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Job Posting for Artistic Director SMCHS

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 05-30-2023 16:37
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https://www.smhs.org/about/employment-opportunities/details/~board/employment-opportunities/post/talon-theatre-artistic-director ------------------------------ Amy Luskey Barth Talon Theatre Artistic Director Director, Thespian Troupe 5524 Santa Margarita Catholic High School -------------------- ...

Theatre Instructor Position

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 07-13-2021 13:25
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A prime position for anyone seeking a career opportunity in educational theatre at a highly regarded private school in California. Questions contact me at bartha@smhs.org Job Summary Santa Margarita Catholic High School is accepting applications for a full-time Theatre Arts Teacher for the 2021-2022 ...

Rights You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 01-27-2021 10:50
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I've been waiting for notification of streaming and stage rights for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown for nearly a month from Concord Theatrical. I'm curious if anyone else has had this problem? I'm not getting any response on email and when I call, I am told that there is no information. Just curious ...

Hybrid

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 09-25-2020 14:45
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Hello mighty theatre educators. I've been slugging my way through a constantly changing schedule at school. We are now in a "blended plus" hybrid: alphabetically half the kids are virtual and half in the classroom on screen for half a day and then they flip. We are not on zoom - we use Microsoft Teams. ...

RE: Converting Room to Black Box/Studio

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 09-25-2020 14:38
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Hi Drew. Years ago, I did the same thing. I would suggest, if you have the budget, to lay in a wood floor - one that you can paint black as well. Because you want the BB to be versatile in its orientation, hanging pipes if you can so that depending on whether you are proscenium, thrust or arena you can ...

RE: Best Murder Mystery Plays

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 07-07-2020 11:09
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I like "Rehearsal for Murder" & "A Murder is Announced" Just throwing those into the mix! ------------------------------ Amy Luskey Barth Talon Theatre Artistic Director Director, Thespian Troupe 5524 Santa Margarita Catholic High School ------------------------------

RE: Thoughts for next season

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 06-05-2020 12:35
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Yes, I, too, discovered that when we converted our show to ZOOM, that making the camera the scene partner was far more effective.  I then began thinking more like a TV director than a theatre director. It's acting for the camera now! ------------------------------ Amy Luskey Barth Talon Theatre ...

RE: Thoughts for next season

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 06-02-2020 12:56
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Hi John. Normally I would have selected a theme and season by now. I am just waiting to see what happens. A great concern to me are the latest studies on the aerosol spread of the virus  from singing. At this point, I am looking in to the clear face shields for rehearsals. I will likely choose material ...

RE: Recording production on Zoom Question

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 05-12-2020 17:38
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Dear All, Thank you for all of your help with ZOOM performance recording. I want to report that things went very smoothly once I got all of the settings worked out. I want to share that the students had a ton of fun picking virtual backgrounds for scenes!  This became a study in design.  I also would ...

RE: Approved cuts to INTO THE WOODS

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 05-12-2020 17:27
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Hello, John. I just had to cancel my spring production of Into the Woods. It happens to be my favorite musical so we have different sensibilities about Act II. However, you might reconsider doing Into the Woods, Jr.  if you feel that strongly. My experience with MTI on this show is absolutely no cuts ...

RE: Fall Productions?

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 05-12-2020 17:21
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Hi Cory. Let me start by saying that you are certainly not alone in this question!  At this point in time I normally am announcing my season theme and the fall, winter and spring shows. I have already told my students that I cannot announce yet until I have more information on how we are going to proceed. ...

RE: Reopening Venues

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 05-12-2020 17:03
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Thank you for this excellent resource. ------------------------------ Amy Luskey Barth Talon Theatre Artistic Director Director, Thespian Troupe 5524 Santa Margarita Catholic High School ------------------------------

RE: Recording production on Zoom Question

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 05-04-2020 14:26
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Thanks to all who have offered their input and help with this. I am going to test it today during my Thespian board meeting. I will keep you posted! I really appreciate the excellent guidance on this. This is a great example of collaboration! Warm regards to all Amy

RE: Recording production on Zoom Question

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 05-03-2020 19:16
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I can't thank you all enough!! Truly! Amy Sent from my iPhone

Recording production on Zoom Question

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 05-02-2020 18:04
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Hello! Does anyone have experience with the settings on ZOOM to record multiple people on screen? I recorded my rehearsal today but when I watched the recording only 1 person at a time was visible instead of what I was seeing on the screen. We have done the settings to hide non video participants so ...

RE: Online rehearsal platform for 30 people

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 04-06-2020 10:47
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Good morning everyone.  So there are settings in Zoom that you can use to protect the group from "zoombombing." You can go in and create a waiting room which then allows you to admit only those whom you know.  I have continued to use Zoom from my own personal account and we have had no problems (not ...

RE: Online rehearsal platform for 30 people

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 03-28-2020 12:50
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Thank you for this. I wasn't aware of it. We are going to explore. ------------------------------ Amy Luskey Barth Talon Theatre Artistic Director Director, Thespian Troupe 5524 Santa Margarita Catholic High School ------------------------------

RE: Online rehearsal platform for 30 people

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 03-27-2020 11:48
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Hi Melinda. I share your frustration. I'm trying to rehearse Into the Woods over Zoom but have had no luck doing group vocal rehearsals. The lag and varied WiFi connections make it impossible. I have had success with solos only by having the actor use their rehearse score app singing with it. My MD tried ...

RE: International Baccalaureate Teacher?

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 09-19-2019 10:53
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Eric, I would be happy to meet with you. My cell is 714-269-1485 or find me at Project Speak Up booth. I've been doing IB for 10 years. Amy ------------------------------ Amy Luskey Barth Talon Theatre Artistic Director Director, Thespian Troupe 5524 Santa Margarita Catholic High School ...

PROJECT SPEAK UP! Theatre on Purpose

Posted By Amy Luskey-Barth 09-17-2019 20:23
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Stop by the PROJECT SPEAK UP! booth at the EDTA National Convention to hear about a royalty-free educational toolkit that uses theatre as a catalyst for conversation about issues impacting the mental health of students. SPEAK UP! enables adults to see the issues and their causes through a youth lens ...