Mime
Valley High School Mimes!
Many students participate in Mimes.
Mimes is open for any Valley High School student. We perform two official shows a year, plus various smaller shows around the community. The two annual shows are the Fall Nite o' Mime, and Spring Nite o' Mime. Our troupe is known for its mix of traditional mime technique and topical subject matter, practicing what is known as pantomime. "The Baker's Dozen performs in Valley High School's filled Performing Arts Center. Each show consists of about 20 skits, some comedies and others carrying important and meaningful messages. The shows also include the "Storybook" segment, in which the mimes use satire to poke fun at current events within the school and around the world. All skits performed are written by members of The Baker's Dozen and are then rehearsed for a week before the show, as lighting and sound is worked into every skit. Each member writes skits and votes on the skits in order to make the highest quality show for the audience."
Location
Mimes Always practices and performs at the Performing Art Center in Valley High School. We do occasionally have shows that are performed outside the Performing Arts Center. We play in Clive Festival's Kids Corner and other locations in the Des Moines Area
Some Mime plays
Bakers Dozen
"We are the Baker’s Dozen, a mime troupe consisting of thirteen members, located in West Des Moines, Iowa. Founded in the 1968-69 school year, the Baker’s Dozen (or BD, for short) has been performing around the Des Moines metropolitan area for 45 years. The troupe is student run, and all members attend Valley High School."
Fall Nite O' Mime
"The Fall Nite O' Mime is a comedic and dramatic sketch show put on by the Baker's Dozen Mime Troupe. If you've never been to a mime show, there is no better time to start your addiction!"
Spring Nites O’ Mime
"The performance will include the original sketches that have made the Bakers Dozen such a long standing tradition."
Valley High School Mimes
The phone number is for Valley High School. No
Email: er29684@wdmcs.org
Location: 1140 Woodland Avenue, West Des Moines, IA, United States
Phone: 515-633-4000