4th and 5th Grade Play!
Bryant’s school play each spring is an exciting opportunity for our 4th and 5th graders to build confidence and self-esteem, make new friends, and explore their performance and artistic abilities! We have 2 casts with 2 productions from each cast, so up to 60 students can participate. When we reach 60 sign-ups, we will start the waitlist – so don’t procrastinate! Also, adult volunteers are critical to the success of the show! There are opportunities for interests of all kinds. Sign-up here!
2025 Play: Willy Wonka KIDS!
Key Dates:
Registration Materials Due No Later Than – Sign Up Online Here
Friday, November 22 (Fill out forms online and submit signed student contract to the Bryant front office)
(Performers are registered on a first come first serve basis so don’t wait until the deadline!)
December Student Casting Workshops
Monday, December 16 and Wednesday, December 18
6:15-8:00pm in the Bryant Cafeteria
Mandatory Parent/Guardian Meeting
Monday, December 16 @ 6:15pm
Meeting will begin with students in the Cafeteria and then parents move to the Library
Rehearsals Begin in the Cafeteria & Stage
January 7th, 2025
Rehearsals are every TUESDAY and THURSDAY from 6:15-8:00pm
No rehearsals: February 18 and February 20
If there is no in-person school, there is no rehearsal (example: snow days)
Tech and Dress Rehearsals in the Cafeteria and Stage
Saturday: Tech/Dress Rehearsal: March 15 from 1:00-5:00pm
Final Dress Rehearsals: Tuesday, March 18 and Thursday, March 20 from 6:15-8:30pm (Note: extended time)
Bryant Play Performance Dates
Friday, March 21 at 7:00pm
Saturday, March 22 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
Sunday, March 23 at 2:00pm
Cast Party (for Play Performers only) immediately following final production
Email play@bryantschool.org with any questions.
More 2025 play information to come! Stay tuned!
Hello Lion King Families!
We are looking forward to seeing all of you on Monday, December 5 at 6:15pm for the Student Casting Workshops and the mandatory Parent/Caregiver Meeting. Please read this entire email which includes important logistics information for Monday and a letter from Seattle’s Performers describing the casting workshop process and deadline for solo videos.
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Hello Bryant Play Families,
Seattle’s Performers is elated to be back in person directing the Bryant Play. We are very excited to be presenting Lion King KIDS this year! Our teaching team will include myself (Sandy Sonko) along with Danielle Rogers, Hannah Adams and Somto Mgbajiaka.
When directing a school play, we know that students will have various levels of experience in performing, and we want to make the casting process as fun and enjoyable as possible. We have been using our “Getting to Know You” style of auditions when we direct musicals at schools. In this style of auditions students get to play theatre games, learn songs and dances, without the pressure of a formal audition. During these auditions, we are looking for the students to have confidence when acting during the games and be able to be a team player and follow instructions.
If your performer is interested in singing a solo in the production, please send a video of your performer singing a 20-second portion of a song of their choice to play@bryantschool.org no later than Monday, December 12th by midnight.
During the auditions we are going to split the students into small group stations of 12-15 and rotate between each of the teachers doing Acting, Singing, Dancing and Theatre games.
December 5th Schedule
6:15-6:45pm- Teacher & Student introductions
6:45-7:00pm- 1st group rotation
7:00-7:15pm- 2nd group rotation
7:15-7:30pm- 3rd group rotation
7:30-7:45pm- 4th group rotation
7:45pm- Closing All Group Circle
December 12th Schedule
6:15pm-6:30pm- Welcome
6:30-6:50pm- 1st group rotation
6:50-7:10pm- 2nd group rotation
7:10-7:30pm- 3rd group rotation
7:30-7:50pm- 4th group rotation
7:50pm- Closing All Group Circle
Thank You,
Sandy Sonko
We are thrilled to announce the return of the Bryant Play which is open to all 4th and 5th grade student performers! The name of the show will be announced later this month. Watch for an information packet to come home with your student in early November.
The amazing team from Seattle’s Performers will join us again this year to work with our 4th and 5th graders to bring this musical to the stage for our entire Bryant community to enjoy.
As with previous shows, we are expecting a lot of interest and are again planning to have two casts with spots for 60 performers! Performers will be registered on a first come, first served basis (paperwork will be date-stamped when submitted).
* All dates and times are tentative, pending confirmation with Bryant and SPS
We are looking for more lead volunteers to organize teams of parent volunteers: Treasurer, Front-of-House (day of show), Back-of-House (day of show), Cast Party (last night), Costumes, Props, Set Design/Build, and Publicity/Promotions (posters, t-shirts & programs). Please email play@bryantschool.org to get more information on these roles.
We are so excited to get started!
Jennifer DuHamel, Play Producer & Bryant Parent
Bridgit Jacobsen, Volunteer Lead & Bryant Parent
Michelle Graf, Tech Lead & Bryant Parent
2020 COVID Challenges – Final Decision for Suessical Performances
Thank you for your swift and candid feedback on the modified performance schedule due to the emerging COVID pandemic. This situation is of course less than ideal. After careful consideration, we have decided to move forward with this modified performance schedule. Please note, some times are slightly different than originally proposed.
Friday, March 13
HATS – cast/crew call time 4:15, house opens 4:30, show starts at 5P
Saturday, March 14
CATS – cast/crew call time 4:15, house opens 4:30, show starts at 5P
Sunday, March 15
HATS – cast/crew call time 4:15, house opens 4:30, show starts at 5P
CATS – cast/crew call time 5:45, house opens 6:00, show starts at 6:30P
If you cannot make the performances for your performer because of the schedule change (we understand this sucks! one of us co-producers is missing the final performance for her kiddo), you can come to a dress rehearsal.
Tuesday, March 10 – 4P-6P Cats
Thursday, March 12 – 4P-6P Hats
How we arrived here
After weighing a myriad of options in the very short amount of time we had to make a decision, we think this is our best option to ensure that the kids get to perform while minimizing the risk of disease as much as possible. It’s not possible for us to wait and resume rehearsals and schedule new performances because the Bryant school calendar is filled with other events. We will be competing for space with existing scheduled events as well as everyone else trying to reschedule. Additionally, Seattle Performers will likely not be available as they have more shows coming up, and we cannot run the shows without them. What this means is that we were having to decide between allowing the kids to perform now or cancelling all together.
The vast majority of you shared little to no concern about moving forward with these performances. A few of you shared some concerns about gathering more than 100 people together for this event, and we share some of your concerns. As of yesterday, King County Public Health recommendations are as follows:
Public Health is aware that events are being postponed, employers are encouraging that employees work from home and many schools have chosen to temporarily close. Public Health supports these decisions. While evidence currently available is that the vast majority of children and most adults are not at risk for severe illness, we do know that some members of our community are at higher risk. These include:
People at higher risk should stay home and away from large groups of people as much as possible, including public places with lots of people and large gatherings where there will be close contact with others. More detail on these measures is available at www.kingcounty.gov/covid
King County is not mandating that events be cancelled. They support the decisions of those who are, but there is no directive to do so from them.
Jet City Improv is a very small theater and will accommodate fewer people than the Bryant lunchroom. This means that we will be restricting ticket sales to parents and siblings (six tickets per family total) in order to make sure that we all see our own kids perform. This also reduces the number of others from the community who could potentially bring in a germ. These kids are at school together all day and they bring their germs home. The vast majority of us in that theater together will already be exposed to whatever is going around Bryant, even if we were to cancel performances. Because of this, we feel the risk is lower than other community events that invite a wider range of the general public. That said, if you, your child, or a family member is in one of the high risk categories, we understand if you cannot participate. Theaters around Seattle are following protocol of refunding tickets to those who are sick, and doing a deeper clean between performances. Seattle Performers use this theater regularly for their student performances and have been sanitizing after each show. We will also be asking for volunteers to join us ahead of each rehearsal and performance to sanitize seats and door handles.
We are not promoting this event to the larger Bryant community or doing broad ticket sales. Students at Bryant may get to see a review of the show during school hours.
Stay tuned for more info about volunteer opportunities, rehearsals, costumes, tickets, and performances. Please let us know if you have questions or if your student won’t be able to participate. Thank you for your patience and kindness as we figure this out. See you at tech rehearsal tomorrow!
Traci & Liza
Please bring your child at the time listed below for their cast WITH THEIR COSTUME to the Seattle Performers Studio located at 5214 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105. We will have more costume bins there if you want to purchase. When in costume, they will be walked down to Jet City located at 5510 University Way NE to rehearse, and then walked back. THIS WILL BE PERFORMERS ONLY, CREW PARENTS, YOUR KIDS WILL NOT NEED TO COME TOMORROW.
CATS CAST: 12:30P – 2:30P
HATS CAST: 2P-4P
Performers will be picked up at the Studio.
With the fluid nature of this process, we would like to encourage families to come and watch a rough dress run-through of their casts show tomorrow.
Greetings Seussical parents!
Here’s your Seussical week 8 newsletter. Please read all of it. This is how we will communicate important news for the coming week.
Rehearsal Reminders: Rehearsals this week on Monday & Thursday 6:15-8:00. Please remind your kids to bring their scripts, a pencil, and a water bottle to all rehearsals.
We are quickly approaching performances! Please mark your calendars with these tech and dress rehearsal times, keeping in mind which cast your student is in. During tech and dress rehearsals students will rehearse in full costume. Beginning on March 14, students should show up in their base blacks to all rehearsals and performances.
More Volunteer Opportunities: Thank you to everyone who have been stepping up and showing up to volunteer! We are getting so close to the finish line, which means a ramp up of more volunteer opportunities. WE NEED YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER! We have more flat painting opportunities this week . All the slots have been filled for Monday but we still need volunteers for Thursday. Please take a look at the Sign Up Genius to sign up!
Costumes: Students must bring their complete costume (minus their base blacks) to rehearsal on Monday March 9 in this container or something very, very similar in size.
We will purchase 46 of these in bulk. Contact Traci Underwood (tracimae@gmail.com) if you want to purchase one of these for $3.80. Label the container with the student’s name, name of their cast (Hats or Cats), and the name of their character(s).
Bake Sale Sign Ups: Stay tuned! We will be sending a bake sale sign up soon. If you are talented at baking sweets this volunteer opportunity is for you.
Bryant Play Webpage: The webpage is up and running for Seussical! This is a handy one stop shop for all your Seussical needs. These newsletters will be posted there, so no need to sift through your email– just bookmark this webpage! You can also find such hits as: Suessical rehearsal calendar, play fee payment link, Sign Up Genius link, link to vocals and more!
Email with questions, bryantschoolplay@gmail.com
Stay tuned for next week’s installment of Seussical News.
Greetings Seussical parents!
Here’s your Seussical week 7 newsletter. Please read all of it. This is how we will communicate important news for the coming week.
Costumes: Cast Families, tomorrow is the costume parade. We ask that your cast member wear their show base layer (black pants or leggings and black short or long sleeve top – no tears or logos) to rehearsal and bring their costumes with them in a bag. They will be released from rehearsal in groups to go to the parade. THEY WILL PUT THEIR COSTUME ON OVER THEIR BASE LAYER to show Jessilee, our production manager (costumes will always be worn over base layers). When done, they will take their costume off, put it back in their bag and go back to rehearsal. If there are any pieces missing or any changes are needed Jessilee will take notes and we will email you. They will bring their costumes home again and they won’t need to come back to Bryant until Dress rehearsal on Saturday, March 14. We do this early so if any changes need to be made we have time to adjust.
Show shirts are ready and we will send them home with your student on Thursday. If your child is a Who, they can just show what they are adding on top of the show shirt tomorrow – wearing it over their base layer.
Crew Families – crew will be wearing all black for the shows – no tears or logos. If you have it ready, please send your Crew member in their blacks to rehearsal tomorrow. If you don’t, they will need to have them by March 14.
More Volunteer Opportunities: Thank you to those who have filled our volunteer slots for flat painting! We have more flat painting opportunities NEXT WEEK and none of the slots have been filled. We really need your help getting the sets painted! Also, we still have ONE slot open on Friday, 2/28 for installing the extensions to the stage. Please take a look at the Sign Up Genius for these volunteer opportunities.
Rehearsal Reminders: Rehearsals this week on Monday & Thursday 6:15-8:00. Please remind your kids to bring their scripts, a pencil, and a water bottle to all rehearsals.
Ads for the Program: Each student gets a quarter page ad in the play program included with the play fee. You also have the option of purchasing more ad space. Please see the attachment for all the details. Deadline is February 29.
Rehearsal Chaperones: Thank you to all the parents who have chaperoned so far. Everyone has been doing an excellent job helping out during rehearsals and being responsive to requests from Seattle Performers’ staff. Y’all are the best!
Bryant Play Webpage: The webpage is up and running for Seussical! This is a handy one stop shop for all your Seussical needs. These newsletters will be posted there, so no need to sift through your email– just bookmark this webpage! You can also find such hits as: Suessical rehearsal calendar, play fee payment link, Sign Up Genius link, link to vocals and more!
Email with questions, bryantschoolplay@gmail.com
Stay tuned for next week’s installment of Seussical News.
Greetings Seussical parents!
Here’s your Seussical week 6 newsletter. Please read all of it. This is how we will communicate important news for the coming week.
More Volunteer Opportunities: Thank you to those who have filled our volunteer slots for flat painting! We have MORE flat painting opportunities coming up in March. Also, we still have ONE slot open on Friday, 2/28 for installing the extensions to the stage. Please take a look at the Sign Up Genius for these volunteer opportunities.
Costumes: The Costume Parade is during our next rehearsal– Monday the 24th. Please have your students bring all their costume pieces and their base blacks (or they can wear their base blacks). It turns out that the cast will be in their base blacks for one musical number, so it’s very important that everyone’s blacks are long pants or leggings and a long or short sleeve black shirt– NO LOGOS, no tank tops. Everyone should have received an email about costumes. Please email us with questions. If you need to find that info easily, you can find it here on the Bryant Play web page.
Rehearsal Reminders: No rehearsals this week during break. Rehearsals resume next week on Monday & Thursday 6:15-8:00. Please remind your kids to bring their scripts, a pencil, and a water bottle to all rehearsals.
Ads for the Program: Each student gets a quarter page ad in the play program included with the play fee. You also have the option of purchasing more ad space. Please see the attachment for all the details. Deadline is February 29.
Rehearsal Chaperones: Thank you to all the parents who have chaperoned so far. Everyone has been doing an excellent job helping out during rehearsals and being responsive to requests from Seattle Performers’ staff. Y’all are the best!
Bryant Play Webpage: The webpage is up and running for Seussical! This is a handy one stop shop for all your Seussical needs. These newsletters will be posted there, so no need to sift through your email– just bookmark this webpage! You can also find such hits as: Suessical rehearsal calendar, play fee payment link, Sign Up Genius link, link to vocals and more!
Email with questions, bryantschoolplay@gmail.com
Stay tuned for next week’s installment of Seussical News.