Registration for all cast and crew will open on Monday 15th September 2025 through Sign-Up Genius on thttps://wilderptsa.net/theater, as well as being sent out via a What’s App notification.

The first 50 students to register as cast and the first 5 students to register as crew WILL BE a part of the production.

If there are more than 50 students signing up for a cast role, or more than 5 signing up for a crew role, we will have a waitlist, and any unpaid spots as of Sunday 21st September will be offered to those waitlisted students on Monday 22nd September.

There are no refunds for this program. It is very important that you and your student are able to commit to the schedule for this program and that you have reviewed the mandatory dates before you register.

There can be up to a maximum of 50 roles, and a minimum of 20. Some roles may be shared across multiple cast members if we have a high level of interest (ie. Several children may play the role of Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion, Tin Man).

es, we will be holding auditions for all parts - both lead and supporting.

Auditions will be held over two days (on Monday 6th October and Tuesday 7th October). You will be given the opportunity to choose a timeslot that works best for you and your child. Auditions are held in a small room, in front of the Studio East Director & Music Director, with one of our PTSA chaperones also in attendance. There will also be a small group of other students who are also auditioning.

Please assure your child that this process is not scary. The students are made to feel at ease and are given the opportunity to elect to sing a small solo piece for a solo role, or to sing along with the rest of the students if that’s where they feel more comfortable.

Students who elect NOT to sing a solo audition will not be given a solo singing role.

Students will also be asked to do a reading. This should be approx. two paragraphs of text that are relevant to a stage show, and it is preferable that this is memorized rather

than read. Studio East will provide some sample text paragraphs prior to the auditions which your student may elect to use as their reading.

You are welcome to accompany your student into the school, but you may not enter the audition room during auditions.

The Directors and staff at Studio East will cast all roles based entirely on how the students performed at their auditions. It is therefore important that your student comes fully prepared and is ready to sing or speak solo if they’re after a lead role. We understand that some children have off days, but the Directors are only able to cast based on what they see on the day, so all castings will be final.

Roles will be announced on Thursday 12th September, in person during class. Please remind your student that ALL roles are important, and ALL roles have speaking parts. As you may have seen last year, all our students were given the opportunity to really shine in their roles, irrespective of it being a lead or supporting role. Please celebrate the role your child has been given, and steer away from expressing any disappointment in the role they have been awarded.

Any student wishing to receive feedback on their audition from the Directors is encouraged to ask. They will happily provide this feedback to the student only. No feedback will be given to parents.

We will give you the opportunity to submit scheduling conflicts, and we will do our best to schedule around those conflicts. Please note however that scheduling conflicts WILL be taken into consideration during casting decisions.

Please also note that the mandatory days CANNOT be missed, therefore no scheduling conflict forms will be accepted for those dates (refer to CAST ROLES tab on this page for mandatory dates listing).

Your child’s rehearsal schedule will depend on the role(s) assigned, and they will need to attend the rehearsal dates assigned to that role. This may not be every day, especially if they are a supporting role. The first week’s rehearsal schedule will be published as soon as possible after casting has been finalized, and a copy of the next week’s rehearsals will be sent out the Friday of each week prior. Please note that students MUST attend their scheduled dates unless they are unwell and have missed school that day.