Hello!
I teach / direct at a (comparatively) small high school in South Dakota. For a school our size, I am currently in a great position with vocal and acting talent. Next year, I'll have 4 very solid and talented senior boys, 5 very talented and solid senior girls, and 2-3 each in the junior class. These are actors who can easily handle a solo. They're hard workers and loyal members to our school's theater program. In addition to this I have at least 25-30 solid chorus members in grades 10-12.
We usually don't like to redo a musical unless it's been at least 10 years; however, 9 years ago we did
Seussical and the large opportunity to feature a lot of singers is making this show very appealing right now. I've counted about 12 parts that can be featured in solos or duets not counting bird girls. Obviously, we don't pre-cast but we can see the show working really well with our current kids and our upcoming 8th graders. The downfall is that we did it 9 years ago.
Does anyone have any suggestions of a show that is built similarly to
Seussical: a heavily featured chorus and a lot of opportunities for solos for a large number of actors? It doesn't have to be a "kid" show like that one but it's okay if it is.
Thanks for all your suggestions and help :-)
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Cynthia Scherer
Teacher
Spearfish High School
SD
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