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1. Sharon High
School
Theatre Company

2.  Sandra Dennis – High school Theatre, English,
Speech teacher, Drama Coach/director all 3
seasons
 Kayla Armstrong – Assistant Drama Coach
(Fall and Spring), choreographer, Festival
coordinator (Winter)
 Meg Dussault – Tech co-director (Fall and
Spring), Festival play co-director/Asst Drama
Coach (Winter)
 Aaron Waite – Tech co-director (all 3 seasons)
 Laura Frye- Music director for Fall Musical

3.  Many opportunities
 Acting
 Directing
 Costume design
 Set design
 Light design
 Sound design
 Building
 Props
 Hair and make-up
 Puppets
 Music
 Dance

4.  Fall: Musical
 Auditions are held in June
 Auditions consist of singing, dancing and/or
acting
 Material is given in advance
 There could be call backs (students are asked to
audition again for specific parts)
 Audition criteria: voice, pitch, rhythm,
personality, projection, interpretation,
 Students audition in small groups in front of adult
directors
 Casting is based on who is best for the part, not
by seniority.
 All will be cast in shows

5.  Musical
 Cast list will be posted on the website and
outside the music room.
 Rehearsals begin first day of school
 Schedules will be handed out at that first
rehearsal
 Rehearsals will run from 3:15 – 5:30; as we get
closer to the show date, times for pick up will be
later. Parents will be notified.

6.  Fall
 Students may be asked to buy or find parts of their
costumes, shoes, make-up.
 Students must attend every rehearsal they are
scheduled
 Notification of an absence from rehearsal a must.
 Students must come prepared.
 During rehearsals when there is downtime – students
should do their homework.
 Students must stay in the area of the auditorium,
music room or surrounding hallways.

7.  For musical
 Saturdays during September and October 9am-
4pm
 Students should put in at least 10 hours
 Painting, organizing, sewing, designing,
rehearsing
 Parents can help but will need a CORI form check
before they can participate.
 Must wear shoes (no flip flops)
 Building workshops will be held during
rehearsals.
 Students order out for lunch or can pack a lunch.

8.  Student directed plays:
 Upperclassmen as directors, writers (proposals)
 Auditions will be held after the Fall Musical
 Rehearsals will be two days a week 3:15-5:15
 Student directors might need a third day of
rehearsals, but schedules will be available at the
first rehearsal.
 Performance will be 2nd weekend in February.
 Attendance at rehearsals is required or student
will forfeit his/her part
 Adult directors will assist student directors
throughout process.

9.  Festival one-act play
 Auditions will be after the musical
 Rehearsals will be two days a week and will
increase after student directed plays are
presented.
 Students must be available during Feb vacation
to be eligible to audition and participate.
Exceptions will be made for college auditions or
interviews. Notification ahead of time is a must.
 Feb vacation rehearsals will be Wed-Sunday, from
8am – 3pm

10.  Festival:
 Students must be available for all of the
performance dates which go throughout March.
 Semi-finals
 Finals
 Adult directors will be directing and
accompanying students to each round of
competition.

11.  Student Directed and Festival plays
 Saturdays in January and February from 9am –
4pm
 Same information as Fall set building

12.  Children’s show and Junior Drama Club
 Auditions will be held in the middle of March
 Student directed show with adult directors
assisting
 Junior Drama – run by students with adult
directors assisting
 Children’s show rehearsals – same times
 Performance dates: one Saturday in May – 2
performances

13.  Drama Banquet is in May or June
 Students will be recognized for their involvement
 International Thespian Society
 Senior recognition
 Gifts
 Skits
 Dancing

14.  No User Fee
 For each show, T-shirts available (7-15.00)
 Theatre Company Apparel (40.00)
 Drama festival SHSTC Sweatshirts (40.00)
 Guild drama festival t-shirts (15.00)
 Food (Saturday set buildings, drama festival,
banquet)
 Costume, shoes, make-up (minimal). We
supply as much as we can.

15.  We need to know if your child has any
medical problems/food allergies we should
be aware of.
 We need help sewing costumes and finding
props or furniture pieces.
 We need help during the preliminary round
of drama festival (we are a host site – lots of
jobs!)
 We need help selling tickets at the door or
ushering during the musical.

16.  Allinformation – rehearsal schedule, costume
requirements will be posted on our website:
 http://theatrecompanywebsite.com/shs
 Mrs. Dennis: s_dennis@sharon.k12.ma.us
 Ms. Armstrong:
karmstrong@sharon.k12.ma.us
 Mr. Waite: Waite@sharon.k12.ma.us
 Ms. Dussault: mdussault@sharon.k12.ma.us
 Ms. Frye: L_Frye@sharon.k12.ma.us