Auditions & REGISTRATION
SUMMER 2024 AUDITION INFORMATION.
To reserve a place at auditions, please visit the Hartford Rec. Department website.
Payment of tuition will not be required at this time.
If you are accepted into the program, you will then be given instructions on how to register and make arrangements to pay tuition costs.
Summer 2024 Audition Information
Tuition:
Hartford Residents - $270
Non Hartford Hartford Residents - $280
Scholarships available! Contact the Hartford Rec. Department for more information.
BroadwayVentures Scholarship Application - Open to all students, with priority consideration given to Non-Hartford Residents as they are ineligible to apply for scholarships through the Hartford Rec. Department.
AUDITIONS:
Auditions will be held Monday May 13th at 5pm inside the Hartford High School auditorium.
Performers will be asked to prepare 32 bars or 60 seconds of a song (not from this seasons show) to be performed a cappella. Additionally, you are asked to perform 1 (one) memorized monologue, no more than 2 minutes long.
After auditions conclude, the director will email you at the address you provided during registration and inform you if you have been accepted into the program. Everyone is emailed, regardless of whether they accepted or not. Students accepted into BroadwayVentures will then be invited to callbacks to audition for specific roles in our production.
After students audition, they are free to leave. They do not need to wait until everyone has auditioned.
CALLBACKS:
Callbacks will be held Monday May 20th at 5pm inside the Hartford High School auditorium and is open to all students accepted into BroadwayVentures.
Performers will be asked to sing songs from Mamma Mia! Sheet music provided below. Paper copies are available upon request. Performers will sing to a pre-recorded backing-track, which will be found below soon.
Performers will also be asked to read for a selected character. Callback sides are provided below. Paper copies are available upon request.
The Production Team would like performers to be as prepared as possible for callbacks so please start learning and memorizing the songs and sides provided!
Callbacks tend to run late, but we are hoping to have everything wrapped up no later that 9pm.
RecEIving Parts:
Students will be asked to attend a BroadwayVentures Information Meeting at one of the dates listed below. Here, students and parents will be provided all the necessary information needed for successful participation in the program. In addition to receiving scripts and program materials, students will be asked to sign a contract, securing their place in the program. Once contracts are signed, students will no longer be able to drop participation in the program.
Students from out of state or who are unable to pick up their materials can make arrangements with Brycen via email. Participating students must be in attendance when picking up their materials, not just parents.
Information Meeting Dates:
Tuesday May 28th at 4pm
Wednesday May 29th at 4pm
Not picking up your materials can result in removal from BroadwayVentures.
Our Season:
BroadwayVentures 2024 Season will run Monday through Friday starting July 8th and ending July 20th. Our performances will be Friday July 19th and Saturday July 20th. The BroadwayVentures Award Ceremony will be held Saturday July 20th at 7pm.