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  • 1.  Stage Combat Scene Ideas and Playwriting Master Classes

    Posted 07-17-2015 13:07

    We are working with a guest fight choreographer/instructor to create a stage combat showcase this fall. "Fight Night" will feature scripted and improvized scenes and we're looking for some new ideas beyond Romeo and Juliet and Taming of the Shrew. Any suggestions would be great.

    Also, can anyone recommend a playwrighting master class/artist in residence? I know about Young Playwrights and Barrel of Monkeys and would like to hear about experiences with them or with other organizations specializing in working with high school theatre students.

    Thanks!


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    Nina Lynn
    Winnetka, IL
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  • 2.  RE: Stage Combat Scene Ideas and Playwriting Master Classes

    Posted 07-18-2015 07:02

    For fight scenes, you can't beat the action plays of Qui Nguyen.  We did "Fight Girl/Battle World" several years ago, and it was a blast. Aliens, giant puppets . . . well, let's just say it's a long way from Romeo and Juliet.

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    Allan Dodson
    Roswell GA
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  • 3.  RE: Stage Combat Scene Ideas and Playwriting Master Classes

    Posted 07-18-2015 10:14

    RE: Stage Combat - What a wonderful sounding program for your students!  Were you aware of Samuel French's advance search on our website for plays tagged with stage combat?  Here's the link -Search | Samuel French which you can further filter for adult content and themes.  I'd recommend looking at the Ken Ludwig Three Musketeers or Treasure Island if you have lots of boys; otherwise, his adaptation of A Midsummer Nights Dream called Midsummer/Jersey offers lots of opportunities as do these other titles - SHE KILLS MONSTERS, GEEKS (high school edition), SUPER SIDEKICK, or STARMITES.  Have fun!


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    Abbie Van Nostrand
    Director of Corporate Communications
    Samuel French, Inc.
    New York NY
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  • 4.  RE: Stage Combat Scene Ideas and Playwriting Master Classes

    Posted 07-18-2015 16:29

    Three Musketeers; Cyrano De Bergerac; Treasure Island; are some great swashbuckling adventures.

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    Kelly Thomas
    Mesquite TX
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  • 5.  RE: Stage Combat Scene Ideas and Playwriting Master Classes

    Posted 07-18-2015 17:24

    Kyna Hamill
    They Fight: Classical to Contemporary Stage Fight Scenes (Career Development Series)

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    Phillip Rayher
    Director, Theatre Dept.
    Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
    San Francisco CA
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  • 6.  RE: Stage Combat Scene Ideas and Playwriting Master Classes

    Posted 07-18-2015 20:07

    There are a number of good combat scenes in Rebel Without A Cause. 

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    Monica Williams-Mitchell
    Cincinnati OH
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  • 7.  RE: Stage Combat Scene Ideas and Playwriting Master Classes

    Posted 07-18-2015 22:03

    Fight scenes are awesome. I love to add in or choreograph (always safely) some sort of violence into most productions we do. We added a fight sequence before the opening scene of 'Antigone' (the armies of Polynieces and Eteocles going at it, followed by a one-on-one with P and E, then stabbing each other with a single strike dead at the climax). The Rumble from 'West Side Story' is also a great piece to play around with (or any violence to music).

    Any Shakespeare. Invariably, there's some sort of fight. Yes, we did 'Romeo & Juliet', but we did it with a Viking motif, so broadswords and axes were the order of the day.

    What a cool program you've got! 

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    Phillip Goodchild
    Theatre Arts Instructor/Assistant Department Head of English
    Hillsborough County Schools
    Ruskin FL
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