Brighten Broadway
Welcome to Brighten Broadway, Brighten Academy's after school theatre arts club. We perform two productions per school year including a one act in the fall and a musical in the spring. Fall productions are open to 5th-8th grade students and musicals are open to 4th-8th grade students. Take a look below to see what we have coming up and highlight photos from past productions!
Brighten Broadway Presents
A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers
and the Walt Disney film
Original Music and Lyrics by
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Book by
Julian Fellowes
New Songs and Additional Music by
George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Co-created by
Cameron Mackintosh
Adapted by iTheatrics under the supervision of
Timothy Allen McDonald
April 26-28, 2019
Synopsis:
Mary Poppins Jr transports us to England in the early 1900s as we meet the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many enchanting and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren't the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Within the magical story there are messages of change, social responsibility, finding balance, and the importance of taking care of each other - especially when life seems "upside down". Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who reminds us "anything can happen if you let it".
Musical Numbers:
Prologue - Bert
Cherry Tree Lane (Part 1) - George, Mrs. Brill, Robertson Ay,
The Perfect Nanny - Jane and Michael
Cherry Tree Lane (Part 2) - George, Winifred, Jane, Michael, Mrs. Brill, Robertson Ay
Practically Perfect - Mary, Jane, Michael
Practially Perfect (Playoff) - Bert
Jolly Holiday - Bert, Jane, Michael, Neleus, Statues, Park Strollers
Winds Do Change - Bert
A Spoonful of Sugar - Mary, Jane, Michael, Honeybees, Winifred, Mrs. Brill, Robertson Ay
Spoonful (Playoff) - Winifred
Precision and Order (Part 1) - Clerks, Ms. Smythe
Precision and Order (Part 2) - Clerks, Ms. Smythe, Mr. Northbrook
A Man Has Dreams - George
Feed the Birds - Bird Woman, Mary, Jane, Michael, Ensemble
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mary, Bert, Jane, Michael, Mrs. Corry, Customers
Twists and Turns - Bert
Playing the Game/Chim Chim Cher-ee - Mary, Bert
Intermission
Playing the Game/Chim Chim Cher-ee - Bert
Cherry Tree Lane (Reprise) - Winifred, Jane, Michael, George, Mrs. Brill, Robertson Ay
Brimstone and Treacle (Part 1) - Miss Andrew
Let's Go Fly a Kite - Bert, Kite Flyers
Brimstone and Treacle (Part 2) - Miss Andrew, Mary
Practically Perfect (Reprise) - Mary, Jane, Michael
Step in Time - Bert, Mary, Jane, Michael, Chimney Sweeps
A Spoonful of Sugar (Reprise) - Bert
Anything Can Happen (Part 1) - Mary, Michael, Jane, Winifred
Give Us the Word - George
Anything Can Happen (Part 2) - Winifred, Mary, Jane, Michael, George
Goodbye Then, Mary - Mary
Anything Can Happen (Finale) - Company
Bows - Company
Limited video licensing has been purchased for private use but does not include commercial licensing. Please, no flash photography.
Production Staff
Director: Toni Aybar
Music Director: Debbi Leptrone
Assistant Director: Pamela Scherer
Choreographer: Alex Aybar
Dialect Coach: Sarah Mitchell
Stage Managers: Lily Buscema, Ella Newsome
Costume Designers: Michelle Sparrow, Lucy Reyes
Set Design and Construction: Roy Garren, Charles Craton
Properties Designers: Christina Craton, Lucy Reyes
Technical Directors: Jeffrey Aybar, Tajuan White
Sound Design: Jeffrey Aybar
Sound Technicians: Tajuan White, Justin Ferdinand
Lighting Technicians: Morgan Mitchell, Cristian Torres, Brady Pace
Graphic Artist: Sharon Coipel
Stage Crew: The Cast of Mary Poppins, Kaitlyn Britt, Chidi Eziakor, Blake Fortner, Sophia Hidalgo, Ava McDonald, Alexa Tritt, Emma Wilkins
Production Assistants: Cast and Crew Families
Special Thanks
Cast and Crew Parents and Families
The Faculty and Staff of Brighten Academy
The Brighten Academy Governing Board
Douglasville First United Methodist Church
Maple Farms Foundation
Crystal Daniel
Claudia Navarro
Amy Reber
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins JR. is presented through special arrangement with
Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com
and the Walt Disney film
Original Music and Lyrics by
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Book by
Julian Fellowes
New Songs and Additional Music by
George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Co-created by
Cameron Mackintosh
Adapted by iTheatrics under the supervision of
Timothy Allen McDonald
April 26-28, 2019
Synopsis:
Mary Poppins Jr transports us to England in the early 1900s as we meet the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many enchanting and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren't the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Within the magical story there are messages of change, social responsibility, finding balance, and the importance of taking care of each other - especially when life seems "upside down". Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who reminds us "anything can happen if you let it".
Musical Numbers:
Prologue - Bert
Cherry Tree Lane (Part 1) - George, Mrs. Brill, Robertson Ay,
The Perfect Nanny - Jane and Michael
Cherry Tree Lane (Part 2) - George, Winifred, Jane, Michael, Mrs. Brill, Robertson Ay
Practically Perfect - Mary, Jane, Michael
Practially Perfect (Playoff) - Bert
Jolly Holiday - Bert, Jane, Michael, Neleus, Statues, Park Strollers
Winds Do Change - Bert
A Spoonful of Sugar - Mary, Jane, Michael, Honeybees, Winifred, Mrs. Brill, Robertson Ay
Spoonful (Playoff) - Winifred
Precision and Order (Part 1) - Clerks, Ms. Smythe
Precision and Order (Part 2) - Clerks, Ms. Smythe, Mr. Northbrook
A Man Has Dreams - George
Feed the Birds - Bird Woman, Mary, Jane, Michael, Ensemble
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mary, Bert, Jane, Michael, Mrs. Corry, Customers
Twists and Turns - Bert
Playing the Game/Chim Chim Cher-ee - Mary, Bert
Intermission
Playing the Game/Chim Chim Cher-ee - Bert
Cherry Tree Lane (Reprise) - Winifred, Jane, Michael, George, Mrs. Brill, Robertson Ay
Brimstone and Treacle (Part 1) - Miss Andrew
Let's Go Fly a Kite - Bert, Kite Flyers
Brimstone and Treacle (Part 2) - Miss Andrew, Mary
Practically Perfect (Reprise) - Mary, Jane, Michael
Step in Time - Bert, Mary, Jane, Michael, Chimney Sweeps
A Spoonful of Sugar (Reprise) - Bert
Anything Can Happen (Part 1) - Mary, Michael, Jane, Winifred
Give Us the Word - George
Anything Can Happen (Part 2) - Winifred, Mary, Jane, Michael, George
Goodbye Then, Mary - Mary
Anything Can Happen (Finale) - Company
Bows - Company
Limited video licensing has been purchased for private use but does not include commercial licensing. Please, no flash photography.
Production Staff
Director: Toni Aybar
Music Director: Debbi Leptrone
Assistant Director: Pamela Scherer
Choreographer: Alex Aybar
Dialect Coach: Sarah Mitchell
Stage Managers: Lily Buscema, Ella Newsome
Costume Designers: Michelle Sparrow, Lucy Reyes
Set Design and Construction: Roy Garren, Charles Craton
Properties Designers: Christina Craton, Lucy Reyes
Technical Directors: Jeffrey Aybar, Tajuan White
Sound Design: Jeffrey Aybar
Sound Technicians: Tajuan White, Justin Ferdinand
Lighting Technicians: Morgan Mitchell, Cristian Torres, Brady Pace
Graphic Artist: Sharon Coipel
Stage Crew: The Cast of Mary Poppins, Kaitlyn Britt, Chidi Eziakor, Blake Fortner, Sophia Hidalgo, Ava McDonald, Alexa Tritt, Emma Wilkins
Production Assistants: Cast and Crew Families
Special Thanks
Cast and Crew Parents and Families
The Faculty and Staff of Brighten Academy
The Brighten Academy Governing Board
Douglasville First United Methodist Church
Maple Farms Foundation
Crystal Daniel
Claudia Navarro
Amy Reber
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins JR. is presented through special arrangement with
Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com
Fall Production Clinic Information and Audition Requirements
Students will perform a memorized one-minute monologue of their choice for auditions. Students are encouraged to find a monologue that appeals to them, that they connect with personally, and that they feel showcases their acting abilities. The files below include some sample monologues from literature, theatre or film but audition monologues do not have to be chosen from these examples or even from these genres. Many monologues are available online and many are specifically written for students. It does not need to be a classic monologue. Monologues should be age appropriate, should not involve accents or dialects, and should not be related to the show for which you are auditioning. If you choose an online monologue, please bring 5 copies for the audition panel.
Clinic is designed to help students prepare for auditions. We will be offering instruction in verbal and physical characterization and assisting them with monologue presentation including slate introductions. Please have your student bring a written copy of their monologue with them to clinic so we can best help them prepare.
Clinic is designed to help students prepare for auditions. We will be offering instruction in verbal and physical characterization and assisting them with monologue presentation including slate introductions. Please have your student bring a written copy of their monologue with them to clinic so we can best help them prepare.
Musical Audition Requirements
Students will perform a memorized one-minute monologue of their choice. Please see the information listed above in the Fall Production Clinic Information and Audition Requirements above specifics on monologue choices and clinic preparation.
Students will perform a 16 to 32-bar (thirty seconds to one minute) song selection of their choice. Please choose a standard musical theatre selection from the genre of the show. An accompaniment CD or a digital file of the accompaniment music should be available for auditions. Students are much more successful when singing with accompaniment than trying to perform acapella.
Students will also perform a group dance routine from the show and may participate in group singing with a selection from the show. These will be taught during Clinic.
Students will perform a 16 to 32-bar (thirty seconds to one minute) song selection of their choice. Please choose a standard musical theatre selection from the genre of the show. An accompaniment CD or a digital file of the accompaniment music should be available for auditions. Students are much more successful when singing with accompaniment than trying to perform acapella.
Students will also perform a group dance routine from the show and may participate in group singing with a selection from the show. These will be taught during Clinic.
Fall Productions |
Show Dates:
April 23rd - April 26th |
Musicals |