by Payton Sciarratta

Students pace back and forth rehearsing songs over and over, repeating the monologues to make sure they get it memorized word for word. Hearts race, stomachs ache, this is all the process of auditions.

This year’s fall productions at Clayton High School, “Great Expectations,” the freshman-sophomore play “Snow Angel,” and the winter musical auditions took place on Sept. 8, 2009. The most unique thing about this year’s auditions was that all three shows had their auditions on the same day.

Students who auditioned for any of these three shows were required to either prepare a monologue and/or a song. The musical “Sweeney Todd” is a very complex show and requires a lot of effort, which is why the winter musical auditions were held so early in the year.

“It is more of a consequence because we are auditioning now for all of the shows until the spring,” Junior Ian Miller said. This was the unique thing about the audition process because it was the first year that the theatre department has had an audition like this.

“We have guest directors with us this year,” said Nick Oliveri, senior and President of Drama Guild. “Zoe VonderHaar, the choreographer of all winter musicals is here with us today.”

This was an opportunity for the students at CHS to have such a wide variety of directors to take part in the audition process.

“I hope to find a good cast and that the shows really come together,” Miller said.
Make sure to keep your eyes open for tickets to see this year’s fall/winter productions.