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Analiese Hamm

ECS Performing Arts Director,
Echols County High School

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ECS Performing Arts Director,
Echols County High School
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Emergency Sub Plans

Posted By Analiese Hamm 03-12-2024 08:52
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Calling all my theatre classroom teachers...what do your students do when you are not there?? I have no textbook, nor does this generation commit very well to a movie (even if it is directly related to what we are doing!) What do you leave for them to do when you are absent, and does any of it happen ...

RE: Managing 31 G1-6 Students

Posted By Analiese Hamm 02-20-2024 09:28
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I agree, help would be wonderful! But if you are like me, finding good help, and not just another person to add to the crowd just asking 50 million questions is seemingly impossible. Classroom management in an active working environment (for me) is all about CHUNKING! Chunk and structure! You are ...

RE: Are most Forum members teachers at public schools?

Posted By Analiese Hamm 02-20-2024 08:54
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Hey!!! I am a librarian/theatre teacher too!! I teach one MS class during the day, and then all my HS stuff is after school. ------------------------------ Analiese Hamm ECS Performing Arts Director Echols County High School Statenville GA ------------------------------

RE: Are most Forum members teachers at public schools?

Posted By Analiese Hamm 02-20-2024 08:53
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True title 1 rural public school here with about 300 HS students, about 30 of them my "theatre kids." Because we are small, and a super conservative county, a lot that we do is more like private school. But having to run off them public school funds, which is $0 for me! ------------------------------ ...

Magical Moments of Spectacle?

Posted By Analiese Hamm 02-20-2024 08:29
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I live for that magical spectacle moment of the show. The shadow puppetry in The Old Man and the Old Moon, the projection magic in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, the cylindrical set of the professional traveling Phantom of the Opera, the chair and table elephant in Mark Brown's Around the World, ...

RE: New Fine Arts Building Plans?

Posted By Analiese Hamm 12-07-2023 08:20
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I agree! And thank you for reminding me. This is exactly what happened to my friend at a nearby school. I am sure the plan will come down me. But I am grateful that I am serving as the media specialist and not a full-time classroom teacher. This has helped tremendously with my "housekeeping" time for ...

New Fine Arts Building Plans?

Posted By Analiese Hamm 12-05-2023 07:54
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I am super excited that a new fine arts building just might be on the horizon for our small rural school! We are currently running shows on a 24x24 92-year-old historic auditorium stage, so this is HUGE for us, literally and figuratively :) I need help finding what space will best meet our needs. We ...

RE: Where to look for scripts?

Posted By Analiese Hamm 11-30-2023 08:13
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Wow! I loved looking through your list as well! We absolutely loved The 39 Steps, we did Playscripts' Radio Play adaptation, which fit into my competition time restraints a little easier. But this show is forever one of my favorites and a great "break-up with musicals" show. Baskerville and Ralph Roister ...

RE: Where to look for scripts?

Posted By Analiese Hamm 11-29-2023 08:39
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Looking for scripts takes up the majority of my life! But then again, I really take every show I select under my creative wing for half a year, so I have to LOVE it or I will end up being miserable. First thing I do is pray. No kidding, this show is where my mind will float for at least six months, ...

Where's the Energy?!!!!!

Posted By Analiese Hamm 11-29-2023 08:19
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"Energy" is my trigger word right now. So, I've built a pretty successful program in my small town public school. We have a great time. We've won numerous region competitions, but by the time state competition comes around....it's gone. The ENERGY of the show has been sucked out. "Energy" is always our ...

Quirky Fun Male Lead?

Posted By Analiese Hamm 10-17-2023 08:23
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Ok, Let me jog your minds for a second. I am in search of a fast-paced comedy with a strong, funny male lead. He is Arlecchino this year, so I need something fun for his senior year too. Needs to be able to be cut to a one act, and I tend to lean toward more historic, literature-based pieces with room ...

RE: DIY Clyclorama Fabric?

Posted By Analiese Hamm 03-31-2023 07:49
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Following! I have a small historic stage that is about 28ft wide x 12ft tall and I would love to add some type of cyc too! ------------------------------ Analiese Hamm ECHS Drama Director Echols County High School Statenville GA ------------------------------

RE: Shadow Puppetry

Posted By Analiese Hamm 01-30-2023 08:52
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I've been obsessed with shadow puppets with my last few shows! So, last year I built me a puppet screen for about $125 out of a round balloon arch from Amazon and some upgraded bulletin board cover called Better than Paper. (I really wanted a black circle that blended seamless with my set, so it wouldn't ...

RE: Shadow Puppetry

Posted By Analiese Hamm 01-30-2023 08:51
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RE: Non-controversial plays

Posted By Analiese Hamm 01-11-2023 07:52
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Hello! I too direct shows in a very conservative community. And selecting shows is indeed a year-round task for me. I have had most success and enjoyment with traditional adaptations of classics. Traditional adaptations, as in not super silly spoofs. This year we did Around the World in 80 days, which ...

RE: Rural School Theater Programs

Posted By Analiese Hamm 01-03-2023 07:50
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Hello! I teach in a rural public school in Georgia, with about 250 in the HS population too, and started the theatre program here! And first off, bravo... you are already off to the right start finding this resource! My biggest challenge was having absolutely no community of colleagues to support me ...

RE: scrim material alternative

Posted By Analiese Hamm 09-21-2022 07:58
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I have used a variety of subpar materials that still get the job done because I never can afford the scrim. I've used natural scrim (https://www.onlinefabricstore.com/natural-cotton-scrim-fabric-.htm). It is very soft though and hard to pull perfectly tight, but I used it for a ship sail and was able ...

RE: MakeUp Assignment?

Posted By Analiese Hamm 08-25-2022 07:50
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Wow! I had no idea this all was out there. This is fantastic! Thank you!! ------------------------------ Analiese Hamm ECHS Drama Director Echols County High School Statenville GA ------------------------------

MakeUp Assignment?

Posted By Analiese Hamm 08-24-2022 12:12
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I have returned back to the theatre classroom after 5 years! Hooray! ...Wait, how dare that student is absent during my beautifully designed curriculum! Help! There is no way they can complete this group assignment on their own! Most of the graded assignments in my Fundamentals of Theatre course are ...

RE: Few Males / Strong lead female

Posted By Analiese Hamm 03-30-2022 07:54
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Following! I too am losing the bulk of my singers!! And my kids and I adore musicals. What to do!!!?? I have cast aside my hope for a musical really. I was going to go the Edgar Allan Poe direction and cast with my one boy Poe, then most of the narrators as female, but the show just seems really dark ...