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Using a Dutch Accent

Posted By Kim Silverman 08-09-2021 15:14
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We are doing the play "Death Trap". I need help t teaching a student a Dutch Accent. Any ideas?

Constructing props. Anyone know how to make cotton candy props?

Posted By Kim Silverman 03-05-2019 10:44
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We are performing Tuck Everlasting, and I am having a heck of a time trying to make decent looking cotton candy. Can someone help me, please? Sent from Mail for Windows 10 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) ...

Twelve Angry Jurors

Posted By Kim Silverman 10-08-2018 14:19
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I need a table that will work for this show. I tried a regular rectangular table, but I don't like that the audience is below the stage and they can't see the people in the back. Then I tried a very narrow mtg table with two trapezoidal tables on each end so it looked like a "U", but it looks more like ...

name of MTI summer teacher program?

Posted By Kim Silverman 04-05-2018 09:29
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I can't remember the name of the Broadway Teaching program that is sponsored by MTI. Could someone give me the name, please? I usually get a reminder from Pam ?, (I also forgot her last name), but I didn't see a reminder this year. Thank you!! Kim Kim Silverman Theatre Dept. Chair ...

make-up

Posted By Kim Silverman 09-23-2017 09:33
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I need to restock my make-up and Theatre house is inaccessible and Ben Nye, is not easy to order from. It takes ages just to enter an order. Does anyone have a favorite theatrical make-up supplier. I am not in or near a big city. Kim Kim Silverman Theatre Dept. Chair ESL The Grier School ...

RE: Another rights question

Posted By Kim Silverman 04-13-2017 08:42
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In my many years of Community Theatre, and my many visits of High School Showcases, there is not royalty involved when using different songs from different musicals or even single songs. This is why many organizations do "Variety Shows" usually with a theme, so they can get some good money in their pockets! ...

RE: Medium Cast Ensemble Musicals

Posted By Kim Silverman 02-15-2017 08:27
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I was in Company by Stephen Sondheim, it is a series of vignettes with song. A couple of company numbers. Easy sets. Easy rehearsals, i.e. small groups. ------------------------------ Kim Silverman Director of Theatre The Grier School Tyrone PA ------------------------------

Omg! The complete works of Wm Shakespeare (abridged)

Posted By Kim Silverman 02-20-2016 10:11
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We are presenting The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, abridged, and there are a few lines in there that I feel are too risqué for a high school presentation, even though it is one of the most often presented plays. My specific areas of concern are " the ass of a man and hung like a donkey" , "Female ...

A dessert setting for a set; ideas?

Posted By Kim Silverman 12-14-2015 09:18
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I am preparing to build a set for Appointment with Death first scene at a hotel in Jerusalem and the rest of the play in front of the Petra!! I am trying to come up with an idea that will take about 30 seconds to convert the set. Any ideas? CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail message, including ...

RE: Holocaust Play

Posted By Kim Silverman 09-11-2015 10:15
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Kristie, I am doing "The Diary of Anne Frank", I've never heard of "Anne Frank and Me". Thank you for the suggestion. I will look it up. I have already posted for auditions and started my set design...otherwise I might have produced that show instead. "Diary of ANne Frank" is quite prop heavy and the ...

RE: How to manage it all?

Posted By Kim Silverman 09-11-2015 10:03
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OMG! I am also a theatre teacher, now. I used to teach Spanish, for 11 years, and produce shows on the side as an extra curricular activity. The administration was so impressed with the shows that they decided that I should create a theatre department! The only draw back is that I AM the theatre department. ...

RE: Small acting class

Posted By Kim Silverman 09-11-2015 09:42
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I have had the same situation. One year Ill have 12, and the next year, two classes of five! I find that they love the party game, freeze, Oprah (I call it "Ellen" now), bus stop. I also give them scene work to do, some just for the experience of cold reading, but you can also ask them to read the parts ...

good young women's monologues

Posted By Kim Silverman 04-27-2015 10:11
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My first year acting class needs some dynamic monologues for their last project. They are all female and in mid teens. The monologue must be two minutes and from a play or a movie, not from a monologue book written for teens. Any ideas? ------------------------------ Kim Silverman Director of ...

RE: Fundraisers- need help!

Posted By Kim Silverman 03-28-2015 21:54
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Selling advertising in the program is a good way to make money, and it barely costs you anything. ------------------------------ Kim Silverman Director of Theatre The Grier School Tyrone PA ------------------------------

RE: Titles for students?

Posted By Kim Silverman 03-23-2015 11:41
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I think Production Assistant(s) is a good title. People can help with props, costume changes, scene changes(?). I have a sinmilar situation at my school where a teacher teaches stage craft, but he only teaches them to build the set pieces and some props and only for the musical. This teacher was here ...

RE: Directing straight and musical shows

Posted By Kim Silverman 03-09-2015 09:57
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Thank you. I would still love to hear more information from other directors Re: director vs musical director directing musicals. I am trying to put together an argument. Thanks, again. ------------------------------ Kim Silverman Director of Theatre The Grier School Tyrone PA --------------- ...

RE: Fake Fireworks for You Can't Take It With

Posted By Kim Silverman 03-06-2015 10:47
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We made our own out of a paper towel tube and put a cone top on it and a little twine tail and painted it red. I can't remember what we did for the firecrackers.Myabe straws tied together? It's been a while. Good luck! ------------------------------ Kim Silverman Director of Theatre The Grier ...

Directing straight and musical shows

Posted By Kim Silverman 03-06-2015 10:44
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I am the newly appoinnted director of theatre at our school. In this school, the vocal teacher directs the musical. In theatres I have worked in, the director directs, the vocal director rehearses the songs and the musical director rehearses with the orchestra and the choreographer teaches the dances. ...

RE: Plays with female leads

Posted By Kim Silverman 12-16-2014 18:26
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I just did The Female Odd Couple and it was a blast! I teach at an all girls school, so I am always looking for good vehicles for women. I have done and then there were nine and used girls as men, it worked out great! I also just put on a production of The Man Who Came to Dinner, all female. And it was ...

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