April 19, 2011

Theatrikids' Stars in the Spotlight: Kaley and Kylen!

This week in the Spotlight: Kaley and Kylen!
Here's Kylen (left) and Kaley (right) demonstrating some of their more emotionally dynamic face expressions.  Oh, they have plenty more to show, too--these 2 young ladies can be unpredictably hilarious during rehearsals!

Here's Kaley with antennae over the studious Kylen, who has her attention on her script.
And speaking of Kylen's script... here she is proudly displaying her Act II papers that were dropped into a pool!  Lucky for us, Kylen saved her script from drowning, and besides a few wrinkles, it looked great!  Way to think fast, kiddo! (And, thank-you for studying your lines, even if it was by the pool!)  :)


Kaley likes to dance.  And dance, and dance.  And sing!  And dance some more.  We like her dancing everywhere during rehearsal. It adds a cheerful element to rehearsals.  Here are some pics of her dancing, and Kylen joins her sometimes....





Uh-oh, she collapsed into giggles on the floor.  We better see if Kylen danced herself silly too...

Wow, it appears she did too.  No wait!  This is the scene where they're supposed to do that.  I just can't recall when that happens in the script.  Hmmm... must've been one of those moments we added in class that Ms. Erin didn't get the memo about.  Well, the show will be great anyway!  Even if they re-wrote the ending & they all crash out and start snoring--kids are cute when they're asleep, right?  :)
One day, Kylen and Kaley both brought their little pink video cameras to class...

It was a BIG HIT with the boys, as you can tell from Nathan's willingness to cooperate in this pic! :)
These girls are great friends on stage and off, and that definitely comes across nicely in the play.  Plus, both of them have beautiful singing voices!  They each have a solo singing part AND share the duet, "Teacher's Pet" in "School of Rock-The Musical!"   Below are their audition videos, as well as some hilarious footage of Kaley dancing up a storm.  Enjoy!




April 5, 2011

Theatrikids' Stars in the Spotlight: Landon & Joe!

Theatrikids' Stars in the Spotlight- Featured this week: Landon & Joe!
Here they are-posing sweetly for the picture! Landon is on the left, Joe on the right.
Don't let these wild faces fool you, these 2 young men are always on task in class!
Here they are waiting patiently to practice their scenes.
Landon had practiced bongo-style drumming a little too much this day!  He plays "Freddy" the opinionated drummer in "School of Rock-The Musical!"
Joe is one of the most animated actors I've ever worked with, and his rendition of the character "Spyder" is gut-bustingly hilarious!
Not sure what sort of frog-like pirate Landon was portraying here, but I had to capture the moment with a pic!
Joe entertains fellow classmate, Jacob by borrowing Jacob's Cowboy's hat & pretending to watch the game.  Good times!
Here, Ryan joins in the fun as we all celebrate the joy of wearing hats! 
Landon does the funniest impression of "The Yoda Lady" in the show, and I've been too busy laughing to remember to take a picture of him doing that scene.  You'll just have to come to the shows to see it!
Joe just started taking guitar lessons from Director Erin Byrne, and quickly discovered that he's a natural at playing and singing at the same time.  He aspires to sing & play the song "Heal Me, I'm Heartsick" live on stage at the show!
Here are some videos of these Stars in the Spotlight!

April 3, 2011

Vote for Us - Theatrikids Ecomagination Line Dance!

Vote For Theatrikids in the GE Ecomagination Line Dance Contest!
To Vote, go to:  youtube.com/ecomagination
Click on "Gallery" then hit the button at the bottom that says "Find a Video" and search for "theatrikids" 
 This is our video:
Aren't they just the most adorable lil' country n' western dancers you ever did see?!  We had a lot of fun making this video in class!