Rehearsals

Rehearsal schedule:

• First rehearsal is tomorrow, Tuesday, September 1 from 5-7.  Students need to bring scripts and pencils.
• Each Sunday from 2-4 (at times later & we will not have rehearsal this Sunday because of Labor Day weekend.
• Each Tuesday from 5-7 (may be later the closer we get to contest.
• Wednesdays from 3:45 -5 AFTER CROSS COUNTRY COMPETES
• Each Friday of home games -3:45-5.

Clinics

• Friday, October 16 at Shallowater
• Wednesday, October 21 at Post

Contest

• Official rehearsal is at Shallowater on Friday, November 6.
• Contest is at Shallowater on Saturday, November 7

I will post more details as I receive them.  We have our district meeting on Wednesday, September 3, so I should have more information then.

Shallowater Middle School One Act Play Audition Results

Middle School One Act Play Parts are not set in stone!

 

 

 

 

 

Character	Description	Actor	Under Study
Viktor – a member of the Hitler Youth	He changes the most.  He is 17. He is a follower then begins to think for himself.  He is the lead actor.	Reese Cunningham	Eli Kollman
Alina – Viktor’s handicapped twin sister	This actress MUST be able to portray a handicapped person.  She cannot hold back. She also needs to sing loudly. She is 17 but seems much younger	Kate Munson	Scotlynn Winn
Josef – Viktor’s friend and a Hitler Youth	Josef changes.  He is 17.  He is a follower of Karl’s, then begins to question the Nazi party. He goes from admiring the bully, Karl to befriending Viktor.	Carter Berryhill
Karl – Another Hitler Youth	He is a bully.  His idol is Hitler.  He wants what he doesn’t have – a father who was an officer and can guarantee him officer status when he is older.	Rusty Emery
The Officer/ The Leader/blind man	A Nazi – he opens the show. He must have a strong voice and a commanding presence.  He must be different as the leader.	Eli Kollman	Clayton Medley
The Inspector/ patient	This person can be male or female.  He/she must be strong and cruel.	Kristen Alexander
The Teacher/patient	He/she is a servant of the Nazis and believes in their doctrine.	Kate Adair
The Doctor/Youth 2	He is a follower and believes in the Nazi party.   He looks at the handicapped as being animals. He is the voice we hear at the end and must have a strong voice as well as a commanding presence.	Nate Davis
Nurse 1	She is sympathetic towards the handicapped.  She does not believe in the good of the Nazis.	Sarah Harbison	Brooklin Albracht
Nurse 2	She is strong, and is the voice we hear at the end.  She must have a commanding presence. We must see her demeanor and hear her voice change as she begins to question the Nazi law.  She sympathizes with the gassed inmates at the end.	Katylyn Bunting	Ruth Mathews
Nurse 3/ patient	She helps the doctor and inspector.  She must be able to be cruel in helping the inspector and doctor.	Hannah Carreon
The Administrator/ youth	The administrator is a pencil pusher but must have a strong voice.	Riley Emery
Person 1/Youth 1/ /patient	The person 1 and Person 2 must WANT to be reunited with their loved ones.  They MUST be able to show this vocally and physically.	Colin Lain	Alberto Leyva
patient		Sarah Turner
Person 2/ patient	The person 1 and Person 2 must WANT to be reunited with their loved ones.  They MUST be able to show this vocally and physically.	Preslee Maxfield
Lights	Taylor Everitt
Sound or stage lights	Matthew Haney
Crew	Emanuel Lucero
Stage Manager	Morgan Bierbaum
Also Stage crew	Brooklin Albracht Scotylynn Winn Ruth Matthews

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Sending Down the Sparrows

The play, a work of historical fiction, bears witness to the systematic persecution and extermination of the handicapped by Nazi Germany through the character of Viktor, a young man who is a reluctant member of the Hitler Youth.  Viktor has a secret: a mentally handicapped sister who is the ward of a state institution.  Viktor soon finds himself caught between the Nazi ideologies of racial and genetic purity and the love of a sister for whom he feels shame. As the play unfolds, he must choose whether to continue protecting this secret and himself or to come to the defense of his sister.

 

Laura Lundgren Smith, a native of Texas, lives in Fort Worth.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Theatre and English and a Master of Arts in Theatre from Texas A & M University at Commerce.  Ms. Lundgren Smith has an extensive background in theatre and has directed, designed and performed in numerous productions.

 

I am excited to work with Ms. Lundgren Smith because she will give my students such insights into the play and the perspective from which she created it.  It is not often that a theatre class can communicate with the playwright.