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CONGRATULATIONS ANIELA!!!

11/18/2019

Big round of applause for our first Standing Ovation Scholarship recipient: Aniela Anchundia!

The Standing Ovation scholarship is chosen by the production team and is given to one student who embodies the core tenants of The Theatre Project: hard work, a willingness to try new things, kindness to others, and a great sense of humor. This is a merit-based scholarship. He or she will receive full tuition registration for either the Spring 2020 show or 2020 TTP Summer Camp. It is a nontransferable award. This scholarship is made possible by Friends of the Mable House and is funded through The Theatre Project concession sales.

Cast Bios

8/28/2019

Friendly reminder:

Cast biographies for the Freaky Friday program are due by September 9th.

Please limit biographies to no more than 650 characters.

Example Biography:
Mary is so excited to be part of this production of Lion King! She has been performing with TTP for the past seven years and is proud to call the Mable House home. Favorite past shows include: Mamma Mia!, A Christmas Story: The Musical, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She is 15 years old and a freshman at South Paulding High School. In her free time Mary enjoys drawing, acting, and playing piano. She would love to thank her supportive family and friends, The Theatre Project staff & crew, and of course her amazing mom who has supported her through it all.

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Congrats to the Cast of "Freaky Friday"!

8/15/2019

Freaky Friday Roles

6/5/2019

FREAKY FRIDAY CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

FEMALE ROLES
ELLIE BLAKE– Leading role, singer with strong belt and vocal range. teenager, smart, funny, rumpled and a bit sloppy - uses humor and brash behavior to hide her sadness of having lost her father at an early age - resentful of her mother and her upcoming marriage. By spending a day in her mother’s shoes, she comes to appreciate her struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter.
Note: Actress playing Ellie spends roughly 10 minutes as herself and then switches acting styles to portray Katherine trapped in Ellie’s body. This switch remains until the final few minutes of the show.
Songs: Just One Day, The Hourglass, I Got This, Oh, Biology, Busted, Somebody Has Got to Take the Blame, Watch Your Back!, I’m Not Myself Today, Bring My Baby (Brother) Home, Adam’s Theme, Go, No More Fear, Today and Every Day
KATHERINE BLAKE - Leading Role, singer with strong belt and vocal range - Ellie’s young mother, decisive, smart, lovely, punctual - trying to keep her family and work life together as a single mom - in efforts to keep everything going well and be “perfect”, she’s lost successful communication with her daughter. By spending a day in Ellie’s shoes, she comes to appreciate her struggles, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter.
Note: Actress playing Katherine spends roughly 10 minutes as herself and then switches acting styles to portray Ellie trapped in Katherine’s body. This switch remains until the final few minutes of the show..
Songs: Just One Day, The Hourglass, I Got This, What You Got, Busted, Adam’s Theme, Somebody Has Got to Take the Blame, Parents Lie, I’m Not Myself Today, Bring My Baby (Brother) Home, Go, After All of This and Everything, Today and Every Day
TORREY – Supporting Role - Katherine’s assistant - a high-strung perfectionist
Songs: Just One Day, What You Got, Busted, I’m Not Myself Today, other company musical numbers
HANNAH – Supporting role - Ellie’s best friend - intense, emotional, lacks confidence
Songs: Just One Day, I Got This, Oh, Biology, Busted, Adam…Adam…, Watch Your Back!, Go, Today and Every Day
GRETCHEN – Supporting role - Also Ellie’s best friend - hacker-geek, self-described nerd.
Songs: Just One Day, I Got This, Oh, Biology, Busted, Adam…Adam…, Watch Your Back!, Go, Today and Every Day
SAVANNAH – Supporting role - The villain - brilliant, aggressive, a winner
Songs: Just One Day, I Got This, Oh, Biology, Busted, Adam…Adam…, Watch Your Back!, Go, Today and Every Day
MS MYERS (- gym teacher, extremely intense!
Songs: Watch Your Back! and other company musical numbers
MRS. LUCKENBILL - English teacher - empathetic
Songs: Somebody Has Got to Take the Blame, other company musical numbers
OFFICER SITZ - police officer who never received sensitivity training
Songs: Bring My Baby (Brother) Home, Adam’s Theme, other company musical numbers
DANIELLE - Weddings Magazine journalist - polished, grimly cheerful
Songs: Just One Day, What You Got, Busted, other company musical numbers
LAUREL - random teen, unimpressed with anything
GRANDMA HELENE - Katherine’s mother - fiercely opinionated, caring
Songs: Various solos in company numbers
MRS. TIME - antique shop proprietor - apathetic, doesn’t much like teenagers (speaking role)

MALE ROLES
ADAM - Leading Role, the Listmaster - a paragon of adorable cool. Adam likes Ellie and loves Katherine’s sandwiches
Songs: Just One Day, I Got This, Busted, Women and Sandwiches, Today and Every Day
MIKE - Leading Role - Katherine’s financé - confident, charming, kind
Songs: Just One Day, Vows, Busted, I’m Not Myself Today, Bring My Baby (Brother) Home, Today and Every Day
FLETCHER BLAKE - Supporting role, Ellie’s younger brother, eccentric, naive; obsessed with his puppets, especially ANGRY BOB, an enraged purple hippo, and CASPIAN, a proper British starfish
Songs: Just One Day, Busted, Shoppin’ With My Mom, Drivin’ With My Mom, Women and Sandwiches, Today and Every Day
PARKER - Ellie’s friend - completely average, best friends with Wells
Songs: I Got This, Oh, Biology, Busted, Adam…Adam…, Watch Your Back!, Go, Today and Every Day
WELLS - Ellie’s friend - dorky but not meek, best friends with Parker
Songs: I Got This, Oh, Biology, Busted, Adam…Adam…, Watch Your Back!, Go, Today and Every Day
SENOR O’BRIEN - Spanish teacher - argumentative and quarrelsome
Songs: Somebody Has Got to Take the Blame, other company musical numbers
Songs: I Got This, Oh, Biology, Busted, Adam…Adam…, Watch Your Back!, Go, Today and Every Day
LOUIS - Weddings Magazine photographer - seen it all, loves his job
Songs: Just One Day, What You Got, Busted, other company musical numbers
DR. EHRIN - School counselor, test obsessed and overworked
Songs: Somebody Has Got to Take the Blame, other company musical numbers
MR. BLUMEN - Biology teacher, a cynical lifer
Songs: Somebody Has Got to Take the Blame, other company musical numbers
OFFICER KOWALSKI - police officer who never received sensitivity training
Songs: Bring My Baby (Brother) Home, Adam’s Theme, other company musical numbers
PASTOR BRUNO - cheerful, loves weddings (speaking role)
GRANDPA GORDON - Katherine’s father - grumpy, stubborn, old-school (
Songs: Various solos in company numbers

ENSEMBLE - These performers will be on stage for much of the show servingas a Greek chorus. Some of them will also act as younger students at the high school as well as wedding guests. Some will also play select catering staff, vendors, Savannah’s minions, and wedding guests. Ensemble will comment on action and facilitate some of the transitions in scenes.
Songs: Just One Day, I Got This, Adam’s Theme, Adam…Adam…, Oh, Biology, Busted, Watch Your Back!, I’m Not Myself Today, Go, No More Fear, Today and Every Day

Freaky Friday Auditions

5/28/2019

Registration for Freaky Friday auditions is currently open! Youth ages 9-18 with an interest in theatre are welcome to participate in the audition process for our Fall production. We are seeking youth of all skill and experience levels. Audition/registration fee is $250 for Cobb County residents and this fee is completely refunded if your young thespian is not cast in the production. You may also receive a refund for the audition if you contact us at 770-819-3285 one full week prior to the audition date. Requests for refunds after auditions will not be granted. Specific audition details on what to prepare or to bring will be emailed out to all registrants in late July. Auditions are expected to last for about an hour. Current audition times available are: 2pm, 2:45pm, 3:30pm, & 4:15pm. Click here to register for an audition online or call the Mable House Arts Center at 770-819-3285.