Well, there’s magic to do, and we saw some magic today! Great turnout, great preparation, and great courage. Thank you all for your energy and commitment. All names on the chart, please report to the PAC lobby at 3:20 tomorrow, 9/7. Please look over the indicated callback songs and sides (dialogue). We will have hard copies of music and sides on site, but feel free to print your own. Everyone on the list below the chart, please report to the PAC for a dance call at 3:20 on 9/8. Wear comfortable/moveable clothes and shoes, and bring water….prepare to sweat!!

ACTING/VOCAL CALLBACKS 9/7 – 3:20pm-6pm

CHARACTER	ACTOR	SIDES	SONGS
Leading Player	Sofia Gomez Lucy Lorenzen Ava Neudeck Rowan Sechrist	Act 2, sc 3, pgs. bottom 73-74	“Glory” “Simple Joys” “Right Track”
Pippin	Mason Nuttbrock Ian Krubel Sophia Burden	Act 1, sc 2, pgs. 8-11 Act 1, sc 4, pgs. 24-25 Act 2, sc 2, pgs. 53-54 Act 2, sc 3, pgs. 73-74	“With You” the end of “Extraordinary” “Right Track” “Love Song”
Charles	Holden Peterson Mason Nuttbrock Ian Krubel	Act 1, sc 2, pgs. 8-11	“War is a Science”
Lewis	Jack Deason Jack Walters Josh Caveney	Act 1, sc 2, pgs. 8-11
Fastrada	Miriam Kelly Misha Rana Ava Neudeck Lucille Clemo	Act 1, sc 2, pgs. 8-11	“Spread a Little Sunshine”
Berthe	Lucia LaViolette Rowan Sechrist Ave Neudeck Sophia Burden	Act 1, sc 4, pgs. 24-25	“No Time at All”
Catherine	Hanna Layton Grace Boyer Lucy Lorenzen Sophia Burden	Act 2, sc 2, pgs. 53-54	“Kind of Woman” “Love Song”
Theo	Josh Caveney Leo Wilson Miriam Kelly	Act 2, sc 2, pgs. 53-54	“Theo’s Corner”

DANCE CALL 9/8 – 3:20pm-6pm

Sofia Gomez

Lucy Lorenzen

Ava Neudeck

Mason Nuttbrock

Ian Krubel

Sophia Burden

Holden Peterson

Jack Deason

Jack Walters

Josh Caveney

Miriam Kelly

Misha Rana

Lucille Clemo

Lucia LaViolette

Rowan Sechrist

Hanna Layton

Grace Boyer

Leo Wilson

Max Burden

Brielle Schroeder

Jori Brady

Olivia Burden

Elliott Sherman

Lily McCarthy

Lea Blaskower

Keira Kuehn

Willow Wilson

Jay Bruce

Marina Vadnais

Saige Heiden

Fiona Michael

Access materials (with school Google log-in) here: PIPPIN AUDITION MATERIAL

NOTE: Additional songs can be found in the Piano/Conductor’s Score within the Pippin Audition Material Google Drive folder.

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All WLHS students are welcome to audition for our fall production of PIPPIN. An intial singing audition will be held on 9/6 from 3:20pm-6pm. Come to the PAC lobby, sign in, and be sure that you have completed the Google Audition Form. Auditions will be in the choir room and an accompanist will be provided. Unless you specify a time constraint with stage management, people will sing in the order they signed in. Once you audition, you can leave. A callback list will be posted on this website the evening of 9/6. Please read through the following packet thoroughly:

Materials can be accessed and downloaded here (you must be signed in with your school Google Account):

PIPPIN Audition Material

Please email the director, Mr. Beckingham, with any questions – beckings@wlwv.k12.or.us

Read more details here – 2023/24 Season

The West Linn High School Theatre Arts Department presents Shorts 23! The production will include two student directed and produced one-act plays – The Odyssey by Homer, dramatized by Gregory A. Falls and Kurt Beattie, directed by Jesse Kohler; and All Rise by Evan McCreary, directed by Evan McCreary. Come and support directors, actors, and technicians on May 18, 19, and/or 20, 7pm curtain. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door or on the ticket link above.

Thank you to all who auditioned! The directors deliberated for quite a long time…..as choosing was quite a task. Thank you for your patience and great variety of talent! Below are the cast lists:

SHORTS 2023

NOT SO GRIMM TALES	THE ODYSSEY	ALL RISE	HOTEL L’ALBERGO
Eloise Guarisco – CINDERELLA/ WORKER 1	Matthew Tence – Antinous, Eurylochus, Dead Soul	Hailey Cyphers – Valarie Williams	Lily Farrens – Ian
Sophie Vervais – LITTLE RED/ STEP SISTER 1	Zion Lamar – Eurymachus, Perites, Poseidon, Aeolous attendant, Hylax, Dead Soul	Cadence Cox – Elizabeth Clarke	Roop Aporupa – Alessia
Valentina Dias Gaspar – STEPMOTHER / WORKER 2	Max Halverson – Telemachus, Cyclops, King Aeolus, Dead soul, Zeus	Malaika Ruirie – Ella Williams, Dr. Lana Spencer-Adamms	Grayson Weinchert – Kevin
Caitlin Duncan – MR. PRINCE / CHARMING / WOODSMAN	Aether Meyers – Leodes, Perites, Hermes, Old man, Dead Soul	Mashayla Scott – Billie Williams	Fiona Michael – Anne
Jesika Conner – SNOW WHITE/ STEP SISTER 2	Elizabeth Meyers – Pallas Athena, Old man, Aeolus attendant, Anticlea, Siren, Apollo	Emmerson Parker – Regina, Stephanie, The Journalist	Nobie Zur – Theresa
Maggie MacKenzie – MOTHER	Nobie Zur – Ktessipos, Peremides, Teiresias	Jonathan Beldman – The Judge, Dan, Tim	Jesika Conner – Johana
Max Chenier – DAUGHTER	Ian Krubel – Odysseus, Old man	Roop Aporupa – The Assistant, “Mr. Dixon”	Cadence Tillman – Katrina
Susan Ward – MORGANA / LITTLE RED’S MOM	Luci LaViolette – Penelope, Old man, Circes Attendant, Anticlea, Siren	Serenity Drorbaugh – Bailiff
Jack Deason – MIR’AH / GRANDMA		Evan McCreary – The Boy
Nico Vick Beaudin – WOLF/ FAIRY GODMOTHER		TBD – Matt Williams

All actors above, please come to the PAC lobby right after school tomorrow (4/6). You will be told which room to meet in for your read-throughs. Scripts will be printed for you. If you have any questions, direct them to your Production Stage Manager, Allie – henrya@wlhs.wlwv.k12.or.us.

What a turn out tonight! Due to the talent on display, the vibe was both exciting and daunting for directors. We cannot stress enough that IF you are not on the callback schedule, that does not necessarily mean you will NOT be cast. Callbacks will be 3:30pm-6pm.

1. ALL links can only be accessed through your school Google account. Please check this list carefully and note the times/rooms you are slotted for: Shorts 23 Callback Schedule
2. Callback rooms will be the black box, makeup room, band room, and green room. If you do not know where one of these locations are, please ask Allie, the PSM, or one of the ASMs – Gabby, Maddie, or Gracie.
3. All callbacks except “All Rise” will be cold reads – sides will be passed out in the rooms as opposed to given ahead of time. You can find the “All Rise” callback sides here: ALL RISE Callback Sides
4. Please check back here for the cast list tomorrow night. THURSDAY (4/6) from 3:15-5:15 is the first rehearsal.

Break legs!!

This year for Shorts 23, we have three plays and one short film. They are as follows:

“Not so Grimm Tales” by Kevin Bean; Directed by Mira Jansen & Olive Dotson

“The Odyssey” dramatized by Gregory A. Falls & Kurt Beattie; Directed by Jesse Kohler

“All Rise” by Evan McCreary; Directed by Evan McCreary

“Hotel L’Albergo” (short film) by Marina Vadnais; Directed by Xen Waggoner & Riley Schrieber

Initial Auditions will be Tuesday April 4 in the Black Box from 3:30-6. Please fill out the AUDITION FORM prior to auditioning. You must be logged in with School Google account. Callbacks will be by invitation (check back here) on April 5.

Please prepare up to TWO sides for auditions. If choosing two, please pick from two different shows. You must be logged in with School Google account.

Shorts 23 Audition Sides

Please email production stage manager, Allie Henry with any questions – henrya@wlhs.wlwv.k12.or.us

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Now you can review and/or download our theatre season programs!

Twelfth Night: or What You Will opens at West Linn High School on March 10, 2023.

If music be the food of love….ROCK ON! Paying homage to the mid 90s alternative music scene, the West Linn High School Theatre Arts Department presents Shakespeare’s indelible comedy, Twelfth Night. Set in a Pacific Northwest town near the sea, meet a cast of characters, including a one-hit-wonder former pop queen; a lovelorn mall record shop owner; a stodgy music manager; a young woman trying to make her mark on the world; and three Nirvana wannabes! With musical performances, a host of physical gags, and a very over-sized mall garbage bin, the production presents an MTV twist on a Shakespearean classic. The show runs March 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18. Curtain is at 7 pm for all shows. Reserve tickets through the ticket link above.

DIRECTION, TEXT EDITING, & ORIGINAL MUSIC by Steven Beckingham

SET & LIGHTING DESIGN by Jon Ares

VIDEOGRAPHY & EDITING by Jon Ares

COSTUME DESIGN by Annie Kaiser

SOUND DESIGN by Nicosia Vick Beaudin 

INVITED DRESS REHEARSAL ON 3/9 @ 6:30PM. Pay what you will!