Whew! Drama Club has finally wrapped up its long season with Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Overall it was well recieved and well attended - we actually did better with attendance than last year's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Maybe R&J next year? Who knows, we'll just have to wait and see.
As we wrap up our year, remember current club memebrs that the annual Drama Club Banquet and Thespian Induction is on Tuesday, May 25.
Thanks to everyone for all their support and generosity this year.
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New Documentary on Shakespeare!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Drama Spanks GI!
Ridgewood placed 5th in a competition of nine in this year's Group Interpretation Sectional. If that doesn't sound impressive, think about this: Ridgewood has a student population of 936 students. The median size of the schools that placed 6-9 was 1,740 (twice as large) and the median size of the school that placed 1-4 was 2,652 (nearly three times as large). So, yes, Ridgewood Drama did very, very well. Congrats are in order for two of our cast members, Justeeny Marszalek and Tom VanCalbergh for receiving all-sectional medals. Tom was one of only two students out of the 116 competitors to receive all five judges' nominations.
Adding to the excitement of competition this year was the fact that the cast actually got to meet the author of the play, Mr. Jake Wizner. He watched a special preview of the show a week before we performed for English classes. When the author likes what you've done with his work, nothing else really matters.
On a final note, Mr. Smith would like to add that the entire cast of Spanking Shakespeare did an outstanding job and performed their very best show of all - and that made all the difference.
Thanks to all students, faculty, parents, friends, and alumni who supported us!
Adding to the excitement of competition this year was the fact that the cast actually got to meet the author of the play, Mr. Jake Wizner. He watched a special preview of the show a week before we performed for English classes. When the author likes what you've done with his work, nothing else really matters.
On a final note, Mr. Smith would like to add that the entire cast of Spanking Shakespeare did an outstanding job and performed their very best show of all - and that made all the difference.
Thanks to all students, faculty, parents, friends, and alumni who supported us!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Theatre Festival
Seventeen. That's the number of students who went to Theatre Festival at Illinois State this year. We all had a great time. Memorable moments included "learning that subtext can change the meaning of any line," "Playback theatre was AMAZING!!! It taught us that a performer needs to use effective communication, his/her intuition, have trust and be creative in order to bring a random story to life. It was the highlight of my trip" "Urinetown was soooooo funny!" "The Sparrow was the most artistic & touching high school performance I've ever seen."
We were a little worried that we wouldn't be able to make it down to festival this year with all of the bad weather, and a few schools did end up not attending, but we were careful and made it safe and sound. As usual the weather was cold, but once in a workshop or at a show you warmed up quickly.
We made a ton of new friends and are happy to share what we learned with the rest of RHS Drama.
Up next, Group Interpretation rehearsals are starting! This year's script is based off of Jake Wizner's book Spanking Shakespeare". It's sure to a ton of fun.
We were a little worried that we wouldn't be able to make it down to festival this year with all of the bad weather, and a few schools did end up not attending, but we were careful and made it safe and sound. As usual the weather was cold, but once in a workshop or at a show you warmed up quickly.
We made a ton of new friends and are happy to share what we learned with the rest of RHS Drama.
Up next, Group Interpretation rehearsals are starting! This year's script is based off of Jake Wizner's book Spanking Shakespeare". It's sure to a ton of fun.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
From TOTS to Musical
Wow! Four-Hundred and Eighty Pounds of Food! That's the amount collected during the annual Trick-or-Treat and Haunted Housed to Scare Away Hunger collected this year. All items were donated to our local Salvation Army's food pantry. They were especially thankful for the tote bags that were donated to help families more easily carry away items and to have a recycable bag. Great job to all Drama Club Members and Thespians.
It's musical time! On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of November 12-13 at 7PM, our Drama Club and Thespian Troupe 6662 will present Once Upon a Mattress. It's a delightful comedy about the true story of the "Princess and the Pea" children's tale. It's fun for the whole family, so invite eveyrone to attend!
It's musical time! On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of November 12-13 at 7PM, our Drama Club and Thespian Troupe 6662 will present Once Upon a Mattress. It's a delightful comedy about the true story of the "Princess and the Pea" children's tale. It's fun for the whole family, so invite eveyrone to attend!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Drama Fall Update
Whew! It's been a busy year so far. We started the year with both feet runing. Fall One Acts was a great way to get many, many people invovled with RHS Drama and quickly. We had our biggest turnout to date with 32 students auditioning for parts. Fortunately we were able to cast every single person that auditioned. On September 19th we presented six One-Acts! Due to great advertising, as well as the sheer number of students involved, we had a great turnout and for the first time ever we actuall recovered the cost of the shows! Kudos to a job well done for everyone involved.
We also had a great turnout for this year's musical Once Upon a Mattress. We're busy with rehearsals, singing, dancing and acting and preparing for a fun show. We also have a lot of people involved with crew this year.
Theatre Festival is not until January, but we had to have a committment from everyone attending early. We have 17 students attending this year which means we'll need to take two vans! We havn't had to do that in several years. Festival is going to be a great time!
Boo! Comming up next will be our annual TOTS and Haunted House community services. We'll begin planning and will come together on Saturday, October 31st to go trick-or-treating - instead of collecting candy however, we'll be collecting canned and dried goods to donate to the Norridge Salvation Army's food pantry.
Lots going and on with Drama this year, but we have a lot of student invovlement.
We think it's going to be a great year for Drama!
We also had a great turnout for this year's musical Once Upon a Mattress. We're busy with rehearsals, singing, dancing and acting and preparing for a fun show. We also have a lot of people involved with crew this year.
Theatre Festival is not until January, but we had to have a committment from everyone attending early. We have 17 students attending this year which means we'll need to take two vans! We havn't had to do that in several years. Festival is going to be a great time!
Boo! Comming up next will be our annual TOTS and Haunted House community services. We'll begin planning and will come together on Saturday, October 31st to go trick-or-treating - instead of collecting candy however, we'll be collecting canned and dried goods to donate to the Norridge Salvation Army's food pantry.
Lots going and on with Drama this year, but we have a lot of student invovlement.
We think it's going to be a great year for Drama!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Go Will, Go!
We are fully underway in our rehearsals for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Rehearsals are much different this time as we prepare to perform in the round as we bring the audience out of the auditorium house and sit them on the stage.
I’ve added links to various Will friendly sites that offer additional information for fans and student actors. Of particular note is the RSC site. There they offer a wonderful insight into the world of the play and the various choices and approaches that can be made. In our production we’ve decided to place the Athenians in the 1920’s and allow the fairies to transcend time and place.
In addition to preparing Midsummer, we’ve also decided to add several “green” shows to the mix. A “green show” typically is performed on the “green” outside in front of the theatre. We’ll be performing one such show outside (weather permitting) and we hope to advertise so that friends and families can bring a blanket and picnic to enjoy some humorous Shakespeare for free. Two more such shows will be for the benefit of the paying audience prior to the 7PM start time and one more will be performed during intermission.
This is an exciting end to our production year and we look forward to selling out the show each night as we limit our seating to just 100 patrons per night. Act well your parts!
I’ve added links to various Will friendly sites that offer additional information for fans and student actors. Of particular note is the RSC site. There they offer a wonderful insight into the world of the play and the various choices and approaches that can be made. In our production we’ve decided to place the Athenians in the 1920’s and allow the fairies to transcend time and place.
In addition to preparing Midsummer, we’ve also decided to add several “green” shows to the mix. A “green show” typically is performed on the “green” outside in front of the theatre. We’ll be performing one such show outside (weather permitting) and we hope to advertise so that friends and families can bring a blanket and picnic to enjoy some humorous Shakespeare for free. Two more such shows will be for the benefit of the paying audience prior to the 7PM start time and one more will be performed during intermission.
This is an exciting end to our production year and we look forward to selling out the show each night as we limit our seating to just 100 patrons per night. Act well your parts!
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