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So sweet of you to share your Journal Prompts.  I really appreciate it. ------------------------------ Tiersa Ferraro Drama Director/Theater Teacher Oconomowoc High School Oconomomow, WI 53018 ------------------------------

We use The Art of Theater -- Similar to Michael, not daily, but for reference.  We use it in our History of Theater Class and IB Theater most regularly. ------------------------------ Tiersa Ferraro Drama Director Delafield WI ------------------------------

Ryan -- That is a great point!!  We were hired to do a job and part of that job is casting a show.  Outside "professionals" brings with it a whole other host of problems.  We are the professionals!!  We as a team had been thinking about it, but there is no reason to cast off our professionalism and ...

Brilliant!! ------------------------------ Tiersa Ferraro Drama Director Delafield WI ------------------------------

We have recently been talking about the same thing.  The main thing would to be sure that these professionals have no connection to your students.  Lancaster is a bigger community than where I live now (I used to live in Strasburg and worked at Sight & Sound), but that would be my main point.  Most professionals ...

I have directed Footloose twice.  The first was for a small, Christian school in which the musical director and producer just couldn't get past the lyrics.  We cut the song.  You can get the idea from just the dialogue, but the dialogue is actually more risque than the actual song. The second time, ...

I actually do a whole class based on this called Putting On a Show.  This is studying every aspect of the play EXCEPT the acting.  Each student chooses an area of interest, does a research project on that work, then does a demonstration with the class.  We also invited in professionals to talk about ...

Had a wonderful production of Stage Door last year.  Always feel like it would be better on a more intimate stage. ------------------------------ Tiersa Ferraro Drama Director Delafield WI ------------------------------

Just closed a very successful run of STAGE DOOR.  Wonderful and fun characters! ------------------------------ Tiersa Ferraro Drama Director Delafield WI ------------------------------