Monday, August 31, 2015

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.

Sunday, August 30, 2015

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday, August 20, 2015

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.