BYE BYE BIRDIE Rehearsal Schedule

MTA’S “BYE BYE BIRDIE” REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

Please note: Unless otherwise specified, all Saturday Rehearsals are from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for the full cast, and all Thursday Rehearsals are from 6:30-9:45 p.m. for selected scenes/numbers

Tech week begins on Saturday, June 12, 2010

Saturday, June 12, 2010: 9:30am to 5:00pm
Monday, June 14, 2010 thru Thursday, June 17, 2010: 5:30pm to 10:00pm

Opening night performance, June 18, 2010 at 7:30pm

ALL TECH DAYS AND PERFORMANCES ARE MANDATORY

THURS. 3/11 (NO ADAM) 6:30-9:45 pm
Only ALBERT/CONRAD/ROSIE/KIM/MR. MACAFEE/MRS. MACAFEE/
RANDOLPH / DEBORAH SUE (Dalia: That’s you, now!) / NANCY
(a.k.a. Connie-Alice-Elizabeth-Gladys-Ermengarde)

Rehearse all LEAD Vocals with SHARON and JIMMY
DEB will be grabbing those of you not being used periodically

SAT. 3/13 (NO AUSTIN / SARAH S. / ADAM) 9:30 am-1:00 pm
Only CONRAD (Taylor) / KIM (Hailey) / DALIA/ ELIZABETH / MADISON /
EVE / NATALIE / ASHLEY / JILL / SARAH S. (SYMPHONY please
cover) / AUSTIN (DEB please cover) / JONATHAN / EVAN / HAL /
MYSTERY BOY (Might put him in “Kids” instead if he looks older)

9:30-10:00: ENSEMBLE review “Got a Lot of Livin’ to Do” with SHARON
MAE/ALBERT/CONRAD Block Pages 74-76 with JIMMY and
DEB in Back Room
10:00-1:00: Stage “A Lot of Livin’ to Do” and “Ice House Livin’”
(Pages 76-81 and Pages 99-101)

THURS. 3/18 (NO Conflicts) 6:30-9:45 pm ROSIE / KIM / URSULA Only
6:30-7:30: KIM and URSULA with JIMMY in Big Room Stage Act I, Scene 3 up through “How Lovely to be a Woman”
(Pages 20-22)
ROSIE with DEB in the Back Room…Acting workshop
7:30-8:30: KIM and ROSIE with JIMMY in Big Room
Stage Act II, Scene 1 “What Did I Ever See in Him?” (Pages 68-70)
URSULA with DEB in the Back Room…Acting workshop
8:30-9:45: ROSIE Only Begin Work on “Spanish Rose” (Pages 103-104)
SAT. 3/20 (NO MADISON / ZACH / ADAM / MOLLY leaves @ noon) 9:30 am-1:00 pm  FULL CAST
9:30-10:00: MR. MACAFEE/ MRS. MACAFEE / KIM Only
Block Act I, Scene 3 Dialogue (Pages 22-24)
10:00-1:00: Add FULL CAST (SYMPHONY please stand-in for MADISON)
Block Act I, Scene 6 and Stage “Honestly Sincere” (Pages 42-46)

THURS. 3/25 (NO AUSTIN…Austin-This is the ONE Thursday I need you to miss dance and
come, please. I worked around you on all the other ones and your dance concerts)
6:30-9:45 pm MR. MACAFEE (Alex J.) / MRS. MACAFEE (Robyn) /RANDOLPH (Cooper) / AUSTIN / JILL / LILAC /ALEXA /JAMIE / SARA M. / MOLLY / ELYSSA / HAL / JONATHAN   Only
6:30-7:10: “Kids” and “Kids-Reprise” Vocals with SHARON and JIMMY
7:10-8:30: Stage “Kids-Reprise” (Pages 94-98)
8:30-9:45: 3 MACAFEES Only Block and Stage “Kids” Scene (Pages 81-83)

SAT. 3/27 (NO SYMPHONY / JONATHAN) 9:30 am-1:00 pm FULL CAST
Big Room: Stage “Telephone Hour” with JIMMY and SHARON (Sorry, Jonathan…It was the day with the least amount of conflicts)
Back Room: Acting Workshop with DEB for ROSIE / KIM / MR. AND MRS. MACAFEE / off and on with ALBERT / HUGO / CONRAD

THURS. 4/1 (NO ZACH) 6:30-9:45 pm FULL CAST

6:30-7:00: MANDATORY Parent/Cast Meeting with MICHELE
7:00-9:45: Stage “A Healthy, Normal American Boy” and “Penn Station to Sweet Apple” (Pages 31-36)
**MACAFEES will have some down time to rehearse “Ed Sullivan”
Harmonies with SHARON or do Scene Work with DEB

SAT. 4/3 NO REHEARSAL! (Off for Easter weekend/Spring Break)

THURS. 4/8 (Possibly NO HAL, Spring Break) 6:30-9:45 pm ALBERT / ROSIE / MAE  Only
6:30-7:45 Block Act I, Scene 1 “An English Teacher” (Pages 8-14)
7:45-8:45 Add SYMPHONY to block Act I, Scene 4 (Pages 27-31)
8:45-10:00 ALBERT Only Learn “Put on a Happy Face” (Pages 25-27)

SAT. 4/10 (SPRING BREAK conflicts…NO MOLLY / MADISON / JONATHAN / ZACH
Possibly NO HAL / NATALIE / SARA M.)

9:30-11:30 am Due to Spring break Conflicts, any teen GIRLS who can come for a couple of hours and aren’t away for the week will be the onstage girls for the “Bye Bye Birdie” opener. HAILEY…I need you to be one of these girls, please. The rest of the girls who miss today will still be in the number, but up on the balconies or in the audience with limited choreography. Remember, you “adults” are all teens in “Telephone Hour,” so this really includes all girls except ALEX, ROBYN, and SYMPHONY. Shorter rehearsal today, since it will easy to stage the number.

THURS. 4/15 (NO Conflicts) 6:30-9:45 pm HUGO / KIM / DEBORAH SUE / NANCY /ROSIE / ALBERT Only
Block Act I, Scene 5 and Stage “One Boy,” including the Luggage Dance (Pages 36-40)
DEB will supervise the ALBERTS in catching each other up on any missed material.

SAT. 4/17 (NO AUSTIN) (NO JIMMY…Judging a Show Choir Competition)
9:30 am-1:00 pm FULL CAST
Full Show Vocal Brush-Up with SHARON, including teaching and/or cleaning
the “Bye Bye Birdie” opening number
LAST sit down vocal rehearsal, so those of you who missed the first one PLEASE bring recording devices…Full cast take advantage of this day!

THURS. 4/22 (NO Conflicts) 6:30-9:45 pm FULL CAST
Run Act I, Scenes 1 through 7 Fill in all holes (Undone blocking, crossover scenes, etc.
Stage “Ed Sullivan” number and solidify harmonies

SAT. 4/24 (NO ALEXA / TAYLOR) 9:30 am-1:00 pm FULL CAST
9:30-10:30: ROSIE / ALBERT / MAE / GLORIA Only      Block Act I, Scene 8 Dialogue (Pages 55-59)
10:30-11:30: Add FULL CAST
Stage a shortened version of “One Hundred Ways Ballet”
11:30-1:00: Run Act I, Scenes 1 through 8 (HAL as Albert)

THURS. 4/29 (NO ALEXA) 6:30-10:00 pm FULL CAST
6:30-8:30: Stage Act I, Scene 9 “One Last Kiss” (Sorry, Alexa!) (Pages 60-66)
8:30-10:00: KIM / ROSIE / CONRAD / ALBERT / MAE / MR. MACAFEE /
MRS. MACAFEE / RANDOLPH / HUGO Only
Review Act II, Scene 1 (Pages 68-70)
Block Act II, Scene 2 (Pages 71-76)
Block HUGO / MR. MACAFEE / ALBERT Dialogue on Page 81
Review the MACAFEES “Kids”

**FRI.** 4/30 Special rehearsal with younger kids 4:00-6:00 pm ALBERT/SARAH S./ NATALIE L. Only
Stage “Put On a Happy Face” with the Younger Girls
SAT. 5/1 (Maybe NO DALIA or ZACH) 9:30 am-1:00 pm FULL CAST
Review and Fix Act I, Scene 9 and Run Act II, Scenes 1 through 3
THURS. 5/6 (NO Conflicts) 6:30-9:30 pm “BABY, TALK TO ME” QUARTET /ALBERT / ROSIE / HUGO Only
6:30-7:30: ALBERT / QUARTET Only Work Vocals on “Baby, Talk to Me” with SHARON
7:30-9:30: Add ROSIE / HUGO Block Act II, Scene 4 (Pages 84-89)
HUGO…Work with DEB after your short scene is blocked.
Please take note of earlier release time due to a younger boy being involved in the Quartet.

SAT. 5/8 (NO Conflicts) 9:30 am-1:00 pm ROSIE / JONATHAN / EVAN / HAL /ADAM / NOAH / LUCAS / NATHAN /
TAYLOR / MYSTERY BOY Only
Block Act II, Scene 5 and Stage “Shriner Ballet” (Pages 90-91)
***Please note: This number had to be staged on a Saturday, due to the fact that three boys from the younger kids are involved…So it is a DAY OFF for most of you! Sleep in!

THURS. 5/13 (Maybe NO ROBYN) 6:30-9:45 pm FULL CAST
6:30-7:15: ALBERT and MAE Only
7:15-9:45: Add FULL CAST Run and Fix Act II, Scenes 1 through 6

**FRI.** 5/14 Special Friday Rehearsal for ALBERT and ROSIE Only 4:00-8:00 pm
Stage “Rosie” and finish or review “Spanish Rose” with JIMMY

SAT. 5/15 (NO JAMIE / EVE / Possibly NO ROBYN or SARA M.) 9:30 am-1:00 pm  FULL CAST
Finish the Show! Block Act II, Scenes 7 and 8 (Pages 99-110)

THURS. 5/20 (NO ALEX J. / Maybe NO ZACH / NO JIMMY… “Alice in Wonderland”
Tech, an MTA sponsored event) 6:30-9:45 pm FULL CAST
Run Entire Show with DEB and SHARON, focusing more on Acting/Vocals

SAT. 5/22 (Maybe NO ZACH) 9:30 am-1:00 pm FULL CAST
Stage the Bows with JIMMY
Run the Entire Show to see where we are on ALL elements

THURS. 5/27 (NO ELYSSA) 6:30-9:45 pm FULL CAST
Dance Clean-Up Night!
“Bye Bye Birdie”
“Telephone Hour”
“A Healthy, Normal American Boy”
“Honestly Sincere”
“One Last Kiss”
“A Lot of Livin’ to Do”
“Kids-Reprise”
“Ice House Livin’”

SAT. 5/29 NO REHEARSAL! (Off for Memorial Day Weekend)

THE REMAINING PORTION OF THIS SCHEDULE WILL COVER BOTH THE
YOUNGER KIDS AND OLDER KIDS REHEARSALS. IF YOU HAVE NOT
DONE SO ALREADY, PLEASE BE OFF BOOK FOR ALL REHEARSALS IN
JUNE. CONTINUE TO DRILL YOUR BLOCKING AND CHOREOGRAPHY, SO
WE CAN BE SUPER PREPARED FOR THE “MERGE” WITH THE YOUNGER
CAST MEMBERS…THANKS!

JUNE SCHEDULE

THURS. 6/3 (NO Conflicts) 6:30-9:45 pm OLDER KID LEADS Only
ROSIE / KIM / ALBERT / CONRAD / MAE / MR. MACAFEE / MRS. MACAFEE / RANDOLPH / HUGO / URSULA / NANCY/
DEBORAH SUE / GLORIA RASPUTIN
Clean-Up Lead Work and pick-up the pieces night.

SAT. 6/5 (NO Conflicts) 9:30 am-1:00 pm FULL CAST
Combine the Younger Kids and Older Kids Day! Yay!

THURS. 6/10 NO REHEARSAL! (OCHSA Graduation Day…Congratulations Graduates!)

SAT. 6/12 (NO Conflicts) FULL DAY REHEARSAL / FULL CAST
9:30 am-12:45 pm Run and Fix Act I
12:45 pm-1:45 pm Lunch Break
1:45 pm-5:00 pm Run and Fix Act II
Last Day at MTA!
From now on ALL rehearsals and performances are held at Westminster’s Rose Center Theater
in the City of Westminster by the Police Station. The address is 14140 All American Way,
Westminster, CA 92683 Website: www.rosecentertheater.com Michele will have directions
to the theater available for those who need them. The phone number to the Rose is (714) 793-1150
and Jimmy’s Cell Phone number is (714) 397-5075.

MON. 6/14 (NO Conflicts) 5:30-10:00 pm (Younger kids out by 9:15) FULL CAST
Tech Act I on the Stage…No mics/costumes

TUES. 6/15 (NO Conflicts) 5:30-10:00 pm (Younger kids out by 9:15) FULL CAST
Tech Act II on the Stage…No mics/costumes

WEDS. 6/16 (NO Conflicts) 5:30-10:00 pm (Younger kids out by 9:30 if possible)
5:30 pm FULL CAST CALLED, GET INTO COSTUMES/MICS
6:45 pm FULL DRESS REHEARSAL with HAL as ALBERT
9:30 pm Notes

THURS. 6/17 (NO Conflicts) 5:30-10:00 pm (Younger kids out by 9:30 if possible)
5:30 pm FULL CAST CALLED, GET INTO COSTUMES/MICS
6:45 pm FULL DRESS REHEARSAL with ADAM as ALBERT
9:30 pm Notes

FRI. 6/18 OPENING NIGHT! 5:30 pm CALL TIME (Alex J. may be a little late due to Graduation…Congratulations!)
7:30 pm PERFORMANCE (Adam as ALBERT)
9:45 pm Clean and pick-up Dressing Rooms and Theater
Please note: We will do this on a rotation basis
after ALL Performances.
SAT. 6/19 THE MIDDLE DAY!

12:30 pm CALL TIME
2:00 pm PERFORMANCE (Hal as ALBERT)
4:30 pm DINNER BREAK (We may NOT stay at Theater)
6:15 pm CALL TIME
7:30 pm PERFORMANCE (Adam as ALBERT)

SUN. 6/20 FIRST WEEK ENDS! 12:30 pm CALL TIME
2:00 pm PERFORMANCE (Adam as ALBERT)

THURS. 6/24 PICK-UP REHEARSAL 6:00-9:00 pm NO Costumes/Makeup/Mics  For memory only

FRI. 6/25 THE 2ND WEEK! 6:00 pm CALL TIME
7:30 pm PERFORMANCE (Adam as ALBERT)

SAT. 6/26 THE HOME STRETCH!

12:30 pm CALL TIME
2:00 pm PERFORMANCE (Hal as ALBERT)
4:30 pm DINNER BREAK (We may NOT stay at Rose)
6:15 pm CALL TIME
7:30 pm PERFORMANCE (Adam as ALBERT)

SUN. 6/27 CLOSING DAY! 12:30 pm CALL TIME
2:00 pm FINAL PERFORMANCE (Adam as ALBERT)

Please note: After the show there will be a MANDATORY Strike of all of the “Bye Bye Birdie” Sets/Costumes/Props in the Theater. We NEED help from you and all your family members….Especially the muscular/strong ones! Please bring a drill to help disassemble the set if you have one. There is lots to do, and the more help we have, the more fun it is and the quicker it goes. Everything must be moved OUT of the Theater and be taken to either the MTA Facility or our storage unit near Euclid and the 405. Thank-you ahead of time for all your hard work in making this production of “Bye Bye Birdie” a success!
THANKS TO ALL CAST AND PARENTS! I ONCE AGAIN KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE GREAT!