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Musical Theatre Songwriting Lesson

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 04-20-2020 13:18
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Hello all, I am very interested in getting my students to start writing more of their own original work. I have some great resources and a lesson plan I greatly enjoy for writing one acts and full length plays but nothing on how to get going on writing musical theatre songs and starting the process of ...

RE: Cabaret

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 01-19-2020 08:42
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I did Cabaret many years ago and truly enjoyed doing it. There is more than one script version available so you can pick whichever version is best suited to you. You can also request to cut songs etc. We also dealt with the question of sexualizing the girls. I will say that replicating the broadway version ...

RE: ITF and transgender students

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 01-11-2020 10:21
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ITF uses the official database of thespian students so unless you login into your edta account and change their name there it will be whatever it was when you inducted them. It is true that parent consent is required so I know that can get a bit dicey sometimes. In terms of preferred name that's something ...

RE: Improv book

Im guessing this is Jim Hoare, its available through Theatre Folk I want to say? Victoria Kesling Councill

RE: Why no AP theatre courses?

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 04-14-2019 17:09
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They have IB Theatre, it's not the same.-- Sent from Gmail Mobile

RE: Why no AP theatre courses?

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 04-13-2019 07:01
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Heya! You are right, we have discussed this in the forum on numerous occasions and if you search for "AP Theatre" or "AP Drama" you'll find it. It has been proposed to College Board on more than one occasion and in the past year or so College Board has done some surveys with teachers on interest levels ...

RE: Holding the kiddos accountable

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 12-02-2018 08:32
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I have a contact for officers that states they must be involved with every show in some shape or form. This is primarily because they get first dibs on leadership positions for shows at the start of the year- I already know in August if they'll be auditioning or working production staff on a show. That ...

RE: fitting the arts into the master schedule

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 11-02-2018 07:20
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I have a couple of thoughts on this. First some background on me: I teach in a single high school county. We have one middle school and two elementary schools. We have suffered similar issues (arts gets the short straw and especially drama). Here are a few things I've done to help alleviate the pain: ...

RE: Education for Theatre Teachers

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 07-23-2018 09:25
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Hi Savannah, I'm the chapter director for VA and I e-mailed you previously. 2 e-mails, same person. Let me know if you are interested in going out of state and I can give more focused advice. I would recommend looking at the career-switcher programs through the community college system in VA. As far ...

RE: Licensing a Royal Shakespeare Company Play

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 07-14-2018 09:27
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I see that it's published by Samuel French UK so I'd contact them?-- Sent from Gmail Mobile

RE: New Troupe Help

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 05-12-2018 08:26
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Hi! On behalf of VA Thespians, that is very exciting news! In case you didn't already know- we are holding state conference at Radford University next year.  In terms of induction, when I started the troupe at my school I have them fill out what I called "retroactive point paperwork". This was because ...

RE: 24 Hour Play Fest

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 04-21-2018 08:54
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My school does one every year. I do it with my playwriting/ directing classes. They serve as the writers/ directors and then the general population can sign up for Acting or Tech. I pull stage managers from my advanced tech classes. The students who stay overnight are the students who write & direct ...

RE: Ph.D. Theatre Education

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 04-14-2018 09:04
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I know while I was competing my MA through University of Houston's Summer MA program there was some mention of them developing a similar Summer/ Distance Learning based PhD. But I doubt that will be anytime soon. ------------------------------ Victoria Kesling Councill Chapter Director - VA EdTA/ ...

RE: Trip To London

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 03-26-2018 06:24
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You can also get discount tickets at the National for school groups on specific days of the week. If you know a school in the UK who uses the train discount for schools you can get practically free train tickets as well.-- Sent from Gmail Mobile

RE: (Prop) Tommy Gun for CHICAGO

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 03-14-2018 13:09
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I bought a cheap one around halloween and spray-painted it for the style we were doing. Victoria Kesling Councill Chapter Director - VA Educational Theatre Association/ Virginia ThespiansArtistic Director- NKHS Trojan Theatre, Kent England Exchange Partnership ProductionVCU BFA Theatre Education, BFA ...

RE: Need Advice

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 03-11-2018 10:51
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I second the devising option. I've devised work on a large scale (fully fledged shows and not just scenes) twice. The first time I used a book like the one mentioned and struggled a lot with arguing and the like. The second time we used Frantic Assembly's approach of physically devising work with a concrete ...

RE: Question about the American High School Theatre Festival & The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 11-18-2017 08:52
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Hi, I'll echo some others: invited every year, not an "honor". AHSTF is actually just a program created by a travel company here in Virginia. So they are a legit travel company. Not a legit honor or festival. They're just buying space at the pre-existing Fringe Festival for schools to perform. Fringe- ...

RE: Large Ensemble Plays (Mostly Female)

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 10-14-2017 06:54
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I'm going to suggest Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl- it can be done with only 3 guys and as many girls as you want by expanding the Stones into a large Greek Chorus. Likewise, Clay McLeod Chapman's Volume of Smoke is a script you can get for free online and Chapman typically allows high schools to do it for ...

RE: Miracle worker pump

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 10-14-2017 06:51
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We built a working pump for Eurydice. I'll see if I still have plans for it.-- Sent from Gmail Mobile

RE: Romantic(?) Lead

Posted By Victoria (Tori) Kesling Councill 09-28-2017 07:24
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