From the Trenches!

Welcome back theatre teachers.  Hope you had a lovely spring break.  A lucky few of you are still enjoying the time off!

Here's what other teachers are sharing about what is going on at their sites.  Let me know what you have happening so I can include that as well.

We're in the downhill slide 'til summer!

m.

ps.  It's time to have a meeting!  Anyone want to suggest a day?  email me at mtreger1@sandi.net

Hoover High School

Shakespeare Festival (at Hoover): Friday, April 22 at 9am (free, but check in with the main office since it's during school hours)

"Disney's Beauty and the Beast JR": Thursday, May 19 at 4pm; Friday, May 20 at 5pm; Saturday, May 21 at 6pm. Tickets are $8 or $5 for students. We have a free school show on Wednesday, May 18 at 10am if any teacher is interested in bringing some students.

Contact Laura Williams - lwilliams5@sandi.net

Pershing Middle School

We are currently in rehearsal for our spring show which will be OLIVER.

Production dates and times are as follows:

May 18--9:15 AM and 1:00 PM

May 19--9:15 AM, 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM

May 20--9:15 AM, 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM

Admission is free.  

Please contact Terry Miller at 619-465-3234 ext. 4111 for further information or to make a group reservation.

Also -

We are proud of our eighth grade Drama students who have received a grant from the San Diego Playwrights Project.  A professional playwright is working with the students assisting them in writing their own original plays which will be presented by professional actors on completion.

Marshall Middle School

May 17, 18, 19, 20 my 6th graders will be performing the show: Bad Auditions by Bad Actors.  It is a hilarious 1 act and we are gearing up NOW.  Tickets will be $5 and VERY limited.  It will be staged Arena Style!

Contact Jeffrey Russell - jrussell@sandi.net

Dana Middle School

Bill Cobb just finished his production of Annie, Jr. here at Dana.  My (Kelly Kocar) production of Much Ado About Nothing will be happening on Friday, May 20th at 7:00 p.m.  Tickets will be $5 and available on the danamiddle.com website soon!

Contact Kelly Kocar - kkocar@sandi.net 

Valencia Park Academy for Drama and Dance

We are celebrating 25 years of dance and drama at our school. Help us spread the word to everyone!

Valencia Park Center for Academics, Drama & Dance Silver Jubilee Celebrate 25 Years Of Dance and Drama at Valencia Park.

Saturday, May 21st 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Jacobs Center Celebration Hall Joe & Vi Jacobs Center
404 Euclid Ave. San Diego, CA 92114

Former Students, Staff, Families and Friends of Valencia Park Center for Academics, Drama & Dance  Join us as we celebrate our Silver Jubilee

• Performances from past and present students • Memory Wall • Costume Photo Booth • A chance to reconnect with old Valencia Park friends and make new ones • And much more… Download a ticket order form at www.sandi.net/valenciapark Alumni wishing to perform for the event please contact Mrs. Teri Ang at tang@sandi.net Check V.P. out on the web at www.sandi.net/valenciapark  Join Valencia Park School on Facebook

SCPA

25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee (Musical)

April 20 - 22        7PM    April 28 - 30        7PM

April 30               2PM

May 7                  2PM    

Contact Amy Blatt - ablatt@sandi.net 
 

San Diego High School (Performing Arts School)

On March 2nd, sixty eight San Diego High - MVPA students saw a performance of Stickfly at 10th Ave. theater.  The performance was followed by a classroom visit from the lead actor, Hassan El-Amin, and Mo'olelo Performing Arts producer and director Seema Sueko.

Student Shappelle Strothers received payment for being in a commercial that she taped as part of a video audition for a private group that supposedly had over one hundred video auditions for only five spots.

June 3rd at 6:45 PM and June 4th at 5 PM will be our music revue titled "Disney Dreams."

Last February, San Diego High - MVPA received a $600 electric piano through donorschoose.org.  The piano is being used in the after school choir and an after school piano club, and will ultimately be used for our June music revue.

Contact Ian McAvoy - imcavoy@sandi.net 

Wilson Middle School

"Alice in Wonderland Jr." June 29, 30, and July 1 @ 6pm Wilson MS Auditorium Pre Sale: $2 General, $1 Students/Children Door Sale: $3 General, $2 Students/Children

"Stacks of Wax" Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 6pm at the Wilson Performing Arts Summer Show (a combined concert with Piano and Guitar) Free Admission

For more info contact Paula Zuill - pzuill@sandi.net 

 

Summer Opportunities

iTheatrics 2011 Junior Teaching Intensive

The iTheatrics Junior Teaching Intensive is the go-to program for teachers producing musical theater with young people. Our hands-on, interactive workshops are the perfect way to spend three days getting inspired, educated and refreshed for your new school year. This summer’s Intensive will be held on July 29, 30 and 31, 2011 in iTheatrics’ very own teaching lab in Midtown Manhattan. You will learn from the same folks who create the materials for MTI’s Broadway Junior Collection including Timothy Allen McDonald, Steven G. Kennedy, Marty Johnson and Cindy Ripley.

Priced at only $395, the workshop includes:
• 15 hours of in-depth training that covers inventive staging, effective choreography, time management skills and easy to create production designs
• A ticket for the invitation-only reading of the potential new Broadway Junior title, Xanadu JR.
• Three different comprehensive Junior Teaching Intensive Workbooks
• Q & A session with Broadway Junior Founder Timothy Allen McDonald
• Breakfast and lunch on Saturday and brunch on Sunday

For more info visit:  http://www.itheatrics.com/?page_id=144

Readers Theatre Conference in London

This will be the final Summer Workshop/Conference under the Institute?s current administration and we are celebrating by returning to our favorite city, London!

LOCATION: We will be returning to the lovely and convenient Hampstead Britannia Hotel in the Primrose Hill area of London, close to shops, restaurants, pubs, the tube, buses, Hampstead Village (and Heath), and Camden Town. (www.britanniahotelhampstead.co.UK)

COST: $1,975.00 (as it has been for the past three years) UNTIL MARCH 15, 2011. At that time, the program fee will be increased to $2,175.00, so early application and full payment before March 15 will save you $200.00. The payment covers your 13 nights in a twin bedroom, Continental breakfast daily, mid-morning refreshment break on class days, Institute instruction fees, and the Institute Book of Readers Theatre (for first-time participants). Private rooms are available for a supplemental charge of $500.00. All bedrooms are en-suite.

ACTIVITIES/ENTERTAINMENT: Classes are held Monday- Friday from 8:00 a.m. Until 1:30 p.m. Leaving your afternoons, evenings, and weekend free to enjoy London and all the many "treasures" to be found there, including but certainly not limited to the huge selection of theatres. This will be the last year of Dr. Walter Stump?s incredible and informative Historical Theatre Pub Crawl, an event not to be missed! There will be other optional activities announced in class.  (www.visitlondon.com and www.tkts.co.uk)

PROGRAM: Many aspects of Readers Theatre will be explored including Scriptmaking, Staging, Directing, Performance, Methodology, etc., for all educational levels and for those whose primary interest is in creative activity and/or recreation. If you have attended one of our previous programs, you will be in our Advanced Class and will explore and create composite/compiled scripts. (If you are not taking the program for credit, you may opt to repeat the Basic Class, if you wish.) Participants taking the Advanced Class will receive a document certifying that the recipient has completed advanced course work and is now qualified to teach Readers Theatre using our long-established and effective Institute methodology.

For more info visit:  http://readerstheatreinstitute.com/index.php/workshop/

Ashland Center for Theatre Studies

 

Summer 2011 Elective Courses

Experience excellence with one of these 3-credit graduate level courses designed for high school and community college theatre educators. Whether you are part of the ACTS Master of Theatre Studies program or are looking for a stand-alone course, you will come away with practical skills and new ideas to bring back to your school. Courses are taught by Southern Oregon University faculty, professionals from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Oregon Cabaret Theatre, as well as professional artists from around the country.

July 24-29, 2011

Costume Crafts:Millinery will teach many hat making techniques for the theater.

Scene Painting Intensive will cover several scene painting techniques.

Stage Combat will introduce you to the basics of combat for the stage.

Planning Your Next Season?

MTI has lots of new titles available.  Check them out at http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/category/new-shows