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CAST LIST ANNOUNCEMENT

Casting will be announced to the school community during the final assembly of the year

(Friday November 21). 

Please keep this information confidential until then. Thank you!

Please view the Sentral Parents App from 5pm on Friday November 14 

to access the Cast Announcement document. 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

  1. Open Sentral for parents

  2. Click on your child

  3. Click on student details

  4. Click on activity participation

  5. Click on Shrek Junior 2026

  6. Click on attachment 'Shrek Cast List 2026'

ACCEPTING YOUR ROLE

Complete the acceptance form below to acknowledge your acceptance of your role

by 5pm, Monday November 17. 

REMINDER: We would like to formally announce the roles at Assembly on November 21,  so ask STUDENTS and PARENTS for their discretion.

Do you accept your part?

Thanks for responding!

A parent's guide to dealing with casting disappointment

​DO's:

  • Some parents may compare their child’s progress or class placement to another child’s. Watch for this behavior in your children as well and encourage them to focus instead on their own accomplishments.

  • Allow your child to feel upset and disappointed. Encourage them to express their feelings.​

  • Focus on the positive! Remind your child how much they have improved since beginning or how well they felt after the audition.

  • Process the disappointment with your child. Let them talk about their experience in the audition and listen. You might hear them say things like, “I was awful!” or “The other kids were more experienced/better than me.” or “The director didn’t like me.” In these instances, we recommend a re-direct; talk about the things your child can control. For example, did you feel confident? What would have helped you feel more confident? Did you follow directions? Did you find it difficult to follow the instructions? Do you feel like you tried your best?*

  • After you’ve established the things your child can control in the audition, create a plan to help improve for the next audition (you really want to encourage your child to try again, rejection is a life long challenge and giving up isn’t a good solution). Your plan might include some special training, an audition prep workshop, seeing more shows and discussing the performance values, etc. You want to show your child that you take their disappointment seriously and want to help them succeed in the future.*

  • Encourage them to get excited about all that there is to still learn! Remind them that the reason they joined the class in the first place was to be a part of a show. They are all part of the experience and are necessary to having a successful show!

 

DON'TS:

  • Discussing the merits of other people with your child, including other actors or the directing team. You can’t control others so don’t waste energy questioning their motives.

  • Over indulging your child in treats or superficial praise. Listen and validate feelings but don’t inflate skills and abilities to try and make your child feel better. Treats are great on occasion, but avoid using them to make a child feel better, this behavior can great dangerous eating patterns.

  • Dismissing your child’s natural feelings. Phrases like “get over it” “don’t be so sensitive” “you’ll live” shut down an opportunity to teach your child healthy emotional processing. Validate the right to feel sad and then create a plan to move past it.

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