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[quote=Anonymous]Some of my kids did stage crew freshman year.  I would also recommend trying out for a freshman level part - even and perhaps particularly- for a shy kid.  At most schools they are looking for freshman to participate in some manner.  And even if they don’t get a part the transition to stage crew is simple.

All of my kids enjoyed participating in the theater productions at various levels (none were ever the “star”).  It tends to be a nice, smarter, group of kids.  And, other than marching band, it really is a thing where you can mix kids from every class together.  And - no - a freshman really is not competing against seniors for roles but the tryout experience is always good.

The director at one of the kid’s high schools explained the process to parents as follows:  Freshman get the tree roles.  They try and get them on stage as often as possible.  They are the kid shining shoes stage left in the first big chorus, or one of the girls looking at Gaston and giggling.  If there is a chorus while they are on stage, and they can stay on key - they can sing but not loud.  Sophomores get to move more and maybe dance if they don’t have 2 left feet, and maybe get a couple of lines.  Part of the gang kind of thing.  Juniors get the larger “friend” roles with a few lines and perhaps even a solo line or two in a chorus song.  Seniors get the big roles (provided they worked their way up from freshmen/sophomore roles).

One of the key goals is to find room for freshmen.  My kids all very much enjoyed the high school theater stuff, and they all were involved in other things at school - sports and music mostly.  But, they liked the kids.  It was a bit of a different group for them that reconnected each year for a while.

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