Arts & Entertainment
"A Year with Frog and Toad" Theatre Auditions (1st-8th Grade)
Students in 1st - 8th grade can join the Forefront Arts Children's Theatre production of "A Year with Frog and Toad"
![](https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/717502/2014/09/raw/54259db44ae72.jpg)
Forefront Arts Children’s Theatre announces a new theatre class and production of “A Year with Frog and Toad” for students in Gwinnett and Northeast Dekalb.
You can enroll in the production at www.ForefrontArts.com/Lilburn or call (770) 864-3316 for more information.
Forefront Arts is a children’s theatre and performing arts educational company. We offer classes, camps, workshops, and productions for ages 3-18 at 20+ locations throughout metro-Atlanta. Visit www.ForefrontArts.com to learn more about our program.
Find out what's happening in Lawrencevillewith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Seeking boys and girls in 1st - 8th grade. Over the course of the 2014-2015 school year students will produce the hit Broadway show “A Year with Frog and Toad”. Every student will receive a speaking role in the show and special time to shine onstage. In addition to rehearsing the production students will receive training in auditioning and theatre etiquette, music theory, singing and dancing, learn warm-ups, play drama games, and learn to work as an ensemble.
Students will have 3 performance opportunities:
Find out what's happening in Lawrencevillewith free, real-time updates from Patch.
--Fall Showcase, December 6, 2014
--“A Year with Frog and Toad” performances, March 2015
--Spring Showcase, May 2015
The production will kick off with our first class on Thursday, October 2, 5:30-7:00 pm. Auditions will take place throughout the first couple of weeks of class to determine the best role for each child. Rehearsals will take place weekly on Thursdays, 5:30-7:00 pm at Lilburn Alliance Church, 5915 Lawrenceville Highway, Tucker, GA.
The participation fee is $55 per month, October - May, which covers a 90-minute class each week and the production expenses (show rights, costumes, sets, props, etc).
ABOUT THE SHOW...
A hit on Broadway, A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD was nominated for 3 Tony Awards – including Best Musical. Based on Arnold Lobel’s well-loved books and featuring a hummable score by Robert and Willie Reale, this whimsical show follows two great friends -- the cheerful, popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad -- and all of their animal friends through four, fun-filled seasons.
Waking from hibernation in the Spring, the animals plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding, and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in their differences that make them unique and special. Part vaudeville, part make believe, all charm, A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD tells the story of a friendship that endures, weathering all seasons.
The jazzy, upbeat score of A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD bubbles with melody and wit, making it an inventive, exuberant, and enchanting musical for the whole family.