The Show Must Go On
A Behind the Scenes Look At The HBS Annual Show 2004 Auditions
Jaya Tandon, News and Campus Affairs Editor
Issue date: 1/26/04 Section: News
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This is the second in a series of articles covering the HBS Annual Show 2004 (Show). As mentioned in the first article, the Show has become a time-honored tradition and an essential component of the HBS experience.
Usually, the Show is a musical comedy and the characters are exaggerated HBS stereotypes like the overenthusiastic Baker Scholar, the overambitious investment banker and so on. Coming as it does at the end of the academic year, the Show thus provides a spectacular grand finale to another successful but stressful year and is the perfect opportunity for HBS students to let their hair down, and laugh at themselves and the preceding term's mishaps.
The HBS Annual Show 2004 team is already well on its way to laying the foundation for this year's Show. The Harbus takes you behind-the-scenes
for a look at the work of the moment - the HBS Show 2004 Auditions.
The process started on Jan 15th and 16th with the Audition Sign-Ups outside the Spangler Grille, where students could sign up for convenient time slots on the days of the actual auditions. The Auditions were divided into four separate parts - acting, singing, dancing and orchestra auditions.
Prior experience was not a prerequisite for auditioning and as the teams manning the audition desk told some of the more hesitant HBS students, the motto is "Enthusiasm is better than Expertise"!
The Auditions themselves were then held on Jan 20, 21 and 22 and were conducted by Jaya Tandon (Director), Jon Frank (Musical Director), Philip Behn (Vocal Director), Anna Dedousis-Wallace (Acting Coach), Jennifer Cole (Lead Choreographer), John Collier (Assistant Musical Director), Molly McCarthy (Assistant Vocal Director), Gaurav Misra (Assistant Choreographer), Shannon Dunphy (Assistant Choreographer) and Amber Carroll (Assistant Choreographer). Support was also forthcoming from Gordon Liao and William Gonzalez (HBS Show Board Members), Laura Franses (Producer), and Maria Trokoudes (Production Manager), all of whose assistance was much appreciated.
Usually, the Show is a musical comedy and the characters are exaggerated HBS stereotypes like the overenthusiastic Baker Scholar, the overambitious investment banker and so on. Coming as it does at the end of the academic year, the Show thus provides a spectacular grand finale to another successful but stressful year and is the perfect opportunity for HBS students to let their hair down, and laugh at themselves and the preceding term's mishaps.
The HBS Annual Show 2004 team is already well on its way to laying the foundation for this year's Show. The Harbus takes you behind-the-scenes
for a look at the work of the moment - the HBS Show 2004 Auditions.
The process started on Jan 15th and 16th with the Audition Sign-Ups outside the Spangler Grille, where students could sign up for convenient time slots on the days of the actual auditions. The Auditions were divided into four separate parts - acting, singing, dancing and orchestra auditions.
Prior experience was not a prerequisite for auditioning and as the teams manning the audition desk told some of the more hesitant HBS students, the motto is "Enthusiasm is better than Expertise"!
The Auditions themselves were then held on Jan 20, 21 and 22 and were conducted by Jaya Tandon (Director), Jon Frank (Musical Director), Philip Behn (Vocal Director), Anna Dedousis-Wallace (Acting Coach), Jennifer Cole (Lead Choreographer), John Collier (Assistant Musical Director), Molly McCarthy (Assistant Vocal Director), Gaurav Misra (Assistant Choreographer), Shannon Dunphy (Assistant Choreographer) and Amber Carroll (Assistant Choreographer). Support was also forthcoming from Gordon Liao and William Gonzalez (HBS Show Board Members), Laura Franses (Producer), and Maria Trokoudes (Production Manager), all of whose assistance was much appreciated.