Auditions for 'Mary Poppins' by Children's Theatre [UPDATED]

UPDATE:

IMPORTANT NEWS ON MARY POPPINS
Due to the Catholic Academy of Waterbury school needs for the remaining year...
Show Dates for Mary Poppins are being moved out to Thursday, July 25 thru Sunday, July 28.
Rehearsals will begin around May 12 and will be held at Catholic Academy of Waterbury. Still 6 performances and yes we are flying!

Waterbury, CT - Blessed Sacrament Children's Theatre director Bob Tansley has announced upcoming auditions for their next musical.

The Blessed Sacrament Children’s Theatre will be holding auditions for MARY POPPINS The Broadway Musical for students in grades 3-8 on Sunday, March 10, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Tuesday, March 12, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Auditions will be held at Post University, 800 Country Club Rd., Waterbury in Macdermid Hall Room 116.

Mr. Tansley reminds interested students that no role is gender specific. Click here to read last year's interview with Bob Tansley.

For an audition time, e-mail bobtansley1949@gmail.com. If a child wishes to be in the cast but prefers not to audition, they may simply email bsctheatrect@gmail.com to join.

For those wishing to audition for specific roles, Mr. Tansley has posted the songs that the production team will ask performers to sing at auditions.

Mary - "Practically Perfect"
Burt - "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Jolly Holiday"
Jane & Michael - "The Perfect Nanny," "A Spoonful of Sugar"
Mrs. Banks - "Being Mrs. Banks"
Mr. Banks - "Cherry Tree Lane"
Mrs Andrews - "Brimstone and Treacle"
Ensemble - "Let’s Go Fly A Kite"

All pre K – 8 children, including children with special needs, are invited to join. BSCT is an all-inclusive Children’s Theatre and modifications can be made to ensure that every young performer succeeds.

The annual Blessed Sacrament Children's Theatre musicals presented in June are always of the highest quality. June 20, 21, 22, 23 are MARY POPPINS show dates. Click to read a review of last year's BSCT production of Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN. This link is to the review of the 2017 production of THE KING AND I.

Nancy Sasso Janis has been writing theatre reviews since 2012 as a way to support local theatre venues. She posts reviews of well over 100 productions each year. In 2016, she became a member of the Connecticut Critics Circle.She continues to contribute theatre news, previews, and audition notices to local Patch sites. Reviews of all levels of theatrical productions are posted on Naugatuck Patch and the Patch sites closest to the venue. Follow the reviewer on her Facebook pages Nancy Sasso Janis: Theatre Reviewer and on