It's a battle!!

This week we'll QUICKLY finish up Kill the Beast, then block pages 106-112 which includes the battle sequence. 

➽ Stage combat is a specialized technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers. 

 ➽ Only those performers who exhibit self control will be trusted to be involved in any type of stage combat. 

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Come ready to work folks, you'll feel all the better for it come opening night.

Be inspired by the grown ups!

Rehearsal this week -

♕ Majority of cast will be working pages 99-106- Kill The Beast as well as the scene prior.

♕ Transformers will be running music with either Ms. Atchelli or Ms Whitworth. You may also be going over some dance sections with Ms. Linda.

♕ We hope to have time to work Be Our Guest as a group. 
Lets knuckle down and get it done!!

Remember, actors, that we are all in this together. 

Treat each other with kindness. Support each other. 

The result will be a better show. And a better experience.

I looked up some definitions and synonyms for "ensemble"-

.the general or total effect of something made up of individual parts.all the parts of a thing taken together, especially when all the parts are in harmony 

.undividedness, unity, cooperativity 

I'm back in the pink of health...

...hope you are too! 

Take care of yourselves actors! 

Eat well, sleep lots, wash your hands!! Treat your voice as the instrument that it is. 

We hope that you are working on lines and lyrics between rehearsals. 

You all must be off book when we come back from Spring Break.

Here is the rehearsal schedule for Tuesday-

Remember, rehearsal isn't optional. 

Happy February, Actors!

We certainly have the good people, and the big dream. 

It's time to bring on the focused, hard work!!

1. You must be OFF BOOK when you come back from spring break (all lines and lyrics).
2.  On a sheet of lined paper, make a list of every prop that you've been told you handle
      and turn it in at the beginning of class on Tuesday.
3. Here is the rehearsal schedule for this Tuesday-

		Cathy	Lucia	Cris	X
FEB	6	Castle   Home P 34-38 Belle (Chip), Beast, Potts Madame, Maurice	(Babs, Athena, Lumiere, Cogs)	Gaston
	6	Castle   Home Tag P 38-41 Belle, Potts, Madame, (Chip)	Kill the Beast	Into the Forest Maurice & Wolves
	6	Castle P 53-57 Beast, Cogs, Potts, Lumiere, Babs, Madame, Athena, Belle, Chip	Kill the Beast	Into the forest Maurice & Wolves

In my opinion, the simple key to acting...

Acting is behaving truthfully
under imaginary circumstances.

~ Sanford Meisner

Look! It's a blog post!!

Hello Cast.

We had a great rehearsals the last two Tuesdays- thanks for your hard work!
Next week you MUST remember your SCRIPT, PENCIL & DANCE SHOES
Next week you will be given an envelope to take home. Please return it with your donation.

WHY

is the most important word in an actor's vocabulary

-Sanford Meisner (influential acting teacher)

*Not "Why do I have to memorize my lines?", 

but "Why does my character do this, or say that, or treat another character in a certain way?".

✨In fact, WHY does your character say their first line or sing their first lyric?✨

It's 2018, The Year of The Beast!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We can't wait to see you all again on Tuesday January 9th!

We hope you've been working on memorizing- 

🎵BELLE 

and 

🎶 BE OUR GUEST

Remember that this means memorizing- 

your lyrics (words) 

AND 

the exact places where you sing and where you don't. 

Character Building

↳ What does your character want? ↲

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The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.

~Barack Obama

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