Champlin Park Theatre Golden Rule

Everyone is friends in this room. Please be kind, courteous, respectful, and constructive when interacting with your peers. Theatre is a place for everyone to feel welcome and students involved with this program are expected to lift each other up. We are all working toward a common goal. We expect you to work hard, but we want everyone to have fun.

Tardiness and Attendance Policy 

Everyone: Please do not leave rehearsal, tech work days (after school, evenings, Saturdays), tech rehearsal, or performances without talking to the director or other CPHS Theatre staff or faculty member. You are our responsibility while you are expected to be at theatre. Leaving without informing staff will be grounds for dismissal from the show or crew. 

Cast: Rehearsal starts at 2:35. Please make every effort to be at rehearsal on time and ready to work. Habitual tardiness will be grounds for dismissal from the show. 

When you audition you can include rehearsal conflicts. If you have submitted those conflicts, you are excused from rehearsal for that day. We understand that people get sick, hurt, or need a mental health day. You are allowed two (2) unexcused absences. Missing more than two (2) unexcused absences will be grounds for dismissal from the show.

You are not allowed to miss any tech rehearsals or performances, excused or unexcused. Missing a tech rehearsal or performance (outside of illness) will be grounds for dismissal from the show.

Running Crew: Running crew is expected to attend all tech rehearsals and performances. However, you are allowed 2 excused absences from tech rehearsal and/or performances. We can help determine a good substitute for you, but you are responsible for training them on your show duties. No unexcused absences are permitted (outside of illness) and will be grounds for dismissal from the show.

Activity and Participation Fees

If you are cast in the show, you will need to pay a $100 activity fee and a $40 Champlin Park Theatre Association participation fee. These fees help cover the cost of the program, meals for tech week, and a t-shirt. Please pay activity fees on the school’s website at https://ahconnect.anoka.k12.mn.us.

If you are on Running Crew, you will need to pay the $40 Association Fee. Please pay the $40 Association Fee online at https://champlinparktheatre.org/fees or in person. There will be a parent information meeting for every show. Parents can pay the Association fee at that time. If you wish to buy a show t-shirt only, the cost is $15.

Lettering

While everyone is welcome to participate as much or as little as you would like, if you want to letter in theatre for 2023-2024, you will have to meet one (1) of the following requirements:

  1. Cast in two (2) shows plus 20 total hours of work in another area of theatre throughout the school year.

  2. Cast in one (1) show plus 50 hours of work in another area of theatre throughout the school year.

  3. Running Crew for two (2) shows plus 30 hours of work in another area of theatre throughout the school year.

  4. Running Crew for one (1) show plus 60 hours of work in another area of theatre throughout the school year.

  5. Orchestra Pit for two (2) shows plus 20 hours of work in another area of theater throughout the school year.

  6. Orchestra Pit for one (1) show plus 50 hours of work in another area of theater throughout the school year.

  7. Combination of Cast, Running Crew, and/or Pit Orchestra for three (3) productions plus 10 hours of work in another area of theater throughout the school year.

  8. 90 hours of work in any area of theatre throughout the school year.

Areas of Theatre Work that Qualify for Lettering Hours

  • Tech Work Days (After School, Evenings, and Saturdays/Non-School Days) CPHS Theatre Tech Remind: @cphsthea

    • Set building

    • Set painting

    • Set Load-In

    • Props Construction

    • Props Sourcing

    • Costume Sourcing

    • Costume Building/Creation

    • Wigs Maintenance

    • Lighting Work Calls (typically evenings after rehearsal)

    • Audio/Sound Work Calls 

    • Other Tech Work As Needed

  • Strike (counts for double hours, 4 hours minimum)

  • Stage Management (Rehearsal Assistant)

  • Designer Assistant (Lights, Sound, Set, Costumes, Props - TBD by needs of each show)

  • Assistant Director (TBD by needs of each show)

  • Postering

  • Grocery Bagging

  • Marketing/Publicity

  • Audition (counts as 1 hour, if not cast in show)

  • Callback (counts as 3 hours, if not cast in show)

Hours will be tracked on sign-in sheets that will be kept in a binder in the scene shop. You must have a supervisor sign off on your hours for them to count toward lettering. Join the CPHS Theatre Tech Remind: @cphsthea