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Maggie Ward

Notre Dame Preparatory School

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RE: Beauty and the Beast changes?

Posted By Maggie Ward 06-04-2023 17:14
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Beauty and the Beast changes?

Posted By Maggie Ward 06-01-2023 13:45
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Hello! I'm noticing that there are some changes to The Beauty and the Beast that MTI is sending out these days. If you produced it this season what was your experience ? Did it take longer than usual to have your application approved? ------------------------------ Nell] [Lynch] Notre Dame Preparatory ...

RE: Background Projection

Posted By Maggie Ward 05-22-2023 08:37
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Here is what has worked for us. Our school purchased a 15k epson projector and the vendor added a lens that make the image needed in our case it is very large, 15 feet by 40. It is mounted mid stage and does not interfere with lighting because it is so bright. For some shows, musicals, vendors such as ...

RE: 26 Pebbles

Posted By Maggie Ward 05-16-2023 11:28
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I hear your point, but that was not our experience. I found the play to be a thought provoking and meaningful experience for my community. ------------------------------ Nell] [Lynch] Notre Dame Preparatory School MDMaggie ------------------------------

RE: 26 Pebbles

Posted By Maggie Ward 05-15-2023 09:43
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We did the show pre-covid and yes our administration did have some concerns. We are a private Catholic school. We were asked to do lots of content warnings, and we did. I had a counselor available at the beginning of rehearsals as we became familiar with the content and she checked in during the process. ...

RE: spring shows

Posted By Maggie Ward 01-30-2023 10:19
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spring shows

Posted By Maggie Ward 01-25-2023 08:34
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Hi Friends, What's coming to you stage this spring? Looking for inspiration! Same parameters as many... more girls than guys, fairly conservative community. Ideally,, not set heavy. We do our bigger show in the fall. ---GO! ------------------------------ Nell] [Lynch] Notre Dame Preparatory School ...

RE: Beauty and the Beast with Steampunk Costumes

Posted By Maggie Ward 09-25-2022 07:49
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We did "Midsummer" steam punk and I projected "text" messages between scenes that summarized or commented on the action. Kids had great fun writing them, creating the "phones", and dreaming up who was texting who! Get Outlook for iOS

RE: Mid-summer Night's Dream

Posted By Maggie Ward 02-04-2022 08:18
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The mechanicals can easily be gender bent. The frame story as well. It's not accurate but the Duke could easily be a Duchess and the parent figures could be women. It's fun if Flute is a guy, and Bottom, but the others could be women. It ALWAYS delivers and kids will be shocked at the sexuality you can ...

Little Women Musical ensemble?

Posted By Maggie Ward 11-28-2021 10:09
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Looking into Little Women as a high school show. Typically we have 30 cast members. Is there a way to incorporate an ensemble effectively? Get Outlook for iOS

RE: Radium Girls - Glowing on Stage?

Posted By Maggie Ward 11-28-2021 10:06
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We did a different play, These Shining Lives, better written in my opinion, but the glow paint and glow make-up worked beautifully. Our background involved a clock and as the play went on the paint was charged by the lights and glowed brighter and longer in each scene change. It was very cool! We won ...

RE: Thoughts for next season

Posted By Maggie Ward 08-07-2020 09:21
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I'm eager to take a look as well. Nelllynch@aol.com Get Outlook for iOS

RE: Thoughts for next season

Posted By Maggie Ward 07-18-2020 07:10
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Also eager for a copy nelllynch@aol.com Get Outlook for iOS

scheduling?

Posted By Maggie Ward 04-27-2020 08:57
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My school generally does our big musical in the fall.  I'm beginning to wonder if I need to begin to lobby my admins for a new date in the second semester. Are any of you who generally invest big in fall shows feeling similarly? How about those of you forced to cancel your big shows this spring? Were ...

RE: Good modern plays

Posted By Maggie Ward 10-26-2019 17:38
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26 Pebbles by Eric Ulloa. We did it last spring and it was a transformative experience for our cast! ------------------------------ Nell] [Lynch] Timonium MDMaggie ------------------------------

RE: These Shining Lives vs Radium Girls

Posted By Maggie Ward 07-25-2019 17:00
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I too did  These Shining Lives and it was one of the shows that I am most proud of!  I agree with the comment above that it is much better written than Radium Girls. Both are based on real events-just different factories.  My kids were able to find newspaper archives with articles about the women the ...

RE: Title of a play escapes me...

Posted By Maggie Ward 06-27-2019 08:11
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"When Shakespeare 's Ladies Meet" Charles George ------------------------------ Nell] [Lynch] Timonium MDMaggie ------------------------------

RE: Sound Editing Software

Posted By Maggie Ward 03-31-2019 07:59
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Audacity s a free program that has some surprisingly powerful features. It is extremely easy to use. ------------------------------ Nell] [Lynch] Timonium MDMaggie ------------------------------

RE: Fog Machine/Recipes

Posted By Maggie Ward 03-05-2019 08:14
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I too, am no expert but I think there are two kinds of fog machines. The low lying one uses dry ice. The regular fog machine uses fog fluid easily purchased through lighting supplier or amazon. Both kids of machines can be rented as well. Educate kids about using dry ice before it is even brought into ...

RE: Periatos Blueprint

Posted By Maggie Ward 01-09-2019 08:31
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https://www.hstech.org/how-to-s/how-to-tech/carpentry/tools-materials/176-periaktoi   This might help. We built ours years ago, we have four, each side 4X8, and use them for our middle school show every year. My only caution is to buy substantial wheels, three inches, if you want to keep them forever. (The ...