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RE: Classic Play Suggestions

Posted By Paul Townsend 07-28-2017 20:21
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I have enjoyed reading these classics with my classes: Arsenic and Old Lace Twelve Angry Jurors You Can't Take It With You Twelfth Night ------------------------------ Paul Townsend Coronado High School Scottsdale, AZ ------------------------------

RE: Help Me Understand Points - I have questions.

Posted By Paul Townsend 05-19-2017 18:38
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Nicole, To begin, I understand the nature of confusion when it comes to Thespian points, as they are not exactly "black and white" in nature. The equation for points versus hours spent in rehearsal and prepaparation do not always have fair equivalents. I just directed my son as Sky Masterson in Guys ...

RE: Purchasing

Posted By Paul Townsend 05-12-2017 15:11
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Can you form a parental booster club? The parents would run it, not you, but would understand your vision for any monies earned and spend them on your program. The should form as a 501(c)(3) and buy you what you need, when you need it, from the vendor you need. ------------------------------ ...

RE: A fight for a Musical

Posted By Paul Townsend 05-03-2017 18:31
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Lydia, Been there . . . when I began many years ago, I came AFTER a rather laissez-faire instructor who seemed to socialize more with the kids than mentor them. And I came up against the established dance teacher/department chair, who saw and wanted things HER way. Combined with the choir director, ...

RE: Improv Show

Posted By Paul Townsend 05-01-2017 19:33
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"This is my 3rd year as a theater director and we are about to put on our first improv show. We are working through the upright citizens brigade handbook but are not quite ready for a full long form show. I guess my real question is How do you structure an improv show and what games do you play in front ...

RE: The Wedding Singer School Appropriateness

Posted By Paul Townsend 04-29-2017 01:37
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25 die hard students who have increasingly strong dancing chops and already excel in terms of singing/acting. That was MY high school in the 70s and 80s. Choose what best suits the actors you have. Not necessarily the trendiest scripts. It is OUR responsibility to lead our students to productions ...

RE: Directing Issues- Creative Boundaries

Posted By Paul Townsend 04-25-2017 15:25
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Hi gang -- Shira NAILED many of my thoughts on this topic -- You are an artist yourself Your visions for your productions, as the director, are the ones that need to appear on the stage. It is your name associated with this aspect of the show. If the show is GREAT, YEA KIDS!!!!!!! ...

RE: Student Directed Plays

Posted By Paul Townsend 04-20-2017 18:09
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I am all for having the students self-direct and produce something, but not until I have had the opportunity to teach them how I want them to proceed. Every production is my responsibility, so my seal of approval must accompany . . . quality, integrity . . . I have had student directed shows that were ...

RE: Can someone who has not been involved senior year still wear cords or stole?

Posted By Paul Townsend 04-13-2017 20:28
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"Act well your part; there all the honour lies." ~Alexander Pope For US, everything you do in front of the director is an audition. On stage and off. Acting is about relationships and trust. If you cannot be trusted, you won't make it very far on our stage. Your behavior ...

RE: Charlie's Aunt

Posted By Paul Townsend 04-13-2017 20:17
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I just happen to have a copy of "Charley's Aunt" recently purchased from Samuel French. The title page says "This Acting Edition is printed from the MSS by Brandon Thomas as first performed in 1892." The second page says, "Copyright 1935 by Jevan Roderick Brandon-Thomas and William Deane Barnes-Brand" ...

RE: Holocaust Play

Posted By Paul Townsend 10-06-2015 18:29
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"Who Will Carry The Word" can be STAGGERINGLY powerful. Read it. Here is a monologue, I believe from the character Mounette: "I'm afraid to sleep because I'm afraid to dream." ------------------------------ Paul Townsend Scottsdale AZ ------------------------------ ---------------- ...

RE: Little Mary Sunshine Legible Music or Performance Recording

Posted By Paul Townsend 10-06-2015 17:59
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here's the SOUNDTRACK, which doesn't help. I have found NOTHING!!! How will you pull off "Heap Big Injun"? Original Cast Of Little Mary Sunshine album download mp3 free ------------------------------ Paul Townsend Scottsdale AZ ------------------------------ -------------- ...

RE: Gender Bent or Gender Blind Shows

Posted By Paul Townsend 10-06-2015 17:41
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Not really the same, but I just attended Southern Utah University's production of "Hamlet" at the Utah Shakespeare Festival -- it was fantastic!! Hamlet was a WOMAN -- played by a woman! Not a woman playing a man -- genders REVERSED!! For everybody!!! Kudos to director Peter Sham, and actress Halie Merrill, ...

RE: London Tours

Posted By Paul Townsend 10-06-2015 17:30
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My school district requires that we use a district approved tourist agency for all overnight trips. In a case like this, I'd meet with our agent and explain my financial situation and all of that so that they could shop around for the most affordable yet productive trip possible. ------------------------------ ...

Female Monologues

Posted By Paul Townsend 04-29-2015 14:10
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FEMALE monologues? Here are a few I use -- Anne Frank Emily from Our Town Vera Carp from A Tuna Christmas Babe from Crimes of the Heart Tassie from Claptrap M'Lynn from Steel Magnolias Fanny from Funny Girl Lucy from You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown Wife from 'The Seduction' ...

RE: Transition

Posted By Paul Townsend 04-24-2015 22:26
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"Pick your battles"? Pick this one. I experienced almost the EXACT same situation . . . the students loved the old guy and resisted the new guy. My choices, my rules, my everything. In case you students are unaware, "props in the prop room are not yours to take" is a universal theater rule. "Improv ...

RE: Interested in National Board Certification?: Submit a question for our Town Hall Webinar, April 21

Posted By Paul Townsend 04-21-2015 13:26
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I want this! I began on elementary music and found it deepened my understanding of my students and my own teaching, but I want the THEATER certification -- it wasn't available. Now -- I'm in! Will this certification be available in ALL 50 states and the District of Columbia, regardless of whether ...

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