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A buck and rail fence consists of a series of two poles crossed in an "x" pattern (the buck) connected to a series of poles running parallel to the ground and attached along one side (the rails). They were used when ranchers couldn't pound or dig posts into the ground. If you want it actually real and ...

Othello comes to my mind at first. That could be a really fun location! -- Carl W. Rankin, MA Instructional Coach, HS English, Yearbook, Speech & Technical Theatre Bedford Community High School P.O. Box 234, 906 Penn Bedford, Iowa 50833 712-523-2114 carlrankin@bedford.k12.ia.us

Don't be afraid to challenge them on availability. I had to go round and round with them to allow us to perform Fiddler on the Roof years ago because of a touring group performing two hours away. I was able to convince them that our little rural SW Iowa production would not hurt their ticket sales, in ...

"Puffs" is also on our shortlist for next year. I, too, would like to know from others how it worked with audiences. Also, I'm at a rural high school, would you recommend the regular 2 act version or the "for Younger Wizards" version? I have a perusal, but won't have time to read it until school is out. ...

When we did it a couple of years ago, we auditioned everyone with the "Men" script, and then chose the best performers for the "character" and selected the appropriate gender version of the script for each character. It worked well for us. ------------------------------ Carl Rankin ---------------- ...