Welcome to Legally Blonde

Performance Week Details:

With Spring Break the week before our production, we will add some tech rehearsals in the space in the weeks prior to Spring break (dates TBD), and will have a tech rehearsal the last day of Spring break- April 27th-May1st. We will also aim to have rehearsals in the performance venue April 1st, 8th and 15th. Details to follow.

All actors should be at the theatre, with hair and makeup done, 1.5 hours before every performance time.

Actors should bring a storage bin, labeled with their name, to keep personal items in.

All Dance/Performance shoes and personal items should be labeled.

Actors can bring “clean snacks”, meaning snacks that do not create a mess on them, their hands or their clothes. No cheese, greasy foods, chocolate, red dyes etc. Suggestions include carrots, apple slices, plain pretzels. No eating in costume.

Actors should bring water bottles that do not spill.

Actors should have/wear deodorant. Even younger actors can smell from sweating under stage lights.

Actors will be required to be at all assigned tech rehearsals.

Parents will be volunteering for positions in front of house and back of house, and back stage. A sign up genius will be sent out.

For more details, review our Mainstage Productions details pages in the student handbook.

Email Sent 4/21/2025

Hi Legally Blonde Families! 

We hope everyone had a great Passover, Easter and has a Spring Break.  We look forward to seeing you all soon for some fabulous performances.  Please read all of the details below, parents and performers both (please share with each other), to have a smooth and successful tech and performance run!

Performance Notes for Performers

Practice

        Actors need to practice all things! 

---Whipped Into Shape actors should be jumping rope every day. If you are not practicing and cannot successfully/consistently complete the number during tech, you may be removed from the number.

          ---Actors should know all of their lines, vocals, words, and choreography. Those not practicing and unable to successfully/consistently participate in the numbers/scenes may be removed from those scenes. Practice!!!

          ----Take it Like a Mand Back up vocals can use this link for reference: https://youtu.be/Iu5u5eBXKxY

           ---Actors, remember what Laura Belle Bundy said about knowing your back story and using that to inform your characters.  For example, if you are a “Harvard Student”, what is your story?  How did you get to Harvard? What are your character’s goals, traits, etc.  What is your character’s name?  How do they feel/interact with other characters.  How do they stand, move, walk and talk. This will bring life to your acting choices and the shows.  https://harryallenfawcett.medium.com/an-actors-guide-to-character-development-3edb69fd5376  Some of you may be asked to share your back stories with the rest of the cast.

            ----If you have any lines at all, or vocal solos, choreograph how you will stand, gesture, move your arms (not just your hands).  No standing with your arms pinned to your sides.  Use your backstory to influence your movements. Example, the DA/Attorneys, would be strong and bold, confident, and commanding gestures. They want to look large and in charge.   Elle is quirky and funny and spunky, she would move with energy, excited arm gestures, that bring attention to herself and use the space around her.   No one should deliver lines or sing their songs standing like a stick figure with arms/elbows glued to their sides unless their character is shy/sad/introverted.   Go through your lines and songs and figure out how and when you will use your arms and practice that over and over to create muscle memory.

            ----- Mae created a Scene By Scene chart you can use to make notes on your personal show, you can find that sheet to print out here : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AaDYZ6xCzte-Z_BRXPDdYDcxVlz_A5NEtJ08B4VcroI/edit?usp=sharing

Performances for Both Casts are SOLD OUT

      If you end up with tickets you can no longer use, let people know in the facebook participant group, and you may be able to sell them to others who need/want more.

Visit the Sign-Up Genius- It’s Updated

The Sign-Up Genius has been updated to reflect some volunteer shift times for set/tech helpers.  I tried to make the sign up shorter by just putting the days and asking folks to text Jan and Rob the times they could come, so Jan and Rob could be ready for them, but that didn’t work out.  So, I added shifts 😊.  Please sign up for any shifts you are available for.  We have a lot to get done between now and Sunday when the tech begins with the actors.  We need lots of helpers, but we need them in organized shifts so we can properly plan for them. -Thanks!  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054DACA829A5FBC43-56279760-legally#/

Donations instead of Volunteering

If you and your family will not be completing your 8 volunteer hours, you can make your $80 donation to Showtime directly using this link and scrolling to the QR code.  https://www.showtimeacademyrh.com/current-students

Parent Volunteer Meeting

If you are new to Showtime performances, or new to the volunteer role you have signed up for, please sign up for and attend one of the parent meetings on the sign-up genius.

Drop off Props from the Prop Sign Up Genius ASAP

        We need to organize these and ensure we have everything this week, so the actors have everything they need for Sunday. Please drop them off at the theatre no later than Wednesday.

 Costume Fittings

We will have a costume fitting session Saturday, April 26th, with time slots at 6, 6:30 and 7. Please choose a time slot and attend at that time. Most fittings should take 30 minutes to an hour. Those out of town Saturday, will have fittings on Sunday during rehearsal.

**** The School performance for Legally Blonde Jr is cancelled***

                The Schools that were planning to attend have just been informed by their administration they are not allowed to travel that week. So, please note, in lieu of that school performance, we will have a pickup dress rehearsal, Tuesday May 6th, 5:30- 8:30pm.

Attend all rehearsals and performances

      Tech week is a blackout period, which means attendance is required. The dates have been advertised for that since the fall.  Students who do not attend tech rehearsals/performances may be removed from the show, as it poses not only a threat to production value, but a safety hazard for other performers.  With 2 casts, there will be days when they are practicing on stage and days where the opposite cast is onstage and their cast is cleaning next door at the theatre.  See attached Calendars for reference.

Be Prepared for tech week with pre-planning

     Tech week is hard. There are late nights, it’s tiring, and sometimes stressful.  Make smart choices. Prep easy carry / bagged meals, lots of water and clean snacks, don’t procrastinate on homework, get as much sleep as possible. Be prepared for students to need to take naps to and from rehearsals, etc.  In professional theatre, tech week is all “10 out of 12’s”- meaning the actors are there every day for 12 hours with 2 hours worth of breaks. Obviously, we cannot do that with performers in school, but we need to cram as much of the same type of rehearsal into a shorter period of time per day 😊. So, patience and pre-planning are necessary.

Make sure you have everything you need packed and ready to go

-----All Actors need-

1. A Bin with your name on it to keep your things in- Put the following items in your bin so you are good to go:

2. Water bottle (with water only) with your name on it (Not a Stanley that can tip and spill)

3. Show Shoes (Jazz shoes/character shoes, dress shoes, sneakers, etc.) Put your name in all of your shoes and belongings

4. Deodorant!

5. Clean snacks (nothing that can spill or stain)

6. Cover up for intermission (robe, giant T-shirt etc.)

7. Touch up makeup kit

8. Hair kits (bobbi pins, hair bands, brush/comb, gel or hairspray…)  Kids wearing full wigs will need small hair pins (not the same as bobbi pins) and wig caps.

9. All Actors in the Whipped Into Shape exercise video section or who are servers/waiters, should bring their own black jazz/dance/yoga/jogger pants.

10. Actors in Harvard scenes, I have a variety of jeans, khaki’s and dress pants onsite.  You are welcome to bring your own as well or/instead of.  No holes. No skinny Jeans on boys and no super baggy jeans on girls.

      ------Female actors should have…

1. A few pairs of footed flesh tone dance tights (not bare legs and not panty hose)- https://a.co/d/du34bZC  (Highly recommend have an extra pair or 2.)

2. A couple pairs of flesh tone yoga shorts https://a.co/d/cKkM2FV

3. A couple flesh tone thin strap camisoles (with or without built-in bra, depending on the needs of the student. Students who need more support may opt for one without a bra and wear their own support under it.) https://a.co/d/2LlQuLe

4. Girls in Cheer leader section need white sneakers of their choice. Actors in Whipped Into Shape should use their white sneakers and/or other neutral colored sneakers of their choice. For the rest of the show, all female actors can wear street shows or jazz shoes or character shoes, depending on what they choose and what works with their character and costumes.  Street shoes should be easy to dance in and stay securely on their feet.

5. Makeup will be neutral stage makeup and hair will need to be out of your face, but not uniform between actors. Should be specific to your characters.

-----Male actors will need…

1. A few pairs of light-colored compression shorts

2. A few light-colored tank tops

3. Multiple pairs of socks depending on costumes-  In most cases, with light shoes wear light socks and dark shoes wear dark socks.  Or white socks with sneakers/jeans and dark socks with dress pants and dark shoes.   Socks should come to your calf at a minimum. Not “No show” or “ankle” socks.

4. Shoes- Most actors should have their jazz shoes and/or black dress shoes with rubber soles, and fairly neutral sneakers. Shoes can be chosen based on costume and character type. Steet shoes need to be rubber-soled and stay on your feet well.

5. Basic stage makeup and gel for your hair.

If you would like to order Gifts for your Actors:

The flyer for Gifts by MM is on the LB current resources pages for reference. You can also email your interest and orders to giftsbymm202@gmail.com

What happens when the show is over?

We strike the set/costumes immediately following the final performance.

Cast Party for both casts will be Tuesday, May 13th, 7:30-9 at the theatre space. (Sign-ups for Parents to organize this are in the SignUp Genius Volunteer list)

Complete Fall registration and/or summer camp choices if not already done so.

Auditions for Season 12 start May15th.

May 15th- 30th Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde Jr students should attend their regularly scheduled classes, but will not meet during their previous Legally Blonde rehearsal time slots.

June begins the summer training schedule.