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RE: Theatre K-5 Curriculum

Posted By Elana Kepner 07-02-2021 11:21
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Hi Suzanne! I made a separate post about this, but I know from experience that finding sequenced, developmentally appropriate theatre curriculum, tied to standards is difficult, especially for K-5.  This is why my husband, (an elementary school theatre teacher), and I (high school and university ...

K-12 Collaborative Lesson Planning- Join Us!

Posted By Elana Kepner 07-02-2021 11:18
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My husband, (an elementary school theatre teacher), and I (high school and university theatre teacher) have started curriculum development for educational use in theatre companies, classrooms, and community arts organizations and would love to enlist collaborators! We are working to build a progression ...

RE: Performing in the Heat

Posted By Elana Kepner 05-22-2021 15:29
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For performers, make sure there is shaded space offstage, so when they are not on stage, they can be out of the sun. See if you can borrow some 10x10 pop-up canopies, tents, beach sun shelters, or even beach umbrellas. You can use bedsheets to create walls for even more of a sun-barrier.   Provide ...

RE: Commedia Masks

Posted By Elana Kepner 04-25-2021 09:55
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This mask-maker is great! https://theater-masks.com/masks/commedia-masks/ ------------------------------ Elana Kepner Theatre Instructor The Oakwood School ------------------------------

RE: Accents

Posted By Elana Kepner 04-08-2021 13:54
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In addition to directing high school students, I also teach voice and speech (including dialects) and coach productions for ECU here in Greenville, NC. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help, and depending on your timeline, and if would be helpful, I may be able to Zoom into a rehearsal.   ...

RE: 2 actor play for thesis project

Posted By Elana Kepner 08-24-2020 10:48
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For high school actors, "I and You" by Lauren Gunderson is magnificent! You need a male-presenting actor and a female-presenting actor and they are two different ethnicities (but they can be any ethnicities as long as they are different from each other). You can read the whole script on Playscripts ...

RE: Audition/Rehearsal Waivers for Covid-19

Posted By Elana Kepner 08-21-2020 16:29
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Fellow independent school director here.  We are also trying for a live performance but with many contingencies for what may happen between now and our February performances.  I didn't feel the need to do a separate waiver, since the kids are already attending school in person and I have been given the ...

RE: independent learning videos

Posted By Elana Kepner 08-12-2020 08:57
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I love the newer American Theatre Wing "Working in the Theatre" videos.  These videos cover all aspects of the process of creating theatre including playwriting, specialty props, devised theatre, profiles and panels with working artists, features about specific productions or theatre companies and so ...

RE: Resources on Mid-Atlantic accent?

Posted By Elana Kepner 08-01-2020 16:04
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The Wikipedia article is actually great! It goes over vowel and consonant changes and other features, plus lists lots of performances for reference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent This website breaks it down into some easier pieces: https://howtotransatlanticaccent.wordpress.com/ ...

RE: Plays about finding oneself/purpose?

Posted By Elana Kepner 06-03-2020 08:47
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I and You by Lauren Gunderson might fit the bill. ------------------------------ Elana Kepner Theatre Instructor The Oakwood School Greenville NC ------------------------------

RE: Performance Safety Concerns regarding singing (projecting?)

Posted By Elana Kepner 05-09-2020 12:23
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Here is the article:  https://www.middleclassartist.com/post/nats-panel-of-experts-lays-out-sobering-future-for-singers-no-vaccine-no-safe-public-singing ------------------------------ Elana Kepner Theatre Instructor The Oakwood School Greenville NC ------------------------------

RE: Performance Safety Concerns regarding singing (projecting?)

Posted By Elana Kepner 05-08-2020 15:49
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I have nothing to contribute yet, but I want to follow this conversation.  That article and its implications have been keeping me up at night. I am hopeful that the EdTA leadership might provide some guidance/ recommendations on best practices...   Should we be doing only small-cast projects?  Only ...

RE: Awarding points

Posted By Elana Kepner 05-08-2020 09:31
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I think this has split into to entirely separate conversations.   The first one is about how to award points for projects that were not completed or canceled because of the pandemic.  For these, students should absolutely be awarded points for the project, just like they would be if they rehearsed ...

RE: Sponsorships/Patrons

Posted By Elana Kepner 05-07-2020 15:49
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Hi!  In addition to teaching and directing plays, I am also the Director of Development at our independent school.  The school currently has a Corporate Partner program, so we cannot offer advertising benefits outside of that for our productions, but drawing from that program, here's what would dovetail ...

RE: Free stage models for use with SketchUp

Posted By Elana Kepner 04-26-2020 11:35
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I would love to join! ------------------------------ Elana Kepner Theatre Instructor The Oakwood School Greenville NC ------------------------------

RE: Small Cast Shakespeare

Posted By Elana Kepner 04-22-2020 16:08
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As John pointed out, a touring script would be a great guide.  I have toured with 5 people in both Hamlet and Taming of the Shrew.  Hamlet actually worked very well because although there are a ton of characters, many of them are on stage for only a couple of scenes and others are easily cut or combined.  ...

RE: Awarding Points for Student Writing

Posted By Elana Kepner 04-06-2020 13:51
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Since I give points for scripts that students write for my class assignments, I always have anyone who is writing one independently adhere to some of the same requirements.  They have to do at least one round of feedback and revisions with me, more if they are going to submit it to a contest for additional ...

RE: Backdrop for Footloose

Posted By Elana Kepner 02-27-2020 11:12
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Photos from both are attached above, the second one being "Footloose".  I probably have better photos somewhere, but I don't have time to dig.   The LED lights (tape) we are using are similar to this product: https://www.amazon.com/MINGER-Changing-Lighting-Flexible-Decoration/dp/B07JP5375R --- ...

RE: Backdrop for Footloose

Posted By Elana Kepner 02-27-2020 09:24
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For our production of "Footloose" last year, we purchased a muslin cyc, just like Josh has suggested.  We used LED strip lights, attached to the back of our unit set and it was very versatile.  The cost was very comparable to the rented drops we had used in the past, but the cyc we can use over and over.  ...

RE: Backdrop for Footloose

Posted By Elana Kepner 02-27-2020 09:23
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