{"id":324145,"date":"2023-05-09T08:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=324145"},"modified":"2023-05-11T12:29:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T19:29:21","slug":"crown-point-students-perform-rumpelstiltskin-with-missoula-childrens-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/crown-point-students-perform-rumpelstiltskin-with-missoula-childrens-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Los estudiantes de Crown Point interpretan 'Rumpelstiltskin' con el Teatro Infantil Missoula"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, April 24, the Missoula Children\u2019s Theater\u2019s little red pickup truck pulled<\/span><\/span> into the parking lot ready for a six-<\/span><\/span>day t<\/span><\/span>heater mi<\/span><\/span>xperience at Crown Point Junior Music Academy. Back in Pacific Beach for the third time this school year, Missoula Children\u2019s Theater\u2019s little red truck is no stranger to the area<\/span><\/span>. In October 2022, PB Elementary School hosted \u201cJohnny Appleseed\u201d <\/span>and in January PB Middle School presented \u201cKing Arthur\u2019s Quest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Meet Evan Rumler and Morgan McCane, two Missoula Children\u2019s Theater directors and actors who orchestrated<\/span><\/span> the week-long Missoula Experience of \u201cRumpelstiltskin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Court Jester Kayden Moore entertains the Royal Court during Crown Point’s production of \u2018Rumpelstiltskin.\u2019 Back row (from left) Zen Aria Barber (Wizard), Royal Knight Claire Jimenez (obscured), King Whatsat Andr\u00e9s Janseens-Lozano, and Royal Knight Val McGregor. COURTESY PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Both Rumler and McCane have their bachelor of fine arts degrees from Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ind. Rumler has been touring with MCT since May of 2022. Morgan has been on the road with MCT continuously for the last two years. McCane and Rumler are scheduled to visit about 45 schools this year.<\/p>\n

MCT traces its serendipitous roots back to the summer of 1970 when Jim Caron, an unemployed actor, was searching for a mission in life, on his way from Chicago to a friend\u2019s wedding in Oregon when his aging Volkswagen van broke down. The nearest service station was \u2013 fortunately and fatefully \u2013 in Missoula, Mont. While waiting for the van to be patched together, Caron noticed an audition poster for \u201cMan of La <\/span>Mancha<\/span>.\u201d Just for fun, he auditioned and was cast in the role of \u201c<\/span>Sancho.<\/span>\u201d He developed an instant and lasting friendship with Don Collins (the actor playing \u201c<\/span>Don Quijote<\/span>\u201d), and together they organized a company of adults to perform plays for children on a make-shift stage in a local movie theatre. The plays, as well as the idea of developing live theatre for kids, were well-received in Missoula. And the rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n

So how did these directors organize an audition on the first afternoon? In a two-hour block?<\/p>\n

Missoula directors Rumler and McCane took students through a 90-minute audition process. Rumler gave the nervous \u2013 yet soon-to-be actors \u2013 the secret to a successful audition: \u201cSpeak in a loud and clear voice, use big, exaggerated body and facial movements, and listen and follow directions the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emma Steinberger (left) in the role of Clara looks on as Rumpelstiltskin (Declan Kelly) spins straw into gold during Crown Point Junior Music Academy\u2019s Missoula Children\u2019s Theater production of \u2018Rumpelstiltskin.\u2019 COURTESY PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This advice set the stage for the auditions to start. Students silently organized themselves into one large square, tallest to shortest, counted off in a loud voice, and expressively announced their first and last names and their age, and with that, the auditions were underway.<\/p>\n

Next came the \u201cline readings,\u201d repeating a phrase or sentence back to McCane and Rumler with expressive and exaggerated facial expressions and gestures. Older students repeated: \u201cI like my hamburger with ketchup, mustard, and onions\u2026 but no pickles.\u201d The youngest actors repeated: \u201cGet in the back\u2026 I\u2019m driving.\u201d<\/p>\n

By 4:30 p.m. the auditions were over and \u201cRumpelstiltskin\u201d<\/span> had a cast.<\/p>\n

On t<\/span><\/span>he second day of rehearsals, the villagers and principal cast members fueron<\/span><\/span> first. Rumler started<\/span><\/span> by teaching choral lines and introduced<\/span><\/span> initial choreography steps. The younger cast members, the \u201cbees\u201d and the \u201cgnomes,\u201d were later on the second day\u2019s rehearsal schedule. Each ensemble group of actors (wizards, villagers, gnomes, and busy bees) appears on stage several times during the play. Each group has choreography and lines to learn over the next three days.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese next three days we run the show. We practice the individual scene\u2019s songs, choreography, and dialogue each afternoon from 2:30-6:30 p.m.,\u201d McCane said. \u201cWe practice the play all the way through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friday was<\/span><\/span> day five, the costumes ca<\/span><\/span>me out. The \u201cbusy bees\u201d go<\/span><\/span>t their wings and singers. The wizards finally dressed in their robes. The King and Queen are fitted for the crowns. Performance day was<\/span><\/span> 24<\/span><\/span> hours away.<\/p>\n

By 1:45 p.m. on Saturday a line formed for the 2:30 p.m. show. Standing room only! For the 5 p.m. performance, there is even less<\/span><\/span> standing room.<\/p>\n

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Crown Point students rehearsing lines for the Missoula Children\u2019s Theater production of Rumpelstiltskin. (From left) Declan Kelly (Rumpelstiltskin), Emma Steinberger (Older Clara), Avery Merrill (a Wizard), Gracelyn Zamba ( a Gnome), and Betty McGregor (Young Clara). COURTESY PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Crown Point Jr. Music Academy\u2019s stage production of \u2018Rumpelstiltskin\u2019 included these friendly Gomes: (front row, left to right) Gracelyn Zamba, Emilia Baskel, and Dylan Gill; (back row, left to right) Charlotte Plunk and Kylan Bhowmik. COURTESY PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, April 24, the Missoula Children\u2019s Theater\u2019s little red pickup truck pulled into the parking lot ready for a six-day theater experience at Crown Point Junior Music Academy. Back in Pacific Beach for the third time this school year, Missoula Children\u2019s Theater\u2019s little red truck is no stranger to the area. In October 2022, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1496,"featured_media":324148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"On Monday, April 24, the Missoula Children\u2019s Theater\u2019s little red pickup truck pulled into the parking lot ready for a six-day theater experience at Crown Point Junior Music Academy. Back in Pacific Beach for the third time this school year, Missoula Children\u2019s Theater\u2019s little red truck is no stranger to the area. In October 2022, PB Elementary School hosted \u201cJohnny Appleseed\u201d and in January PB Middle School presented \u201cKing Arthur\u2019s Quest.\u201d","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15403,15409,15491,15490],"tags":[13353,14653,12543,15944],"class_list":["post-324145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-bay-press-education","category-beach-bay-press-top-stories","category-sdnews-education","category-sdnews-top-stories","tag-crown-point-junior-music-academy","tag-missoula-childrens-theater","tag-pacific-beach","tag-rumpelstiltskin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324145"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324312,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324145\/revisions\/324312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}