Tag: drama production
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Ponderings on My First Show in 2 Years
Live theatre gets into the blood. When the curtain opens, and the nerves take over, and the hair stands on its end, and the bumps on your skin realize that it’s time, finally, after such a long hiatus, one begins to understand just how much the cult of theatre has seeped into the blood stream.…
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A Lot of Learning on the Horizon
The school where I teach drama is on the verge of having a brand-new, state-of-the-art auditorium. I like to call it a theatre, myself. It’s completely outfitted with Source 4 LED lights which are awesome and so incredibly versatile. It’s got a ETC Element lighting console and a complete professional Bose sound system coming next…
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Make Your Tools Sing
I’m teaching a Theatre Production class and our first project was to make some sawhorses in order to be able to make other items. Sawhorses aren’t the most glamorous things to make. They are utilitarian, not praiseworthy pieces of art. But who says you can’t combine both? That’s what we did. We made sawhorses which…
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The World Crashing Down: AKA – “My Show is This Week”
I’m a writer. I love writing. I’m a director. I really enjoying directing. I’m a producer. I like producing. Yes, there’s a distinct step-down there. Writing and directing unleashes the creative demon inside me in very different ways. Producing, well, that’s where the stress comes from. And this week, four and a half months of…
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Experiencing the Finale
Experiencing the Finale Last night was the finale of the limited three-show run world premiere run of “The Secrets of the Magic Pool.” It was everything I had hoped for and more. First off, the crowd. It was a sell-out! I give it an “A”! Excellent, engaged crowd that got the raucous, rolling laughter going…
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4 Weeks Off! Do you remember your lines?
Typically, when I’m directing a play, we will meet to do (hopefully) the whole play once a week. Then in the last month before the show, we ramp up the number of hours significantly and we’ll be ready. This time was strange. In the past four weeks, there are certain scenes we haven’t practiced at…
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Photos from our Readers’ Theatre
Tuesday evening, we had our annual Readers’ Theatre – this year a re-incarnation of the Pink Panther. We had the audience rolling in laughter. A Readers’ Theatre is just like any other show except the actors read the lines instead of memorizing them. It leads to very amusing situations when Jacques Clouseau says things like,…
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First Read Through
Today was so fun! One of the great rewards for writing and producing your own dramatic works is the milestones along the way that I get to enjoy. Today is certainly one of them: the first cast read-through. After months of writing and publishing, I have to work through the grueling auditions to finally get…
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You have a good show. Now make it great.
I’ve been working real hard with my drama group, getting ready for our Christmas show coming up the first week of December. We’ve spent a lot of hours working the 10 different scripts we’ll be performing that night, and I’ve been really happy with how they are coming together. It’s going to be an enjoyable…
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Thank (or hug) a Drama Director
If you’ve ever enjoyed a theatrical production, take a minute and thank a drama director today. Now I’m not saying this so someone will thank me, but there is a tremendous amount of work that goes into a show, 99% of it is never seen. But the laughter you enjoy, the poignant moments that send…
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