Mt. Erie Elementary PTA

 Missoula Children’s Theater’s THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA

Envision a kingdom of snow where the residents are Winter Wind Workers, Blizzard Bringers, Icicle Sharpeners and Snow Smoothers, ruled by the Storm King and the Snow Queen.  Add to that a Prince looking for a proper Princess to share the throne.  Now imagine the Princess and her friend the Pea living in a kingdom of green rolling hills and running rivers with her subjects, The Flower Gardeners, River Runners, Green Shoot Growers and Tree Barkers.  Her parents, King Size and Queen Size, do all they can to keep things running smoothly.  Who knows, maybe the dancing Dust Bunnies can help? Although the two kingdoms think they have nothing in common, (except maybe a pesky Jack Frost that freezes anything and everything), the peace-loving Leprechauns prove otherwise.  Throw in some Phony Princesses and you have a real fiasco!  This ain’t your grandma’s PRINCESS AND THE PEA.  We think you will enjoy its twists and turns.

Get your smiling faces and loud voices ready for AUDITIONS on Monday March 8^th at 3:40pm in the gym. Bring a snack for after school. 60 children will be chosen to participate; they must be available for rehearsals all week to be able to participate. Typically younger ages are not called back until Wednesday from 3:45-5:45, other children must be available the entire week from 3:45-8:15 (though all cast members may not need to be present the entire time, their schedules must be free). Performances will be Friday March 12 7pm and Saturday March 13 2pm in the Mt. Erie gym.

Parents are required to be present to pick children up after auditions at 5:45, pay the $20 participation fee if your child is cast and pick up the rehearsal schedule for the week. Some cast members will be staying for rehearsal afterwards and will need a sack dinner.

If you have any questions, call Silja Shjarback at 588-0866 (home) 206-683-7889 (cell) or email at shjaresa@fidalgo.net.

Robinson Crusoe: A Fantastic Show!!!

Missoula Children’s Theater was here March 16th-21st presenting Robinson Crusoe. And what a wonderful show it was! Thank you to all parents, especially our parent volunteers who helped keep kids back stage occupied as well as those who assisted taking down the set and chairs, to Mr. Knorr and Cathy Hoy for all their help, to the Yarusso family for housing the directors, and to our fabulous cast! The MCT coordinators for the PTA hope to see you all back next fall! We’d like to recognize our entire cast:

Robinson Crusoe (Robby)-Baylee South
Wilson the Goat-Karen Gallardo
Leonard the Leopard-Emma Craft
Friday’s Family
Saturday-Molly Rockwood
Sunday-Marit Yarusso
Monday-Phoenix Gilden
Tuesday-Tyler Gates
Wednesday-Hannah Swartos
Thursday-Cody Frost
Goats
Billy-Will Sladich
Bill-Kai Perschbacher
Willy-Jane Lervik
Will-Christopher Warmuth
Wilma-Blakely Webber
Octet
Oscar the Octopus-Celica McCallister
Marty the Turtle-Friday show-Dakota Robb-Bryan
Saturday show-Sam Rockwood
Myrtle the Turtle-Darian Sather
Spunky the Funky Monkey-Lincoln Gilden
Wild Boar Willy-Nick Yarusso
Glinda Gull-Kristin Bielman
Stella Stork-Rylee Clemo
Polly Parrot-Cameron McCallister

The Very Hairy Frowny-Face Tribe-Linzi Bowman, Ruby Browning, Zoe Crowe, Sarah Derie, Elyse Etlicher, Ryan Frost, Laney Hamilton, Ben King, Julianna Kirk, Emma McKenna, Anna Morrow, Adam Paszkowski, Bryce Randall, Sierra Scamfer, Gemma Sladich, Jacob South, Peter Walters, Quinlan Young

Chameleons- Amy Aggergaard, Cassie Ausland, Aidan Brunson, Ellie Chambers, Victoria Frost, Hannah Gleason, Cody Hargett, Madelyne Hering,
Connor Jacobsen, Molly Lavelle, Marissa Mason, Megan McKenna,
Serena Morrow, Trey Pennington, Logan Scamfer, Emilie Shjarback,
Lindsey South, Clare Walters, Ben White, Kaitlyn Zarr

Assistant Directors- Andrew Aggergaard, Jacob Carver, Dylan Richmond,
Sam Rockwood

Mama Crusoe- Linda Ricksen
Friday-Megan Harman Director-Rory Behrens

Accompanist-Ana Fakkema

Dear Parents and Guardians,

AUDITIONS FOR MCT’S ROBINSON CRUSOE PRODUCTION ARE HERE!!!

The audition for Missoula Children’s Theatre production of Robinson Crusoe will be held on Monday, March 16^th in the Mt. Erie gym after school from 3:40pm to 5:40pm. There are roles for students in Kindergarten through 6^th grade.  Approximately 50-60 Mt. Erie students will be cast to appear in the show with a MCT Tour Actor/Director. There is no guarantee that everyone who auditions will be cast in the play. Students wishing to audition must be in the gym at 3:40pm and stay for the entire two-hour session. ***For those students that have been cast in the play, their $20 non-refundable participation fee is due Monday after the audition.  Checks can be made out to the Mt. Erie PTA.*** (Some scholarships are available, please see Mrs. Estensen).

This is a group audition – no advance preparation is necessary, but a SMILE ( never hurts. Students should just be ready to come and have a good time! We suggest bringing an after school snack.

Rehearsals will be conducted every day. A detailed rehearsal schedule will be distributed at the conclusion of the audition. Tentatively, the first rehearsal for kids age 8-12 begins after the audition at 6:15 pm, and for kids age 5-7, on Wednesday, March 18th at 12:15. All rehearsals will be in the Mt. Erie gym and/or in the Mt. Erie library.  Although not all cast members will be needed at every session, those auditioning must have a clear schedule for the entire week and if selected, be able to attend all rehearsals required for their role. Cast members scheduled for the full 4½ hours of rehearsal will be asked to bring a snack.

The performances will be held on Friday, March 20th at 7pm and Saturday, March 21st , at 11:00am (call time tentatively 10:15am) in the Mt. Erie gym.  All those cast must be available for all scheduled performances.  Each performance lasts one hour. Please call Silja Shjarback (588-0866) with questions.

PLEASE PLAN TO BE THERE AFTER AUDITIONS AT 5:40 PM, MONDAY, MARCH 16^TH TO EITHER PICK UP YOUR CHILD IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CAST, OR TO PAY FOR YOUR CHILD IF THEY HAVE BEEN CAST!  Older children who are cast will need a sack dinner.