Petite Players

08/20/2023

08/11/2023

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07/24/2023

Some pictures of our fabulous crew! I wasn’t able to snap a picture of Andrea, Chris, or Matea but we are so thankful to all of them!

07/22/2023

🍕Before we can have our fill we have to strike the set. All hands on deck tomorrow after the show.🍕 Then, cast party at Pizza Hut at 5pm. We will pass out cast tee shirts at the party. Please let us know of any dietary restrictions. 👽🛸The kids brought us to tears with their amazing performance last night and we can’t wait to do it again!

07/22/2023

SPOTLIGHT | If you missed “Space Pirates!” tonight, you can still catch the hilarity of the Great River Players Petite Players production tomorrow at 2 p.m. at The Grand Theatre, 26 N. 6th Street, in Keokuk. We are so proud to call both the producers and theatre our members!

07/21/2023

Poor Gabby is just obsessed with history and ancient cultures. Nobody gets her! But when Amberling & Baz accidentally teleport Gabby & her friends to Zooglebotz, Gabby discovers that she’s not the only one who is obsessed with rare artifacts from earth! Come experience the Space Pirate adventure tomorrow night 7pm or Saturday at 2pm.

07/20/2023

Sneak Peak

07/17/2023

Note from our costume master!

✅ALIENS: All Aliens will need a black shirt & black leggings or pants. This shirt will go over the human costume when they become aliens. This includes the professors. Black dance, black slip ons, or black tennis shoes are also needed.

✅PIRATES: All Pirates will need black leggings or pants and black dance shoes, black slip ons, or black tennis shoes.

ALL cast members need a colorful shirt without graphics to wear when they are a human.

Please have items to the theatre by Wednesday. If you have questions let us know.

✅THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE Jack, Gabby, Jai, and Taylor.

07/17/2023

❗️All hands on deck tomorrow for moving into the Grand. Please meet at GRP at 1:00 pm. If you will be there tomorrow, please comment below. We will need at least 8 people to help move the spaceship & pirate ship.❗️

07/16/2023

It’s getting real, ya’ll!

07/15/2023

What a great show!!!!! Thank you for the 14 littles who joined Andrea & I tonight. We had fun going up on stage and meeting the actors after the show. Can you believe this will be us next week? So exciting!

07/14/2023

❗️Join us for Into the Woods tomorrow night! The show starts at 7:30 pm and we plan to sit as a group in the balcony. You are welcome to come with your actor or drop them off. If you plan to drop them off, please arrive at 7:15 and return by 8:45. 🪵🌲
It’s going to be GREAT show❗️

07/13/2023

Nothing exciting ever happens on Zooglebotz! Or, does it? Come see Professor Lool and her Alien Professors sing & dance their way right off Zooglebotz!👽🛸

07/12/2023

Meet Captain Jott who courageously leads her group of Aliens! Come watch them beam up all of Earth’s treasures on July 21st 7pm & July 22nd 2pm at the Grand 👽🛸

07/11/2023

Introducing our Pirate Captain and his Pirates! You won’t want to miss our show, “Space Pirates!” Friday July 21st 7pm and Saturday July 22nd at 2pm at the Grand Theater.

07/09/2023

✅PRACTICE
This week we will have practice Monday-Friday from 3-5. We are a week away from tech week and we really need all actors at practice from this point on. Thank you! We are super excited about the progress🤗

07/03/2023

✅❗️PRACTICE SCHEDULE:

This week we will practice on Wednesday 7/5 and Thursday 7/6 from 3-5. This will be full cast with no scripts!
Have a safe & fun 4th of July!🇺🇸

06/29/2023

ANNOUNCEMENT

Due to severe weather there will be NO REHEARSAL today, Thursday June, 29th.

Please be safe out there!

06/25/2023

📣🎶🎤ANNOUNEMENTS

💵$5 and your actors tee-shirt size needed this week. Please come in at drop-off or pick-up and give your money & size to Chris.

🎶🎤Practice this week 6/27, 6/28, 6/29
FULL CAST 3-5 pm

✔️❗️This is the last week for scripts! Practice,
practice, practice❗️

🎭Thank you to the actors who joined us for Newsies! It was such a great show.🎭

✅MARK YOUR CALENDARS✅
🌲Into the Woods🌲 7/14, 7/15, 7/16

Please like or comment so we know you’ve seen this. We are still trying to build engagement and want to make sure we are reaching all of our families.

06/24/2023

Loved hanging out with Ms. Andrea & some of our actors tonight at Newsies JR!
📣📰The show was fabulous!🗞️

06/23/2023

🗞️📰EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT📰🗞️
I will be at the Grand tomorrow night supporting our older group of thespians as they perform “Newsies”I’d love for our Petite Players to join me. You are welcome to drop your actor off with me around 7:15 (I will wait in the lobby) and return at 8:30. Please comment here or message me if your actor will join me for the show!

06/22/2023

Practice today 6/22
3-4 All Aliens
4-5:30 Full cast

06/20/2023

Hard at work!

06/20/2023

Oh, Pirate Captain…….how we enjoy thee!

06/20/2023

Practice tomorrow 6/21/23
3-4 Pirates
4-5:30 Full Cast

06/20/2023

Practice tomorrow 6/20/23
3-4 Alien Professors & Museum Guide
4-5:30 Full Cast

06/16/2023

Please have your actors work on scenes 7-11, including songs this weekend. We still have many actors who don’t know their lines and we are 2 weeks away from being 100% off script! 📣 We added two solos to the finale (Miles & Aubrey) see picture.

🎶PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS POST BY PUTTING YOUR ACTORS NAME IN THE COMMENTS. This way we can track how many of you we are reaching.

06/15/2023

📣We had a dance off tonight to reward our hard working thespians!

06/14/2023

Practice tonight! Pirates, 3-4. Full cast 4-5:30.🤗

06/09/2023

Some pictures from our practice tonight. We are very proud of these hard working thespians! So much talent!!!!!🤗 Keep working hard

06/08/2023

Blarg A Riptoo dance break choreography! Thank you McKenna! If you are in Blarg, please practice!

06/08/2023

Zooglebotz Choreography
Thank you McKenna Tackes for the cute routine!
If you are in this number, please practice!

06/07/2023

📣New June Calendar📣
ONLY 6 actors needed tomorrow (see below).
We will hand out hard copies tomorrow & Thursday. The kids blew our socks off tonight with their vocals. Please practice lines each day with your actor. This is an area where they are struggling.
📣All actors will be off script July 3rd!

06/05/2023

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Fun Fact: Our group performed “The Noble Gnarble” a few years back. It is now a full length Musical endorsed by Denver Casado, the composer for our current show, “Space Pirates!” Too cool not to share.

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!!! See you all tomorrow & reference our last post for times & actors

06/02/2023

📣Tuesday June 6th is our next practice. You have 4 days to practice, practice, practice! We handed out some solos tonight so please check with your actor.
📣UPCOMING ADDITION:
Thursday, June 8th: Alien Professors (Letty, Maddie, Nora W, Libby, Nora T) please arrive at 3pm to work on choreo with our special guest choreographer!🤗

06/01/2023

June 1st Practice Schedule
📣Parents: Please practice with your actor every day. We walked through scenes 1-5 today and several actors had no idea what part they were and struggled quite a bit. In order to be, full run-through ready by July 1st, they will need your help. Ty😊