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.
Hey, check this out:
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.
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