Rehearsal Schedule

Feb. 22 from 3:35 to 4:15 p.m. in room 307
Feb. 23 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the music room
Feb. 27 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the music room
Feb. 29 from 3:35 to 4:15 p.m. in room 307
March 1 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the music room (off book pages 37-45)

Auditions

When: February 1, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
Where: ICMS Music Room
What you need to bring: A signed audition form

See Ms. Avery for an audition packet and practice CD.

Musical means singing!

We are doing song workshops today and next week.

Scene Critiques

Members performed funny and dramatic scenes. Here are the learning points:
1. Increase volume.
2. Pick up cues and lines to improve pace.
3. Turn out. Talk for the audience more so than to the other actor.

Meeting #6 & #7

Last week we practiced cold readings for auditions. In small groups actors read a monologue, "Smelly Pants." At the end everyone read 2-3 paragraphs with expression.

This week actors split into pairs and each group chose a short scene. Groups will memorize and perform scenes next week. Ms. Avery and Mr. Dobell talked about some memorization strategies. By yourself chunk the script; once you have the first part memorized then work on the second and so on. With a partner, one person can read with the person trying to memorize. We are excited to watch the subtle comedy and dramatic twists. Break a leg!

Meeting #5

Warm up: Big to Small & Mirror
We talked about auditions. Also members have blank club forms to invite friends to join Drama Club.

Meeting #2

Today we chose our leadership roles

Madi as Stage Manager

Ashanti as Director

and Caleb as Producer

We repeated the Bubblegum-Balzak-Bazooka game and the Props game with some interesting ideas. Ms. Avery acted like the knights helmet was a sled and Ashanti used the glasses like they were propellers. We introduced the Kitty Wants a Corner game.