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Emily Dickinson PTSA is proud to present Theater 2024-25:

Director:  Patricia Haines-Ainsworth

Musical Director:  Terence Alaric Levitt

Co-Producers:  Megan Payne & Ange Garrett

PTSA is pleased to announce the 2024-25 theater production will be The Day Zero Left Dodge.  Pat and Terry are back to direct another fun-filled student performance.  Performances will be January 30 and 31, 2025 at the Redmond High School Performing Arts Center.

The Day Zero Left Dodge is a fun and silly mathematical Western.  It's set in the small western town of Dodge City where all the citizens are numbers.  When Crazy Eight's nasty gang of outlaws steal some of Seven's sheep, Zero volunteers to join One and his posse to get them back.  Zero is hurt when One tells her it doesn't really matter if she joins or not since she has no value.  A distraught Zero leaves town.  Without Zero there to make the double-digit numbers they need, the rest of the town falls into chaos. It looks like Crazy Eight might go free if One cannot convince Zero to come back to Dodge.

Registration & Commitments

Registration Dates:    Opens Thurs, Aug 29 @ 12:01am

                                   Closes Thurs, Nov 14 @ 11:59pm

Eligibility:  Grades 2-5  

Time Commitment:  

• Mandatory Theater Parent Info Night:  Nov 12 and 14 @ 6pm in the school library.  Must attend one session.
• Email a student headshot to Heidi.  These aid the directors during auditions.
• Auditions after school:  Nov 18 and 19.  Must attend one session.  Sign up HERE.  Students should be prepared to read or recite a few lines of something (poem, story, monologue) + sing a song (any song, Happy Birthday is fine) at their audition.  Please note:  If your student has registered and paid, they are guaranteed a part in the play.  Auditions are to assist the directors with making cast assignments.  
• ALL CALL read and sing through:  Dec 3 and 6 @ 4-5:30pm.
• Rehearsals:  MON, TUES, FRI @ 4-5:30pm from Dec 9 through Jan 17 in the Commons.  (There are NO WED and THURS rehearsals EXCEPT for the two weeks before the show.)  Your student will not rehearse every day; just on the days they are called (i.e. scheduled).  Students who show up on dates they are not called will be sent home.  If your student must miss a rehearsal for sickness, vacation, or other reasons, please notify the producers as early as possible.  Directors and producers reserve the right to recast roles as needed.
• Students must be picked up promptly from rehearsals at 5:30pm.  Parents must enter the school to sign out their student upon pick up.
• Please send a healthy snack and book with your student.  When not actively rehearsing, students should engage in a quiet activity such as reading or homework. 
• Mandatory ALL CALL dress rehearsals:  Jan 21, 23, 24 @ 4-6pm.
• Mandatory ALL CALL dress & tech rehearsals:  Jan 27, 28 @ 6-8:30pm at the Redmond High School Performing Arts Center.  
• Performances are Jan 30 @ 7pm and Jan 31 @ 7pm at the Redmond High School Performing Arts Center.

Parent Commitment:  Parent support is required for this production!  Since theater is a PTSA-sponsored program, per our insurance and chaperone policies, your commitment as a parent includes the following:

• Be a PTSA member.  Verify purchase of a PTSA Membership here first; otherwise please purchase a 2024-25 PTSA Membership before registering for theater (24 hours needed for membership authorization).  

• Be an approved LWSD volunteer.
• Sign up for at least one committee during Mandatory Theater Parent Info Night:  Stage Manager, Assistant Stage Manager, Backstage Supervision, Cast Party & Directors' Gifts, Concessions, Costumes, Hair & Makeup, Lights & Sound, Sets/Props/Background Design, Set Up & Clean Up, Ticketing, and Videographer.
• Chaperone at least two rehearsals.  Sign up HERE.
• Sign the parent contract and student behavior contract.

Fee:  $125

Scholarships:  Available to those in need.  For more information, please contact Heidi

Cancellations:  For a refund, all cancellations must be requested by Sun, Nov 17.  Please email Heidi and Cc the PTSA Treasurer with your cancellation request.  No refunds given after cast assignments are made!

Important Dates

Questions?

Contact co-producers Megan or Ange with any questions.

Click HERE to start the registration process.