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Freaky Friday Hourglass

Posted By Amy Bussey 02-15-2024 07:47
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I am looking for an existing hourglass for Freaky Friday to buy or rent from someone. I know how I can make my own, but have too many things on my plate to do it myself and all my good help does too. I'm happy to pay and pay shipping. Please let me know if you have one! Amy Neal Bussey Stuarts Draft ...

Scenes needed

Posted By Amy Bussey 01-30-2024 09:55
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Hello! I am looking for a scene for three advanced female students that is not Crimes of the Heart. Any ideas? I also need a scene for another less advanced trio--two boys and a girl. Anyone able to help? Amy Neal Bussey Stuarts Draft High School Theatre and English TeacherFine Arts Department Head ...

Arabian Nights

Posted By Amy Bussey 03-21-2023 08:46
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I am looking at doing Dominic Cooke's Arabian Nights. However, I'm hesitating because I'm afraid that it's inappropriate for my (mostly) white actors to be performing this. What are other's thoughts on this? ------------------------------ Amy Neal Bussey Theatre Director, English and Drama Teacher ...

RE: Play Needed for large cast

Posted By Amy Bussey 01-09-2023 09:44
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Thank you everyone for the great suggestions! Keep them coming! ------------------------------ Amy Neal Bussey Theatre Director, English and Drama Teacher Stuarts Draft High School Stuarts Draft, Virginia ------------------------------

RE: Play Needed for large cast

Posted By Amy Bussey 01-09-2023 09:44
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Thank you everyone for the great suggestions! Keep them coming! Amy Neal Bussey Stuarts Draft High School Theatre and English TeacherFine Arts Department Head One-Act Theatre & Forensics CoachMusical Director abussey@augusta.k12.va.us This is a staff email account managed by augusta.k12.va.us. This ...

Play Needed for large cast

Posted By Amy Bussey 01-06-2023 09:54
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Hi everyone! I have a wonderful problem of having a large number of kids in my Advanced class. We traditionally produce a full-length play from this class, but I'm having trouble thinking of something suitable with enough parts. (26 actors--6 of them guys and two of those won't play large roles.) I've ...

RE: Rumors - Neil Simon

Posted By Amy Bussey 05-18-2022 12:05
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I would be interested in knowing this information as well. Amy Neal Bussey Stuarts Draft High School Theatre and English TeacherTheatre Program Director One-Act Play & Forensics Coach abussey@augusta.k12.va.us

RE: Technical Theatre online learning

Posted By Amy Bussey 02-08-2022 12:42
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Thank you all for the wonderful suggestions! These are great! Amy Neal Bussey Stuarts Draft High School Theatre and English TeacherTheatre Program Director One-Act Play & Forensics Coach abussey@augusta.k12.va.us

Technical Theatre online learning

Posted By Amy Bussey 02-04-2022 09:37
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I remember seeing something about online learning modules for technical theatre--or maybe it was theatre safety?--within the last few months, but can't find that information now. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Amy Neal Bussey Stuarts Draft High School Theatre and English TeacherTheatre ...

RE: The Play That Goes Wrong

Posted By Amy Bussey 11-29-2021 15:03
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Does anyone know where to find the High School version of this?  I'm only familiar with the original and the One-act version.  I'd love to check it out! ------------------------------ Amy Neal Bussey Theatre Director, English and Drama Teacher Stuarts Draft High School Stuarts Draft, Virginia ...

RE: Insects and Outdoor Theatre

Posted By Amy Bussey 04-20-2021 08:49
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I work at the same outdoor theatre as Cassy, but have seen it from a director/producer viewpoint.  One of the preshow tasks is to spray the stage and audience area using a fogger about two hours before each show.  This is only done for shows and not for rehearsals. ------------------------------ ...

RE: Modern large cast dramas

Posted By Amy Bussey 07-06-2019 09:20
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We also did Metamorphoses without an actual pool. Although we did still have a pool of sorts. We had an 8x12 frame of 2x4 that we had an erormous kind of quilt I made of various blue fabrics attached inside. The actors pulled the fabric up, covered themselves with it partially, and in general treated ...

RE: Appropriate Musicals

Posted By Amy Bussey 05-22-2019 11:46
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Believe it or not, we had a parent complaint over the language in Newsies. Not one of our parents, but a parent of a child at a local elementary school in our district. It went directly to our superintendent, and then to my principal and resulted in a demand to change the language (which is very minimal) ...

RE: Script Approval in Your District?

Posted By Amy Bussey 04-01-2019 11:59
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This is an issue we are actively dealing with in my district currently, due to one community member complaint over the minimal amount of language in Disney's "Newsies".  As this is actively going on, and has not been resolved, I don't feel comfortable talking about it publicly, but am happy to have anyone ...

Plays with 4 women, 6 men?

Posted By Amy Bussey 02-13-2019 14:53
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Hi everyone!  I'm looking for a play with 4 women and 6 men for my Advanced Drama class.  Appropriate doubling is fine too.  We want more of an ensemble piece, rather than a star vehicle, and they are open to comedy or drama.  We did Metamorphoses and Rough Magic earlier this year, so would like to do ...

RE: Technical Theatre Rubric

Posted By Amy Bussey 11-27-2018 13:12
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I would love to see this as well. Thank you! ------------------------------ Amy Bussey Stuarts Draft VA ------------------------------

"Rough Magic" Flare onstage

Posted By Amy Bussey 11-27-2018 13:11
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I'm looking for some help from someone more technically savvy them me. We are doing "Rough Magic" and there is an important moment where a character runs onstage with a lit safety flare and burns a page torn out of a book onstage. I have no idea how to do this. Both the flare and the page burning are ...

Question about religious objection

Posted By Amy Bussey 09-09-2018 20:49
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I was planning on producing "She Kills Monsters Young Explorers Edition" with my Advanced Drama Class this Winter. It is good for them in so many ways. However, I have one student who says he cannot be part of the show based on religious objections. Basically, even though it is left a question whether ...

RE: Putting the pit onstage

Posted By Amy Bussey 08-23-2018 09:03
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We did it for "Rock of Ages" two years ago.  It was fabulous!  That show is written specifically to be done this way, and any misgivings I had initially worked out beautifully in the end.  Obviously, this was a small rock band and they were visible and costumed the entire show (and appropriately hammed ...

RE: Drama Club Resources

Posted By Amy Bussey 08-14-2018 08:31
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I'd love to take a look at it also.  Thank you for sharing! ------------------------------ Amy Bussey Theatre Program Director Stuarts Draft High School Stuarts Draft VA ------------------------------