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Sing Out: AWT Throwbacks
Leave your clocks as they are but spring BACKWARD with us as we take a trip down memory lane. In this Sing Out, we’re celebrating over a decade of AfterWork Theater with hit numbers from various book shows that AWT has done over the years, from mainstages to bootcamps. Whether you’re a returner or new to AfterWork, if you have a love for musical theater and community then this show is for you. Get ready for fun, friends, and nostalgia!
Register Below!
What is a Sing Out?
A Sing Out is a a stripped down, intimate cabaret style production, where the focus is on singing! You will spend a vast majority of the time with the director and music director on vocal technique, acting choices, and the meaning behind the songs. There will also be some minimal movement that meets the comfort level of the participants who sign up.
All songs will be performed in groups of two or more with multiple opportunities for each participant to be featured as vocalists – there are no completely solo songs here! Participants may also have input into the overall song selection, and/or the songs they are most interested in being featured in.
Potential Song List*
Welcome to the 60s – Hairspray
Be Our Guest – Beauty and the Beast
Skid Row – Little Shop of Horrors
Alone in the Universe – Seussical
The I Love You Song – Spelling Bee
21 Guns – American Idiot
I Know It’s Today – Shrek
Positive – Legally Blonde
Back to Before – Ragtime
All For the Best – Godspell
Santa Fe / That’s Rich – Newsies
Extraordinary – Pippin
It Couldn’t Please Me More – Cabaret
Somewhere – West Side Story
No One is Alone – Into the Woods
Sit Down You’re Rockin the Boat – Guys and Dolls
I Just Might – 9 to 5
Mr. Cladwell – Urinetown
*the setlist for the show will be made up of a selection of these songs, subject to change
Basic tuition to participate in an AWT Sing Out is $450.
If the $450 tuition is not within your budget, please consider one of our Pay What You Can options ($425 and $400 for this program). Additionally, if you would like to spread your payments out, you can choose from a variety of options. Our ability to offer this program with affordable options is contingent on those with the ability to pay full tuition choosing that option. If we do not have enough full priced tuition participants, this may result in cancelling the program.
Discount types can not be combined. Tuition does NOT cover a print out of your script/score/sheet music or your costume. AWT has a small budget to cover some specific costume needs. From there, we work with participants to piece together costumes sourced from their closets, thrift stores and the good will of the community. All tuition payments are final and non-refundable for any reason.
Below is the rehearsal and performance schedule for Spring ’24 Sing Out. Click on the dot or details below each date for more information!
Rehearsals will be held primarily on Monday AND Wednesday nights. Both casts will be called together for most rehearsals. During the second week of rehearsals, you will receive a detailed schedule that specifies exactly what dates and times you will be needed.
Tech, Dress rehearsals, and Performances will take place between June 8 and June 16 at Theater for the New City.
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Prior to Launch Day, participants will have the opportunity to list rehearsal conflicts. We have a flexible attendance policy, but we do feel that if participants have to miss significantly more than 3 rehearsals it may be harder to catch up and may impact participant experience. Please keep this guideline in mind when deciding to register for this program! If participants do miss significantly more than 3 rehearsals, it will be up to the creative team to decide if that impacts their role assignment or which numbers they can safely perform on stage.
If you do have absences, resources will be made available so you can catch up on anything you miss outside of rehearsal time. Once rehearsals begin, it is up to the discretion of the creative team whether or not a participant’s role must be reassigned due to missed rehearsals.
NOTE: the schedule below is subject to change.
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ATTENDANCE POLICY: Prior to Launch Day, participants will have the opportunity to list rehearsal conflicts. We have a flexible attendance policy, but we do feel that if participants have to miss significantly more than 3 rehearsals it may be harder to catch up and may impact participant experience. Please keep this guideline in mind when deciding to register for this program! If participants do miss significantly more than 3 rehearsals, it will be up to the creative team to decide if that impacts their role assignment or which numbers they can safely perform on stage.
If you do have absences, resources will be made available so you can catch up on anything you miss outside of rehearsal time. Once rehearsals begin, it is up to the discretion of the creative team whether or not a participant’s role must be reassigned due to missed rehearsals.
We would like to minimize participant absences during tech and show week. When filling out the interest list, you will be asked to confirm if you are available for the whole tech/show time for at least one cast for any shows you are interested in. If interest in a program is greater than the number of spots available, participants who are able to attend tech/dress/shows entirely for one cast may be prioritized during the registration process than those with absences.
For more information, please check out our blog post “How Many Absences are Too Many?”
COVID safety protocols: Masks are always welcome! Depending on the number of people in the room and/or the size of the room, there may be some rehearsals where masks are required.
Performance policy: Dress rehearsals and performances will all be mask optional. We will no longer be requiring proof of a negative test to perform unmasked, but it is imperative that any performers who are feeling any symptoms stay home.
Audience members may still be asked to be masked during the performance.
If a venue we are using for rehearsals or performances has a stricter policy, we will defer to them. Our policy on safety protocols may shift over time as the situation changes.
Matthew Nassida (Music Director)
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Rehearsals
The below locations are our most frequently used rehearsal locations, though other locations may also be used. Specific locations will be communicated to you at a later date.
Sirovich Center
331 E 12th St
Molloy Studios
50 Broadway (4th Floor)
The 14th St Y
344 E 14th St
Performances
Speyer Hall
184 Eldridge St.
New York, NY 10002
If the $450 tuition is not within your budget, please consider one of our Pay What You Can options ($425 and $400 for this program). We are also offering financial assistance for even lower tuition rates (apply here until March 29). If you are applying for financial assistance, you should not join the registration list.
Registration
Registration for Sing Out: AWT Throwbacks is now open!
If you are someone who may need some additional support throughout the season, or if you are registering on behalf of someone who may need additional support, please reach out to us at info@afterworktheater.org so that we can speak with you about how to best provide that support!
Registration is not transferrable unless you are registering on behalf of another individual and you let us know that information within two days of registering into a program (please email us at info@afterworktheater.org).
For more information on our registration lottery process, please check out our blog posts “How Does Registration Work Anyway?” and “Registration FAQs.” Make sure you’ve added afterworktheater.org to your safe sender list and that you are checking your email at least once a day so you don’t miss out on a spot!
AfterWork Theater Cancellation Policy for Musicals, Plays, Sing Outs, Bootcamps and Concerts
Any participant who withdraws from an AfterWork Theater Musical, Play, Sing Out, Dance Out, Bootcamp or Concert (Collectively called a Performance Program) less than one week prior to when Launch Day begins is not entitled to a refund or credit, and is responsible for the full tuition amount regardless of how many monthly payments have incurred at the time of withdrawal. Returning participants who have previously participated in a Performance Program who withdraw more than one week prior to the beginning of Launch Day may receive a tuition credit (minus a $20 processing fee) that can be used toward a future Performance Program or AWT You Class no more than one calendar year from Launch Day of the initial program purchased. New participants who withdraw more than one week prior to the beginning of Launch Day may receive a full refund and are not responsible for any future payments on their payment plan. To withdraw from a program, we must receive notice via an email to info@afterworktheater.org prior to the deadline.
If a program is cancelled due to extenuating circumstances outside the control of AfterWork Theater, there will be no refunds or credits issued, and the value of your unused tuition will be considered a donation to AWT for which you will receive a receipt for tax purposes.
“Try it out” Cancellation Policy Exception
New to AfterWork Theater? We know signing up for new experiences can be scary. That’s why we are offering New Participants a 100% money back guarantee if they attend Launch Day Orientation and choose to withdraw from the program before the end of orientation. By the end of your orientation, if you decide this experience isn’t for you then you’ve made zero commitments, financial or otherwise. New participant attendees who withdraw after their Launch Day orientation is complete – including later that evening or the following day – are not eligible for a refund of any kind and will not be able to repurpose tuition towards a future program.
PLEASE NOTE: A “New Participant” is defined as someone who has never participated in an AWT Musical, Play, Sing Out, Bootcamp or Concert program at the time that Launch Day begins. A New Participant seeking to withdraw from the program must do so via email to info@afterworktheater.org prior to the completion of their Launch Day orientation. They may not postpone their refund request until the cast list is published. Once Launch Day orientation is over, they are no longer entitled to a refund for any reason. Participants who withdraw after Launch Day orientation are responsible for the full tuition amount regardless of how many monthly payments have incurred at the time of withdrawal.
If a program is cancelled due to extenuating circumstances outside the control of AfterWork Theater, there will be no refunds or credits issued, and the value of your unused tuition will be considered a donation to AWT for which you will receive a receipt for tax purposes.