UPAC has rules in place that we must follow.
Please understand these are not our rules. (Nor do we get to choose our show or rehearsal dates, but we are doing our best to provide everyone with the best experience possible!)
1. Parents are not allowed to videotape the show or use flash photography during the show.
You are welcome to videotape the dress rehearsal where the house is not totally dark. Again, this is not our rule. It is an insurance issue for the theater. We have hired a videographer for the show and the video will be available for purchase after the show. Students that are performing will continue to have their reserved seats for watching and they will not need a ticket.
2. No eating in the lobby/theater
There will be absolutely no eating in the lobby or theater. Please respect this rule. You may eat in the alley or in the adjacent party room we have rented for you this year. Please feel free to donate cases of water and other goodies for the party room, as well as your time to help keep it clean. Please respect this space!! Clean up after yourselves and do not go into the kitchen area!!!!!
3. There will be absolutely NO PARENTS backstage unless you have a backstage pass and are working.
This is an insurance nightmare for the theater. Their security will not let you backstage. In past years we have had parents come to the backstage door and say Lara gave them permission to go backstage. We will not give anyone who is not officially working backstage permission to enter the backstage area. Volunteer assignments and badges are prepared prior to the show day. Again, this is a strict rule of UPAC. No one without a backstage pass will be allowed backstage.
Again, if you have a dancer with only one number, you must drop them off at the backstage door where they will be checked in and escorted to their seat in the theater. The parent cannot escort the child backstage.
Little Dreamers and other very young children must report at the backstage door in FULL COSTUME no later than 1:30 PM on the day of the show. Everyone else has a call time of 1:00 PM.
Dancers must be in full costume and make up if you choose to come at the call time (and not earlier to get ready),
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