JOURNEY THEATER ARTS GROUP
Auditioning: Casting & Cuts
Journey Theater is an educational non-profit organization
that values providing opportunities for kids to learn and grow through the
theater arts performance experience.
Because of this core value, we ask our Artistic Team members to consider
all auditioners fairly, consistently, and look for ways to incorporate as many
kids as possible into their production.
In our first years as an organization, we had one area with
one venue. It was not too long before we
got to a point in production participation that we needed to “cut” kids from
the show due to space constraints. Also,
students were growing in their skills through the classes they were taking. We wanted to honor the students that had
really taken time to prepare an audition that raised our standard of excellence
and expectations.
Eventually, the organization grew to a point where we felt
confident to expand to multi-sites. This
expansion allowed us to go back to a “no cut” policy so we could once again
accommodate the willing spirit of kids.
As we grow, we still hold as a core value the philosophy of
providing opportunities for kids; however, there ARE considerations that would
perhaps cause a student to be “cut” from a production. They are:
1.) The
venue can only safely accommodate a certain number of cast & crew.
2.) The
student is unable to demonstrate a complete audition. This may include the
student needing to leave the stage, needing to start their audition over, not
showing ample preparedness for the artistic team to get the information they
need for casting criteria, etc.
3.) The
student demonstrates difficulty in maintaining behavioral standards either in
Journey classes or in the audition/callback experience. This would include inappropriate audience
participation at open auditions and unfocused behavior at callbacks.
4.) The
students’ parents have not demonstrated positive contribution to past committee
obligations.
We want all Journey families to have a successful and
positive show experience. Therefore, it
is important for us to follow these guidelines for the fair consideration and
safety of all involved.
If you have questions about this policy, please direct your
questions to:
Kristi Foster
Executive Artistic Director
