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I directed it last year.  I LOVE this play.  It's so beautifully written.  We had a large ensemble and a small combo band. The stage was divided into areas: the band, the clock shop, the parlor.  The ensemble was onstage the entire time and would sit and watch/comment on the other scenes.  As we would ...

We did not fly Grandpa and Charlie.  Grandpa and Charlie stood on top of a staircase and did simple choreographed moves, bending knees, up on toes, and flapping, while several Oompa Loompas with Large Bubble Props danced around them.  It was very effective.  We did similar things with all the scenes, ...

The production I'm working on calls for a projection screen. My students suggested that we do a rear projection. Does anyone know what type of material I should use to create such a screen that won't bleed but yet still produce a good quality image? ------------------------------ Michael Klimzak ...

During Production Week (Dress Rehearsals and Performances), does your administration give breaks to the students involved in the production? Our production week is this week and my students have project after project due. I know this would not be the case if this was Homecoming Week. Thoughts? - ...

Does anyone know of a theatre script for Cabinet of Dr. Caligari? ------------------------------------------- Michael Klimzak Drama Club Advisor Beach Park IL -------------------------------------------

Has anyone else done the Beaumont Version of Anything Goes? This was the 1987 revival starring Patti LuPone. We are producing it this fall and our band director is finding the orchestrations difficult for our students. Did anyone else find these orchestrations particularly challenging and if so, what ...

I was looking for the same thing last year and decided to create my own adaptation, using the dialogue from the books. I combined some characters and shuffled things around to create a through line for the story. Since I was using the original dialogue, the language was difficult, but that was the challenge ...

Check out the MTI Junior musicals. They are one acts and are usually just abbreviated versions of the full show. Also look at Bock and Harnick's The Apple Tree. It's a three act musical which each act as its own story. Act 1 is the Diary of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain. Act 2 is the Lady or the Tiger. ...