{"id":286136,"date":"2018-10-08T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=286136"},"modified":"2018-10-08T06:00:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T20:00:43","slug":"mcs-theatre-club-holds-auditions-for-tasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-theatre-club-holds-auditions-for-tasi\/","title":{"rendered":"MCS Theatre Club holds auditions for Tasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-286136 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-theatre-club-holds-auditions-for-tasi\/tasi-1\/'>Tasi 1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286137'>\n\t\t\t\tShow director Kalea Borja (right) runs auditions for the next production from the Mount Carmel School Theatre Club, Tasi, a musical inspired by Disney\u2019s Moana. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-theatre-club-holds-auditions-for-tasi\/tasi-2\/'>Tasi 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286138'>\n\t\t\t\tA record number of students audition for Mount Carmel School Theatre Club, Tasi, a musical inspired by Disney\u2019s Moana.  (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-theatre-club-holds-auditions-for-tasi\/tasi-3\/'>Tasi 3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286139'>\n\t\t\t\tA record number of students audition for Mount Carmel School Theatre Club, Tasi, a musical inspired by Disney\u2019s Moana. So many students auditioned for Tasi that students had to be divided different sections. Shown here are the high school students who auditioned. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-theatre-club-holds-auditions-for-tasi\/tasi-4\/'>Tasi 4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-286140'>\n\t\t\t\tA record number of students audition for Mount Carmel School Theatre Club, Tasi, a musical inspired by Disney\u2019s Moana. So many students auditioned for Tasi that students had to be divided different sections. Shown here are some elementary school students who auditioned. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Mount Carmel School\u2019s Theatre Club kicked off its 2018-2019 performance season with auditions for its next big musical, Tasi. The auditions brought in the largest group of aspiring dramatists ever in the school\u2019s history, with 129 students from grades 1 through 12 auditioning. The show will also be a part of the club\u2019s yea-rlong focus on island stories, with a mission to \u201ccelebrate our island stares on stage and in film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Disney\u2019s Moana, Tasi is an original story written by club adviser and school president, Galvin Deleon Guerrero. The story follows Tasi as she struggles between family expectations, traditions, and her own aspirations. The production will also feature music from and about the islands.<\/p>\n<p>Tasi will be directed by Kalea Borja, who was the assistant director for last year\u2019s hit production of Disney\u2019s Mulan Jr. When asked why she stepped up to direct Tasi, Borja said, \u201cI believe that we need to promote our local culture and embrace it, and surely Tasi is the play that can do just that!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite her enthusiasm, Borja was surprised by the record number of students who auditioned. \u201cNever did I expect the number of students who were excited to audition for Tasi. There was so much talent in the room that I was overjoyed as well as overwhelmed.\u201d She added, \u201cThe auditions, all in all, went well and I am excited to see students wanting to be part of this local production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s assistant director and club veteran, Brandee Hunter, is also very excited about the show. \u201cSo far, being an assistant director has been one of my favorite roles in a theatre production.\u201d Hunter has acted in numerous past productions and has also served on the crew.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Hunter said, \u201cI feel nervous and excited at the same time for this show.\u201d She added, \u201cThis play will be one of the best productions that the Theatre Club has ever done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tasi is scheduled for performances on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Details about times, venue, and ticket prices will be announced next month. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Carmel School\u2019s Theatre Club kicked off its 2018-2019 performance season with auditions for its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":286137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[22901,19019,18235,3986],"class_list":["post-286136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","tag-brandee-hunter","tag-kalea-borja","tag-mulan-jr","tag-theatre-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}