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Lynda Gibson

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Flushing High School

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Flushing High School
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RE: Grease vs Addams Family vs ???

Posted By Lynda Gibson 05-23-2022 21:41
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Hi Carla, Back in the fall of 2019, we did a really fun show with my middle school drama students and one of the choir classes (a lot of my drama kids were also in that class) called "Don't Say No to the U.S.O." This is the one-act version of "Kilroy Was Here." My choir co-worker can be a bit of a "music" ...

RE: Playscripts - Zolidos

Posted By Lynda Gibson 01-16-2021 08:47
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Hi Mark, I've read on the High School Theatre Directors and Teachers Facebook page a few posts about people have contact issues with Playscripts.  I found it odd since last spring, the rep I was in contact with was awesome and very responsive when my spring middle school play got postponed and then ...

RE: A Note to Publishing Companies

Posted By Lynda Gibson 07-02-2020 05:25
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Hi Kevin, A very satisfied Ludus customer here and tested out AnyWhereSeat this past June with my middle school drama production and was very satisfied with how it worked.  We used a play from Playscripts and I made sure to send them the link once the show was set up in the site and they (as least ...

RE: Senior honors

Posted By Lynda Gibson 05-09-2020 08:22
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Hi Jodi, I am guessing that some troupes do cords differently.  In our troupe, students are eligible to receive honor cords based on their number of points and not their GPA.  If they reach 60 points (honor thespian designation), they can buy cords.  If they get to 120 (national thespian), they can ...

RE: Chrome book app for video editing

Posted By Lynda Gibson 04-04-2020 07:32
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Hi, I've been using WeVideo for about 3 years now and really like it.  It's cross Platform (works on a Mac, PC, or Chromebook).  It likes the Google Chrome browser best and will also integrate with Google Classroom/Google Drive.  They're offering schools deal right now. https://www.wevideo.com ...

RE: Wonderland: the Musical

Posted By Lynda Gibson 01-19-2020 06:51
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Hi CJ, Oh! Good to know! I'll keep my radar tuned for any future chatter about it! ------------------------------ Lynda Gibson Director Troupe 2829 Flushing High School Junior Troupe 88305 Flushing Middle School ------------------------------

RE: Give "height" to leading man

Posted By Lynda Gibson 01-18-2020 07:30
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Why worry about it?  Our Prince Charming was about 2 inches shorter than our Cinderella...no one in the audience batted an eye.  Heck, our vocal director was all for it since he is way shorter than his wife!  Tall girls fall for short guys every day. ;-) ------------------------------ Lynda Gibson ...

RE: Into the Woods set

Posted By Lynda Gibson 12-15-2019 07:29
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Hi Sara, Here ya go!  Backdrop/legs were rented from Kenmark Theatrical Backdrops.  Trees were made out of those tubes used to pour concrete columns (different dimensions) that we special ordered from the local Mendards to get the 12 foot tall ones for the main trees and then the 18 foot tall one ...

RE: Middle School Play Recommendations?

Posted By Lynda Gibson 12-01-2019 07:21
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Hi Laura, i've done this version in the past and have really liked it....it's always on my list of repeat contenders but I'm lacking the guys to do it right now. https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/a-midsummer-nights-dream-night-missed-fo  ------------------------------ Lynda Gibson Director ...

RE: Middle School Play Recommendations?

Posted By Lynda Gibson 12-01-2019 07:19
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Hi Julie, I've been doing MS theatre for 23 years and have a LOT of suggestions.  Like you, I've had very few boys interested in the program over the past....oh, 10 years...so, consider the more recent plays from this list. https://www.flushingschools.org/Page/1215  The link is to the "production ...

RE: Into the Woods Ensemble

Posted By Lynda Gibson 10-17-2019 07:24
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We added some additional fairy tale characters that also doubled as set movers during the opening and ending of each act.  I let the students choose their character as long as it fit within the Grimm's Fairy Tale genre (No current or Disney created characters). ------------------------------ Lynda ...

RE: Light Up Wizard Wands

Posted By Lynda Gibson 10-03-2019 07:29
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Hi Joseph, That looks great!  Do you have any information (Links?) that you can share on where you got your materials?  I'm planning on doing Puffs next fall and I think it would be a great activity to have the students make their own wands. ------------------------------ Lynda Gibson Director ...

RE: Radium Girls - did you LOVE love love it?

Posted By Lynda Gibson 08-31-2019 07:46
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OOOPS! Wrong link in that previous replay.....this should be the correct on now! I blame my typos and oops on it being early Saturday morning at the end of the first week back with students! :-D ------------------------------ Lynda Gibson Director Troupe 2829 Flushing High School Junior Troupe ...

RE: Radium Girls - did you LOVE love love it?

Posted By Lynda Gibson 08-31-2019 07:43
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If you're interested in some of what I found and shared and also included in the program, here is a link to those items. The watercolor image was simply a used for a prop...printed it out and put it in a small "travel size" sketch book that Grace used in the last scene with Tommy. ------------------------------ ...

RE: Radium Girls - did you LOVE love love it?

Posted By Lynda Gibson 08-31-2019 07:38
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Hi Arden, It's interesting that you're take on the show that it is largely about the men...that isn't what I got out of it all at.  Maybe it is because you only have 3 men in the cast playing multiple characters, so seeing the same actor is giving you that impression.  It's really Grace's play with ...

RE: Mostly Female Character Play

Posted By Lynda Gibson 06-15-2019 08:57
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Hi Jennifer, You must be looking at the one-act version of Radium Girls (Competition).  We produced it this past March and the run time was just about 2 hours.  The longer version has a different cover, as well.  The shorter version has a picture of the 3 women on cover. This is the version we ...

RE: Cinderella Costumes

Posted By Lynda Gibson 02-06-2019 06:52
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Oh! and regarding budget!  This is one of the things we "splurged" on.  The Cindy's act 2 ball gown was an inexpensive Quinceañera from Amazon.  Searching for that type of dress got me way more options of the style I was looking for.  I want to say it was just around $100...so $200 total since we bought ...

RE: Cinderella Costumes

Posted By Lynda Gibson 02-06-2019 06:32
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Hi, We did the R&H Cinderella (Enchanted Edition) last year and I made the decision to base the "transformation" dress on the dress that the Cinderella repurposes to go to the ball (her mother's dress that she finds in the trunk).  The script calls for Cinderella to come out in the dress she's fixed ...

RE: ADDAMS FAMILY SET

Posted By Lynda Gibson 01-19-2019 07:07
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Hi Sara, I sent you a message with some links for you to check out. ------------------------------ Lynda Gibson Director Troupe 2829 Flushing High School Junior Troupe 88305 Flushing Middle School ------------------------------

RE: Wagon brakes that actually work

Posted By Lynda Gibson 01-17-2019 09:34
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Hi Josh, Do you maybe have a few pictures of how you mount these that you could share?  I took over directing a few years ago and we've always just used a wooden wedge under the wagons to "lock" them in place....which can make doing quick changes to move wagons on and off a bit clunky and slow.  I've ...