Audition Details:
Singing Auditions / APR 28 & 29 / 5:30 - 8:30 PM
Dance Audition / APR 30 / 5:30 - 8:30 PM
Callbacks / MAY 1 (By Invitation Only)
Director & Choreographer / Anne McAlexander
Music Director / Sherri Angelotti
Assistant Director / Carly Christie
Assistant Music Director & Accompanist / Indigo Dudley
Book by Bridget Carpenter / Music by Tom Kitt / Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
About Rising Stars / Every summer, Midland Center for the Arts searches for the top talent in the Great Lakes Bay Region for an intensive, professional-level experience and training from a creative team of industry professionals. Incoming and current High School students - including current 8th through 12th graders - will work through an intensive, professional-like rehearsal process in a truncated amount of time.
About the Show /When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, is a heartfelt, comedic, and unexpectedly emotional update on an American classic. By spending a day in each other's shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another's struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter.
Please read the Audition Packet here for more details/to prepare for your audition & sign up using the Audition Form here!
Dance Audition / APR 30 / 5:30 - 8:30 PM
Callbacks / MAY 1 (By Invitation Only)
Director & Choreographer / Anne McAlexander
Music Director / Sherri Angelotti
Assistant Director / Carly Christie
Assistant Music Director & Accompanist / Indigo Dudley
Book by Bridget Carpenter / Music by Tom Kitt / Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
About Rising Stars / Every summer, Midland Center for the Arts searches for the top talent in the Great Lakes Bay Region for an intensive, professional-level experience and training from a creative team of industry professionals. Incoming and current High School students - including current 8th through 12th graders - will work through an intensive, professional-like rehearsal process in a truncated amount of time.
About the Show /When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, is a heartfelt, comedic, and unexpectedly emotional update on an American classic. By spending a day in each other's shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another's struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter.
Please read the Audition Packet here for more details/to prepare for your audition & sign up using the Audition Form here!
Performance Dates:
WED, JUN 25 - FRI, JUN 27 / 7:30 PM
In the Little Theater
When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom’s big wedding. Disney’s Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, is a hilarious, heartfelt, and contemporary update of an American classic. By spending a day in each other's shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another's struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter. With a score by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composers of Next to Normal and If/Then and a book from the writer of TV’s Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, Freaky Friday is a delightfully entertaining new musical for anyone with a perfectly imperfect family.
In the Little Theater
When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom’s big wedding. Disney’s Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, is a hilarious, heartfelt, and contemporary update of an American classic. By spending a day in each other's shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another's struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter. With a score by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composers of Next to Normal and If/Then and a book from the writer of TV’s Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, Freaky Friday is a delightfully entertaining new musical for anyone with a perfectly imperfect family.
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