List of Contributions

------------------------------ Jim Peterson Director of Theatre and Film Carmel IN ------------------------------

For the switchblades, we used those cheap combs that look like knives. We shaved the tips down to a point and filled in the tines. Then we painted the fake blade silver. We made a few of these to use during the run because they were unreliable.  As as for the matt, we made a few books out of styrofoam ...

Girls Like That. It's by a British playwright, but very contemporary and flexible. There are no character names and it's written as one long poem, but I did it with seven and have seen it done with 27. It's about cyber bullying. ------------------------------ Jim Peterson Director of Theatre and ...

I directed it a couple years ago with a cast of 19 and it worked out pretty well. The thing I found helpful was breaking up the hero’s role which helped distribute the lines and make them easier to memorize. We used costume suggestions like a lot of coats, hats and wigs to portray each character. Hannay ...

I'm curious if anyone would like to weigh in on a debate between offering theatre productions as a co-curricular activity or as extra-curricular productions. Most theatre programs that I'm aware of offer theatre strictly as extra-curricular productions. Students volunteer by auditioning for the production, ...

Has anyone had success in expanding the casts of either 39 Steps or Complete Works of Shakespeare? If so, how did you break up the roles? ------------------------------------------- Jim Peterson ------------------------------------------- Sent via Higher Logic Mobile

Looking for a full-length comedy with a large cast and strong female roles. Ideas? Go! ------------------------------------------- Jim Peterson ------------------------------------------- Sent via Higher Logic Mobile