The Good Doctor and Theatre South Meeting December 9:

                     Congrats to the cast a crew on a fantastic show!  Way to Go!

Theatre South Meeting December 9, 2010




Congratulations THE GOOD DOCTOR!



2. Winter Party Friday, December 17 6-9pm

* sign up to bring desserts, drinks, snacks



Follow Spot Operator for A Christmas Carol

*small stipend/ Cardinal Stage/starts tomorrow!



4. Auditions for IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

January 10 or 11 2:45-5:00 pm in the auditorium

(sign ups starting Monday, January 3 Outside my

room A101)

Call backs January 12 2:45-5:00pm

*CHARACTER LIST

*Plays available for sign out 2 DAYS ONLY!

SHOW DATES: April 21 matinee, 23, 29, 30

No monologue necessary

*NOTE: Will be asked to sing “Auld Lang Syne”



5. SUMMER INTERNSHIP WITH IU

Performance Intern 6 weeks $100/week

Theatre Production Intern 5 weeks $100/week





*EXTRA T-SHIRTS FOR $5.00!!

SIGN UP FOR WINTER PARTY BEFORE YOU LEAVE!

The Good Doctor, a comedy by Neil Simon, Opening December 2!

Theatre South has been working since early September to present Neil Simon's THE GOOD DOCTOR.  Student Director, Anna Bianco has done a fabulous job with directing.
The Good Doctor is set in Russia during the 19th century and written in the style of Chekhovian comedy. It is composed of a series of scenes in which the only connecting thread is the character of the Writer originally played by Christopher Plummer, who is obviously Anton Chekhov. Simon uses several direct references to Chekhov in the play: The writer's opening monologue quotes Trigorn, the writer in The Seagull, directly and one of the scenes, "The Audition" centers around an untried actress auditioning for The Writer by playing all of Three Sisters. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Doctor_%28play%29).
The show will open to BHSS and New Tech students Thursday, December 2 as an all day matinee. At this time, English classes will be invited to view a teaser of the show. The show opens to the public Friday, December 3 at 7:30pm.

This production is a black-box style, so seating is limited.  Tickets are $5.00 for students and $10.00 for adults. You can buy tickets at the door 45 minutes before curtain.

Hope to see you there!

The Good Doctor Cast List!

Hello everyone!


First and foremost, I must thank you all for attending auditions for The Good Doctor. An amazing 53 people tried out, and I cannot stress enough that narrowing it down to this list was not easy.



The Writer (Narrator): Jonathan Blair



The Sneeze:



Cherdyakov: Max Walter

Cherdyakov's Wife: Gabriela Fagen

General: Brad Scales

Madame Brassilhov: Hyo Seong Maryrose Choi

The Governess:



Mistress: Charlotte Fitzek



Julia: Cece Underwood

The Seduction:



Peter: Jon Salisbury

Wife: Alex Goodman

Husband: Brad Scales

The Drowned Man



Sailor: Jonathan Stephens

Policeman: Joe Lampke

The Audition



Girl: Evie Bauman

A Defenseless Creature:



Kistunov: Chandler Waggoner



Pochatkin: Hayleigh Connor

Woman: Kate-Lyn Edwards

The Arrangement



Father: Nick Heinzen



Boy: Devin May



Girl: Grace Salisbury

Stage Manager: Emily Hoagland

Costume Mistress: Valerie Detwiler

Theatre South Picnic!

A great time was had by all at the first EVER Theatre South Picnic! 40 students turned out with food and fantastic costumes (NOT) to enjoy the company of their fellow Thespians!

 It was a blast!  Thanks to all who came out.  We will do it again--soon!

Grapes of Wrath and Returning meeting

Hello Fellow Thespians!
Well, we survived the first week of school virtually unscathed.
I can say from my own experience that I am tired!  These early mornings are killing me!

Anyway, we are gearing up for the field trip to GRAPES OF WRATH. If you want to know more about the production, scroll down to the bottom of this web page and check on the Cardinal Stage link. There you will find the backstory on Grapes.

RETURNING THESPIANS: There will be a brief meeting TUESDAY afterschool in A101. We will discuss the fall picnic for incoming theatre southers and what we want to do.

Also, Anna Bianco and I will be working on the fall production. More to come on Tuesday.

Hope all is well in your worlds!
See you Tuesday--and may the Bard me with you!

Welcome Back!

Dear Students and Theatre Southers,
Welcome back to another year at BHSS!  I hope you all were able to stay awake and charged for your first day back.

I had a few announcements to share.  The first, THERE WILL BE A MEETING FOR ALL RETURNING THESPIANS Tuesday, August 24 at 2:45 in A101.
This is just for returning members, as we are planning to organize a picnic and talk about the year.
Please let me know if you can make it.

Second, there is an exciting opportunity coming our way to participate in a Divesity Theatre performance.  The show would be February 26 and March 5.  I should have more information about that by the meeting.

Please be sure to stop by the theatre room and say hi!

CRAD

Theatre South Picnic in the works

Attention All returning and incoming Thestre Southers:

We will be having a picnic to get together and share our summer adventures!  Returning seniors can help to organize this event.  I hope to have it at Bryan Park once school starts.  Anyone up for planning?

It's going to be a great year!

IDSnews.com | BHSS alumni production brings laughs, support

IDSnews.com | BHSS alumni production brings laughs, support

Car Wash, COMPLETE WORKS, ABRIDGED

more photos to come!

The car wash was a HUGE success, bringing in over $33 thousand dollars and washing over 1,270 cars! Great work everyone.

Also, THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, ABRIDGED netted $3,500 for teh cause with 8 shows and many teasers performed around the city.  much thanks to our T.S. alums, Nate Stanger, Kali Greenberg and Megan Salisbury.  Bravo!

Now--on to the school year....

Keep checking back for more updates.

Your fearless leader!

Up-Coming Events!

Ok, if you have been out of the loop, we have the ALL FOR ALL CAR WASH this Saturday, July 31 in every parking lot at BHSS and Frank Southern. Theatre South's scheduled time is from 1-2pm.  Please show up about 5 minutes early so I can get everyone in their places.  Thanks to all who volunteered to help. And bring a sponge, towels or a bucket!  It should be fun.


THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, ABRIDGED is still running at Carmichael Hall.See below for times and ticket prices.  All the proceeds go for the eca stipends.

Youth Theatre Presents 13  featuring many South students, including Cameron Butler, John Bristow, Abi Pointer and many more! (Let me know if you are in the cast and I will add your name) Scroll down to the BPP link to read more!  Opens August 7.


SPRING PRODUCTION THIS YEAR:  IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE !

The First Post! Introductions

Hello! While working on on a course for continuing education, I decided to procrastinate and create a new blog that may very well kill two birds with one stone! I decided to create Theatrics 101 as a space to list links, up-coming events and lesser known theatrical tidbits to anyone who cares to drop by.  I would like to use this page as more of a teaching tool once school gets started.  And even though I don't Moodle, this web presence may be just the thing that motivates me to do even more! 
My name is CRAD and I have been teaching theatre and drama at Bloomington High School South for 19 years. I am proud to call myself a Panther and spend many hours thinking about shows and how to execute them on the stage. Due to recent cutbacks in education (we are feeling it all across the country), there is concern about the future of programs such as the arts. Keep the faith, my friends!


Take some to to check out the links I have. You can just click on the graphic and it should take you to the various websites. Suggestions and clean comments are always welcome.
May the Bard be with you!