And, Action!
A Unified Theater Program
New Fairfield Middle School's Theater Club is Unified and Inclusive, we work very hard on that piece.
The club has been working fiercely on learning how to work together, character building, theme shaping, setting decisions, fund raising, script writing and soon we will be designing t-shirts and starting the show advertising while we start our read throughs, custom designs, set designs and rehearsals. April will be a busy month! Attendance will be important, for it all to come together.
Ice Breakers
Back stage crew
Our Stage Manager, Layne
In the beginning............
Brainstorming.......
Finally breaking it down into Acts! YES!
Annual Rice Crispy Treat Fundraiser
Top: Our Writers Bottom: Our Fundraisers/Advertisers
While the writers are writing the larger fundraising/advertising crew get to act playing for practice.
Miscellaneous Notes:
The cast will be using many home items for their costumes but if items need to be ordered we need to know asap and will be letting them know this week. It will be difficult to order anything last minute, we can not pay for quick shipping. Again, they will be notified this week to start thinking of their costumes for their character. Many items can be used from home, they tell me, but there is money to order some items.
As soon as we know the actual scenes, we will know the settings and if we need any assistance from families, we will let you know. We did have a family build us an awesome cave last year, it made an awesome prop, we could never have done in a 2 hour meeting while learning the lines and acting. We may put an SOS out. We are not sure yet, if we will need anything like that. We do get to use many of the high school props and we try to get the crew to use as many projections as possible.
It has been tradition that a parent organizes a small cast party for after the play, as Ms. John and Mrs. Jacques can not pull that off with all we have to do. We can make sure the cafeteria is available, tables and chairs. If anyone is interested let either Ms. John or Mrs. Jacques know and we will make sure you get emails of others. We can talk about other particulars once we know there is a volunteer. If there isn't, then the finale will be their bow at the end of the play and families can take their actors and crew members home from the auditorium. And that works too.
So much more to come, like perhaps the title of our play! And little teasers too....
Mrs. Jacques & Ms. John, Advisors for And, Action!
Email: john.bibi@newfairfieldschools.org
Location: New Fairfield Middle School, Gillotti Road, New Fairfield, CT, USA
Phone: 2033125902
Twitter: @ARCJ89