Thespian Troupe #6172
PAST UPDATES
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For those
who've been out of touch for a while, here are the last updates.
Kind of
like a troupe diary. But less interesting.
(NOTE -
Links from "Past Updates" are NOT updated, and may be obsolete)
1/31/2012
Musical rehearsals are now
rolling along nicely for our very own "Presidents! The Musical."
Crews have also been chosen
for our backstage Stage Ninja Force who will be crafting the costumes, props,
and makeup designs for our cast.
Check out the crew list!
Crew will be meeting for the
first time this Friday to learn about the cool projects they'll be working on
this February and March on the musical. Meanwhile, in the Art Room, the
Art department is creating some cool set pieces for our show.
Don't forget that you can
follow the schedule on our
online
Troupe Calendar. You can follow it on Google and get automated reminders of
rehearsals and important dates!
1/20/2012
Auditions for "Presidents!
The Musical" were held TODAY in the Band Room. A huge THANK YOU to
everyone who auditioned. It's tough to put yourself on the line, and
you've earned a big chunk of respect for putting yourself there.
That said, our musical is
officially cast now.
Check out the new page that is up for "Presidents! The Musical"
Our Production Team has also
been selected from the most veteran of our Thespian production designers.
Our troupe is known for doing Tech Theater very well in our District - and our
Production Team will be making some hard decisions as they choose crews on
Tuesday afternoon from the dozens of applications we received.
ALSO : The
online
Troupe Calendar has been updated to include the rehearsal
schedule. You can follow it on Google and get automated reminders of
rehearsals and important dates!
1/13/2012
Auditions for "Presidents!
The Musical" will be held on Friday 1/20/2012. Pick up your audition
materials in the Drama Room any time before Thursday 1/19.
Audition materials contain
everything you need to know about what will happen, a list of characters, a
rehearsal schedule, audition form, and contract.
There is also a Crew Form
for those interested in making things happen backstage - which is where we all
know the REAL awesomeness takes place.
Good luck to everyone who
auditions!
1/7/2012
The Musical is ON!
Audition Materials will be
ready by Wednesday, January 11th. Auditions will be held Friday, January
20, 2012 from 2:00-5:00pm.
A lot of work has gone into
this, and there's still a lot of work to go. Woo hoo!!!!
New member
pages are now created. 22 new member pictures are also
up!
NOTE: There will be no
general Thespian Meeting on Thursday, just a short meeting for those competing
at States.
12/31/2011
Musical Update:
Dialogue and lyrics are now
100% done.
Composing/music arrangement
is about 75% done.
I'll be meeting with our
composer and our music director (Mr. Martin) on January 3rd. Audition
information will be available starting Wednesday January 11, 2012.
12/24/2011
I hope you're all enjoying
your Winter Break!
Work continues on the
musical, and there's this Christmas thing happening too.
Enjoy your time off, relax,
recuperate your energy and get ready to work your butts off when we pick up
with our Spring Production when re return. Our composer is now arranging
all of the music, and I am very hopeful we'll get this locked in by January
1st. Stay tuned!
12/10/2011
If you've been thinking that
web updates are slower than usual - yer right!
I'm putting in about 3-5
hours a week on the script work for the musical, and I'm also doing some
part-time work selling tickets at athletic events to make up a little bit for
the paycuts all Florida teachers got this year. (Website updates don't
pay the bills!)
The time's gotta come from
somewhere - and unfortunately it's this site. I promise when I get the
time (likely Winter Break) I'll update new member pages and photo galleries
and such. Until then, happy Thespianing!
I'm very hopeful that we'll
get the musical done by January 1st so we can put it on this year. If
the composing and music arrangement (which is out of my control) can't be done
by then, this will have to be a 2012-13 project but it IS gonna happen : )
11/27/2011
Don't forget to put Thursday
Dec 1 on your calendar - we'll be having our last Thespian meeting of 2011
after school, and inducting our newest members.
Pictures are on my list of
things to do - but with several hundred pics to sort through and a musical to
write, I'm choosing to spend that time on the musical right now.
At this point, the story and
characters are finished, the dialogue is about 50% done, the lyrics are about
70% done, and the basic composing is about 20% done. After that comes
the music arranging, audition material creation, tech theater layouts, and at
that point we'll be ready to announce our musical! Yeeha!
11/23/2011
Busy update day!
Member
Pages are updated to reflect Competition events.
Kelsey Vinson
has earned her 50th Thespian Point and has been added to the
Hall of
Champions!
The
Competitions Page now reflects this year's Superiors &
Excellents in the Halls of Fame sorted by event.
We earned 160 new
Achievement Points on our trip to
competitions, for a total of
220.
We're on track to beat last year's record set at
340
for the year .... will we do it?!?!
11/19/2011
Woo hoo, Districts are
done!!
Nice jobs by everyone!
Congratulations especially
go out to Chrissy Herreid who kept The Streak alive - 9 years in a row of
Troupe 6172 Critics' Choice Awards. NINE years? What? Crazy!
Also, everyone on our Exec
Council was also named as a District Representative (cool). Chrissy and
Jessica as among the very best in Playwriting, and Kelsey as the best in
Student Directing.
We have a slightly smaller
troupe this year, but despite entering fewer events were still able to pull
away 7 Superiors and 7 Excellents - including our first ever Excellent in
Large Group Musical. That's right. We finally did "The Lion King."
What now?!
After One Acts and Districts
happening all happening within 15 days, it is time for a well-deserved break.
The only Thepsianish things I'll be doing are site updates, and of course
continuing writing and revising the words and lyrics for our Spring Musical.
Work well done. Let's
rest until January and do crazy things like homework and whatnot.
11/13/2011
Congrats to the cast and
crew of the November Comedies for an audience size of 327, good enough to earn
the "They Really Like Me!" achievement! Nicely done!
Updates
Achievements have been updated to reflect
the November Comedies.
Member
pages now have resume additions to reflect November Comedies
work.
To Be Updated
The oodles (and I mean
'oodles') of pictures to sift through for the November Comedies photo gallery.
Oh and ahem,
FOR THE 198327th TIME MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE YOUR SCRIPT FOR ACTING EVENTS FOR THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY'S
COMPETITIONS! RAWR! DO IT!
That is all.
11/5/2011
The November Comedies are
now done! Thank you to all of the cast and crew, our sponsors, and our
guests for two evenings of fun : ) Celebrity alum sightings included:
Kelly Herreid ('06), Carl
Simmonds ('11), Vince Evangelista ('11), Jonathan Hogsett ('11), Caitlin
Cameron ('11), Caitlyn Reid ('11)
and
Garry Cohen ('11).
It was nice to see you!
I will be tallying tickets
on Monday, but it is possible that we may have had a record audience for a One
Act show! I will also be parsing through the dozens and dozens of
pictures that were taken, and selecting and formatting them for our Photo
Gallery. I'll also be updating individual resume pages. My
priority right now is words & lyrics for the Spring Musical though, so it'll
take some time.
Next up : District
Competitions! Get your REHEARSING on and get prepared for your event.
Please make sure that you have your full script for Acting events, and a
working copy of your LYRICS-FREE music for Musical events. Don't wait
until the last minute!
I will be hosting Workshops
in the Drama Room after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
11/1/2011
If you are planning on going
anything than the November Comedies, you're probably clinically insane!
Come on out this
THURSDAY
and/or FRIDAY
night at 7:00pm and watch us make you laugh your fool head off. Good
times guaranteed* and for only $5.00 Adult and $3.00 Student/Child tickets how
can you go wrong?
Rumors are that the new hit
song "Crime Watch" will also be featured.
For your FREE download of "Crime Watch," click here!
Feel free to make it your
ringtone. Oh yes. It's that remarkable. **
* not actually a
guarantee
** "remarkable" can
mean different things to different people
10/30/2011
The November Comedies are
almost upon us! Be sure to check the rehearsal schedules and make sure
you are where you're supposed to be when you're supposed to be. We're
going to have a great time and create a lot of laughs (intentional and
otherwise).
Let's do this thing!
Also, congrats to Troupe
6172 for the first time ever
achievement of "Failure is Not An
Option!"
Our Spring Musical project
is also going along nicely. I've got my 3rd meeting with our composer
for "Presidents!" and I am spending lots of time in writes and rewrites.
I'm still hopeful we'll be able to wrap up the book and lyrics in time for our
Jan 1st deadline. If so, we'll be part of a musical WORLD PREMIERE next
Spring!
Check out the One Act cast and crews!
10/21/2011
Our registration is now sent
out for Districts! Make sure to come by the Drama Room to practice YOUR
event every Tuesday 2:00-3:00p and get some feedback!
We had our first Designer
Meeting yesterday, and set budgets and responsibilities for each of our
designers. They're currently working hard to analyze the scripts and get
everything ready for our show.
Our Pantomime acts for the
November Comedies 2011 will be:
Caught Cheating :
Aaron Schaefer, Angel Laboy-Payan, Jordan Bourque
The Mime-Off : Chris
Zichy, Chrissy Herreid, Jessica Courchene
Tribal Sacrifice :
Abby Fleck, Holly Morris, Kelsey Vinson
UPDATE :
Now
you can check out the cast and crews!
10/13/2011
Registration paperwork for
Districts is due FRIDAY by 2:00pm. If I do not have your registration,
complete with parent permission by then - you are not going to Districts.
Make sure you get your stuff in because I'd love to see EVERY 6172 member at
Districts this year. : )
I'm also happy to announce
that the Production Team for the 2011 One Acts will be:
Stage Manager :
Paige Fink
Costume Designer : Chrissy
Herreid
Props Master :
Jessica Courchene
Set Designer :
Lucas Esteves
Makeup Designer :
Kristina Osada
Hair Designer :
Aly Oquendo
10/10/2011
Scripts are now in for the
Acting 1 and 3 One Acts! Last call for anyone interested in being part
of the Production Team - please see Mr. G if you are interested.
Signups for Districts ends
WEDNESDAY. Yowza! Time sure flies quickly. Be sure to check out the
Competitions Encyclopedia if this is your first trip out to the
show to learn about all of the different events.
Finally, be sure to check out the
Fundraising Heroes page to see the Thespians who made 2011-12 a record year for
finding business sponsors. You rule!!!
10/4/2011
Auditions are now concluded
for "Romance and You!" our 2011 Drama 1 One Act. Thank you to everyone
who auditioned!
Performer - Role
Jamique
Thompson - Johnny
Alexia Andrews - Conscience
Jordan Hardin - Single-Celled Organism #1
Alexa Rivera - Single-Celled Organism #2
Gianna Mojica - Caveman
Delaney Penn - Cavewoman
Joshua Foley - Romeo
Courtney Klingebiel - Juliet
Bryan Ramos - Rick
Brianna Courchene - Betty
Jessica Negron - Marie
Be sure to sign up for your
event for Districts in Room 229! Registration packets are also available
there if you missed our last meeting. Be sure to check out the
Competitions Encyclopedia if this is your first trip out to the
show!
Be sure to check out the
Fundraising Heroes page to see the Thespians who made 2011-12 a record year for
finding business sponsors. You rule!!!
10/1/2011
Jessica and Chrissy have
finished writing the script to the Drama 1 One Act play, entitled "Romance and
You!" Auditions for Drama 1 students will be after school on Tueday
10/4.
Be sure to sign up for your
event for Districts in Room 229! Registration packets are also available
there if you missed our last meeting. Be sure to check out the
Competitions Encyclopedia if this is your first trip out to the
show!
9/23/2011
Woo hoo! We have met
our 2011-12 Fundraising minimum goal to attend States and earned our first
Achievement of the new Season! Keep
those Business Sponsors coming in; Monday is our deadline.
Jessica and Chrissy are hard
at work writing the script to the Drama 1 One Act play. The Exec Council
has searched out and approved the Acting 1, 2 & 3 One Acts, they've been
ordered and are on the way.
Next Thursday's meeting will
include Competitions information and an opportunity for a first crack at the
Districts Signup Board where you can stake your claim to a piece of Troupe
6172 History in November.
The
Fundraising Heroes page is updating and counting contributions
for the 2011-12 year!
9/6/2011
Work on our musical for
Spring is still coming along; up next will be a meeting with our composer to
check in on the progress. If we can get all of the music written for
January 1, we'll have our own World Premiere musical for next Spring!
In Fundraising news, we are
up to $235 out of our $1,000 goal. Remember that the deadline is
September 23 - and that the longer you delay, the harder it will be as other
clubs scurry around trying to snap up business sponsors.
The
Fundraising Heroes page is now up and counting contributions
for the 2011-12 year!
8/26/2011
If you haven't picked up
your 2011-12 Fundraising packet, please pick it up in the Drama Room (229!)
Also, welcome Julia
Todd
who has traded in her
Wiregrass Ranch 7142 for a Wesley Chapel 6172. At least she won't have
to change the numbers too much on all of her monogrammed troupewear.
We will need $1,000 in
sponsorships to attend the Florida State Festival and Competitions in Tampa
this year. Please see Chrissy (who raised $250 last year on her own) for
a hardcore seminar on Funrdaising tips!
EDIT : The
Achievements page has been reset for the
2011-12 School Year. Take a look at what a PERFECT SEASON would look
like, and let's go get it!
EDIT x2 : There are two new
Achievements. Check the bottom of the home page!
8/17/2011
Picture gallery is up for
Drama Room Reconstruction 2011.
Some Thespians have had
their
member pages updated with pics from the room painting.
I only have a couple
pictures from the 9th Grade Academy presentation - not enough for its own
gallery. I'll be adding in presentation points to pages in an upcoming
update. (EDIT:
They're in now!)
DON'T FORGET THE TROUPE
MEETING ON THE THURSDAY WE COME BACK! 2:00-3:00pm in Room 229 (where
else?)
8/15/2011
We had a wonderful 9th Grade
Academy Presentation last week, thanks to the efforts of our presenters:
Chrissy Herreid, Jessica
Courchene, Kelsey Vinson, Jasmine Dixon, Melissa Sabalaske, Holly Morris,
and
Lucas
Esteves.
Special thanks to
Kelsey for editing
the show together.
We did our best to mold/warp
the young minds of the future - and it will hopefully pay off/not blow up in
our face as the year goes on.
I'm working on pictures for
the Reconstruction. The room looks super nice!
I'm back at work now; we
faculty start a week earlier - and I'm excited to see everyone's shining
faces, eager for another year of awesomeness.
8/8/2011
Thanks to a number of very
cool Thespian volunteers, our room is now READY for the upcoming year!
Our last Summer Project is
the 9th Grade Orientation that will take place on Thursday August 11, 2011
from 7:30am-3:00pm - which includes a FREE IHOP breakfast. Woop woop!
Currently, our volunteers
for 9th Grade Orientation are: Chrissy Herreid, Jessica Courchene, Kelsey
Vinson, Alex Mapes, Lucas Esteves and Holly Morris.
If you're interested in
helping make a difference for our incoming 9th Graders - and want to help host
our 9th Grade Orientation Film/Live Show please come out on 7:30. Wear
your black & white "Proud to Be a Thespian" T-shirt. Let's have some
fun!
Next update will include
pictures of the new Drama Room paint work so you can see it with YOUR OWN
EYES.
8/3/2011
Thank you very much to our
hardcorest of hardcore Thespians who volunteered for yesterday's Drama Room
Painting. Our room is almost complete with the exception of the Wall of
Champions! Tuesday's Thespian paint
crew was made up of:
Alex Mapes, Chanda Albritton,
Chrissy Herreid, Holly Morris,
Jessica Courchene, Kelsey Vinson
and special guest
Matthew Hurley.
Thanks!!
Tomorrow (8/4) we'll both
paint AND prep for the 9th Grade Academy. Sign ups are going to be
limited (I only have so many detail paint brushes - and only so big of a
painting surface) so
email me if you haven't already told me
that you want to be part of the show!
8/1/2011
Thank you very much to our
hardcorest of hardcore Thespians who volunteered for today's Drama Room
Painting. Our room is looking much better! Today's Thespian paint
crew was made up of:
Alex Mapes, Holly Morris,
Jessica Courchene, Lucas Esteves, Kristina Osada, Kelsey Vinson
and special guest
Matthew Hurley.
Thanks!!
On Day 2 we'll both paint
AND prep for the 9th Grade Academy. Sign ups are going to be limited (I
only have so many detail paint brushes - and only so big of a painting
surface) so act now!
7/23/2011
Hope you're having a GREAT
TIME this summer! Want to have even more fun?
Sign up NOW for the August 1
and August 2 special TWO DAY Drama Room Reconstructions!!
Right now our Drama room is
beautifully repainted, and our floors are brilliantly rewaxed. The one
thing that is missing is the NAMES on our hallowed walls. It's time for
us to create our brand new
Wall of Champions,
and set the room up for the upcoming year.
On Day 2 we'll both paint
AND prep for the 9th Grade Academy. Sign ups are going to be limited (I
only have so many detail paint brushes - and only so big of a painting
surface) so act now!
7/7/2011
Hey, Thespians! I hope
your summer is going WONDERFULLY. Make sure you get lots of rest, have
lots of fun, and recharge up for a great Season coming up.
Summer Break officially
started for me this week, as I was teaching Summer School in June - where I
saw way too many Thespians. This upcoming year, we're going to start off
with a renewed, positive energy focused towards doing great in our classes -
and a year designed to get 100% of our Thespians involved in everything we put
on.
I have dates for next year,
and am working on writing something for next year that I think might be fun.
I'm going to 'officially' roll over our Troupe Site for the 2011-12 year
closer to August, and enjoy some of this time off we are all sharing.
Signups for the August 1 and
2 Drama Room Reconstructions will be posted during the last week of July.
Talk to you then!!
6/4/2011
Thank you very much to all
of the Thespians and friends who came out to help repaint the walls of the
Drama Room! The purple is now a thing of the past, with a stately
midnight blue crowning our room. The "Districts Critics' Choice" and
"States Superiors" names will be condensed into one "Wall of Champions"
starting in one corner of the room and starting a ring all of the way around.
Thanks specifically to
Alyssa Blackledge,
Chrissy Herreid, Jessica Courchene, Alex Duran, Jasmine Dixon, Kelsey Vinson,
Kayti Calkins, Kira Wallace, Iain Cameron, Melissa Sabalaske, Lucas Esteves, Taylor
Gonzalez, Ellen Taylor
and celebrity alum
Adele Lashley ('11)
who spent hours painting up the room!
5/27/2011
Happy Graduation Day,
Class of 2011!
To make your nostalgia more convenient for you, I've created the
Legacy 2011 page. Good luck out there
in the grown up world. Don't forget to drop by for a show or two -
you're now part of the Celebrity Alum sightings I do each production
I've also made new member
pages with bios and resumes for each of our newly inducted Thespians.
Enjoy!
Remember to turn out for the
FRIDAY JUNE 3RD DRAMA ROOM PAINTING from 9:00am-3:00pm. Wear clothes you
love getting paint on, and let's get ready to paint over the purple, and get
the room primed for a brand new "Wall of Champions" that combines our
Districts Critics' Choices and States Superiors. The whole school will
be painting hallways and teacher rooms - so it's going to be one big party
atmosphere. They'll be selling burgers at lunch in the cafeteria.
5/16/2011
Farewell, Class of 2011!
It has been a lot of fun working with you over the last four years. One
of my next projects will be to create a Legacy 2011 page for you all so you
can always check back and have a nostalgia binge at your convenience.
If you're curious, the music
video at the start of the Thespian Graduation was Gomez, "See the World."
You can get your own copy of our
Class of 2011 Video, right here until I
get your Legacy Page up.
Don't forget to check out
new picture pages for
2011
States and
"And
Then There Were None." Check out those pics and others at
our
Photo Gallery!
I've also been updating the
Member
Pages with final Senior update requests and whatnot.
New Exec Council - we'll
have our first meeting on Tuesday 5/24.
5/15/2011
Member pages are updated.
I've also posted picture galleries for
2011
States and
"And
Then There Were None." Check out those pics and others at
our
Photo Gallery!
I've also been updating the
Member
Pages with final Senior update requests and whatnot. I
finished our Senior Video for Monday's party, too. It's been a very busy
and productive weekend!
New Exec Council - we'll
have our first meeting on Tuesday 5/24.
5/10/2011
Cleaning up the remaining
updates of the school year now. Updates to individual member pages are
under way.
With the Film Festival and
Talent Show, the
Hall of Champions has seen a few changes:
Caitlin Cameron,
Chrissy Herreid
and
Mary Osada
have been added in to the "50 pt Champions" and
Garry Cohen
has moved to the elite "100 pt." list!
Trophies for next Monday's
Graduation Ceremony take weeks to make and have already been ordered, so I
can't get trophies for these 4 Thespians - but your name will be forever*
added into our Hall of Champions.
Don't forget our party on Monday May 16th. There will be pizza, ice cream, soda,
inductions, graduations, and good times. See you all there!
*forever meaning as
long as I have this site
5/6/2011
Congrats to the filmmakers
of "Happy Campers,"
winners of Best Picture in the
2011 Wesley Chapel Student Film Festival!
Thank you to Thespian alums
Tori Musco ('10)
and Wes Ford ('07)
who presented awards.
Celebrity alum appearances in the audience also included
Brandon Armstrong ('08)
and
Kelly Herreid ('06)!
Our cross-promotion with the Relay for Life was less of a rollicking success
with $0 raised from Relay members attending the festival.
This concludes our 2010-11
Production Season.
The only thing left is to
party, on Monday May 16th. There will be pizza, ice cream, soda,
inductions, graduations, and good times. See you all there!
5/3/2011
zomg! It's FILM FEST
TIME again! This year's show will include a 10-minute retrospective of
our last 10 years of WCHS' student filmmaking mayhem.
Tickets are only $3.00 which
is a RIDICULOUS DEAL for entertainment. Come on out and see us at the
12:50p show during school or at the 7:00p evening community show. Both
will be AWESOME.
Going to the Relay for Life?
We're running a cross-promotion with the Relay sponsors - come see our show
and we'll donate $1 of your ticket price right back to Relay for Life's cancer
research when you come wearing your team's Relay shirt (or wristband).
All audience members can, of course, donate if they'd like.
I hope to see EVERY Thespian
at either the day or evening show. Go team!
4/26/2011
Congratulations to this
year's 2011-12
Executive Council!
President
............. Chrissy
Herreid!
Vice-President
....... Jessica Courchene!
Secretary-Publicist
.. Kelsey Vinson!
Thank you to all Thespians
who voted, and to everyone who was nominated
Also, congrats to Marisa
Torres who earned 3rd place at the WCHS Talent Show!
Remember - next Monday is
our FILM FESTIVAL COUNCIL MEETING to prepare for the Film Fest next Friday!
I hope to see EVERY Thespian
at either the day or evening show. Go team!
4/19/2011
We're thrilled to announce
that Dynamic Vocal Tears will be our live musical act for this year's Film
Festival, performing their hit single, "Best Soundtrack." Lead signer, "Freshmasta
C" says "Yo this Fest-a-val is gonna be wiggity-wiggity-WACK son." So,
with that quote you know their performance is going to be ultra-legit.
4/18/2011
Don't forget the Club
Meeting on Wednesday - with your Exec Council hosting their final improv
games!
Elections start next Monday.
I forgot the list at work, d'oh, but the list of nominees is currently on the
Room 229 door. I'll pick up a copy so I can post the names on this site
tomorrow.
In other news, our
Achievements
page is updated with States and Spring Play info!
Trophies for our end-of-year party on May 18th have also been ordered based on
our "Hall of Champions" as it currently stands. No further points will
count for those awards, but I will (of course) keep updating individual member
pages as points arise!
4/13/2011
There will be a TROUPE
MEETING after school on Thursday April 14th in Room 229. Plan to be
there! We'll hold a Film Fest Council meeting for those interested in
producing this year's Film Festival!
Custom movie posters for each of the Best Picture nominees are
now up!
4/9/2011
There will be a TROUPE
MEETING after school on Thursday April 14th in Room 229. Plan to be
there! We'll hold a Film Fest Council meeting for those interested in
producing this year's Film Festival!
Thank you to Kelsey Vinson
for sending in a couple of dozen new pictures from Districts. I'm still
looking for "And Then There Were None" pics from famed photographer Garry
Cohen. My number of "States 2011" pics is up to 3 so far. Go
team! (ps I need more)
There are thirteen
new/changed pictures in the Members sections. Enjoy!
4/4/2011
There will be a TROUPE
MEETING after school on Thursday April 14th in Room 229. Plan to be
there! We'll hold a Film Fest Council meeting for those interested in
producing this year's Film Festival!
I am contemplating making
the Thespian movie the epic comedy "Mr. Head" - a touching story about a
teacher who wakes up one morning without a body, faces discrimination at work
because he is bodiless, and ends up winning the big championship basketball
game for the school. Interested? Voice your opinion at the
Thespian meeting next Wednesday!
TENTATIVE DATES:
Auditions Tue 4/15, filming Tue 4/19 and possibly Thu 4/21. All
dependent on 'buy in' from our troupe and someone who can EDIT it all
together.
5:45pm
Miss Taylor, Mr.
Phillips and I have reviewed the entries, and I am now at work on an update to
announce the nominees. This will take a bit of time. I'll
definitely have them done by 9pm.
7:00pm
Film Festival nominees have been posted!
There were a lot of names for each category. Thank you to the many
moviemakers who did not make it into this year's Festival. I appreciate
your efforts - be proud of your work!
3/30/2011
Please send pictures of
States and "And Then There Were None!" I am eager to put up photo
galleries, and to make some long-needed updates to member pages.
SEND THEM TO MEEEEEEEEEE
p.s. Film Fest entries due
Friday at 2pm! Finish those flicks!
3/26/2011
Thank you to everyone who
made "And Then There Were None" a success. Our Friday night show was
especially a lot of fun, and we managed to strike the huge set in only TWENTY
minutes. Yay, teamwork!!
Celebrity alum sightings
included: Destiny
O'Brien ('10), V Ortega ('05), Lindsay Hail ('10) and Tori Musco ('10).
Kelly Herreid ('06)
was also there, and in the unique position of watching her sister Chrissy play
Blore in the same exact play that Kelly once played Emily Brent in. TIME
TRAVEL CRAZINESS.
I believe I speak for all of
us when I say that we a) had an awesome time, and are b) pretty tired too.
I am taking a break of a few days from updating this site and trying to
remember what the heck I normally do when I'm not in charge of a big Thespians
project. I'll be back with more updates to member pages, and posting
Film Fest info next week. Time for a nap!
UPDATE: Couldn't remember
what I normally do with time off, so I instead updated individual
member
pages. New members of the
Hall of
Champions:
Caitlyn Reid,
Jessica Courchene,
and Jonathan Hogsett!
3/21/2011
Come see our SPRING PLAY,
"And Then There Were None!" It will be effervescently entertaining, and
a nonstop cavalcade of murders guaranteed to keep you guessing right up until
the end.
Watch as an innocent party
on an island resort turns malevolent. This much is certain: guests WILL
die. The mystery is: can they figure out who's responsible before it's
too late?
Find out at two nights of
guaranteed murderrific fun : this Thursday and Friday at 7:00pm. Tickets
are only $5.00 ($3.00 for students) - so what are you waiting for?
Tickets are available at the box office door, and all proceeds benefit the
WCHS Drama department.
Also: A big THANK YOU to our
cast and crew for coming in on a day off to set up our stage!
3/18/2011
SO many events today!
And some super-tough judges in the Musical room. Everyone is really
putting their all out on the stage, opening up, taking big risks, and facing
both success and constructive/unconstructive criticism with a kind of
professionalism and humility that makes me really, really proud to be the
troupe's director. You rule. For reals.
Congrats go out to
Czarina Teano
who has kept The Streak alive ... Troupe 6172 has earned a Superior at States
for NINE years in a row now. Yeaaaaaa!
Day #3 is tomorrow where
we'll pick up Chrissy and Vince's comments and see Mary's final performance of
the 6172 Competition Season!
3/17/2011
States is rolling along and
our small but powerful strike team is having a wonderful time. Time mostly
spent in lines waiting for Starbucks coffee and food - but we managed to sneak
in some time to actually compete, see solo musicals, duet musicals,
pantomimes, duet acting scenes, staff a couple of workshops, and see the
hilarious "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at the Tampa Theater.
More fun tomorrow when we
have FIVE competitions on the same day. Yikes!
3/16/2011
States is tomorrow! I
can't wait! Go 6172!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
Performer |
Event |
Day |
Room |
Time |
|
Hogsett |
Solo Musical |
THU |
CC-22 |
11:46am |
|
MAINSTAGE |
25th Annual Putnam
Spelling Bee |
THU |
(tba) |
6:00-8:00pm |
|
Hudak |
Scholarship |
FRI |
Jaeb Theater |
9:30am |
|
Teano |
Publicity Design |
FRI |
CC-17 |
10:48am |
|
Hudak |
Solo Musical |
FRI |
CC-22 |
11:46am |
|
Evangelista |
Playwriting |
FRI |
CC-30 |
4:05pm |
|
Herreid |
Publicity Design |
FRI |
CC-17 |
5:12pm |
|
Osada |
Monologue |
SAT |
CC-15 |
2:20pm |
3/5/2011
Our registration has been
confirmed for States, and our time slots have now been made available!
It looks like my pestering
got Sarah's scholarship on the schedule. Now to figure out where the
Jaeb Theater is.
2/28/2011
Competition Hall of Fame is now updated with 2011 Districts
scores.
I've been having a lot of
difficulty getting my phone to upload my pictures from 2011 Districts - in the
meantime Garry's pics are sitting there waiting for one long captioned story
to emerge once I figure out my stupid phone's problem.
Two weeks of rehearsal are
left until Spring Break/States Festival. The following week will be "And
Then There Were None!" Spring Play rehearsals are now Monday through
Friday!
Don't forget: in-class films
are due by February 28th. All other films, for the schoolwide contest,
are due on April 1.
2/20/2011
Rehearsals and crews are
humming along nicely for "And Then There Were None." Basic new member
pages are up for newly inducted members.
Picture updates to Member
Pages are hitting slowly but surely!
2/14/2011
Rehearsals and crews are
humming along nicely for "And Then There Were None." Basic new member
pages are up for newly inducted members.
Next on the ole web page "to
do" list: picture updates.
2/3/2011
Welcome to our newest
Thespians, Adele Lashley ('11), Mollay Curran ('11), Alyssa Blackledge ('13),
Kristina Osada ('13), and Melissa Sabalaske ('13)! As soon as I have
time to breathe I will toss up your web pages.
Thanks to the design team
and cast of "And Then There Were None" for a nice start out of the blocks on
putting on a great show. I sense greatness in this production ...
1/30/2011
Congratulations to the
cast
and crew of "And Then There Were None!" We are going to
have a great time putting together this classic murder mystery.
Film Festival Contest rules
and entry forms are now available in Room 229. Get your friends
together, make a movie, and become a film star!!
1/25/11
Auditions were CANCELLED
today when bad weather forced administration to shut down all after-school
activities.
I am rescheduling the auditions for Thursday January 27th from 2:00-4:30pm.
See you there!
Also, extra special thanks
goes out to Alex
Mapes and
Amy Valencia
who have been giving up
their after-school time to convert old movies into beautiful digital files.
Thanks, A/V Club!
I'm also happy to announce
that our Assistant Director for "And Then There Were None" will be
Kelsey Vinson.
The rest of our production staff will be announced along with the cast on
Thursday.
1/21/11
Auditions for "And Then
There Were None" are on Tuesday!
Please make sure your
audition form is in by Monday to be a part of our very cool Murder Mystery.
I'm also still looking for
someone interested in the challenging position of Assistant Director/Stage
Manager. Are YOU interested in learning more about what makes plays
tick, and what it takes to lead a team through hilarious rehearsals on the way
to two great performances? See Mr. G soon!
I've found another treasure
trove of lost films and am spending my weekends converting DVDs.
Good film-viewing times ahead!
1/17/11
Audition materials are now
available for the Spring Play, "And Then There Were None" in Room 229!
If you are interested in
being a Designer or Assistant Director for the Spring Play, please see Mr. G.
1/6/11
Happy New Year, and what a
great year it's going to be!
In addition to State
Competitions we have THREE big events coming up in Semester 2.
11th Annual Film Festival
- OPEN TO ENTIRE SCHOOL
Spring Play "And Then There
Were None..."
- OPEN TO ENTIRE SCHOOL
Thespian Film - OPEN TO
THESPIANS
Thanks to Garry's and my
compulsive picture-taking, I have over 200 pictures from Semester 1 I'm
sorting, cropping, and labeling. I'm doing some sketchwork for our
upcoming set design, and have just posted all of our Semester 2 dates on
our
Troupe Calendar. There are a LOT of them. Check 'em
out!
It has been a
wonderful break, a nice time to plug back into the recharger - but I am eager
to get back to work with some of the best students at Wesley Chapel High.
Go Troupe 6172!!!
12/19/10
Well, Semester 1 is winding
down and with it a whole troupe of tired, tired Thespians.
This Winter Break, I'll be
taking some nice time off and then popping up your pictures you've sent in
from our Semester 1 events. I'll also be doing some of the design work
and rehearsal schedule-creating for our Spring Play, "And Then There Were
None." I also have a little bit of planning for our 11th Annual Film
Festival.
Don't forget, this Winter
Break, to get your States Competition paperwork filled out! I still have
packets for Steven Somohano and Caitlin Cameron - so please come by and pick
them up.
12/3/10
Tomorrow is District 14 One
Act hosting day! Please make sure you are at the school BY 7:30am.
We'll all meet at the lobby and discuss our work assignments, and make sure
everybody knows what's going on.
Please bring your black &
white Thespian shirt, but you may want to put it on over a layer underneath.
While it is supposed to get up to 68 eventually the day is going to start out
COLD.
This is our last event of
the calendar year, so let's have some fun and be the best hosts we can be!
Individual
Member pages now have their resume data updated.
11/28/10
I hope you've been enjoying
your Thanksgiving Break! It's been nice to have a few days away from
school to visit with family and pretend things like homework don't exist.
I'll be updating the website
over the next few days, and have already begun the large amount of "behind the
scenes" work in terms of recalculating points, sorting out individual member
page updates, figuring out new invitations and prospective Thespian
memberships, and Achievement updates. I have 6 new member invitations
going out tomorrow!
Oh -- I'm also working on
the significant amount of prep work for the
Thespian One Acts
that we'll be so proudly
hosting on Saturday. Come out Monday afternoon to find out what we'll
all be doing to finally go from "party attendee" to "party host" on
Monday from 2:00-2:30!
11/13/10
The
November Comedies are coming! Don't miss out on what will
undoubtedly be a laugh factory operating at maximum efficiency. Tickets
are only $5 for adults, and $3 for students for ALL FOUR SHOWS.
Shows start at 7:00pm Thur
11/18 and Fri 11/19. BE THERE!
The Achievements page has been updated to
reflect achievements earned at November 2010 Districts. Check 'em
out!
The program has been sent to
the printer's. Thank you very much for all the hard Publicity work,
Vince! Also, thank you to Chrissy for putting up the publicity posters
Vince made all over the school today.
11/12/10
District Individual Events
are NOW COMPLETE.
Congratulations to Troupe
6172 for their
7 Excellents and 9
Superiors, including Critics' Choice medals in Pantomime, Technical Design,
and Playwriting!
It was a wonderful day - and
remember, regardless of scores - you deserve mad respect for putting yourself
out there.
The math worked out
perfectly this year, and all Superiors will be advancing to States.
Check out the list of all Excellents and Superiors!
Monday 11/15 will be our
first day to work on our One Act Festival - and Garry will be giving his great
Light & Sound Design to our Sound & Light Engineer who is coming in special to
work it all out. He also has an amazing couch he's offered to bring in
for Twicknam which should be scrumptious.
Monday is also Load In Day,
Period 1 - so let's get ready!
11/12/10
Districts is tomorrow!!!!
PLEASE make sure you have
your scripts for all acting events.
PLEASE make sure you have a
couple copies of your soundtrack for all musical and pantomime events.
PLEASE bring all of your
Tech Design materials.
PLEASE be at WCHS by 7:20am
to get info, phone numbers, directions, and a car to travel in.
IF you are not at WCHS by
7:30am, you will be responsible for your own ride to Nature Coast Tech High
School in Brooksville.
High scores or low scores,
let's have some fun and make some great Drama to remember!
11/9/10
omg! This year is
going by so quickly!
Districts is one month
eariler this year, and we are bringing our best scenes, songs, plays and
designs to NCTHS.
Don't forget three more
opportunities to workshop your scenes:
1. One-on-one with Mr.
G in Room 229 on WED from 2:40-??
2. In a group party
session withi Sarah at her house on WED from 5:00-??
3. In a Scene Showcase
in front of Drama 1 students on FRI pds 4 & 5
PLEASE make sure you have
your scripts for all acting events.
PLEASE make sure you have
passing grades in every one of your classes.
Let's have some crazy fun
this week! Wooooooooooooooo
11/3/10
Fundraising Heroes for 2010-11 has now been posted!
Want to workshop your scene
or design? Come after school any day to get some feedback on your
performance.
And don't forget the most
important part : REHEARSE! : )
ALSO : Looking for 1 Props
Crew and 2 Costume Crew for the November Comedies. Interested???
See Mr. G!
11/1/10
Yay! The server is
back up!
I met with Sarah, Vince &
Garry and we made a few decisions about our upcoming year based on your
feedback:
Troupe meetings will now
take place after school.
Club "B" meetings during
school will now be about playing Theater Games. Our Exec Council will
rotate - each leading a different club meeting and making sure every Thespian
gets to play.
Sarah is also hosting a
Workshop Party for Districts on Wed 11/10! Good times!
10/21/10
Thank you to all Thespians
who raised funds for the 2010-11 Season! I will be tallying up our total
tomorrow morning, and posting the "Fundraising Heroes" page update for
2010-11.
Hey - are you interested in
being in the Thespian Skit for next week's Homecoming Rally on Thursday 10/28?
Boy, Sarah sure is! Join President Sarah in a hilarious and memorable
skit that she wrote/will have written by then which will celebrate school
spirit, football, and that most favorite of rally activities ... yelling.
WOO HOOOO!
10/14/10
Our Secretary, Vince, has
agreed to extend the Fundraising deadline to an absolute last date of October
22, 2010. This gives Vince less time to pull together all of the
business ads into a program - so it's extra work for him.
Thanks, Vince!
10/11/10
Signups are now
final
for
the Nov 2010 Districts.
Remember that
Tuesdays are Workshop Days. Just let me know ahead of time (Monday or
earlier) and I will be sure to stay for as long as competitors like to get
some feedback, and new directions to explore with their scenes and/or designs.
Fundraising is due
Friday! We are still well short of our goal, having raised only
$340
so far. We
need $750,
a bare minimum still short of our goal of $1,000, to attend States.
If you haven't yet,
get serious about fundraising! All $340 so far comes from 4 Thespians
out of our total 28 Members. At that rate, we would over $3,000 (and be
on our way to buying a new rehearsal stage) if we had full participation in
rounding up business sponsors.
If we do not go to
States, we will still have an otherwise full year of District IE's, District
One Act hosting, and the Thespian Movie in addition to our Homecoming Rally
skit, November Comedies, Spring Play, and Film Festival.
10/6/10
Signups are now complete for
the Nov 2010 Districts.
Both Monologues and
Solo
Musical
are contested events, and Thespians must battle to the death, or at
least prepare one of the 5 best prepared scenes in their category to represent
our school.
If someone loses their
only event in a contested slot, they may sign up for another event of
their choice, provided they do not then cause that event to be contested.
Also : all District
Contracts and fees are due on Friday. If a member of your event is
missing his or her registration, your event will be dropped.
9/30/10
The deadline for District
Event signups has been moved back to Wednesday October 6th!
Also: The next Club Meeting has been
changed to Oct 6. Administration is switching A and B clubs since we
lost B Club last month.
9/26/10
The signup window for Districts closes
THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY! Let's get every Thespian out and signed up!
Woo hoooooooooooo!
The first Fundraiser for 2010-11 is on
the board: Chrissy Herreid with $150. We will need to raise at LEAST
$750 to afford to go to States this year, so get out there and meet our local
businesses.
Also: The next Club Meeting has been
changed to Oct 6. Administration is switching A and B clubs since we
lost B Club last month.
9/15/10
The Districts Signup Board is ready in
the Drama Room, early. Come on down and sign up for your events.
Yeeha!!
New
to Competitions? Just ask! Or check the
Competition Info Central on our site!
If
your grades are low, don't suffer in silence and miss Districts --
ask for help.
Also
: Friday is SPIRIT DAY ... dress up in your class colors!
9/13/10
Clubs across campus has been cancelled
for Wed September 15th due to horrible scores by every single class on
today's Homeroom FCAT Pretest.
I
expect that every Thespian out there will work as hard as possible to raise
these scores for the next Pretest. Let's be the leaders in bringing up
literacy scores at WCHS.
9/7/10
Vince's excellent notes for our first
meeting have prompted me to start up a
Secretary's Notes section. Enjoy!
If
you haven't picked up your Fundraising packet and Club Card yet - drop by the
Drama Room to pick them up! Our next meeting will be next Wednesday
during Homeroom. Woo hoo!
Form
your tribal alliances soon, because signups for Districts will be opening up
September 20. IE's are CRAZY EARLY this year so you must be prepared.
Sarah, Garry and I will be heading to Nature Coast Tech HS to get the lowdown
on this year's changes. We'll also find out more about what we'll have
to do to host the One Acts Competitions for the first time ever!
8/19/10
In case
you missed our meeting yesterday, I proposed to our Exec Council - and then to
the Troupe as a whole that we work to change our culture from individual
competition to collaborative competition.
The
Points List is a thing of the past, and the pretty colors and ranking of
Thespians by points is now gone. Instead, there is now a
Hall of
Champions that celebrates those hard-working students who pass
the 50- and 100- point threshold (and earn those fancy trophies at the end of
the year!) Individual points will still show up on individual pages for
those people who are curious. : )
I've
also started up a
Troupe Achievements game that I think
will be fun, and help everybody to realize that EVERYone has the opportunity
for impact on how well our troupe does, with one Troupe score that everyone
this year shares. Check it out!
Both
changes were approved wholeheartedly by Sarah, Garry & Vince. And the
changes were then approved unanimously by Troupe members at the meeting.
In other
news, Mr. Phillips from TV Production has agreed to help us screen all of the
film entries this year, and to choose the Film Finalists, which is very cool.
Finally,
we now have an
online calendar! Never miss an
audition or rehearsal date again! Dates will fill in as rehearsal
schedule and deadlines are created for upcoming events.
8/17/10
Troupe
meeting tomorrow! Big changes coming ahead.
We're
flip-flopping the One Acts and the Spring Play. We're not calling
it the One Acts. The Film Festival in ... May? Whaaaaat? District
One Act competitions are at OUR school? Also, it's the end of the Points
List As We Know It (and I feel fine). Is it true that Sarah has crazy
Fundraising Ideas and Vince is making fancy professional Publicity Posters for
our Events? Club meetings during school instead of after school?
End-of-meeting Appreciations? Google Calendars? And what are
"Troupe Achievements"?????
If
you're reading that and going, "OMG my head is spinning SO FAST" then you need
to attend the Troupe Meeting tomorrow (Wed 8/18) from 2:00p-3:00p! All
will be revealed, all will be de-mystified!
8/13/10
The meeting for Wednesday, August 18th is
confirmed. ALL THESPIANS MUST ATTEND! It'll be chock full of super
cool information about the upcoming year that you WON'T WANT TO MISS.
8/8/10
I'd like to thank all of the
Thespians who volunteered so much time and energy to film and host the 9th
Grade Academy Orientation. I know it cuts into your personal time, and I
think we really made an impact. Nice job!
I am getting really excited
about our upcoming season, and think it's going to be a great year for our
Troupe. I'll be meeting with our Exec Council on Monday 8/16 after
school, and then I'm planning on a Troupe Meeting on Wednesday 8/18.
That is subject to change - I'll be learning next week what all of my
mandatory meetings will be, so the days might conflict with Faculty or
Department meetings. So ... pencil those into your calendars, and I'll
let you know for sure as soon as I know for sure!
Thanks again!
8/1/10
UPDATE: Garry is practically
done with the editing. He's adding in titles this weekend for our Dress
Rehearsal. It'll be lots of fun. Thank you for all your hard work,
Garry!
Also, for those of you taking an
Acting class next year, it looks like Acting 1 will be 3rd period, and Acting
2 & 3 (combined) will be 1st period. That's subject to change, of
course, up until the first day of school - but it's very likely to stay that
way.
7/29/10
Good news for those of us
hosting the 9th Grade Academy Show on Tuesday, August 3rd! Skip
breakfast, cause we're going to start at 8:30 instead of 9:30 ------- IHOP is
bringing us free breakfasts before we start! Yowza!!!!
7/27/10
I hope everyone's enjoying their
Summer Break! Next Monday, we'll have our Dress Rehearsal for the 9th
Grade Academy show. Garry's written to me, letting me know that the
editing is going smoothly so far.
Please save your black & white
"Proud to Be a Thespian" t-shirt for the Tuesday live show, if you're coming.
It should be a lot of fun! Thank you very much to everyone giving up
some of their lazy summer days to help out some new students. I
appreciate it!
7/14/10
What a great filming day!
Thank you very much to
Garry,
Vince,
Kelsey,
Sarah,
Mary,
Jonathan,
Carl,
Alyssa,
Holly,
Iain,
Caitlin, and
Chrissy who gave up a day of Summer Break to
come film. It was a wonderful day with a billion costume changes
and some really memorable scenes.
Extra special thanks goes to
Garry Cohen,
who has the big job of editing everything together.
I'll see the Hosts at the August
2nd Rehearsal. Enjoy Summer 'til then!
7/13/10
Filming Day is tomorrow!
Please be sure to come to the Drama Room by 10:00am. We'll be filming
multiple scenes with multiple characters so please bring a few different
shirts to change into! If you do not, you may be stuck wearing something
slightly hideous from our costume closet. See you tomorrow!
I have written the scripts with
the 12 RSVP's that I've received in mind. If you'd like to just "show
up" and be a classroom or hallway extra, by all means do. I just
probably won't have a speaking role for you. We can still have fun
though : )
Costume Needs
-
Multiple costume changes for each person.
-
If anyone has any classic goth
punk gear circa 1981, please bring it!
-
If
anyone has 2 football helmets &/or a football, that would rock.
-
I also
want to do a "how not to Dress Code" section so please bring some clothes that
would definitely get you a Dress Code violation, too. (in a bag ...
don't wear it to the school!)
7/9/10
Current 9th Grade Academy RSVPs as of 7/9/10
Filming
: Garry, Vince, Kelsey, Sarah, Mary, Jonathan, Carl, Alyssa, Holly, Iain,
Caitlin, Chrissy
Hosting
: Garry, Vince, Kelsey, Jonathan, Carl, Alyssa, Holly, Iain
6/29/10
More needed (especially girls!)
for our 9th Grade Academy Video & Hosting!
Check out the 6/15 update below
and
RSVP Mr. G
... soon! I need an idea of how many people are coming, and who, to
write the scripts for our film segments. If you're already going, why
not ask a Thespian friend or two to come along with you?
6/15/10
Here is the info for our SUMMER
FUN! We'll be filming and hosting short segments on "What to expect as a
Freshman" for this year's incoming Freshmen. I'll be working on some
scripts over the next month.
If you are interested, please RSVP Mr. Gaudet (that's
me!) and let me know you can come, and whether it's for filming segments or
for the live hosting of the 9th Grade Orientation (or both!).
Thank you to Garry Cohen
who has volunteered to edit all of our stuff together.
I already have filming equipment
ready for us.
Filming Date
> WED July 14 (10:00am-3:00pm) :
Filming short segments (need between 8 and 20 Thespians)
Live Hosting Date (must be able
to make both if you want to host live)
> MON August 2nd (10:00am-NOON)
: Dress rehearsal for Orientation
> TUE August 3rd (9:30am-3:15pm)
: Performances* and Drama Room Reconstruction afterwards
* = There will be five showings
of our live show with film segments!
6/5/10
Congratulations on your
Graduation, class of 2010. And welcome to the grownup world!
The
Legacy Page for c/o 2010 is now up.
6/3/10
Points Page
is updated to reflect members
newly inducted. This is your last chance to see the whole troupe before
our Seniors graduate on June 5th!
Prospective Points
page is updated.
Senior
Pages are now updated with their parting advice and page
changes. If you have any changes you'd like to make to your page, let me
know by your graduation - after that it's you, frozen in the c/o 2010 Time
Capsule.
All
new pages
for newly inducted Thespians are now live!
5/20/10
Dear
Alex,
Chanel,
Destiny,
Jamal,
Lindsay,
Melissa,
Moriah,
Natalia,
Nichol,
Nitza,
Shelby,
Taylor
and Tori
- I'll miss you!!!!!!
I'll be working on your Legacy
Page next. Here's a link to the
Class of 2010 Video I made for today's
graduation party, until the permanent link goes up on your own 2010
Page!!.
And to all of our new Members,
who will be getting their own individual Member Pages soon ... welcome!
5/16/10
Picture
gallery for '10 One Acts has been added.
Picture
gallery for "Starjump 2" has been added.
Picture
gallery for '10 States has been added.
Several
member
pages updated with new pictures. Also, background work
started for new member pages after the Induction Ceremony on Thursday!
I'm also working on the 2010
Senior Video, and ... the new Legacy 2010 page. I hate working on both,
just FYI. Slow down, stupid time!!! (shakes fist)
5/15/10
Congratulations to our Executive
Council 2010-2011!
President - Sarah Hudak ('11)
Vice President - Garry Cohen
('11)
Secretary/Publicist - Vince
Evangelista ('11)
I'm planning on doing a monster
upload of pictures this weekend so parts of the site may be up & down, or in
transition at times.
Also : good news on two fronts!
It looks like high schools probably won't be reducing their workforce by 20%,
and that's good news for our after school program! And ... I did not
make the list of Finalists for Florida Teacher of the Year, so I'll definitely
be back leading the Drama program next year. Yeah!
5/13/10
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS!
Amid a scene of devastation and
chaos, at 3:00pm today, Troupe 6172 Sponsor Sean Gaudet suspended the Troupe's
Constitution and declared a state of emergency due to an election crisis.
"No Senior Thespians were
available on campus after the voting at 2:00pm," said Gaudet, whose voice
struggled to overcome that of small weapons fire from a nearby bunker at
Troupe 6172 Headquarters in Room 229, "and according to Amendment II of the
Troupe Constitution I can't count the ballots without a graduating Thespian."
At this, a large explosion rocked the concrete walls, and Gaudet dove behind a
desk for cover.
"I urge all Thespians to react
to this situation with calm," said President-Elect Sarah Hudak as she lobbed a
hand grenade into the retention pond where partisan Thespian rebels had taken
hold. "We can count the votes tomorrow morning and figure out who ....
HEY WHAT THE.." At this, Hudak was captured by angry rebel mimes who had
silently descended on pantomime ropes from a pantomime helicopter behind
Troupe lines.
According to the Troupe
Constitution at least one member of the graduating Thespian class must be
present to count the votes, and to offer advice to the Troupe Sponsor in the
event that the vote is a tie. In the absence of such a Thespian, the
Constitution strongly implies panic and chaos to ensue until such time as a
supervised election count can be made.
At press time, Gaudet was
yelling, "By the Power of Thespis!" and waving a badly battered tinfoil laser
out of the window while Hudak plotted her way out of a pantomime cage dangling
precariously over a pantomime pool of pantomime piranha.
5/12/10
No Thespian received a majority vote for
Vice President. There will be a RUN-OFF election between the top two
vote recipients: Garry Cohen and Carl Simmonds tomorrow.
5/10/10
Congratulations to Sarah Hudak, our
2010-11 Troupe President!!!
The Election for VICE-PRESIDENT will
take place on Wednesday 5/12! Get your ballot on Monday from Mr. G in Room
229. If you are not at school on Monday, you may vote by e-mailing a
vote to Mr. Gaudet.
5/8/10
Thespian
Points are now updated for everything I've received, including
e-mail notes and A/V club. I've calculated A/V club through what
everyone has signed up for - so if you don't show for a declared A/V day, your
points will be rolled back accordingly.
5/4/10
Trophies are now ordered for our
end-of-the-year Thespian Induction & Graduation Ceremony for those Thespians
who passed the 50 and 100 point mark this year
as of May 1, 2010. ALSO: There will be
pizza, soda, and ice cream. zomg!
MAY 20TH 2:00-3:15P in Room 229.
Be there!
5/3/10
Congratulations to our own
Jamal Bailey
and
Taylor Dillingham
who performed in WCHS' Talent
Show last Thursday! Jamal's group picked up a prize in the Ensemble
category. Our very own
Lindsay Hail
and Chanel Letourneau
hosted the event.
Way to go!
Nominations are now under way
for the 2010-11 Executive Council. Names will be updated and posted on
the door every day. Elections will take place next week.
Speaking of getting cool things
under way, the Thespian Induction & Graduation is THURSDAY MAY 20th from
2:00-3:15pm. This is the most important meeting of the year, so make
sure you come!
Points Page
is now updated to include the Talent Show, Community
Theater/performance work, and any Drama/Acting class credits. The
only thing left is the Thespian A/V club which is still ongoing.
Member
Pages are updated through today. If you notice anything
missing, please let me know!
CONGRATULATIONS to our 2009-10
Executive Council for collectively earning more Thespian Points than any other
team of Officers in our troupe's history! You are leaving HUGE
footprints to fill for the next Exec Council to follow you.
4/24/10
Points Page
is now updated to include Film Festival Finalists, Best Picture
winners, Individual Award winners, Film Fest Council production work, and
Officer points.
The only thing remaining to
calculate are: class points for Final Grades (3 for an A, 2 for a B, 1 for a
C); Thespian A/V club points, and Senior Showcase. Remember that you can
earn up to 5 points for community theater/performing arts work each year.
To include them in this year's points, I will need them BY FRIDAY 4/30.
I did some calculating and found
that our 2010 Executive Council has a total of
392
points, which puts their awesome teamwork at 2nd place among all Exec Councils
in our troupe's history. For those of you who are curious, the
team of Katy, Kelly & Meredith from '06 is still our top scoring at
395.
Could this be the most Points for any Exec Council ever? This year?
Really?!? ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
4/22/10
CONGRATULATIONS to the cast and
crew of "Sleeping With the Fishes" who won over our faculty and staff panel of
judges at our 12:50pm show. We also handed out a bunch of well-deserved
Wesleys in our gala evening show. Congrats and thanks to EVERYONE
who had their work shown in front of their fellow students, their families,
and their friends.
We had plenty of celebrity alum
sightings at the show, including
Brennan Decandio ('08), Lauren
Vanhelden ('09), Bradley "Carl" Morris ('09), Christoph Revelia ('08),
and co-presenters and
winners of the Best Picture of 2009,
Karly Muzik ('09)
and
Cara Dozier ('09).
It was wonderful to see
you all!
THESPIAN MEETING next Tuesday at
2:00pm in Room 229. We'll be discussing the end of the year, our final
celebration, and elections for the 2010-11 season. Our only activities
still running are the Thespian A/V club, and if you haven't been part of that
yet - it is pure gold watching old movies from the past and digitally
converting them. Sign up in the Drama Room and YOU TOO could pend an
hour after school some day in the Media Center!
4/14/10
The Film Festival posters are
in. A huge THANK YOU goes out to the awesome Graphic Services department
at the Pasco County District Office for printing them! I'm looking for a
couple of volunteers to put them up on Friday afternoon.
I've made enough posters so that
every film group member should be able to take one souvenir poster home this
year. Enjoy!
4/10/10
What a great way to end our
States Festival! Big congrats go out to SUPERIOR scores for
Lindsay Hail
(Monologues) and
Chanel
Letourneau,
Garry Cohen
& Tori Musco
(Ensemble Acting). Looks
like there's more wall painting to be done! To put that in perspective,
that's our first Monologue Superior at States since 2001 (Yasmine Wilt), and
our first Ensemble Acting Superior ... ever!
Points Page
is now updated to reflect States
scores and attendance.
Competition Hall of Fames are now updated to reflect this
year's States scores.
Individual
Member resume pages updated to reflect One Acts and States.
4/9/10
Woo hoo! Congratulations
to Troupe 6172's Excellent scores, earned today by
Tori Musco (Publicity
Design),
Alex Reuille
(Monologues) and
Sarah Hudak
(Scene Design).
You're awesome!
4/8/10
CONGRATULATIONS to
Melissa Reichert's
score of "Excellent" on her Monologues event today. We're all really
proud of you!
4/6/10
I hope you're all having a
wonderful break! Our filiming of "Starjump 2: The Mars Solution" went
really well last Thursday and Friday. Special thanks go out to
Caitlyn,
Lindsay,
Chanel,
and Vince
for all of their tech work behind the scenes.
Editing for "Starjump 2" will
begin when we get back from Break. We'll also be putting together the
Film Fest program. I've already made the posters for each film, and sent
them off to our Graphics department at the District office. We'll have a
meeting on the Tuesday we return (4/13) of anyone interested in being on the
Film Festival Council this year to sign presenters, write comedy jokes, usher,
and work the judges' table for the Film Festival on 4/22. This is our
last production of the year, so let's all work together and have a great time!
The
movie promo posters I designed for each group are on the 2010
Film Fest page!
3/26/10
Thank you to everyone who worked
hard in our One Acts! And a special thank you to our audience,
especially Thespian Alum sightings:
Lauren Vanhelden ('09), Cara
Dozier ('09) and
Christoph Revelia
('08).
All Thespians: enjoy the
weekend, cause it's back to work next week on "Starjump II" Yeah!!
(makes funny laser pewpew sound)
Points Page
is now updated to reflect One Acts and New Student Orientation.
The
Prospective Thespians page has been updated. 4 names are
now off the list, and invitations are being feverishly typed up as we speak!
3/24/10
Rehearsals for the One Acts are
now done. All that's left are the shows! Let's work hard and have
a good time putting them on.
Super-special thanks to Danielle
Haight, Chanel Letourneau and Garry Cohen who volunteered to work the New
Student Curriculum Fair tonight. It's been a ridiculously busy night,
and I really appreciate your time and work. It was fun!
3/21/10
Happy Spring! Next week is
our One Act performance week. Let's have a lot of fun and put on some
great shows!!!!
3/15/10
CARDBOARD TUBES NEEDED!
Instead of recycling them,
please drop off cardboard paper towel, toilet paper, and gift paper rolls to
the Drama Room! I have a crafty plan to turn them into Earth Force
lasers and Martian Disruptors on our tech day for "Starjump II." ALSO
NEEDED : Aluminum foil. Oh yes. Things will be shiny.
If you have any other science-fictiony
decor or objects of art you think might be clever &/or funny in "Starjump II"
consider loaning them out for the shoot! I need them all by Wednesday
3/31 at the LATEST - but please bring them in earlier, as it gives me much,
much more room to plan.
Also, I sat down with Mr.
McDermott today and got us dates for next year! I'll be flipping things
so that we have the One Acts in the Fall, and the Major Play in the Spring.
We're also back to a Friday date for the 2011 Film Festival (which I like very
much.)
I'm also proud to say that we
will be the host school for the Thespian District 14 One Acts next year.
Yeahhh!!!!!
3/11/10
Auditions for Starjump II are
now complete. Thanks everyone who auditioned - we're going to have a
great time!!
3/10/10
AUDITIONS FOR STARJUMP 2 are
after school tomorrow! Lordy, it's going to be fun, so don't miss out.
3/8/10
Film Festival nominees are now announced! It
was really close this year, with quite a few successful comedies fighting for
only three slots on the five-movie roster. In the end, I chose three
which typified very different kinds of comedy approaches.
THANK YOU to every one who
entered this year's Film Festival. It was a pleasure watching all of
your films.
Nominees can pick up their free
passes when tickets go on sale April 19th!
Catch the show at 1:00p and
7:00p April 22, 2010!
3/5/10
Miss Taylor and I watched the
movies submitted today. I stayed until after 6pm watching and taking
notes. THANK YOU to everyone who has entered the contest!
The Media Center was having
trouble publishing movies on CDs (instead of DVDs) and a couple of computers
were stripping soundtracks off the final copies. It's a problem that can
be fixed, but the Media Center ran out of time in what they were able to
actually publish. Since a big part of the problem was an English class
which was using all of the editing computers - that's something that I
recognize as "out of your control."
I'll be accepting those movies
on the Media Center computers on Monday 3/8.
I think that in the interest of
fairness to all groups who may have had their own technical difficulties - and
published their movies to meet the deadline, perhaps incomplete or below the
quality they'd like - that it's in our contest's best interest to accept any
re-edits of any movies. I want everyone to feel that they've each got
the same finish line.
If you would like to touch up a
soundtrack, or edit a clip, I'll accept your movie entries up through Monday
3/8.
ALSO : Congratulations to the
new Drama 1 cast of "13 Ways to Really Screw Up Your College Interview!"
It's going to be great to work with you on your first WCHS performance!!
I'll have casts and everything posted soon.
3/1/10
States Competition
Schedule has now been posted!
Thursday
10:59a Melissa Reichert
(Monologue)
Friday
9:35a Sarah Hudak (Solo
Musical)
1:12p Tori Musco
(Publicity Design)
2:15p Alex Reuille
(Monologue)
3:00p Sarah Hudak (Scene
Design)
Saturday
11:13a Lindsay Hail
(Monologue)
1:30p
Letourneau, Musco & Cohen (Ensemble Acting)
2/28/10
Casts for the Acting 1 and
Acting 2 & 3 One Acts have been drawn up, and will be announced in class on
Tuesday, March 2nd. Woo hoo!
2/25/10
Signups for Thespian A/V club
are here! Sign up in Room 229 if you'd like to geek out in the Media
Center after school and convert classic Film Festival entries onto our Space
Age brand new 1TB hard drive. Revel in the amazingness that were the
movies of years past, and help build an archive that will be a legacy gift to
Thespian generations in the future.
Miss Taylor will be holding
auditions for "13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview" in Room 307 for all
Drama 1 students and any who auditioned for "Arsenic & Old Lace" back in the
Fall and didn't get a part. Auditions will run from 2:00-3:00p.
This is a short One Act that should be pretty fun! Pick up audition
materials in Room 229 from Mr. G.
2/23/10
After taking a rare sick day,
and sleeping for 14 hours, I am feeling much MUCH better.
Hey, review copies of "Starjump
2" are available for Thespians in the Drama Room. Why not drop by and
check out what will be a film spectacular??? If interested, drop by for
auditions on March 11, 2010. I'm looking for lead parts, minor parts,
Martians who get killed in one laser blast, and oodles of tech work on
costumes, set and props. Don't miss it!
2/15/10
Plays for the Spring One Act
2010 are now announced! Thank you to Lindsay, Chanel and Tori who helped
come up with this year's list.
Drama 1 :
"13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview"
by Ian McWethy
Acting 1 :
"How to Succeed in High School Without Even Trying"
by Jonathan Rand
Acting 2 & 3 :
"4 A.M."
by
Jonathan Dorf
Instead of a Thespian One Act
this year, we will have a States Showcase of the 5 performance events that are
advancing to States in April.
We are making the Thespian Movie
BIGGER this year to accommodate a bigger cast, and have big plans for set,
costumes, props and music - so consider "Starjump II" to be this year's
Thespian One Act. This WILL be a big production; we're just filming it!
NOW HIRING : Looking for a
Spring One Act Stage Manager, Light & Sound Designer, Makeup Designer, Costume
Designer, Props Designer, Set Designer. See Mr. G in the Drama Room by
Friday February 19th if interested!
2/7/10
Updated 14 member pictures on
the
member pages.
2/6/10
Arsenic &
Old Lace pictures are finally captioned. Enjoy.
2/1/10
"Starjump 2" writing continues
feverishly as our amazing writing team has thrown together a cast of
characters and plot with actual action that is going to BLOW YOUR WORLD AWAY
when you see it. I don't think I am going too far to say that you will
think of "Avatar," "Lord of the Rings" and "Titanic" as low-budget
snooze-fests after you see this movie we have yet to write a line of dialogue
for yet.
Our external hard drive for
Thespian A/V club is finally on order. The company had to resubmit some
bid to be approved and boring-blah-blah-blah longstoryshort, it's ordered and
on it's way.
ALSO: I will not be in class
tomorrow (2/2) because I have to be at a School Board meeting for the County
Teacher of the Year thing. Tori and Melissa: let's reschedule our
initial States workshops.
In other news : no suggestions
for One Acts. So don't cry if I make us all do One Act versions of "'Our
Town' on Ice" because nobody suggested anything.
1/20/10
We had our meeting yesterday.
Lots of things coming up :
A/V club will import ALL of the
movies from the last 9 years into our brand new troupe drive. This will
take weeks, but will be worth it. We'll be able to clip out pieces for
promos, make trailers, AND will no longer need to receive entries on DVD or
VHS. And at the click of a mouse, all of the movies will be
instantly viewable at any time.
Film Contest information is NOW
AVAILABLE for the 10th Annual Independent Film Fest in Room 229!!! Let's
fill this year with awesome and innovative entries. Ladies and
gentlemen, start your storyboards!
Also, I'm going to work with
Lindsay, Chanel and Tori on co-writing "Starjump II." This sequel is
already projected to be 80% funnier, 30% more action-packed, and 100% more
aliens. How could it possibly go wrong?????
Have an idea for a One Act for
the Spring One Act Fest? Get the title to Mr. G by February 1st.
The Exec Council is also foraging for ideas - so feel free to check in with
them, too! We'll look to announce titles sometimes mid-to-late Februrary.
Didn't go to the meeting?
Went by had memory loss? Check out
Secretary
Tori's latest meeting notes.
1/18/10
Don't forget .. Thespian Meeting
tomorrow. We'll be setting our agenda for the 2nd half of the school
year. Woo hooooooooooooo
1/06/10
Fun quiz!
Q: How did Mr. G injure himself,
having to go to the hospital and getting sent to physical therapy this Winter
Break?
a) Lifting a Volkswagen off of a
small child who was trapped beneath, thereby saving his life
b) Rescuing thirty adorable
puppies from a burning barn, thereby saving their lives
c) In a bizarre run-in with a
radioactive spider whose bite gave him amazing super powers to fight crime
d) Vacuuming
The answer on Monday when we
return to school!!
Oh I'm also updating member
pages. Expect some occasional rolling updates as I clean through the
stuff. As soon as I'm in a hilarious and productive mood I'll
caption the "Arsenic" pictures. That is, if I can tear myself away from
levelling another character to 80 in 'World of Warcraft' while rap-shouting
the lyrics to "White & Nerdy." It's still Winter Break you know!
Member
Pages are now updated with resume information accurate through
today.
Competition Hall of Fame is now updated with Districts 2010
results.
12/26/09
Happy Holidays! I hope
you're enjoying the time off. The cast and crew of "The Still Alarm" are
not performing at Competitions on January 16th.
We *will* be having a Thespian
Meeting on Tuesday 1/19 though from 2:00-2:40pm. You will want to be
there, because we'll be discussing the 10th Annual Wesley Chapel Film Festival
and the Thespian Movie. We're starting our "Thespian A/V Club" too,
which will be poring over 10 years of WCHS student films (hundreds of them!)
and coming up with a spectacular clip show and promo for this year's gala
event. It will be epic!
12/14/09
I've gone over all of our
feedback from our 28 events and condensed them into a "Troupe Report Card."
There are a lot of things that the judges have to say that pop up on a lot of
sheets, both positive and critical - but all helpful! I made a similar
type of Report Card a few years ago and it helped our troupe to get a really
objective feel for what we are good at as a troupe, and what we can
collectively work on.
The full report card is
available in Room 229 for anybody who'd like to take a look. At this
point I've also handed back photocopies of individual event adjudications, so
if you're missing yours check with somebody else in your group; they probably
have it!
12/8/09
Thank you to 6172's own
Caitlyn Reid,
Caitlin Cameron,
Destiny O'Brien,
Noemi Olascuaga
and
Deven Bocknor
and
Nelly Camunas
from Acting 1 class for spending some of your own time to help clean up today. All of the
Competitions and "Arsenic & Old Lace" debris is now history! I really,
really appreciate your extra time and energy so soon after an exhausting 'last
three weeks.'
12/5/09
GREAT JOB at Districts! We
were able to pull off a Critics' Choice Award for a 7th year in a row!!!!
Congratulations especially to
Garry Cohen and
Danielle Haight
who earned not
only a Critics' Choice, but were voted to represent DIstrict 14 at the States
Showcase in April - a Troupe 6172 First!!!!!!
I am proud of all the work
everyone did to pull this together with only SEVEN WORKSHOP DAYS between
"Arsenic & Old Lace" and Districts. Thanks for the great positive
attitudes, and for your grace under stress. It is always great fun to
work with you all.
Unfortunately, we are victims of
our own success - and I have one too many acts to send on to States.
In the end, it was careful reading of the judges' response sheets as well as
other observations during rehearsals and workshops that made my decision for
me.
One advantage to having
Districts so early is that we have more time to make an informed
decision before registering our events. The posted "advance to
Superiors" stands as posted for now, but will be revised if :
-
any advancing Thespian has a
semester grade of an "F" or more than one "D" at the end of Semester 1
-
any group members have excessive
absences according to school policy
-
any group members decide that
they can not attend States because it is being held during SPRING BREAK this
year. PLEASE CHECK
WITH YOUR PARENTS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN TOWN DURING SPRING BREAK IF YOU ARE
PLANNING ON GOING TO STATES!
Results are posted
here.
Points page
has been updated to include points earned at Districts. Newly
inducted members also now appear on the Points Page.
12/4/09
District Individual Events car
pool is meeting at 7:30am tomorrow. Be on time, dress warmly, and let's
have a crazy amount of fun! Yeahhhhhhhhhh!
No matter what our scores turn
out to be - you guys have worked hard, and I'm proud of you.
11/29/09
I just found
Secretary
Tori's notes in my scanner from the last Thespian meeting.
Oops!
Oh and our next
Meeting/Induction is Wednesday 12/2 right before Workshops! BE THERE.
11/28/09
I just got the times for
competition in my e-mail this morning. Here ya go!
8:30 REGISTRATION BEGINS in
the lobby of the Black Box Theatre
9:28 Herreid
Solo Musical
9:37 Hail &
Co. Small Group Musical
9:42 Reuille
Monologues
9:49
Dillingham Monologues
9:56
Reichert Monologues
9:56 Cohen & Haight Pantomime
10:03 Musco &
Letourneau Pantomime
10:10 Cameron & Hogsett Pantomime
10:24
Hail Monologues
10:45 Sobeck
Monologues
10:59 Musco &
Evangelista Duet Acting
10:59 Olascuaga Solo
Musical
11:06
O’Brien Solo Musical
11:13 Hudak
Solo Musical
11:20 Fleck & Osada Pantomime
11:27 Tesio & Herreid Pantomime
11:30 Reuille &
Co. Ensemble Acting
11:45 Hudak
Scene Design
NOON to 1:00 LUNCH on
your own
1:27 Reid &
Cameron Duet Acting
1:34 Simmons & Hudak
Duet Acting
1:41 Hail &
Tanner Duet Acting
2:00 Fleck &
Co. Ensemble Acting
2:09 Hogsett
Solo Musical
2:10 Musco &
Co. Ensemble Acting
2:59 Sobeck &
Reichert Duet Acting
3:15 Musco
Publicity Design
3:20 Tesio &
Co. Ensemble Acting
3:40 Simmonds &
Letourneau Duet Musical
5:30
Closing Ceremonies
8:00
Approximate return to WCHS
11/25/09
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I'm
very thankful to have such a wonderful troupe to go to work with every day.
Enjoy your Break!
Oh and ... DON'T FORGET TO BUY
YOUR SCRIPTS AND GET YOUR LYRICS-FREE MUSIC!!!
11/21/09
Thank you to all of the cast and
crew of "Arsenic & Old Lace." You did a wonderful job!
Thank you, too, to our audience
members. Thanks to you, we'll be donating over 100 cans of food to
Wesley Chapel High's ABC fund to help neighborhood kids and their families
have enough for this Holiday season. We also had several Celebrity Alum
sightings including
Karly
Muzik ('09), Christoph Revelia ('08), Cara Dozier ('09), Lauren Vanhelden
('09), Mark Vicciardo ('09), Bradley Morris ('09),
as well as veteran Thespian
Kelly Herreid ('06)
who kicked down the cockpit door
of her incredibly slow plane from New York to Tampa, landing the plane in a
nearby abandoned airstrip to catch the last part of the play.
Our attention now shifts to
Competitions, which are in .... TWO WEEKS?! Wow, seriously? That
means that Workshops start when we return to school; we have only 7 days of
school until District IE's. I've put up a signup sheet for workshops,
and need to see each event at least 2x over the 5 days offered. I am
holding workshops during periods 4 & 7 as well as after school to make things
more flexible for you. I am not writing passes out of your academic
classes to come to a period 4 or 7 workshop so make sure it is your lunch, or
an extra period in your day.
Points Page
is now updated to reflect work on "Arsenic & Old Lace."
11/19/09
What a great, great opening
night! It was so much fun, we've decided to do it again - tomorrow!
Celebrity Alum sightings tonight included former
Thespian Prez Rabecca
Delestowicz ('04), Cara Dozier ('09)
and Bradley Morris ('09)
and of course now Professional Stagehand
Susan Belliveau ('08).
It was wonderful to see you all!
11/17/09
The play is rehearsing very
well, and should be in rare form by Thursday night! Dress rehearsal
tomorrow. Let's put on a great show for our sample audience members!
11/11/09
Thank you to all of our Veterans
who have served our country, this year and in years past.
Points page
has been updated to reflect fundraising and Pep Rally 2.
11/8/09
Thank you to our cast of the
Homecoming Pep Rally! Thank goodness the Wildcat Hero was there to save
our heroes from the evil Pasco Pira.... I mean Gulf High Buccaneers.
Don't forget to add it to your
calendars - "Arsenic & Old Lace" is coming November 19 & 20, 2009!!
Captions added for the
Drama Room Reconstruction (finally).
11/4/09
Our troupe will be taking our
latest poignant scene to the Gym tomorrow for our 2nd Pep Rally performance of
the year. One question on everyone's mind : Will the Wildcat Hero make
her triumphant return???? Stay tuned to find out!
In other news, we decided that
with the Homecoming Carnival being undersubscribed this year (only 6 booths)
combined with last year's rules that prevent attendees from visiting the
carnival while the game is going on would make our annual 'labor of love' too
much 'labor' and not enough 'love.' I had already checked with Mrs.
Savoy to make sure that withdrawing would be okay, and she said she totally
understood. Today at our Troupe Meeting we officially decided to
withdraw our booth's entry. We'll miss being gypsies 'cause we love it,
and hope that another year the Carnival will be restored to its former glory!
11/3/09
Finished writing a script for
the Q2 Pep Rally on ... Thursday. Yay for the last minute! Will it
be pure acting gold? Only time will tell ...
I've sent copies to our Exec
Council to review tonight.
District Competitions 2010 page is now up showing everybody
competing this December. I record District Competitions as the same year
as the corresponding States competition is held, so these are listed as 2010.
Also, we're considering whether
or not to do Homecoming Carnival this year since there are only 6 booths
signed up for the whole carnival. We'll make our final call tomorrow.
Have an opinion? Speak up to Mr. G or an Exec Council member!
11/2/09
Food tip : If you are allergic
to buckwheat and walnuts, do not eat bread that contains both buckwheat and
walnuts in the ingredients or you will get very, very sick and miss school.
10/31/09
Happy Halloween!
There will be a
Thespian Meeting on Wednesday 11/3 from 2:00-2:40pm. See you there!
We'll be taking our picture for the Yearbook. So, if you aren't at this
meeting you will NOT be in the Thespian Club picture in the 2009-10 yearbook.
Individual
Member Pages are updated to reflect Q1 events.
Points Page
minor update.
10/29/09
REMINDER : If you do not submit
your Districts contract, travel permission form, and fee by tomorrow at 2:00pm
you are NOT GOING TO DISTRICTS. This is for reals!
Fundraising Heroes
page for 2009-10 added today.
10/28/09
After several days
(10+ labor hours) of trying to make this site work again and researching new
domains ... it's finally back up!! Yeah!
Contested events for
District Competitions are now resolved, and I'll have a list upcoming showing
who's going and whatnot. If you want to CHANGE the title of any entry
(except for Duet Acting, which was contested) or DROP an event, you may do so
WITHOUT PENALTY until Friday October 30th. After that, it will cost YOU
what it cost the troupe to drop or change your event. (Plus it will make
extra work for me, so shame on you for even thinking of it! Come on!
What are you thinking??!)
Next weekend, I'll be
looking to make the following updates :
-
Finish the picture
updates for Kickball & Drama Room Reconstruction
-
District Competition page
showing who is competing
-- DONE!
-
Update individual member pages
to reflect Q1 events
-- DONE!
-
Create the Fundraising Heroes
page -- DONE!
Our Troupe is
currently working on the following projects :
-
"Arsenic & Old Lace"
rehearsals
-
"Arsenic & Old Lace"
tech
-
Pep Rally Q2 script
and rehearsal (thank you to Lindsay, Chanel & Tori for tackling this project!)
-
Registration for
Districts & One Acts
-
Writing the screenplay
for the Thespian entry to the 2010 Film Festival
Is this a lot of work?
HECK YEAH. Is it worth it in the end? AWWWW YEAHHHH.
10/20/09
Thank you to our
fundraisers, who raised $1,180 for our troupe! I'll be updating the
Fundraising Heroes page for 2009-10 this weekend!
By now, every Thespian
has a signup packet for Competitions - so make sure you sign up for those
competition slots. You have only one week left to secure your place in
upcoming Thespian History!
10/10/09
Work on "Arsenic and
Old Lace" is coming along nicely - next week is OFF BOOK week for everybody
except for Abby, Martha and Mortimer who have a heckuva lot of lines.
Signup packets for
District Competitions '09 are now available in Room 229. They include a
$30 fee requirement for those who have not fundraised anything; a $20 fee fee
requirement for those who have fundraised the minimum $30; and are FREE for
those who have fundraised at least $80 this year.
10/4/09
The Competitions
Signup Board is now posted and ready in Room 229. Sign up for this
year's
Competitions!
9/28/09
Good times at the Pep
Rally on Friday! It seemed as though the Pasco Pirates would
successfully bully our Boy and Girl as they strolled, carefree through
Northeast Pasco County - until Wildcat Hero and the Wildcats arrived.
DUNDUNDUNNNN. A good time was had by all.
Oh, I finally carved
through all of my crazy lesson-planning to make a little time to post the
Kickball '09 gallery. Enjoy.
Points page
has been updated to reflect the Quarter 1 Pep Rally.
I've also signed us up
to run the Fortune Teller booth again at the Homecoming Carnival. We
will te-e-e-e-e-llll your fu-u-u-ture so-o-o-o-n! (for a dollar)
FUNDRAISING IS DUE IN
JUST 18 DAYS!!
9/24/09
The Thespians' first
appearance at a Pep Rally will be tomorrow. Good luck to us!
This year, we had very
little notice AND "Arsenic & Old Lace" rehearsals, so we rehearsed & prepped
through my Period 4 Acting 2&3 class. I'm hopeful that we can schedule
after-school rehearsals for the next Rally, which should be in Quarter 2.
Until then, though, let's all celebrate our first trip to the "big show" woo
hooooo Wildcats (or something like that. I think that's how it goes).
ALSO : I have signed
us up again for the Fortune Telling Booth at the Homecoming Carnival.
Good times ahead!
9/20/09
I've purchased four of
the Tech Theater books for competition, and they are now available for
checkout at Room 229 for any Tech competitors who are interested!
The books that are
available in the Drama Room are:
August Wilson's "The
Piano Lesson"
Robert Harling's
"Steel Magnolias"
Mark Twain's "Is He
Dead?"
Oliver Goldsmith's
"She Stoops to Conquer"
These are the books
that were available through our Pasco County book vendor, Barnes & Nobles.
You're still welcome to compete with any of the other Tech texts, but it'll be
up to you to find your own copy.
9/15/09
Crews are now posted for "Arsenic & Old Lace!" Designers
will be in touch with all crew members through their 1st period class soon to
set up their first meetings. These meeting dates will also be posted
here when they are available (soon!)
9/10/09
THANK YOU to everyone
who auditioned for "Arsenic & Old Lace" today! Unfortunately, there were
three times as many auditioners as parts, and the audition had to end with
disappointment for too many people. I hope those who did not get a part
for this one particular play will consider working behind the scenes!
Pick up a Stage Crew application at Mr. G's room by tomorrow.
A page
for "Arsenic & Old Lace" is now up and running, with the cast
and designers posted. This means, by the way, that the 2009-10 season is
NOW OFFICIALLY STARTED!
Oh, and don't forget
your Fundraising! Our first fundraising donation is in, thanks to Taylor
Dillingham ('10) who has brought in our first sponsor this year.
9/7/09
Missed last week's
meeting? Boy are you in luck. Do the following two things: 1. Get
fundraising stuff from Mr. G in Room 229 really soon, and 2. Read Secretary
Tori's
amazingly coherent and thorough notes of what happened.
9/2/09
Audition materials are
now available in Room 229 for "Arsenic & Old Lace." Grab 'em now!
I'll be working on turning out some stage crew forms too, for those interested
in the techier side of life. Auditions and crew are open to ALL WCHS
STUDENTS.
For any Thespian
interested in leading a Design Team, please see Mr. G. I am looking for
:
-
Stage Manager
-
Costume Designer
-
Props Master
-
Light & Sound Designer
-
Set Crew Chief
Also, running a Drama
program requires Fundraising. While we are largely self-sufficient, our
business sponsors contribute about 30% of our annual operating budget.
If you weren't at the Thespian Meeting today, pick up your fundraising stuff
from Mr. G as soon as possible.
Oh, also totally
unrelated - I was inspired by our Troupe Prez and VP and got a gyro today from
Hungry Greek's on Bruce B. Downs. AWESOMEOMGYUM. That is all.
8/27/09
Our Fall Play, pending
securing the rights to it, will be Arsenic & Old Lace by Joseph
Kesselring.
Oh and we also had a
super high-powered Executive Council meeting yesterday. Big, big things
discussed. Ever wonder what happens during those super-secret meetings?
Ever think, "Wow I'd love to be a fly on the wall at THAT meeting?"
Well, an unnamed spy has smuggled out
Secretary
Tori's notes from that 8/26 meeting. Just remember not to
spread around the contents of these notes ....... they're top secret!
8/24/09
It was wonderful to
see everybody back at school! This is going to be a wonderful year.
8/18/09
Thank you, thank you,
thank you to
Taylor Dillingham
- who came out today to seal the stage with me. Our stage now looks
shiny, glossy, and ready to take another 2 years of passionate acting and
rehearsing. The poisonous polyurethane vapors have left me a little
forgetful and distracted but
8/17/09
I found out today that
have to work the morning shift for registration on Tuesday. If you are
coming to help seal the stage on Tuesday, please come at NOON instead of 10am!
DRAMA ROOM
RECONSTRUCTION PT 2 CHANGED TO NOON TOMORROW!!!
8/14/09
Some play ideas for
our November performance, based on Thespians' interests at our discussion
yesterday:
Arsenic & Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring
- black
comedy
The Diary of Anne Frank
- tragedy
The Bloody Attack of the Evil, Demonic Giraffe Puppet
- wacky comedy/incl. student film
I'm still looking for
10+ cast size play ideas that are appropriate for high school. Got a
cool idea for one? Let me know!
8/13/09
THANK YOU to everyone
who came to the Drama Room Reconstruction today! Your help made our room
look wonderful, and ready for the new year. We washed down and repainted
the classroom stage, but still have to let the paint dry to seal it for the
new year.
Those Thespians
interested in coming by to seal the stage (it's easy, like painting a clear
paint that hardens into a plastic-like shell) should come by on Tuesday August
18th at 10:00am. That's also Registration Day so you can get your
schedule, locker, bus information, parking info, etc all on the same day!
Drama Reconstruction
Heroes :
Chanel, Garry, Tori, Moriah, Alex, Jessica, Abby, Kasey, Vanessa, Caitlin C,
Nichol, Taylor,
and special guest
alums
Karly Muzik ('09),
Chrissy Bracken ('09), Lauren Vanhelden ('09),
and
Christoph Revelia ('08).
THANK YOU,
EVERYONE!!
8/12/09
There's still time to
RSVP for the Drama Room Reconstruction! (For details, see below)
CONFIRMED RSVP's so
far : Acting-President and Birthday Girl
Chanel,
Garry, Acting-Vice President-Tori,
Moriah,
Alex,
Jessica,
Abby,
Kasey,
Vanessa and special guest alums
Karly ('09),
Chrissy ('09)
and Lauren V
('09) (as of 8/12/09)
I've just discovered
my camera is sadly broken (RIP) -- if anybody could bring a camera to take
troupe pictures, I'd appreciate it!
ALSO: Please wear
clothes you hate. They will get dirty/painty.
8/3/09
DRAMA ROOM
RECONSTRUCTION IS COMING : NEXT THURSDAY 11AM-1PM!
*** Earn the first
Thespian point of the season! ***
Do YOU like to paint
things, move desks, and miscellaneous? Well THIS is the opportunity for
you!!!
Come back August 13th
for a 2-hour get-together where we get the Drama Room ready for business!
What started as just me trying to do it all on my own and cursing lightly
under my breath has turned into an annual Thespian tradition. Come back
to 'turn the lights back on' in our collective home, good ole Room 229.
The scope of the work
we can accomplish is directly related to the number of people that come.
IF we get enough people we can give our stage a fresh coat of paint and a
shiny new gloss for the new year - and I'd like that very much. So
pass it on, recruit your fellow Thespians and let's have a great time on
August 13th. : )
Let me know if you can come by sending me a quick
e-mail!
7/21/09
Minor member page
updates. Moriah still hasn't sent me the Kickball photos. Bug her,
would you?
6/24/09
I'm really enjoying
Summer Break so far! My brother got married last week, and so I've been
up in New England for a while. Good times! I've also installed
"The Sims 3," and am having fun making my own little scenes and character arcs
on my computer screen!
I'm also looking for
my folder of work that I brought home on the last day, it's here somewhere.
In it are Tori's 'Secretary notes' from our first '09-10 Exec Council meeting.
When I finally find the folder, I'll post it.
I hope you all are
having a great, relaxing Summer Break.
6/7/09
Dates announced for
competitions next year! Check the navigation sidebar to the left for the
dates.
5/31/09
Have kickball pictures?
Give 'em to me .. or else something vaguely threatening will happen!
Our Seniors officially
graduated yesterday. Congratulations, Seniors! Welcome to the
awesome world of jobs, college, taxes, and discovering (as you move into your
own places) just how many chores your parents did that you never knew about.
That sticky green crud in the back of the refrigerator that smells like a
foot? Your job. Unstopping stopped-up toilets? Your job.
Cat accidentally jumps into the washing machine while you're distracted by the
TV and then you start a load of towels and three minutes later, you have a
very wet and confused cat who needs an emergency trip to the vet? Your
job.
In balance, you get to
stay up all night, have over whatever friends you want, eat unhealthy foods
until your body can't take it anymore, play that "crap hip hop music we didn't
have in my day" as much as you want and best of all, when your parents come
over to visit? You get to say, "While you're in my house, you'll live by
my rules." Enjoy!
I've cryogenically
frozen all of you graduates in time, and added in a
Class of 2009 Legacy Page, where you can always come back and
remember "them good ole days when we only had one Internet and the robots
hadn't taken over the world yet."
Points Page
and
Members Page now reflect the c/o 2009's passing into that
Great Beyond we call adulthood.
5/21/09
We came, we saw, we
outwaited the storms - and we played Kickball. And yes, oh yes, we did
play kickball. We were almost positive the deafening thundercracks of
lightning at 2:00pm would doom our game, but the storms quickly moved out of
the area and by 2:30pm we were playing. It was actually really nice,
breezy, and about 80 degrees. Yay for no heatstroke!
We did much better
this week, still losing all of our games, but by scores of 28-0, 6-4 and 1-0
this time. Go defense (eventually!) It was fun even though I
accidentally left one of my sneakers at home and had to play barefoot.
So, in sum, we dropped
all 6 games in terms of score, but won all 6 games in terms of having fun.
: ) I'm sensing .. I don't know ... a Kickball League
possibility next year? Aww yeah ....
5/20/09
There are only a few
minor updates sprinkled about; I'm writing the Senior Award for Drama
speech for tomorrow's ceremony.
Don't forget Bunny
Rabbit pink tomorrow! (see yesterday's update, below ...)
5/19/09
GOOD LUCK to all of
our graduating senior Thespians!
WELCOME to all of our
brand new Thespians!
The theme for our
kickball game teams on Friday is "Bunny Rabbits." (aww yeah).
Dress in either pink, or a pink "Harvey" shirt. We'll make bunny noses
and whiskers with makeup paint. Talk about striking terror into the
hearts of our opponents!
Missed it, or want to see it
again?
Watch the
Senior
Class of 2009 video!
* Added in new pages
for new Thespians.
* Linked from Points
Page to the new Thespian's pages.
* Still updating new
Thespian pics. Those take the longest to do, but I'm sleepy now.
G'night!
5/17/09
* Added in a
picture
gallery from States competition.
* Updated 19 photos in
individual
member pages.
5/16/09
Site updates today
include:
-
Prospective Thespians are now updated for second semester 2009.
-
Membership
page cleared of Inactive Thespians (fewer than 5 points earned
in 2008-09).
-
Points Page
is updated to show all about-to-be-inducted Thespians, and the 1 point earned
for Friday's Kickball charity game (one more point/game on Friday 5/22!)
-
Pictures are posted
for the
One Act Festival. Holy heck, they
took a long time to process and caption.
I'm also hard at work
tackling resizing and captioning photos, sorting out inductions and
graduations, and also straightening out individual member pages.
5/15/09
Today was fairly
awesome as we played Kickball, raising money for charity. The day in
numbers:
(16)
number of Thespians
playing (the most of any club!)
(5)
minutes before we
realized we were the only club that actually dressed up like everyone bragged
they were going to >.>
(3)
number of games played
by the two teams we fielded
(50)
the SPF rating of the suntan lotion I forgot in the Drama room instead of
applying it to what is now my sunburned skin
(0)
the percentage likelihood that we were going to actually beat another team
(6)
points scored,
combined, by Thespian teams in the three games we played
(62)
points scored, combined, by our opponents who actually know how to do sports
and stuff
(2)
major injuries received (Lauren V & Ti'Errica)
(1,041)
minor injuries
received (everyone combined; includes multiple losses of dignity)
(16)
cases of heatstroke by
the end of the first hour
(100)
percentage happiness experienced at finally having an event that unites
graduating and about-to-be-inducted Thespians
Final scores (Thespian
Team vs. Opponent Team): 1-27 ; 5-10 ; 0-25.
5/12/09
STILL LOOKING FOR
PICTURES FROM ONE ACTS!!!!!! Especially behind the scenes, and from
costumed rehearsals, but any will do. As it is our supply of pictures is
: a million from one cast of "Hard Candy", some from an uncostumed "MacGuffins"
and three total from "Lockdown." (Thank you, Garry for your
photobucket!) Also, if you have more from States I'm happy to include
them, but I have a good amount to choose from those.
ESPECIALLY NEEDED
-
"Hard Candy" Friday
(currently ZERO pictures)
-
"Lockdown" (currently
THREE pictures)
-
"Still Alarm"
(currently ZERO pictures)
-
"MacGuffins"
(currently ZERO in-costume pictures)
I'm happy to work hard
on this website, but you've got to bring me the content to make it amazing. :
)
5/11/09
Congratulations to
Tori Musco ('10),
elected today as Troupe 6172's Secretary for the 2009-10 Season!
Added in next year's
dates to the sidebar. Nothing has yet been announced for
Districts-level competitions, which are set individually by each District
chairperson.
Oh .. and IF YOU HAVE
ONE ACTS OR STATES PICTURES GIVE THEM TO ME ... please? : )
5/8/09
No one received a
majority of the votes for Secretary-Publicist, so there will be a RUN-OFF
election held on Monday May 11, 2009.
Both are qualified
candidates who have devoted plenty of time on-stage and behind-the-scenes to
make our troupe better. I look forward to working with either
candidate as part of the 2009-10 Exec Council!
5/7/09
How awesome do YOU
want to be? Sign up for the Thespian Kickball team with Karly as we join
the charity tournament being held at WCHS! ($5.00 entry fee) The
tournament is being hosted and run by Mr. Kirouac. Games will be held on
May 15 & May 22 afternoons at 2:00pm.
This will be the final
Thespian event of the season. Don't miss it! This is open to brand
new Thespians, returning Thespians and graduating Thespians - let's have fun
together!
DON'T FORGET VOTING
FOR SECRETARY ON FRIDAY!!!!!
5/6/09
Sorry for the delay in
posting. I had to attend an LFS after-school planning session today.
Congratulations to
Chanel Letourneau
('10),
elected today as Troupe 6172's Vice-President for the 2009-10 Season!
Elections for Secretary will be held on Friday.
5/4/09
Congratulations to
Lindsay Hail ('10),
elected today as Troupe 6172's President for the 2009-10 Season!
Elections for Vice-President will be held on Wednesday; Secretary on Friday.
5/2/09
Nominations for
Officers for the 2009-10 Season have now been made.
Elections start on
Monday. Be sure to visit the Drama Room, or email your vote to me, by
2:00pm!
4/28/09
Site updates today
include:
Also : I've discovered
that Seniors' last day is
Tuesday May 19th,
which will be the new date of our Final Thespian Meeting of the Year.
Graduations, inductions, entertaining scenes and food too! Yowza!
I NEED PICTURES FROM
THE ONE ACTS AND STATES ... RAWRRRRRRRRRRRRR
4/27/09
Officer nomination
forms were available as of this afternoon in Room 229. Pick yours up
soon!
4/26/09
States is now done for
the year! Congrats to
Mark Vicciardo
for his competition in Playwriting! Also, to Excellents earned on late Friday
and Saturday by
Lauren Vanhelden
(Playwriting),
Chanel Letourneau
&
Cara Dozier
(Duet Acting),
Karly Muzik &
Bradley Morris
(Duet Acting),
Rosie DeAngelo
& Lauren Bates
(Pantomime).
(Total, for those of you who are counting: 2 Superiors, 5 Excellents!)
We had a great time,
including delightful picnics in the park, seeing some great scenes, and having
fun at a wonderful mainstage performance. I hope that those of you who
competed got great feedback, and that everyone got an overall experience that
will "raise their game" as our next season begins in 2009-10. THANK YOU
TO EVERYONE for making this a smooth, fun, and professional trip to States.
Speaking of 2009-10:
we have nominations for Officers next week! Check with Mr. G for a
nomination ballot at the end of the day on Monday. Nominations will be
open through Thursday, and elections will start on May 4th.
We'll have our final
meeting of the year on May 20th, from 2:00-3:00pm. This is a MANDATORY
meeting for all Thespians! We'll be inducting our new members, inducting
our new Officers, as well as saying goodbye to our Seniors who (like it or
not!) are going to be grownups FOR REALZ in just a few weeks. We'll also
have pizza and ice cream! omg!!! How could it be any better?'
Also: I am looking for
after-school, or during-lunch help painting Districts' Critics Choice names
and States Superiors names on the Drama Room wall before our Thespian Meeting
happens. Help!
Points have
been updated to reflect States Festival, and Officer positions
for the 2008-9 year.
4/24/09
Congrats to
Lindsay Hail
for her Excellent in Monologues at States today! Also, kudos to
Lauren Vanhelden
for her Superior in Costume Construction, and
Lauren Bates'
Superior in Publicity Design!! 4 events scored, 5 to go!
4/23/09
Good job to Kasey
Tanner
and Garry Cohen on their Duet Acting scene today, as well as an
exciting "omg where's my script?" adventure on the side. We'll be back
at States tomorrow. If you're competing: REMEMBER YOUR SCRIPT &/OR
DESIGN!
Let's have more fun
tomorrow! Also : I need One Act Festival pictures!!!
4/21/09
Be sure to pick up
your States Agenda in Room 229. Also : I need 8 volunteers to work the
Workshop Rooms from 10:15a-12:00p on Thursday. We MUST supply 8
volunteers from our troupe (that's half of us who are going!) Please see
Mr. G if you are interested in being even more awesome than usual. : )
4/17/09
Spring One Acts are
now over! Thank you to everyone for all of your hard work.
Points are
now updated to reflect the One Acts cast, crews, and design
teams' work.
4/16/09
Thank you, Thursday
casts, for a wonderful performance! Our final showing will be Friday
night. It was also nice to see some "celebrity alumni" in our audience
for the show, including
Jessica "Cuppy" Olarte-Velez
('08),
Christoph Revelia
('08) and
Cailyn Quevedo
('08)!
4/15/09
Dress Rehearsals went
GREAT for our One Acts! I'm looking forward to our FREE shows Thursday
and Friday nights.
I'll be handing out
States agendas by Monday April 20th for those attending. Nominations for
2009-10 officers will take place from April 27-30, 2009. Elections will
start May 4th!
4/12/09
Individual
member
pages now reflect Film Festival finalists, awards, and
production council work.
4/4/09
Happy Spring Break!
4/1/09
UPDATE: DISTRICT &
STATES COMPETITION WILL BE IN ESSAY FORMAT FOR 2010
I just came home to
find an email
from our District chair that I've (unfortunately) been expecting for some
time. In essence, it says that to save money on judges,
competitions next year will be in
essay format only.
All performances and designs will be done as papers of varying length.
Events will be scored by a random selection of troupe sponsors from other
districts and/or states.
Monologue
: 1 page character analysis essay on each contrasting piece
Duet Acting
: 2 page essay; one written by each actor
Ensemble Acting
: 3-8 page essay; one written by each actor
Solo Musical
: 1 page music analysis essay with a handwritten copy of the music notes
Duet Musical
: 2 page essay; one written by each singer with a handwritten copy of the
music notes
Group Musical
: 3-16 page essay; one
written by each singer with a handwritten copy of the music notes
Scene Design
: 1 page essay plus a
charcoal drawing of the set (no ink, or eraser marks allowed)
Publicity Design
: 1 page essay plus a photo of the theater the performance will be held in
Costume Design
: 1 page essay per costume; each page in a different color ink and font
Costume Construction
: 1 page essay, folded in origami representing the essence of the character
Pantomime
: 1 blank paper for each performer
Playwriting
: EVENT ELIMINATED
SCORING SYSTEM TO BE
UPDATED
In order to prevent "overscoring"
- that is, too many high scores for each district, the following scores have
been eliminated from the scoring system: Superior, Excellent, Good, and Fair.
DISTRACTING CLAPPING
UPDATED
Our "spirit
fingers" method
of clapping has been distracting to judges who have demanded change.
Instead, audience members will be encouraged to smile (quietly) at the
conclusion of handing in each essay.
DISTRICTS SHOWCASE
UPDATED
Trophies,
which cost anywhere from $18-$40 to build will be replaced by "Wildcat Cookie"
coupons redeemable at our school cafeteria on Tuesday of any week in October
2010. This is very good for us, since we already attend our school!
This will be most harmful for those who win Critics' Choice awards on the west
side of the county.
TRANSPORTATION
To reduce the
competitions' "carbon
footprint" all
troupes will be required to use only one car to bring their troupes to
competition each year. However, the car may be driven back and forth to
the location (next year - it's Gainesville!) as many times as necessary to get
the whole troupe there.
Any one who has any
questions or concerns is encouraged to write our
district chairperson with any questions.
This is all I know at the moment! I'll see you tomorrow. Happy
April 1st!
3/20/09
Congratulations to the
cast of "Alive" - voted by our panel of judges as this year's
Best Picture!!!
It was a great show,
with several celebrity alumni sightings. Thank you ALL for coming!
Points page
is now updated to reflect Film Festival nominations, awards, and production
council work. Final numbers: 613 guests, and $1,570 gross sales.
Nice job!
3/17/09
Tickets for the Film
Festival are on sale every lunch in the Cafeteria. They'll also be
available at the box office for the Evening Show only!
3/13/09
Busy busy busy busy
busy!!! Oh so busy ... Auditions for "Lockdown" and "The Still Alarm"
were today. THANK YOU to every one who auditioned! I really, truly
appreciate your time and your enthusiasm.
CREW forms will be
available Monday in Room 229 if you are interested in working on the Set,
Props, Costume, Makeup, House/Usher, or Publicity crew. We'd love to
have you, and everybody knows all the real low-stress fun takes place behind
the scenes anyways.
Designers and Casts are now posted for ALL of the plays in the
Spring One Act Festival. That's right, if you're in Acting 1, 2, or 3 ..
you can get a sneak peek at your part the night before. zomg!!
Also, it was really
nice to see alums
Mary Powell ('08)
and Josh
Dohmann ('08)
drop by to say hello after auditions today. Mary is heading back to
school in Colorado tomorrow - bon voyage!
3/10/09
We'll have a brand new
publicity roll out for the Film Festival this year - instead of flyers, we'll
have 13"x 19" full color publicity
posters for each of our films!
Thanks go out to Pasco
County Schools' own Graphics Services for a good quote. Instead of
getting one glossy movie poster for each movie (6 total) for anywhere between
$190-420 at a corporate printer, we'll be getting eight cardstock movie
posters for each movie (48 total) for about $48.
I've also noticed that
some unseen background update in either my server, or IE itself is making some
photogalleries unviewable. It seems that any block of "photogallery"
bigger than a certain size is just crashing the whole gallery into a text
line. I'm going backwards through time (( cue eerie time travel music ))
to correct the pictures, but it's taking a while. So far, I've fixed '08
Districts, '07 States, "Did Someone Say, Murder?," '06 Districts, "Complete
Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)," "Hello, Dolly!" '05 One Acts ... and
'05 Districts. I think that's it! Yay for progress! (!@#$)
3/8/09
States Competition
Schedule has now been posted!
Thursday
8:49a
Cohen & Tanner (Duet Acting)
Friday
9:08a
Vanhelden (Costume Contruction)
1:34p Hail
(Monologue)
2:43p
Morris & Muzik (Duet Acting)
3:05p
Bates (Publicity Design)
3:10p
Vicciardo (Playwriting)
4:01p
Vanhelden (Playwriting)
Saturday
9:21a
Dozier & Letourneau (Duet Acting)
1:35p
Bates & DeAnegelo (Pantomime)
ALSO : Instead of
making trailers this year, I've designed movie posters that I hope can be made
in time for publicizing our movies!
Check 'em out!
3/5/09
The Thespian One Act
for our annual One Act Festival will be George Kaufman's "The Still Alarm."
Auditions are next Thursday. This is a short 10-15 minute comedy with
only 5 characters. Interested? Pick up audition information in
Room 229!
2/27/09
Thank you VERY MUCH to
the 23 film groups who entered our film contest this year! Independent
student films nominated for awards for the 2009 Film Festival
are now announced! It was a tight run, especially for the
comedy category - where we finally made our picks based on showcasing three
different approaches to comedic film.
All films were accepted and evaluated "as
is." At this point, the "Best Picture" nominees will have one additional
week to "tweak" their film if they'd like to iron out any issues;
spelling in credits, volume, etc. We reserve the right to show either
your original film or your re-polished film. This "polish"
opportunity is intended only to resolve minor issues in order to get your film
ready to be produced, not to do a full re-edit.
A couple of movies
have some small paperwork questions (student numbers, etc.) that I will also
ask you to resolve within that one week period. If your problems are not
resolved in that week, an alternate film will be presented instead.
Thanks again - and I
can't wait 'til the Film Fest 2009 on March 20th!
2/26/09
Films are due tomorrow
by 2:00pm. Please have your entry form and media releases completed!
One Acts are now
announced for the One Act Festival in April 2009!
Drama 1 :
"Lockdown" by Douglas Craven
Acting 1 :
"Hard Candy" by Jonathan Rand
Acting 2 & 3 :
"Dinner With the MacGuffins" by Chris Sheppard & Jeff
Grove
Thespians :
"The Still Alarm" by George Kaufman
More information about
Stage Manager, Design Team, and auditions will be forthcoming. Thank you
to everyone who submitted play ideas this year!
2/24/09 : Seniors, ignore this
post ... time isn't passing at all! >.>
Hey Thespians, it's
about that time to start thinking about Officers for next year, as
elections will be held in just two months for President, VP, and
Secretary/Publicist.
If you are interested in any of those offices
for the 2009-2010, be sure to talk to Karly, Mark, and Lauren Bates about
their experiences! Being an Officer is more of a responsibility than
being a regular Thespian. Whereas you can be a Thespian all year and
kind of "pick and choose" your performances events, the Officers are there
through it all, all year long because leadership ... doesn't take a holiday.
(cue tough 'action music' soundtrack)
Also, people voting aren't interested in what
you say you'll do as a leader, as much as they are in seeing what you
already actually do, and what type of person you are now.
Those of you who are
interested in leading for the 2009-2010 season can take this quick quiz to
check your "6172 Leader Readiness" score :
1. Do I have a life?
a. Yes
b. No
2. How much of a
priority am I willing to make Troupe 6172 next year?
a. It's a club .. how
much can I care? Pfft, I'm so out of here.
b. Meh
c. I'm pretty busy but
I think I could do a good job
d. #1 !
3. The following
statement best describes me :
a. I totally want this
for my college resume (smug look)
b. Being a Thespian
officer will be nonstop fun, glory, and popularity!
c. I AM A ROBOT. I CAN NOT
LAUGH AND I ALSO CAN NOT .. LOVE.
d. I find gluing
bizarre props together at odd hours of the night when no one else wants to,
and getting absolutely no credit for it whatsoever, oddly fulfilling
Scoring
1. a(0), b(+10)
2. a(-50), b(0), c(+5), d(+10) 3. a(-10), b(-10),
c(+???), d(+10)
Your Results
(26 to 30)
Recommended "Leader Readiness Score"
( 1 to 26)
You're probably a great Thespian, but think carefully before running
for election!
(-60 to 0)
We'll miss you.
( ??? )
Welcome to Earth, our new robot overlord.
2/22/09
I found a bunch of
Homecoming Carnival pictures
in my camera, and
added them to that event's photo gallery.
After making,
deleting, and remaking it through several error messages, the
Districts 2009 Individual Events gallery is now up! Don't
see a picture/enough pictures of you in there? It's because you didn't
send me any. Be sure to send me pics of events. : )
Also added in
One
Act 2009 pics from "'Dentity Crisis!"
In addition to importing,
organizing, resizing, and captioning dozens upon dozens of pictures for our
photo galleries, I'm also reviewing scripts for our One Act fest in
April. It's a busy weekend!!
2/18/09
Interested in helping
to produce the 2009 Film Festival? We're looking for festival
organizers, publicists, and comedy writers to get together to help put on our
biggest show of the year! Come to the Wednesday Feb 25 startup meeting
in Room 229 if you're interested!
2/10/09
Now taking suggestions
for One Acts for performance at this year's "Spring One Act Fets" on April 16
& 17th! Please see or
email Mr. G with your suggestions.
2/3/09
Thank you to the
Thespians who volunteered their time to come to the 8th Grade Orientation
tonight! Thespians giving up their morning &/or evening included:
Karly Muzik,
Chrissy Bracken, Bradley Morris, Garry Cohen, Vince Evangelista, Lauren Bates,
Lauren Vanhelden,
and
Chanel Letourneau.
Thanks for coming!
1/30/09
Filming is now done
for "Starjump!" It was a lot of fun to film. Now we move to post.
Thanks especially to Miss Taylor for all of her awesome set direction!
Congratulations, also,
to our own
Rosie DeAngelo
and
Chrissy Bracken
who performed at the
WCHS Talent Show on Thursday.
Rosie
ended up taking 2nd place! Woo hoo!
The meeting for all
States Competitors has been moved back one week to February 4th because of a
filming conflict with "Starjump." Bring a datebook to schedule
workshops!
The
Points Page is now updated to reflect the Talent Show and "Starjump."
Member
Pages now reflect IE's, One Act competitions, Talent Show and "Starjump."
1/24/09
Congratulations to our
One Act competitors who earned an EXCELLENT in both Performance and Technical
Theater at competitions today at Bishop McLaughlin High School. Extra
special thanks go out to Student Director
Karly Muzik
and Stage Manager
Chanel Letourneau
who took the reins for
this performance. That trophy looks awfully nice!
Special
congratulations go out to
Sarah Hudak who
was chosen for this year's All*Star Cast by the judges!
This was a really
nice, mellow day with an extra-nice ending. : ) Rest up, and let's
get ready for some Starjumping on Monday!! All Thespians are welcome to
come help out with tech crew during shooting, or just to watch, from
2:00-4:00pm.
The
Points page
has been
updated to reflect One Act Competition.
I am also still
looking for pictures from the Districts IE's on Jan 10. Send them toooo
meeeeeee ....
1/20/09
Those Thespians going
to the One Act competition this upcoming weekend - come by the Drama Room to
pick up your schedule of events and directions to Bishop McLaughlin Catholic
HS!
1/15/09
Thanks to the
Thespians who auditioned for our first-ever Thespian short subject film, "Starjump."
this afternoon! Our final casting is :
|
Role
|
Performer
|
|
Commander Tad Masterson
|
Mark Vicciardo
|
|
Major Linda Anderson
|
Lauren Bates
|
|
Lieutenant Stanley
Richardson
|
Garry Cohen
|
|
Calypso, Queen of the
Venusians
|
Caitlyn Reid
|
|
Ivan Dreadski of the Red
Menace
|
Vince Evangelista
|
|
Scylla, Venusian henchwoman
|
Sarah Hudak
|
|
Charybdis, Venusian
henchwoman
|
Karly Muzik
|
Tech with Miss Taylor
starts 2:00pm Wednesday January 21st. Shooting will be January
26-29 from 2:00-4:00pm.
1/11/09
"Hall of Fame" pages updated
with District Results for
Excellents & Superiors.
Points page
now reflects competition scores.
Got cool pictures?
Send
'em to me!
I'll have registration
packets for States ready on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Our
States competition representative acts and designs are all
tentative
based on:
-
completed
registrations & fees
-
signed contract to
attend regular workshops to prepare for States
-
grade checks (no F's,
no more than one D)
-
everything checks out
for ALL members of each event.
If a group does NOT
meet all the above criteria, I will choose another Superior to advance.
1/10/09
GREAT WORK at
Districts today! I was super-proud of all of your work!!!! Every
single one of the twenty Troupe 6172 Thespians who went to competitions should
feel wonderful and proud. ALL of your designs, scenes, and songs showed
off your dedication, effort and talent.
Congratulations go out
to CRITICS' CHOICE WINNERS
Lauren Bates
and
Rosie DeAngelo
for Pantomime ("Acrophobia"), to Lauren Vanhelden for
Playwriting ("Paper Butterfly") and to
Mark Vicciardo
for Playwriting ("This
Ring").
The good news?
We earned a total of 12 Superiors and 9 Excellents. Our troupe streak of
Critics' Choice awards is now at SIX YEARS IN A ROW. zomg!!!
The bad news? I
can't send all of our Superiors to States. I have reviewed the
judges' notes very carefully and made my picks.
This is the hardest
pick I've ever had to make for States. I would be proud to send any of
the other Superiors to States to represent us. Honestly, and truly.
Remember that everyone
who competed at Districts has earned the privilege to attend the Florida State
Thespian Festival in April. It is a good time whether you have an event
to bring, or not.
Here
are the 2009 District Competition Results.
1/9/09
Get a good night's
sleep tonight. See you competitors tomorrow at 7:00am. The car
caravan leaves at 7:15. Woo hoo!
ACTING EVENTS: DON'T
FORGET YOUR SCRIPTS!!
1/8/09
Great performances
today! Member pages and the
Points Page now reflect
Showcase Stars performing competition scenes in two or more classes today.
Formal workshops are
NOW OVER. Everything is now in your hands! For those of you going
to Karly's pre-competition get-together tomorrow, remember to BRING YAMS.
Remember the old saying, "Yams on Friday, Victory on Saturday!"
KEEP REHEARSING &
DESIGNING!
1/5/09
Individual member
pages and the Points
Page
now reflect the
Homecoming Carnival. If I've forgotten somebody, it's because a)I don't
have my list of 6172 Gypsies at home and b)you're not in a picture.
Remind me!
1/4/09
District Competitions
are this upcoming SATURDAY. Yow! We'll be meeting at 7:15am
on Saturday January 10th at the Drama Room.
REMEMBER :
All Monologue, Duet
Acting, Ensemble Acting performances require you to present the FULL
SCRIPT for performance. Be sure you have it.
Scoring sheets for
Musical performances require the names of the Lyricist and Composer.
Make sure you've researched your piece(s), and know the names.
1/1/09
HAPPY NEW YEARS!
I just got the
schedule for Districts in my email today. Please
let me know if there are any schedule
conflicts right away if you notice something wrong!
Pictures for the
Homecoming Carnival 08 have finally been added and captioned.
Relive the memories. Whoo!
KEEP REHEARSING &
DESIGNING!!!!
12/30/08
Winter Break continues
- with lots of grading, planning, and grade entering to be done. I've
found a little bit of time to squeeze in some picture updates now that I've
figured out what was wrong with my CD/DVD reader on the site's computer.
Enjoy the
upated pics from "Harvey"!
And oh yeah : DON'T
FORGET TO WORK ON YOUR SCENES AND DESIGNS OVER BREAK!!
12/25/08
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
12/18/08
December workshops are
NOW OVER. NOTE: Districts Competitions are at Nature Coast
Technical High School, not LOLHS as we originally thought this year.
This means we'll need to wake up a little earlier on Saturday January 10th.
D'oh!
Work on those scenes
and designs over Winter Break! Be somebody your partner, and
troupe can count on - rehearse your lines, be available when you say you will
be, and take the first step YOURSELF to make time to rehearse with your
groups. Make the most out of rehearsal times, be focused, and make your
group's emerging awesomeness the center of attention. I believe we have
the power to do amazingly well this year IF WE PUT IN THE HOURS.
The world has enough
followers. Let's each take charge of our scenes and knock 'em dead in
January!
12/13/08
Hey, sorry that there
aren't more frequent updates this year. The extra English class is quite
a bit of work, in planning and in grading. I still have some picture
updates in the 'queue' and I will get to those as quickly as I can.
In other news, I'm
happy to announce that some of the time I should have been spending on site
updates I instead used to write a script for a film. After talking with
the Executive Council last week, we've decided to produce our first-ever
Thespian movie to open up the 2009 Film Festival! The script is an
homage to the "B" movie Sci-Fi classics of the "Ed Wood" era, and it's called "Starjump." We'll be shooting the last week of January!
I'll have more info as it comes up. If you're curious, feel free to
check out a copy of the script in the Drama room!
12/6/08
Updated the
Individual Events competition page with everybody who's
registered, with all of their updated titles!
12/3/08
Don't forget to get
your District Registrations in by Friday!! No late registrations will be
accepted.
11/24/08
Districts Registration page is now posted for 2009
competitions, listing all enrolled events. These events are pending
receipt of completed registrations, academic eligibility, and us finding two
chaperones between now and December 5th. I've also received a couple
requests for the District Competitions workshop grid, and I'll put one up
there in the next couple of days.
11/18/08
Due to a change in
plans by one Duet Acting group ALL EVENTS ARE NOW UNCONTESTED. There are
no auditions necessary! I'll be posting a workshop grid online and on
the Drama Room door in the upcoming days for your convenience!
Also, Karly will be
student directing a One Act for competitions, and holding auditions for parts
on Monday December 1 in the Drama Room from 2:00-3:00p. See Karly
for more information!
11/17/08
SIGNUP FOR DISTRICT
EVENTS IS NOW CLOSED!
We have ONE contested
event : Duet
Acting! I
have postponed auditions for one day to Thursday, between 2:00 and 2:40.
All of those who signed up for Duet Acting must now compete for their right to
represent our school. We have six signups for this event, and are only
allowed to send five to competitions. (This event became contested just
three minutes before the signup deadline expired, at 1:57!)
All OTHER events are
UNCONTESTED.
11/16/08
Thanks to everybody
who came out for our Homecoming Carnival! As pictures come in, I'll post
them!
We had a good time,
told lots of fortunes, and even saw our own secretary, Lauren Bates get chosen
as Homecoming Queen! Celebrity alumnus visitors included
Jessica Olarte-Velez
('08), Christoph Revelia ('08), Amanda Blommel ('08)
and Kelsey
Lognaz ('08)!
LAST DAY TO SIGN UP
FOR EVENTS IS MONDAY!!!!!!!
11/9/08
Harvey
pictures are up!
Member
pages are now updated, including 19 new/updated member pics!
Points page
now reflects Fundraising points for the 2008 Fundraising
season.
Fundraising page now shows fundraisers
for the 2008-09 school year. OK .. that's enough updating for now.
Enjoy the changes!
11/2/08
We had our first
meeting for the Homecoming Carnival on Friday! We're really excited
about the fortune teller booth. It's been a long time (2005) since we
had our last Carnival! Our next meeting will be this upcoming Thursday
from 2:00-2:30p.
Also : Signups for
Districts will open this Wednesday November 5, 2008 and will be open through
Monday November 17, 2008. Any event that has more than FIVE signups will
become a "contested" event where the top 5 auditioners on Wednesday will
advance, and represent our school at Districts. Check out the
Competitions page for more information, if this is your first
year competing!
I went to the new
Barnes & Nobles today at Wiregrass and will be ordering some new books for us
to peruse through for acting scenes including "30 Ten-Minute Plays," "Plays
for Actresses," "Time Flies," and "Duo! Best Scenes from the 90's." I'm
also ordering "Writer's Block Busters" to supplement our Playwriting book
collection.
I'm also busily going
through all of the "Harvey" pictures, selecting and writing captions.
It's a busy weekend!
10/23/08
WELCOME to new
Thespians
Ashley Tamargo, Carl Simmonds, Garry Cohen, Nichol Reeves and Tierrica
Thompson who
were just inducted this Wednesday!
We'll have a meeting
of all interested in creating and working on the Homecoming Carnival in
November. It should be a good time as we recreate our Gypsy Fortune
Telling Booth. It should be lots of fun!
10/13/08
Points are
now updated to reflect "Harvey." I still have to enter
points for Fundraising. Individual web pages take quite a bit of time,
and it'll be a while before they get updated.
Have pictures for
"Harvey?" Send them to me, and I'll make us a Photo Gallery!
10/10/08
Thank you to EVERYONE
in "Harvey" our Fall Play! Our cast and crews worked hard to put
together a wonderful show. Now's the time to take a short break before
tackling the next event in our roster, which I'm not even going to mention
yet. Get some sleep, visit some friends, find some actual genuine
sunlight and sit in it - and recharge for the next event in our season
calendar.
It was wonderful to
see some more Thespian Alum come to the Friday show, including
Stephen Hopkins ('07),
Cailyn Quevedo ('08), Susan Belliveau ('08), Jessica "Cuppy" Olarte ('08),
Kelsey Loynaz ('08), Christoph Revelia ('08), Brandon Armstrong ('08),
and the aging comic duo of
Corey Monson ('03)
and
Rusty Gillespie ('03)
featuring Rusty's new 1980's "Magnum P.I."-style moustache. (For those
of you who don't know, Rusty and Corey hosted our troupe's first website way
back in the day)
UPDATE 10/11: Total
box office for "Harvey" was 298 tickets for a total gross income of
$1,199. That's a total of 25% over our last comedy, "Did Someone Say,
Murder?" Nice job, Publicity Crew!
10/9/08
Thanks for a great
opening night for "Harvey!" Extra special thanks to guest star "Mark's
moustache" which made a special appearance during Act 1, scene 2. This
was so much fun, we're going to do it again TOMORROW night!
Also we had a few
Thespian Alum sightings for the Thursday show, including
Kyle Adams ('07),
Rachel Lee Manyo ('04), Josh Dohmann ('08), Kim Howard ('06)
and Brennan
DeCandio ('08).
It was great to see you again!
10/2/08
Rehearsals for
"Harvey" are going wonderfully. Thank you to all of the cast and crew
for such hard work so far!
9/23/08
Rehearsal ...
rehearsal ... rehearsal ... I think I can I think I can ... rehearsal ...
rehearsal ... we can do it!! Many fewer updates lately as we all
jam on "Harvey" for our opening night in ... 16 days? zomg!
9/17/08
Founding WCHS Thespian
President
Yasmine Wilt ('01) is returning to Wesley Chapel, performing a free
40-minute one-woman show entitled, "Dearly Departed" for us at our own Center
for the Arts.
Yasmine is now a
published playwright, a winner of the International WordBridge Competition,
and has performed her plays in playhouses in London. She'll be
performing for us tomorrow at 9:30am. All Drama and Acting classes, as
well as Thespians are welcome to attend! Pick up a ticket from Mr. G on
Thursday morning if you don't already have one! (Period 3, Acting 1 -
don't worry, we're leaving to head there together)
Check out old time
pictures, from back when Rusty Gillespie ('03) ran the troupe website :
Yasmine,
and
our enormous troupe our second year.
9/15/08
Our Props Mistress,
Lindsay, has let me know that the Props Crew for "Harvey" is caught up for the
time being. The next props meeting will be Tuesday September 23rd
instead of tomorrow.
9/14/08
I just got news back
from our District 14 chairperson, and have the dates for our Individual Events
for 2008-09. Based on the registration deadline, I'm able to push back
District Competition Auditions from October 22nd to October 29th. This
should give everybody an extra week to rehearse!
Also, this year, they
are INCREASING the number of events you may personally enter. This year,
you may enter up to four events,
provided at least ONE of them is a Tech event (Scene Design, Costume Design,
Costume Construction, Publicity Design, Student Directed Scene, Playwriting.)
Our next Thespian
meeting will be Wednesday October 15th from 2:10-2:45. We'll discuss
COMPETITIONS and use some time for some scene matchmaking, too!
Site update: Cleaned
up
Competitions section.
Added in correct Tech Titles for 08-09.
9/10/08
Reorganized the
Photo
Gallery to look a little more attractive. Added in the
Drama Room Reconstruction pictures from
last month.
9/3/08
FUNDRAISING PACKETS ARE NOW
AVAILABLE IN THE DRAMA ROOM!
Every Thespian must pick up a
fundraising packet. Your fundraising is due back by Oct 3, 2008.
There will be a brief
Fundraising meeting for any Thespians who have not fundraised before on
Wednesday September 10th in lieu of a regular Thespian meeting. This
meeting is ONLY for those Thespians who'd like help understanding how best to
go about meeting their fundraising goal!
9/1/08
Crews
have been updated to reflect Friday's crew requests. We are
still looking for Thespians to run the Box Office on Thursday and Friday
nights. If interested, see Mr. G in the Drama Room!
First crew meetings
have been set by our Student Designers. You should already have been
contacted by your designers by email. Please be on time, ready to
work hard and have fun!
COSTUME CREW - Tuesday
9/2 2:00-2:30pm, Room 229
HOUSE CREW - Brief
meeting at beginning of 7th period, Wednesday 9/10 1:05-1:15pm, Room 229
MAKEUP CREW - Makeup
clinic TBA. Expect early-mid September.
PROPS CREW - Tuesday
9/2 2:00-2:30pm, Room 229
PUBLICITY CREW -
Friday 9/5 2:00-2:45pm, Room 229
SET CREW - Tuesday 9/2
2:00-3:00pm, Room 229
Points
Page has also been updated to reflect Drama Room
Reconstruction, and the "Follow the Dress Code" assembly skit.
8/28/08
Crew for
"Harvey" has now been announced!
8/27/08
Cast and Designers are
now announced for our Fall Play, "Harvey." Thank you to EVERYONE who
auditioned! There were lots of great auditions, and sadly just 12 parts.
Please don't take it personally if you didn't get a part and remember
that we have TONS more events going on this year that you can DEFINITELY be a
part of without audition. Stay tuned!
See the
Cast and Designers list for "Harvey" here!
8/26/08
GOOD LUCK tomorrow to
all of our auditioners!
Applications for CREW
are now being taken through Friday. Check the audition table in the
Drama room!
Applications for
Designers are now closed, and I'll announce the Designers at the same time as
our Cast is announced. There is some crossover (for instance, Set
Designer meets at the same time as Cast rehearsal) - so I'll need to iron out
any conflicts before announcing.
8/18/08
NO SCHOOL tomorrow.
Our Thespian meeting will still be scheduled on Wednesday!
8/13/08
THANK YOU to our
Thespians who wrote in with play ideas. Our review period is very short
this year because we have to start RIGHT AWAY. There are a couple of
ideas that I do want to get scripts of, and review for later performances.
Our Fall Play will be
"Harvey" by Mary Chase. "Harvey" is a Pulitzer-prize winning script that
was later made into an Oscar-winning film starring Jimmy Stewart. It is
a light, sweet comedy about a 40-year old man named Elwood and his best friend
Harvey, who happens to be a 6-1/2 foot tall invisible rabbit that only Elwood
can see. Elwood's sister is horribly embarrassed by Harvey, and decides
to have him committed to a mental institution. This play raises great
questions like, "Is it better to be normal or happy?" and "Just what is normal
anyway?"
Our first Thespian
meeting will be the Wednesday we return to school from 2:00-2:45. Be
sure to mark your calendars! Auditions will be the FOLLOWING Wednesday
from 2:00-4:30, and will be open to the entire school.
I'm really looking
forward to you coming back! We're a smaller school now, and I have every
confidence that it's going to lead us into a great season as a small,
tight-knit, enormously successful troupe.
8/7/08
LAST CALL for Fall Play
ideas! I'll need them by Monday August 11th - because Auditions will be
on August 27th. That's right - the Fall Play is coming FAST!
Our goal for this play
: light, comedic moments, smaller cast, and meaningful. I don't want any
fluffy/ridiculous plays, although I'm happy to look at those for our Spring
One Acts. :o) We met a certain level of excellence with "The
Crucible," and I want us to strive to equal, and then surpass that excellence
with our next performance. It will be challenging with only 6 weeks of
rehearsal ... but I know we can do it!
8/6/08
Thank you very
much to everyone who came to the Drama Room Reconstruction! Our room is
now ready for the new year. Thanks especially to
Lauren Bates,
Lauren Vanhelden, Karly Muzik, Vanessa Sanchez, Lindsay Hail,
Mark Vicciardo,
Chanel Letourneau, Alex Reuille, Sarah Hudak, Cara Dozier
and special guest alums
Mary Powell ('08)
and
Josh Dohmann
('08)!
We discussed and agreed
upon our criteria for a Fall Play. I am leaning towards "Harvey" by Mary
Chase at this time. We have to get started pretty quickly, because the
LATEST week in the Semester 1 schedule I could get was Oct 6-10!
My favorite movie watch
of this long, lazy summer, by the way : "Into the Wild" with Emile Hirsch,
directed by Sean Penn. Watch it! You won't!
8/4/08
Confirmed for our Drama
Room Reconstruction so far :
Lauren Bates,
Lauren Vanhelden, Karly Muzik, Vanessa Sanchez, Lindsay Hail,
Mark Vicciardo,
Chanel Letourneau, Alex Reuille, Sarah Hudak
and special guest alum
Mary Powell ('08)!
Site updates
I added in a fancy new
logo, and reorganized the top 20% of the home page. Reorganized the
navigation side bar. Made "What is a 'Thespian'" a little more visually
appealing.
7/30/08
Drama Room
Reconstruction 2008! 10am-Noon Wednesday August 6th.
Come on over to the
Drama Room and start the new year in style! Set up the room, see
Thespians you haven't seen in ever-so-long, and have fun doing such exciting
things as MOVING desks into place, SETTING UP the bookcases, UNSTACKING
chairs, and CHITCHATTING about our upcoming season and our plays!
Please let Mr. G know if you can come.
PS : It's the summer time, so if you're reading this, spread the word!
7/19/08
Now taking suggestions
for plays for next year!
Send in your suggestions for a full-length play, or a
one act for our Spring Festival.
Remember that this year - in order to accomodate my one English class
(confirmed as English 2 Honors) - we are flipping our schedule. We'll
have a major Fall Play (Oct 9-10) and a Spring One Act Festival (Apr 16-17).
Our advanced efforts
("The Crucible" and "The Booby Trap") were pretty thick with dramatic moments
and pathos, so I'd like us to swing back the pendulum and look towards the
more Comedic plays this year.
I'm also taking "6172"
pictures from anybody who'd like to show their 6172 pride over our wonderfully
lazy summer. Tech selections for 2008-09 have been added to the
competitions page.
And finally, once I get my registration schedule in the mail I'll announce a
2008 Drama Room Reconstruction Party date and time ... woopwoop!!
Hope your summer is
going really well.
7/11/08
Heya troupe! I've
been having a wonderful vacation. We sailed around the Caribbean for a
week, and now are pretty much just lazing around. I set myself a July
15th date to start work on the new school year but until then ... all is
quiet. I hope you're having a wonderful summer break!
5/30/08
Thank you for a
wonderful 2007-08 season! I have frozen the Class of 2008's pages in
time - and created a
"Legacy 2008" page for all of our
graduating seniors. This is where you can find all of the '08 members,
the 2008 Senior Class Video, and convenient links to all of the events that
took place while the c/o 2008 was at Wesley Chapel High School.
For the rest of us: The points page, and
active members page are looking mighty lonely with our Seniors gone - but it's
all part of the regular change between years. (It's the
ci-i-i-i-ircle of li-i-i-ife!) Soon,
we'll be welcoming new members, tackling our own new projects, and creating
our own new memories.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER ...
and keep occasionally tuned to your friendly 6172 Web Page for announcements
and mid-summer opportunities!
5/23/08
Thank you to
Lauren Bates, Cara
Dozier, Caitlyn Reid, Moriah Sobeck, Lauren Vanhelden
and Mark
Vicciardo who
helped our neighboring Weightman Middle School with their makeup! Our
Thespian crew hopped over there for two shows - their morning in-school
performance, and back again for the evening, applying makeup to around 70
different performers. Thanks for helping out!
Points Page
is now final for 2007-08.
Well, the server
upgrade took place, messing up all the files -- rolling them all back to May
10. I'm reimporting them. Please let me know if you find any
missing files out there!
5/21/08
GOOD LUCK Senior
Thespians!! Here is a link to the 2008
Senior Video,
for those of you who are interested.
Member
pages have now been created for
newly inducted members, minus their pictures. Those take a long time to
select, crop, and insert. The
Points Page
now has live links for all newly inducted members, as well.
A few of you Seniors
were interested in those last few things I hadn't yet gotten to in the
curriculum, that I went over very quickly at the Graduation Ceremony.
Here they are!
-
Red and blue make
purple.
-
Brush, twice daily.
-
Wear your coat when
it's cold out.
-
Say you're sorry when
you've screwed things up.
-
Laugh at yourself.
-
Laugh with others.
-
Bend with your knees
when lifting something heavy.
-
Taste your food before
you add salt, unless you really really like salt.
-
Floss.
-
Forgive, as soon as
possible.
-
If you're at a party,
and you're drunk, there are at least 6 people at any given moment who will
drive you home.
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Clean up after
yourself.
-
Close the door.
You think we live in a barn?
-
The correct answer is
usually (c).
-
There's a difference
between porpoises and dolphins but I didn't have time to look it up.
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Don't procrastinate.
-
Fractions are hard.
-
Physics is the study of
motion.
-
'Pop Rocks' and 'Pepsi'
sounds like fun, but it really isn't.
-
If you're moving out,
your Mom and Dad miss you 500x more than they're letting on.
-
If you're not moving
out, remember that after a certain period of time, this looks creepy to other
people.
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Mind your manners.
-
Leave a good tip.
-
Avoid people who suck.
-
'Please' and 'Thank
you' are great ways to start and end a sentence.
-
Butterflies do not
taste like butter.
-
Mileage may vary.
-
Use as directed.
-
You may experience
dizziness, nausea, headaches, bowel discomfort, runny nose and other side
effects -- these are normal.
-
Offers are often void
in Tennessee, Michigan, and the Virgin Islands.
-
Don't pull the finger.
-
It's 'I' before 'E'
except after 'C.'
-
The capital of Belgium
is Brussels.
-
And in case you haven't
figured it out yet - I really love you, and I'm really gonna miss you.
Good luck,
With love,
Mr. G
5/20/08
"Senior Showcase" added
to participants' member pages. Members who are being inducted tomorrow
have been added to the
Points Page.
Don't forget!
Wednesday is our big CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR!! Come to the Drama Room at
2pm and let's have some fun!
5/13/08
Tech Selections*
for Districts/States 08-09 have been announced!
Blythe Spirit
by Noel Coward
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Dancing at
Lughnasa by Brian Frield
The Foreigner
by Larry Shue
Frogs by
Aristophanes (any translation)
Love's Labor
Lost by William Shakespeare
The Madwoman
of Chaillot by Jean Giraud
Ruthless
by Marvin Laird and Joel Paley
Sideshow
by Bill Russell and Henry Krieger
*These are the
only scripts you may use for the Scene Design, Costume Design, Costume
Construction, Publicity Design, and Student Directed Scene events.
5/12/08
RUNOFF Election for
Vice-President tomorrow! No one received over 50% of the vote, so a
special runoff election between the top two vote-getters will be held
tomorrow.
5/10/08
My server provider is
upgrading their servers -- freezing all updates between May 9 and 23 ... they
sent me an email about this ... on May 9th. Yay! This means
I'll be unable to update through the end of the year. Please pay
attention to the Drama Room door for information. Currently, it's still
letting me make updates, and I'm doing so as quickly as I can before it's
frozen.
THANK YOU to
Brandon Armstrong, Christoph Revelia, Jessica Olarte-Velez, Kelsey Loynaz,
and Mary Powell
for their acting in yesterday's Prom Promise. It was really, really
moving.
Member pages are now updated
through current events.
Pictures
from States are now posted.
New
pictures for "The Crucible" thanks to Mary! Some Dress
Rehearsal, and Friday Night pics.
Updated
pictures for 12 member pages from "The Crucible" and States.
VICE PRESIDENT :
A good balance for the President. The VP should, ideally, be a proven
hard worker, with a strong sense of responsibility and follow-through.
The VP should have their own ideas, but be willing to listen and adapt to
others' conflicting views when appropriate.
5/8/08
Voting for Troupe
President 2008-09 takes place TODAY! Pick up your ballot in Room 229, or
vote online. If voting
online, you MUST include your own name, to prevent double-voting. All
votes must be received by 2:00pm.
PRESIDENT : The heart
and soul of Troupe 6172. The President should, ideally, be a proven
hard worker, with a strong sense of responsibility and follow-through.
The President should have their own ideas, and be willing to listen and adapt
to others' conflicting views when appropriate. Above all, a President
must be able and willing to represent ALL Thespians, not just a small
percentage or clique.
5/5/08
The
Points page
has now been updated to include States events.
5/4/08
States Competitions are
now over! We scored 1 Superior and 3 Excellents, a total of 1 Excellent
more than last year - a nice improvement. I have updated the
2008 Results
page, and added the
link to the navigation bar to the left.
Competition
pages
now reflect States high
scores.
Please send me your
States pictures!
5/2/08
Congratulations to
Ariana Lee - earning an Excellent amidst outstandingly challenging competition
at States this year. There are over 6,700 Thespians attending this year.
Wow!
UPDATE :
Congratulations to Jessikelsey/Kelsica (aka
Jessica Olarte
& Kelsey Loynaz)
for their States Superior in Duet Acting! Congratulations to
Chrissy Bracken,
Andrew Garces
&
Karly Muzik
for the States Excellent in Ensemble Acting!
UPDATE:
Congratulations to
Miranda Ross
for her States Excellent in Solo Musical!
4/30/08
Let's go have fun at
States tomorrow! Check out
Josh's latest awesome notes from our meeting today.
Nominations for the
2008-09 Thespian Officers are now being taken, through 2:00pm May 6, 2008.
Current nominations list: (deleted for archives)
4/28/08
Pics
for "The Crucible" are now posted. Only 3 days until
States! Wheeee!
4/22/08
I handed out States
Competition agendas and letters today. If you didn't get yours today,
drop by Room 229 tomorrow to pick yours up!
Also, I'm putting out a
call for
Makeup Artists!
Our next door neighbor,
Weightman Middle School, is putting on their Spring Play on May 22, 2008.
Weightman's after school Drama production is looking for volunteer Makeup
Artists for their performances at 8:00am and 6:00pm. Volunteers will be
working with Weightman's Drama teacher, Mrs. Summerhill.
Basic stage makeup
experience is helpful, but not required. This is a great opportunity for
our school to reach out to the "next generation" of performers and Thespians
that enter our school! Please see Mr. G in Room 229 if you are
interested!
4/20/08
Minor updates to pages. Points
Page now reflects Officer duties for the 2007-8 school year.
4/18/08
Thank you for a wonderful performance of "The
Crucible!" Our Thursday show was really good, and our Friday show turned
out to be awesome. It is a true
testament to our troupe's depth that with a big cast of 19, every scene seemed
real - and every character had their great dramatic moments. I can't
tell you how happy I am to work with a troupe that does not just feature "a
few stars" but instead pulls together, supporting each other, and putting the
overall performance and ultimately - the audience
first.
Quite a few Thespian
Alum came back to visit for the show, including
Wes Ford ('07), Josh
Caine ('07), Tanya Follick ('05), Johora Ramotar ('07), Kristina Otero ('07),
and
Starlett Hill ('07).
Thanks for coming!
The
Points Page
now reflects points earned from "The Crucible."
4/17/08
Good luck to the cast
and crews tonight for "The Crucible!!"
4/13/08
I realized that with
having two One Acts in 2006 (January, then the next school year in November)
that the original
One Act 2006 page had been written over.
For historical purposes, I've rebuilt a new page for it based on the program
for that event.
For those on "The
Crucible" cast ... have you studied your lines yet today? Do it!
You won't!
4/10/08
Parental Warning added
to the text of
"The Crucible" home page. Please
read the warning before bringing young children to the play!
4/5/08
Happy Spring Break!
Yayyyyyyyyy!
On a related note, I
have discovered 'Guitar Hero III.' My brand new band "Spoon Boy 7" is
doing extremely well, thank you.
4/2/08
Tech crew meetings are
rescheduled for Thursday 4/3.
3/31/08
I know Seniors are
going to hate this Update ....
I added in the 2008-09
Season on the side navigation bar. The Theater is now reserved for all
of next year's performances.
Next
Thespian Meeting - Wed
April 30th 2-3pm.
We'll be discussing States the next day, some brief plans for the 2008-09
season, Officer Elections for next year, and the election process. Our
final Thespian Meeting for the year will be our
Induction and
Graduation Ceremony on Wednesday May 21, 2008.
3/30/08
Go UMass-Amherst
Minutemen! They'll be facing down some local school ... I think it's
called the University of Florida or some name ... Tuesday in the NCAA NIT
Final Four. Apologies ahead of time to anybody who knows who these
"Gators" are.
3/28/08
The States Competition
grid below has been updated to include Tech events, which were inexplicably
placed on separate pages on the FLThespian website.
3/20/08
I've added in a few new
pictures to the
Member Pages from the Film Festival.
3/17/08
Happy St. Patrick's
Day! The States schedule for 6172 has now been posted. Check it
out! All rooms are in the Tampa Convention Center.
|
Date |
Room |
Time |
Performer |
Event |
Title |
|
THU |
CC-18 |
1:03 P |
Ariana Lee |
Monologue |
Epic Proportions/Look Back in Anger |
|
FRI |
CC-9 |
10:36 A |
Loynaz and Olarte |
Duet Acting |
Loose Ends |
|
FRI |
CC-7 |
1:00 P |
Lauren Bates |
Publicity Design |
Real Women Have
Curves |
|
FRI |
CC-15 |
3:16 P |
Lauren Perez |
Monologue |
A Chorus Line/Our Town |
|
FRI |
CC-13 |
5:10 P |
Garces and Company |
Ensemble Acting |
The Tarantino Variation* D V |
|
SAT |
CC-1 |
1:00 P |
Karly Muzik |
Costume Construction |
Steel Pier |
|
SAT |
CC-24 |
1:10 P |
Miranda Ross |
Solo Musical |
Only In New York/Thoroughly Modern Millie |
3/15/08
The
Points Page
has been updated to include points earned at the Film Festival.
Also, lots of Celebrity
Alum sightings at the Film Festival last night including
Bernadette Ricard
('07), Bobby Petitt ('07), Erin Thiele (06), Johora Ramotar ('07), Katie
Gardner ('07), Katy Jacobs ('06), Kelly Herreid ('06), Kristina Otero ('07),
Meredith Watt ('06), Patrick Lane ('05), Pedro Henry ('07), Sean Davies ('06),
Stephen Hopkins ('07), Wes Ford ('07),
and possibly other graduated Thespians as well that I missed or forgot as I
typed up this list, thereby emotionally scarring them for the rest of their
lives. Thanks very much for coming - it was wonderful to see you again!
UPDATE: Member pages
now reflect the Film Festival events.
3/14/08
What a great Festival!
I'll be updating all of the numbers, bios, and points sometime soonish.
Congratulations to "The
Movie Machine" - winners of the 2008 Best Picture award. It was a very
tight finish, with "Dissociation" in 2nd Place - only 1.8% behind in the
Judges' Scores. You can check out all of the
winners and nominees
right here on our site.
For those of you in Drama and Acting classes, we'll have a chance to formally
review ALL of the finalists AND other entries starting Monday!
3/13/08
All Thespians - please
wear your Black & White "Proud to Be a Thespian" T-shirt to school tomorrow.
Thanks! Remember, tomorrow is our FILM FESTIVAL. Let's work hard,
pull together a great production, and have fun!
3/9/08
Brand new: See PREVIEWS of our
Best Picture finalists!
The only film missing
is "Dissocation." The file I have for that film is too big for
MovieMaker to edit it ... I'll hope to get a smaller one on Monday and make a
promo!
SET CREW Meeting for
"The Crucible" Wednesday 2:00-3:30pm. Wednesday's mission?
Transform a pile of lumber into benches! Let's break out the power tools
and get busy!
My server host has
upgraded my account. Things should hopefully load a little bit faster,
in addition to the extra space I have to store things!
3/8/08
Still waiting for my
server host to upgrade my storage space...
3/6/08
I am working on a major
upgrade to our Film Festival section which will include downloadable 60-second
promo clips of this year's Best Picture nominees! As all of you
post-production editors and web designers know, this takes a while! It
will also involve me getting my server host to upgrade my site's storage limit
from 150MB to 1GB, as I may just possibly be over that limit right now ...
even without the clips.
If I can get the extra
server space, I hope to have this new function operational this weekend.
Woopwoop!
Special thanks go out
to Brandon
Armstrong, whose
super-cool converter ripped the DVDs into very editable .mpg files making this
upgrade even possible.
Promo flyers are now
ready for posting tomorrow morning. Tickets will go on sale during all
lunches!
3/4/08
Nominees for Best
Picture and individual awards are now posted on our
Film Festival 2008 page!
NOMINEES : Please help
us promote your films! Please bring in a pre-DVD cut of your film on a
CD or flash drive that is editable with your editing software. An .avi
file would be perfect! I'd like to make a montage of our entries - but
DVDs "lock" the file making it near-impossible to edit together.
Also, you have until
Tuesday March 11 to re-edit any portion of your movie, clean up
contrast/lighting, sound glitch issues for final showing. Your movies
were accepted "as is" and are approved for final showing, but if you had
anything you wanted to tweak, then use this time wisely! I reserve the
right to show either the original or modified version at my discretion.
2/29/08
All Thespians
interested in being on our Film Festival Council for the 2008 Show - there
will be a meeting from 2:00-2:40pm on Wednesday March 5th in Room 229.
We'll be the team that puts up flyers, sells tickets, and signs
"semi-celebrity" talent to help present the awards at our March 14th show.
Come on over if you're interested!
2/26/08
Pictures for 2008 Districts are now posted.
2/25/08
Tomorrow's play
practice will be from 2:00-3:00 only. I have to take my daughter to the
doctor's for an appointment.
2/14/08
Crews
are now posted for "The Crucible." Designers will be in
touch with all of their crews to set up their first meeting times!
Ushers - I will be in
touch with you to discuss whether you'd prefer to work the evening of Thursday
4/17, or Friday 4/18.
2/10/08
States competitors:
please bring me a copy of the script you will be using for competition.
It must be signed off by our principal, so make sure that all
changes/deletions/skips are already made on this script.
Crew forms for "The
Crucible" are due on WEDNESDAY Feb 13.
First Designer team
meeting for "The Crucible" is on THURSDAY Feb 14 from 2:00-2:40; all crew
leaders must attend.
Thanks to
Mary Powell
and Brandon
Armstrong for
submitting pictures for 2008 Districts! I'm busy clipping them down to
size, and getting them ready for import.
2/6/08
Cast
is now posted for "The Crucible." Thank you very, very
much to all of the talented students who auditioned. I honestly, truly
appreciate your time, effort, and enthusiasm.
Our first cast
rehearsal is Monday 2/11, from 2:00-4:00pm.
2/5/08
Thank you very much to
Jessica
and Josh
who came to the 8th grade Orientation Night tonight. We had a good time
hanging out in the 12-degree-Fahrenheit gym, meeting ... who knows, maybe the
c/o 2012 Thespian President!
Now, if I hadn't broken
our TV by pressing "Channel," I'm sure the event would have been even more
awesome!
Good luck to everyone
auditioning tomorrow! Break a leg!!
2/4/08
Lots of site update
details:
Individual
member
pages
now reflect 2008 District Competition results.
The
competition pages
now include 2008 District Competition high scores.
Costume Construction,
a brand new event as of 2008, now has its own page in the Competitions
section.
If you notice anything
mistyped, or a detail overlooked - please
let me know and I'll be happy to make the
correction.
2/3/08
The
Points page
has been updated to reflect points earned at District Competitions.
2/2/08
NICE! A record
93% of our events scored an Excellent or a Superior this year!! Troupe
6172 was also the recipient of the Ensemble Acting Critics' Choice award too -
courtesy of
Chrissy Bracken ('09), Andrew Garces ('08)
and Karly Muzik
('09)'s
performance of "The Tarantino Variation."
Sadly, our "Superiorness"
led me to the unhappy job of having to choose which of our many Superiors
would advance to States. I carefully took into account: judges'
comments, workshop history, and the ability to take each specific piece to a
State's Superior level.
I am allowed to take 5
Performance, and 3 Tech events to States.
Complete results, including advancing scenes are now available.
People who took
pictures - please send them to me soon! I'd love to comb through them
and put them up as the first Photo Gallery moment of 2008.
Oh yeah - and did we
really get kicked out of Closing Ceremonies by the basketball team? I
think we could have totally taken them.
2/1/08
Competitions are
tomorrow! Want to do your best? Follow this four-step strategy :
1. Practice your scene
tonight. For tech events, practice making your presentation to the
judges.
2. Get your script
(acting scenes), CD (musical scenes), design materials (tech) ready by the
door tonight. This will make sleeping low-stress since your mind won't
be trying to constantly "remind" you to bring things.
3. Go to bed on time.
You will be tempted to think an all-night rehearsal session will help.
It won't.
4. Eat breakfast
tomorrow morning EVEN IF you normally don't. Even something light will
get your system running right.
Scoring is subjective -
and little things like these can really improve the way you feel, the way you
look, and the way you perform very positively.
Good luck! I'll
see you all at the Drama Room tomorrow morning at 7:30am.
1/30/08
Special makeup Workshop
for all competition events will be held on Friday, 2:00-3:00pm. This is
our last workshop before competitions. If you were missing just one
workshop - or just want one last opportunity to try your stuff out, come out
Friday to the Drama room!!
Today's special home
page graphic is a courtesy to our own President Powell, mourning the loss of
John Edwards from the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Stay strong, Mary.
Ah, John Edwards, we
barely knew ye.
1/27/08
Final reminder, as
covered at our last few Thespian Meetings :
If you are entering Monologue,
Duet Acting or Ensemble Acting you MUST-MUST-MUST have a copy of the ENTIRE
SCRIPT with you at competitions. If you do not, you will be allowed to
compete and will receive written feedback, but you will be DISQUALIFIED by the
judges.
If you are in Duet or
Ensemble and "believe" that somebody else has the script, CALL THEM NOW TO
CONFIRM!
1/24/08
Added in the
Schedule of Events for Districts.
1/22/08
Corrected a typo in the
audition materials. The auditions are open to ALL WCHS students, and is
not limited to Thespians, and is not limited to Drama class students.
Anyone currently enrolled at WCHS is eligible. Come on out and tryout!
1/18/08
Film Festival
Information
Film Festival rules, information, and entry forms are now available in Room
229!
See who won in our Film Festivals of
years past.
Spring Play Information
Our spring play will be "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller.
Auditions will be held
February 6, 2008 from 2:00-4:30, and will consist of readings from the play
itself. You may pick up an audition package after 8:00am in Room 229 on
Wednesday January 23, 2008. Can't wait? Download the audition
materials from
"The Crucible's" main page.
The
Troupe Calendar
has been updated to include the rehearsal schedule for "The Crucible."
Rehearsals will be Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 2:00-3:30 and begin
February 8, 2008. Rehearsals will get longer the last few weeks of
rehearsal.
Those interested in
working as part of the crew will be able to pick up crew packages after 8:00am
in Room 229 on Friday January 25, 2008. Tech Days will be held on
Wednesdays.
I am also looking for
the following designer jobs for "The Crucible": Stage Manager, Set Crew Chief,
Costume Designer, Makeup Designer, Props Master, and Light/Sound Designer.
Please see me in person in Room 229 if you are interested!
Other Site Updates
Points page
now includes Talent Show points.
Production History page now reflects the '07-08 season.
1/17/08
Extra-special
congratulations go out to
Miranda Ross ('08)
and Brandon
Armstrong ('08)
who took 1st and 2nd place in the Wesley Chapel High's 8th Annual Talent Show
today!
Danique Haywood ('08)
and Lindsay
Hail ('10)
also took 3rd place as part of the Step Team. This is the first year that Thespians have taken
spots in all three top events. Woot!!
Other Thespians also
bravely competing this year were
Rosie DeAngelo ('09),
Lexi Davies ('08),
and Megan Russell ('08).
1/9/08
Thank you to those
Thespians who attended Musicals/Mime/Tech workshop today. I have updated
the
District Competition page to reflect
today's workshops. I have also identified SEVEN events which have not
attended any workshops to date. This means that these workshops must now
attend every workshop between now and February 2nd in order to qualify for
States.
Remember: even if you
score a Superior, you aren't taking your event to States unless you hold
yourself to the terms you agreed to in your
Districts Contract. I know that
some of you are simply planning on attending the last 3 workshops, and have
not been procrastinating. This is intended simply a "fair warning"
reminder - because I'd like to see as many hard-working Thespians as possible
advance into Competitions. With lots to do, it's easy to forget.
Mark your calendars accordingly!.
1/8/08
TROUPE NEWS (Wesley
Chapel)
Disheveled and
gunpowder-seared by weeks of guerilla-style combat, Troupe President Mary
Powell swept back into power today, reclaiming possession of Troupe
Headquarters in Room 229. President Powell was deposed late December by Vice
President Jessica Olarte in a brutal coup d'etat that took advantage of
Powell's highly publicized goodwill ambassador tour of India. Declaring
herself "Dictator for Life," Olarte's brief but bloody regime included such
actions as suspending the Troupe Constitution and cancelling Troupe Nacho
Night on Fridays.
"I don't know where
VICE-President Olarte is," remarked Powell as she quickly began enacting
plans to restore crucial troupe infrastructure and access to services, "I
don't see her here anywhere." She casually glanced across the room, and
declared the hunt for Olarte on hold for the moment. "I have to get to
my next class now, but I'll probably check back later."
Troupe members with
information on Vice President Olarte's whereabouts are encouraged to call the
Troupe Hotline at 1-800-TROUPE.
SITE UPDATE:
District Competition Page
updated to reflect
today's Acting Workshop
1/7/08
Improved functionality
of the
District Competition Page. Added in
a grid which shows which acts have attended workshops, and which have not.
Workshops for the final week of December have been given as free Holiday
gifts, given Finals scheduling that week.
SITE UPDATE: Added in
some more member pictures.
1/6/08
I hope you've had a
wonderful Winter Break! Santa was very good to me, and brought me new
speakers and a headset. He also brought me lots of late morning
sleep-ins, and I'm sure I'm in for a very challenging first few days of back
to school. Why do we start school before dawn again?
When we get back, look
forward to our next upcoming event: The 8th Annual Independent Film Festival!"
This event will be open to the entire school for our third year in a row.
If you're in a Drama or Acting class, you're automatically working on one
film. In addition, you may also be involved in up to THREE entries into
the contest. Our calendar allows plenty of time to work on filming and
production after school, but remember - YOU'VE got to make it happen!
Details and handouts will be available by January 11 at the latest.
We'll also be forming a Film Festival Council some time in February to
coordinate the event's production.
Competitions: Remember
your workshops! Acting Workshop is on the Tuesday we return to class.
Audition information
will be available for our Spring Play, "The Crucible" by January 18 at the
latest.
I'm looking forward to
our 2nd Semester which is traditionally our busiest of the year. I hope
you're all charged up, because we have a lot of work to do, and a lot of fun
to have!!
SITE UPDATES: I'm
working on new
member pages, and also choosing,
cropping, resizing, and importing new member page pics. I have about 10
new member pictures in, and about 15 more to come! (( Newer update:
added more! ))
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