Interest in Upper Elementary after school play

The purpose of this survey is to assess if there’s adequate interest in partnering with San Carlos Children’s Theater to offer an upper school only extracurricular play. Please indicate if you’re interested or not and then respond to the more detailed preference questions below.

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* 1. Is your child interested in participating in the play with six weeks of two rehearsals a week,totaling five hours per week, and one tech week with rehearsals every day? One in school performance and a Friday evening and Saturday matinee weekend performance.

Yes

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* 2. The registration fee will be around $300. This fee is ...

Reasonable

Too high

Too low

Might need scholarship support

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* 3. Rehearsals will likely be on the Arroyo campus-
Wednesdays from 2:30 to 5:30 and Fridays from 3:45 to 6:15.
Schedule 1: First rehearsal Friday, January 31, no meeting Friday, February 14 through winter school break, tech week only Monday, March 23 through March 26, shows Friday, March 27 and 28.
Schedule 2: First rehearsal Friday, February 7, no meeting Friday, February 14 through winter school break, no meeting April 1 and 3 spring break, tech rehearsal begins Sunday, April 5 through Thursday, April 9, shows Friday, April 10 and 11. (note Jewish and Christian holidays celebrated this week)

I prefer scheduled 1

I prefer schedule 2

Either schedule works

Would like to participate but neither schedule works

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* 4. Productions require support from participant’s families. Each participant’s family will be asked for approximately 20 hours of volunteer time. Some support can be provided over the course of rehearsals, some is flexible and some is required during shows. Some buyout options would be offered to contribute additional money in lieu of volunteer time.

Our family can provide this volunteer support

We would use a buyout option

Student would like to participate but our family cannot provide any support

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* 5. Charging entrance for the shows helps to cover the costs of production.

Offer both shows at no charge, participant fees might be slightly higher

Offer one show pay what you can and the other $5 per ticket

Offer both shows at $5 per ticket

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* 6. Many parents like a video of the performance but this must be done with the purchase of a license to make a recording.

Each participant receives a recording of the show, registration fees are $25 higher

No recordings of the show allowed registration fees remain the same

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* 7. Each production only has a limited number of speaking roles. However, the ensemble can allow us to accommodate more participants. Which of the following options do you prefer?

Cap enrollment at 40 and have some ensemble roles

Allow for greater enrollment and many participants will be in the ensemble

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* 8. My student is a

Fourth grader

Fifth grader

One of each

Twin fourth graders

Twin fifth graders