The Little Red Schoolhouse Players were founded in 1996 with “OZ!” as its inaugural show. In the following years, the drama program has grown to include over seventy students per musical production, and two different shows each year (a middle school non-musical, and a full-blown Broadway musical with students in grades 3-8).
Past musicals have included Oliver, Crazy For You, Peter Pan, The Sound of Music, The Wiz, Bye Bye Birdie, and The Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof, Beauty and the Beast, and Honk. Non-musicals have included Tom Sawyer, Alice In Wonderland, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Scapin, The Doctor In Spite Of Himself, Romeo and Juliet, and Much Ado About Nothing.
Rehearsals take place afterschool from 3:30-5:00 for 6-8 weeks prior to curtain. Additional sectionals or coaching sessions occur during lunch recess or before school occasionally. Directors of the Drama Program are Ms. Lourie and Mrs. Kinna. For current rehearsal information, please click on the rehearsal schedule link.
Anderson Little Red Schoolhouse Players announces a spring of
Knights! Queens! Jesters! HIGH DRAMA
SILLINESS, COMEDY! SMART PRINCESSES,
NOT-SO-SMART-PRINCES, AND WIZARDS…in
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
a funny musical for a large energetic cast based on “The Princess and the Pea.” Set in the 1400’s, this show promises to keep audiences of all ages entertained and actors of many levels challenged.
Auditions: Jan 24-27 (Tuesday-friday)
Jan 30-Feb 2 (Monday-Thursday)
Rehearsals start: Wed. Feburary 8
Performances: April 20 and 21,
Friday evening; sat matinee
Sat rehearsals: April 7
April 14
No rehearsals:
Friday Feb 17
Monday Feb 20
Friday March 2
Friday March 9
Friday April 13
More communications to follow regarding specifics, parent meetings, etc.
ANDERSON’S LITTLE RED SCHOLHOUSE PLAYERS is introducing “STAGE SPROUTS” a new program for third grade cast members!
For many reasons, including long hours for younger ones, trends in cast size (70+), focus endurance and parental concerns, we are now offering a more limited opportunity for third graders to participate in the spring musical.
What does this mean?
Stage Sprouts will be cast in one or two group songs, requiring limited rehearsals. They will need to come to only one Saturday rehearsal, for about an hour, and will not be required to stay late on the evenings leading up to the performance. During the production, SPROUTS will require only one costume, arriving with the rest of the cast, doing make up and warm-ups with the group. Throughout most of the performance, third graders will sit in a special part of the audience and then join the cast for curtain call.
STAGE SPROUTS will still get to:
* Be a part of a large production, team and performance community;
* Experience the excitement of backstage before and after the performance;
* Learn important theatre/acting basics;
* Receive vocal training;
* Audition, for experience, if they choose
If you have any questions about our new Stage Sprouts program, please feel free to see, and/or call Ms. Lourie or Mrs. Kinna.