The Drowsy Chaperone Audition Information

Thank you for your interest in auditioning for Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy's 2022 Community Production: The Drowsy Chaperone. Please read all of the information on this page as the audition process is significantly different from our other productions.

First, there is no item to purchase and you will not receive any emails. containing links. The links to apply will be at the bottom of this page. Please fill out The Audition Paperwork and submit your video upload no later than 11:59:59PM (Midnight) on Monday, May 2, 2022.

THIS IS A CUT SHOW

Unlike our other shows and programs we will be limiting the size of the production as scripted and auditioning for a spot in the show does not guarantee it.

Eligibility

For this show, you must be a person over the age of 16, complete the necessary paperwork, submit your audition video by the deadline, and be an active participant throughout the production. In addition, during the audition paperwork part of the process, you must agree to the CGFAA Actors Code of Conduct.

Fees

The cost of participating in this production is $150 due by June 23 2022, which can be substituted by raising $300 in sponsorship dollars.

Audition Video Submission Requirements

Please submit(via the links below) a short video and include the following:

  • Actor's name
  • Actor's age
  • Any specific role you'd like, and/or that you'd accept any role
  • A 1 minute portion of a song or monologue.

    This should show the directing team your ability to become a character, project your voice and your general speaking ability.

    Also, please note that it is generally frowned upon to pull a part from the show you're auditioning for. We want to see something that best shows your abilities as actor/actress.

  • Do you have any special talents we should know? -BRIEFLY describe these talents
  • SMILE!!

Finally what you've all been waiting for: Here is the Audition Paperwork and the Video Submission Upload.

Creative Grounds
2022 Summer Camps
The Great American Road Trip

Join us This Summer for a Trip! Camps will run 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM except for the Circus Adventure Dinner Theatre Camp, which will meet in the evenings from 4:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Camper's should bring their own sack lunch everyday with no nuts of any kind. All Camps total cost is $200 of which $50 is due at the time of registration, with the remainder due two weeks prior to the start of the camp. After paying the registration fee you should receive a link to in your receipt to pay the remainder.

Broadway Aspirations

Ages 8 - 18 June 15 - 18

Intensive Auditions and Callbacks Workshop featuring an Auditions Showcase with feedback from Guest Industry Professionals. This is an opportunity to build an acting portfolio. Actors will learn Monologues, 1 minute music cuts, headshots and more. This camp will feature an Artist’s Showcase where students will perform in front of a live audience and industry professionals.

American Adventure

Ages 5 - 12 June 20- June 24

This day camp experience features Disney Style Music and Acting from American Stories like Princess and the Frog, Pocahontas, Dumbo, Cars and more. Camp features workshops in music, acting and choreography, crafts, and games. There will be a showcase at the end of the week.

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Route 66 Adventure

Ages 8 - 16 June 27 - July 1

Take a trip on Route 66, this camp features music and script excerpts from musicals set along this historic roadway including selections from Meet Me in St. Louis, Oklahoma, Chicago, Newsies and more. Students will attend workshop sessions in acting, music and choreography.

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Circus Adventure

Ages 12 - 18 July 18 - July 23

A Remix of our Original Under the Big Top Dinner Theater, featuring music from Barnum, Greatest Showman and more. This camp will conclude with two dinner theater performances on Saturday Afternoon and Evening. Students will work with a script, have opportunities to learn improvisation and music. This is an intensive theater immersion experience with a full production at the conclusion of the week.

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A Night on Broadway
Field of Dreams
Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy's
2022 Fund Raising Gala

Saturday, March 5th, Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy will be having its annual fund raising gala for 2022: A Night on Broadway: Field of Dreams. The Sycamore at Mallow Run will again be hosting the event with Smokehouse Catering Company Providing the meal for the evening. Enjoy as our hosts Terry Waggoner and Todd Ferris take us on a night of stories, performances, love and dreams as we help Creative Grounds celebrate another year. Attire is business formal: black-tie optional.

Schedule

  • Auction Donations - Active Now
  • Auction Start - Februrary 25, 2022
  • Hors d'oeuvre - March 5, 2022 5:30PM
  • Program Start - March 5,2022 6:30PM

Tickets

Ticket price includes program, appetizers, and dinner. Beverages are available for purchase. Table Sponsorships are availible contact Mark Landis for more information. Reservations are required and non-refundable.

Seating is round tables of seven-ten people at each table. If you have a seating request (i.e. “we would like to be seated with the Miller Party”), please add that request in the “Additional Information/Order Notes” section

Auction

Our online auction is a great way to support the Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy. You can bid using the website or the Auctria Mobile App. Unable to attend the gala? No problem! You can still participate in the online auction.

The online auction will begin on Feburary 25th, 2022 (two weeks before the gala) and will end during the gala on March 5, 2022. You can pre-register as a bidder soon and see some of the items up for auction.

Winning bidders can pick up their items at the gala. If not attending, arrangements will be made with the winning bidder to receive their items. Items will NOT be shipped by Creative Grounds. Any costs related to shipping will be the responsibility of the winning bidder.

All You
Need Is Love

Join Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy for an hour and a half of song and romance. For our 2022 Valentine's Day Show, All You Need is Love, a team of our talented directors and staff alongside members from our Student Leadership Team will be preforming modern love songs in Studio One. For this performance Creative Grounds be rolling out the red carpet with our more intimate seating arrangements.


$10 Students/$12 Adults


$10 Students/$12 Adults

Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy Proudly Presents The word 'Disney' in white over the words 'High School Musical' in yellow show-light style wording with the 'jr' acronym written as a sub-scrpt. The background is red theatre curtains and logo is drawn as if the words were being lit by stage lights from the outside.

Disney Channel's smash hit movie musical comes to life on your stage in Disney’s High School Musical JR. Now updated to the convenient binder version! Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of love, friends and family while balancing their classes and extra curricular activities. The show’s infectious, danceable songs are sure to engage performers and audiences alike.

Show Creative Team

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Creative Grounds Spring 2022 Classes

Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy classes are for students of all ages and all skill levels. Our instructors pride themselves on solid professional technique yet meet each student where they are. We believe the most important thing our students will learn is confidence.

Just as this past Fall, each of Creative Grounds' Classes will be offered in 2 sessions. The first of the two sessions will meet from January through March, and the second March through May. Creative Grounds would also like to encourage you to take a look at participating in one of our productions and our offering of musical lessons as you consider your child's spring schedule.

Dance Classes

Our instructor Christa Zook has been dancing for 35 years and has been teaching for 20. She prides herself in teaching professional technique at any skill level or capability. The only requirement is proper shoes should the style require them. Students will learn stretching and specific dance style technique. They will also learn a short piece they will perform at a showcase at the end of each session. You will find CGFAA classes a little different from your typical studio. Expensive costumes will not be required to purchase. We keep things simple and focus on students growth and having FUN!

Actor's Classes

Katie Landis, who teaches our Actor's Classes, is a Co-founder of Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy and currently serves as Youth Development Director. Katie has a B.A. in Communications with a Major in Worship Arts and Youth Ministry from Judson University. Katie has worked with kids in a variety of camp, school and church settings.

  • Imagination Station
    Mondays 5:30 PM to 6:15 PM

    Imagination Station is our class for ages 4 through 8. This class focuses on using the imagination while learning the basics of theater. Musical theater comes to life through a series of engaging scenes. This is a highly supportive environment for youngsters to develop their courage to act, sing and dance. The level of challenge fits the needs of the group so that this introduction to musical theater is a positive experience for all. An excellent choice to build self-confidence, discover talent, and learn if your child would enjoy musical theater. Each class will include acting, improvisational games, creative movement, singing and rehearsals with costumes and props. This class will have a presentation of their mini-show with scenes and songs at the studio showcase.

  • Actors Workshop Classes
    Home Schoolers Mondays 1 PM - 2 PM
    Ages 8-13 Mondays 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    Ages 14 and Up Mondays 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    Students work on monologues, group scenes, and improvisation, all while honing acting technique, diction, projection, body awareness and building self-confidence.The level of challenge fits the needs of the group so that this is a positive experience for all. An excellent choice to build self-confidence, discover new skills and continue to grow as an actor. Students will Participate in the Semester Showcase with a Monologue and group piece.

Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy Proudly Presents Dark purple background with the word 'Aristocats' in alternating orange and red. The word 'The' is in white above the 'i' of Aristocats. the word 'kids' is in white as well and looks like it is being blow out of a red trumpet under the word 'Aristocats' on the left side is a cyan cello and on the right are orange paw prints walking down the right side of the image.

Based on the beloved Disney animated film, and featuring a jazzy, upbeat score, Disney’s The Aristocats KIDS is a non-stop thrill ride of feline fun, complete with unbelievable twists and turns. In the heart of Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to Duchess, her high-society cat, and her three little kittens. Laughs and adventure ensue as the greedy, bumbling butler pulls off the ultimate catnap caper. Now it's up to the rough-and-tumble alley cat, Thomas O'Malley, and his band of swingin' jazz cats to save the day.

Show Creative Team

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Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy Proudly Presents 'The Secret Garden The Musical' mid-ground over a golden background. The sides are shrubberies growing into the foreground.

The Secret Garden is a musical based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The musical's script and lyrics are by Marsha Norman, with music by Lucy Simon. It premiered on Broadway in 1991 and ran for 709 performances. The story is set in the early years of the 20th century.[n 1] Mary Lennox, a young English girl born and raised in the British Raj, is orphaned by a cholera outbreak when she is ten years old. She is sent away from India to Yorkshire, England, to live in the manor of a brooding uncle she has never met. There, her personality blossoms among the other residents of the manor and the moor as they bring new life to a long-neglected garden.

Show Creative Team

Coming Soon