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John Monteverde

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RE: Dr. Horrible

Posted By John Monteverde 10-15-2022 13:23
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I was, I think, the first person to produce this show on stage. You can see a photo of my production (Horrible, Hammer and Penny at Curtain Call) in the book. I can't remember the page number. LOL Anyway, I had wanted ages ago to see if "Once More With Feeling" from Buffy The Vampire Slayer could be ...

RE: Please read my sob story…struggling to find a musical

Posted By John Monteverde 08-13-2022 15:01
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Looking at some of your previous shows, have you considered Xanadu? Only two men total really (and only 8 women if you want to go with a smaller cast)! Looks like your school has done some successful jukebox musicals. I also feel like if you were able to do Cabaret in the past your district should ...

RE: Legally Blonde Diffculty

Posted By John Monteverde 08-12-2022 02:52
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You are very welcome. I just noticed today that they are planning another Broadway National Tour of Legally Blonde so you should check and make sure you can get the rights. Sometimes they pull the non-professional rights when there's a National Tour. Good luck! Oh, one other challenge in the show ...

RE: Legally Blonde Diffculty

Posted By John Monteverde 08-10-2022 20:23
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I've done Legally Blonde and it was a big hit. Although that was 8 years ago and I'm not sure our community would be okay with the "Bend and Snap" anymore. I didn't find the show overall to be vocally that challenging. Elle is challenging. It's an incredibly demanding role so make sure you have a ...

RE: So, what are you doing?

Posted By John Monteverde 08-08-2022 14:50
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I'm doing Night of the Living Dead at Halloween. I've done it many times before at a variety of different schools and theaters and it's a huge engagement piece as well as a tremendous fundraiser. Only an hour and EVERYONE wants to come be a zombie. In December I'm partnering with the culinary arts ...

RE: MTI's High School Musical

Posted By John Monteverde 06-21-2022 15:02
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When i ran a professional youth theater, i was one of the first company's to produce the show many many years ago and obviously it did great. I remounted it several times. But i've never done it in a high school. I figured at this point it would be very passe' but in fact i feel like it's having a resurgence. ...

Restoration Comedy

Posted By John Monteverde 05-01-2022 11:50
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Anyone have any lessons or lesson plans they'd be willing to share for teaching Restoration Comedy? I want to try something a little new with my advanced students this spring. Ordinarily I'd teach Stage Combat but right now with Covid a majority of my students aren't comfortable with any form of physical ...

RE: Masked outdoor theater

Posted By John Monteverde 07-22-2021 05:43
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I'd love to read your play. I can't figure out all the proper codes to respond to you privately. Typical huh?

Masked outdoor theater

Posted By John Monteverde 07-21-2021 03:15
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I'm thinking we are going to be forced to perform outdoors in masks next fall if we want to do any theater at all. So in order to make lemonade out of plague infected lemons, anyone know a really good adaptation of a Greek or Roman play?

RE: Musical suggestions

Posted By John Monteverde 01-05-2021 12:20
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I'm not sure about streaming but have you looked at Meet Me In St. Louis?  Sort of a hidden gem and yet most people are familiar with the movie and many of the songs from the show; "The Trolly Song," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" "Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis" "Skip to My Lou" and "The Boy ...

RE: High School Musical voicing

Posted By John Monteverde 01-02-2021 18:16
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I've done the show twice and both times I been lucky to have a very strong tenor as Troy (below). I don't know any way around that unless you can transpose. And the role is written HIGH. It's a hard role to sing and frankly, a bit difficult to cast because of that. If you recall, even Zak Efron didn't ...

Newsies with girls Attachments

Posted By John Monteverde 01-02-2021 17:57
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RE: Newsies with girls

Posted By John Monteverde 01-02-2021 17:57
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Absolutely. I did it. (I included a picture) Not only is it historically accurate but it does help with the fact that the score is heavy on tenors. Girls with lower registers really help fill out the vocal parts. It also helps in casting because there are several small women's ensemble roles like the ...

A Killer Party anyone?

Posted By John Monteverde 12-19-2020 19:13
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Is anyone else out there taking at shot at A KILLER PARTY this winter? I'd love to chat. We are diving in as soon as school starts up in January. It feels very out of my ballpark with all the video editing but I have great kids who are researching editing platforms over the holiday and a great music ...

RE: Radio show

Posted By John Monteverde 09-08-2020 18:39
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Look at It's A Wonderful Life by Joe Landry. It's a great script. I'd be doing it this year but I'm not allowed to do "Christmas Stuff" and my school. :/ ------------------------------ John Monteverde Drama Teacher A3: The Academy of Arts & Academics Springfield, OR john.monteverde@springfield.k12.or.us ...

RE: Thoughts for next season

Posted By John Monteverde 07-17-2020 00:08
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Hey Don Thank you for sending me your copy of Earnest adapted for on line. I think you are doing a good job exploring the challenges of Zoom Theater. I don't know what my class sizes will be but we have lock down on after school activities. All coaching stipends are on hold. So I'm looking for something ...

RE: Thoughts for next season

Posted By John Monteverde 07-16-2020 19:40
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Hey CJ I'd love to see what you've done with Spoon River. I was re-reading it over the summer and was a little overwhelmed by the thought of cutting down to performance length. I'm not much a playwright. Also, I don't know if you heard but I'm not at A3 next year. They are scaling back ...

RE: Best Murder Mystery Plays

Posted By John Monteverde 07-08-2020 14:42
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I produced The Mousetrap about four years ago as my first play in a new school. It was an ideal show as i didn't really know my casting pool or technical capabilities yet, but with one set and a small ensemble cast the show didn't provide a lot of challenges. I know the plot is riddled with holes (all ...

RE: Best Murder Mystery Plays

Posted By John Monteverde 07-08-2020 14:41
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RE: Thinking beyond porting theatre to Zoom

Posted By John Monteverde 07-08-2020 13:38
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I'm with Patti. I'm going a bit old school and exploring radio drama. I'm looking at programs that could allow the students to perform from home, using their phones or laptops as mics. I'm thinking of something like War of the Worlds for Halloween. Partnering with the local public access radio station ...