will receive a callback time as well.
Callbacks will take place in the morning / early afternoon of Saturday January 4th, 2025.
Callback times are assigned at random. Let us know if there are windows of time you cannot make for Saturday January 4th between 9am and 3pm.
Callback material will be sent out after auditions. (A short section of a song or dialogue from the show.)
Students are asked to learn and prepare their callback material to the best of their ability prior to their callback time.
Callbacks will be in short sessions with the cast member and the directing team.
In the callback sessions the student will perform the callback material that they were asked to prepare.
Please notify in advance if you are not available for callbacks on January 6th so we can make other arrangements.
A cast list will be sent via email before the first rehearsal on January 6th, 2025.

REHEARSALS
Rehearsals start January 6th, 2025.
Rehearsals are on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Rehearsals take place from 5:00pm - 7:00pm.
Most rehearsals will be at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton, though some may be held at DownRight Studios in Florence. (Previously known as Pinebox Studios) Specific dates will be shared in advance.
**Not everyone will be needed and called to all rehearsals.**
A detailed rehearsal calendar will be shared after auditions based on the conflicts you have shared prior to rehearsals starting. (Conflict calendar is part of the Parent/Student Forms Packet).
***Everyone who registers must be able to attend at least the majority of all rehearsals, and be available for all rehearsals the last two weeks of the program (February 27th - March 6th) AND both performance dates (March 14th & 15th). ***

DRESS / TECH REHEARSALS
Dress & Tech Rehearsals will take place March 10th, & 12th, 2025.
**Missing rehearsals may result in not being in certain songs and scenes or having certain parts reassigned. We want everyone to have as much stage-time as possible, but there isn’t enough time in the process to always be able to re-teach material that is missed. Thank you for understanding.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Tuition of $410 + $15 registration fee = $425 total cost for the program.
Tuition helps cover costs of props and costumes and hiring professional artists to direct and design for this show. The cost of a cast T-Shirt is also included in tuition.
$15 Registration Fee covers Academy of Music administration and production costs prior to rehearsals, as well as any processing and convenience provided by Dance Studio Pro.
Full tuition is due at the time of registration through Dance Studio Pro.
Refund Protocol: The $15 registration fee in addition to 50% of tuition ($205) is considered a deposit to claim your spot and is non-refundable.
No refunds will be given after December 19th, 2024.

DISNEY’S FINDING NEMO JR is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com
Monday Wednesday
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Academy of Music Theatre