The Mystery of Custodia! – 6th/7th Grade Winter Musical 
Hi-Mount School is in crisis! Mr. Humphrey, the school janitor mysteriously stopped showing up, leaving Drama Teacher Ms. McGery to take up his place. Beloved Lunch Lady Linda has mysteriously disappeared without a trace, and there’s a mysterious wallet with some disturbing notes found in Custodia!

When Drama Club member (and amateur sleuth) Foster has to bring the dead classroom goldfish down to Custodia–a mysterious area of school where janitors roam and rumors abound–she gets more than she bargained for when she takes up the case! Enlisting the help of her fellow drama club members, and trying to hold the meddlesome school reporter at bay, Foster tries to solve the greatest mystery of them all: The Mystery of Custodia.Read more about the show and listen to the music HERE

Audition Videos DUE NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, JANUARY 12th by 4pm

Audition Requirements:

1) Fill out the Student Info Form below

2) Self tape 32 bars of a song (approx. 30 seconds), preferably from a musical and choose ONE of the following monologues (non gender specific) and memorize. Please say your name, grade, and then perform your song/monologue. You may sing a capella or with a karaoke track (be sure you can be heard over the track in the video) 

3) Upload video into this FOLDER or email to bravo@op97.org if you cannot access no later than Tuesday, January 12th by 4pm.  Please label the video LastName.FirstName

4) All students will be invited to a zoom callback Thursday, January 14th 

The Mystery of Custodia Student Info Form

Monologues (choose one and memorize):

Percival “Skip” Sinwell , Chief Reporter for Campus Chronicles, believes they’re above everyone else

Gooood morning, everyone. This is Skip Sinwell, your beloved Campus Chronicles beat reporter, speaking truth to power and morning announcements to middle schoolers. Our top stories today: multiple cheerleaders have confessed to participating in a human pyramid scheme. And finally: two staff members haven’t been seen in several days. I’m referring specifically to our beloved Miss Linda, the Lunch Lady, best known for her chocolate cherry chimichangas, and our janitor, Mr. Humphrey, best known for his ominous scowl and secretive waste management habits.

Ms. McGery , School Drama Teacher turned Janitor

Hello there, students. Fellow faculty. The possum. I would like to reassure all of you that my new custodial position is not a demotion, but a lateral move to an equally important position. Like a jazz square that stops halfway through. A jazz line, if you will. I believe that keeping our school clean is just as noble as keeping our school artistic, and when life gives you lemons, you should make a lemon meringue pie. I mean, I’ve never successfully made a lemon meringue pie, but they’re very tricky, and anyway, it’s nice to have goals. 

Carol , a prima Ballerina

Whew! Third period dance class was killer today, guys. Ballet, mmkay? Oh, my goodness, my legs are gonna fall off. But your heads are gonna fall off when you hear this: I overheard my ballet instructor Ms. Sheila say that Mr. Humphrey – our janitor Mr. Humphrey – has ‘epic dance moves!’ So here’s what I’m thinking: the man has killer moves. The man has endless real estate in the form of Custodia. Put those two together, and what do you get? That’s right: Janitor Humphrey is running an exclusive high-end underground Zumba studio from under the school, and he’s forcing Lunch Lady Linda and Ms. McGery to be his backup dancers.

Please email bravo@op97.org if you have any questions