COME CELEBRATE YOUR PEERS AT BRAVISSIMO!

Congratulations SDUSD Theatre Teachers!  More than 50% of the Bravissimo awards being given this year are from our school district!

Buy your tickets for the event by Wednesday, May 5th!  Here's the link:  http://sdcoe.k12oms.org/1023-36451.  Do it now!  Only $20 for a great dinner and event at the La Jolla Playhouse.  The event is Monday, May 10th.

Clairemont High School and Mira Mesa High School will be receiving DISTINGUISHED THEATRE PROGRAM awards.

Ann Lyon-Boutelle (La Jolla HS), Cathy Hickman (CPMA) and Daniel Kriley (Mira Mesa HS) will all be receiving BRAVISSIMO CHOICE awards.

Lenora Smith (Principal at Clairemont HS) will receive an ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR award.


OUR NEXT MEETING
Brush Up Your Shakespeare 
(or just bring him into this century)

Mark your calendars and be sure to come for a bardy good time!

Presented by the lovely folks from Intrepid Shakespeare (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/28/married-to-the-bard-christy-yael-and-sean-cox-are/)

May 26th, 4 - 6 pm
Hoover High School

We thought it would be fun to take a look at the Scottish play!  Is fun the right word? ;0)

We plan on introducing a handful of exercises that will take the play out of it's traditional setting and make it more relevant for students today. We will also introduce ways to get students on their feet and explore the play as an actor.  This will be fun for the experienced Shakespeare teacher, as well as the newbie.

RSVP:  mtreger1@sandi.net

Eight SDUSD Schools Participate in 
Annual Shakespeare Festival

This year we had our best participation levels yet at the Shakespeare Festival in Balboa Park.   Congratulations to the students and teachers from Hoover, Mira Mesa, San Diego High, Hawthorne Elementary, Valencia Park, Dana Middle School, Pershing Middle School and Serra!  Mira Mesa took home top honors in their category.  Way to go!  Check out this article about the festival:  http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/25/all-the-prados-a-stage/

Unfortunately, next year's event is scheduled for April 9th, when our schools will be on spring break.  I've contacted the Shakespeare Society and they are trying to change the date.  It's a problem because Balboa Park schedules the calendar more than a year in advance.  I'll keep you posted.

Support a Show!


As You Like It
Serra High School
Directed by Ruth Howell
May 13 - 14, 20 - 21
For tickets and more information, contact Ruth at rhowell@sandi.net

Figments
University City HS
Directed by Belinda Brown
May 19 & 21 at 7:00pm, May 20th at 2:20pm
For tickets and information, contact Belinda at bbrown3@sandi.net

Lady Dracula
San Diego High School
Produced by Ian McAvoy
May 19 - 21
For tickets and information, contact Ian at imcavoy@sandi.net

Beauty and The Beast
Pershing Middle School
Directed by Terry Miller
May 19, 9:15 & 1:00
May 20, 9:15, 1:00 & 7:00
May 21, 9:15, 11:30 & 1:00
For tickets and information, contact Terry at tmiller2@sandi.net

Alice in Wonderland
Hoover High School
Directed by Laura Williams
May 20th 4:00pm, May 21 5:00pm, May 22 6:00pm
For tickets and information, contact Laura at lwilliams5@sandi.net

Moon Over Buffalo
La Jolla High School
Directed by Ann Lyon-Boutelle
May 26 - 30
For tickets and information, contact Ann at alyon-boutelle@sandi.net

A Lesson in Hamlet
Dana Middle School
Directed by Kelly Kocar
June 3 & 4
For tickets and information, contact Kelly at kkocar@sandi.net 

Let me know if I missed anything, got it wrong or you have more details to share.

SOME NEW FINDS

I came across this series of books and thought you might find them useful,  Playwrights in an Hour.  There are several playwrights covered in this series including August Wilson, Chekhov, Shakespeare, Aristophanes and O'Neill.  These a great books for students working on theatre history.  Check them out!