Hello, Friends!

Hope this week finds you well!  I know many of you are in a big push to open shows before Thanksgiving break - and then the holidays will be upon us!

Honor Theatre

I'll be visiting as many high schools as I can this month to get ready for the 3rd Annual Honor Theatre Project.  Belinda Brown and UC High Theatre Dept. are hosting the event this year.  Retiree Dennis Hollenbeck will direct the production.  Chris Rynne, from the Old Globe and SD Opera, will design the sets and lights.  Debbie Sullivan, who has worked with us on several projects, will design the costumes.  Alumna Jackie Seick will stage manage this year.  This terrific line-up is ready to guide our high school students through a terrific experience.  The best thing to come out of the Honor Theatre Project is the sense of community our theatre students develop across the district.  Many have formed long-lasting relationships that will serve them well as they exit the high school arena and begin to create their own theatre projects in the San Diego community.

Need more info on this project?  Visit here for all related paperwork!  Remember, it's not just about actors- we would love techie interns in every area as well!

Creating Theatre

I was having a conversation the other day with a fellow theatre teacher about how the best and most meaningful theatre is that which we create with our students.  Producing "Guys and Dolls" and the like has it's place, but there is a lot of other material to explore.  Consider creating a new piece with your students.  Here's an article about how to create an improv play.  

http://www.theatrefolk.com/spotlights/improv

Teaching Theatre History

Please remember to sprinkle your lessons with theatre history!  Here is a simple website for a very basic introduction to theatre history.  http://library.thinkquest.org/5291/games.html

How do you integrate theatre history into your classroom?

HOOVER DRAMA STUDENTS: Friar Laurence (Luz Torres) tries to comfort Juliet (Melanie Haag) after Romeo has been exiled.

Hoover Drama Students Take Center Stage

Hoover High drama students helped bring classic Shakespeare to downtown recently when 13 drama students performed a staged reading of “Romeo and Juliet” at the Horton Plaza shopping mall downtown. The play was part of “10 Plays in 10 Hours,” a full day of outdoor performances hosted by the San Diego Shakespeare Society in honor of its 10th anniversary. The Hoover theater students had one week to prepare a one-hour abridged version of the Shakespeare play, which they performed with scripts in hand. About half of the performance groups participating in the event were theater companies, the other half were schools. Hoover was the only San Diego Unified campus to participate in the Sept. 25 event.

Old Globe Opening  at Lincoln Performing Arts Center

Repeating last season's success, the Old Globe Theatre opens “Welcome to Arroyo” next week, kicking off the second year of the theater’s Southeastern San Diego Residency Project. The play, which runs at Lincoln High School Nov. 4-7, gives students and the community the opportunity to see first-rate theater without going to Balboa Park. There are FREE tickets for high school students.  In addition, the Globe will be holding workshops on campus for students and hip-hop artists all week. They’ll also have a reading of “Emancipated” on Nov. 7 in the school’s Black Box Theater. 

See a show!  Send your kids!

Macbeth
SCPA

Thu Nov 4, 2010         7PM    

Fri Nov 5, 2010         7PM    

Sat Nov 6, 2010         2PM    

Sat Nov 6, 2010         7PM  

Tickets $4.00  

More info?  Contact Amy Blatt

619-470-0555 ext. 107 or 619-475-8556

And Then They Came for Me
University City High School
Directed by Belinda Brown
November 2nd, 2:20pm
November, 3rd, 7:00pm
November 4th, 12:30pm
November 5th, 7:00pm
$8.00 for students, $10.00 for non-students. 

Performing Arts Department/ArtsTECH Academy

(858)457-3040 ext 255

Check Please
Clairemont High School 
Directed by Stacey Allen
November 4 & 5 at 6:00pm
November 6 at 2:00pm
November 18 & 19 at 6:00pm
November 20 at 2:00pm
$7 at the door
Discounts for students from other school groups!  email Stacey for a deal!  sallen@sandi.net 

CPMA’s Got Talent!
Talent Variety Show and Silent and Live auction items + dinner!
November 10, 2010
5:00 p.m. dinner
6:30 p.m. show
More info?  Contact Cathy Hickman - chickman@sandi.net 

Proof
Serra High School
Directed by Ruth Howell
Nov. 10, 12, 17 &18 at 6:30
Nov. 18 at 2:45
For more info contact Ruth Howell at rhowell@sandi.net

Alice in Wonderland

Madison High School
Directed by Colette Thomas
Nov. 17th, 18th,  6:30PM and 20th, 2PM matinee

More info?  Contact Colette Thomas at cthomas@sandi.net

 

The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet
Marshall Middle School
Directed by Jeff Russell  
December 1st and 2nd at 6:00pm
More info?  Contact Jeff Russell at jrussell@sandi.net

Cinderella

Pershing Middle School

Directed by Terry Miller

December 15--9:15 AM  and 1:00 PM

December 16--9:15 AM, 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM

December 17--9:15 AM, 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM

Admission Free

For further information or to make a group reservation, please contact Terry Miller -- 619-465-3234 ext. 4111

Cheaper by the Dozen

San Diego High School

Directed by Joseph Magno and Ian McAvoy 
January 20th & 21st at 6:45 PM
Saturday, January 22nd at 5 PM.   
Tickets are $5 each.  
Cotact Ian McAvoy at for more information or for tickets. imcavoy@sandi.net

Theatre and Dance Showcase
CPMA
January 26 & 27
6:30 p.m.
More info?  Contact Cathy Hickman at chickman@sandi.net

Let me know what I've missed and of what you would like more!

Best-

m.