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Best costume steamer to buy?

Posted By Julie Hanisch 05-05-2023 12:36
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Hi, Everyone, Our theatre department saved up enough money to purchase a steamer for our green room/dressing room area. Does anyone have some makes/models of steamers they love? We sometimes have up to 50 costumes to steam, so I'm looking for a solution that is handy to use but doesn't make our volunteers ...

RE: 12 Angry Jurors

Posted By Julie Hanisch 05-15-2022 23:17
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Dear David, When you produced Twelve Angry Jurors, did you wait until you cast the show to make the script changes as they relate to gender, or did you decide in advance which jurors would be which gender, change the script, and then audition for the show? Thank you so much! Julie Hanisch Mukwonago ...

Oz leads vs. supporting roles (for Thespian points)

Posted By Julie Hanisch 04-26-2022 11:29
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For those of you who have given Thespian points for Wizard of Oz, do you consider Oz himself, Glinda, and the Witch to be leads or supporting roles? I've always viewed only Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion as leads with Glinda, Oz, Witch being supporting roles. How have others weighted them for Thespian ...

RE: Cast and Crew Information Collection

Posted By Julie Hanisch 01-30-2022 10:44
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Luka, I agree with you. Unfortunately, I don't have a good answer to share just yet. We also collect our information using a Google form, and we've gotten more sophisticated over the years using the question navigation tools of the form to direct students only to those questions which apply to them, ...

RE: Too many students in one's theatre program?

Posted By Julie Hanisch 01-19-2022 15:34
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Hi, Billy, Our Theatre Dept. does officially three productions a year:  a fall play, Thespian troupe winter one-acts (student-directed and some student-written), and a spring musical. The fall play and spring musical are currently both on the "large cast merry-go-round."  LOL.  Our issue is that our ...

RE: Too many students in one's theatre program?

Posted By Julie Hanisch 01-17-2022 15:42
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Lara Russo: Oooooo!  The monologue idea based on the Innocence Project is a fantastic idea!  Please let me know how this turns out!!! After reading what a number of others have written in this thread, I have decided that double-casting is too much work. Therefore, as a warmup performance to go on before ...

RE: Pre-Show/Series of Short One Acts

Posted By Julie Hanisch 01-15-2022 23:43
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Hello!  I just posted almost the exact same forum question as I have the same problem. I'm curious if you have found a solution to managing your growing theatre program while still giving students quality opportunities. I was thinking of doing a one-act "warm up" before a main play as well, but will ...

Too many students in one's theatre program?

Posted By Julie Hanisch 01-15-2022 23:17
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Hello, I am in a bit of philosophical quandary and am curious about others' views. My theatre program has grown a LOT in part because I have chosen plays with larger casts the last few years to grow participation. Students have grown excited and brought their friends into the program, but I've painted ...

Need help with shoe recommendations

Posted By Julie Hanisch 10-22-2021 13:43
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Hello, friends. I could use some help in learning more about affordable resources for shoes. I know we can shop at thrift stores, eBay, and rummage sales for one-offs for a single character, but I'm always stuck when we need multiples of one kind of shoe, especially when it's NOT for a musical. (Example: ...

RE: Makeup looking "odd" under LED stage lighting?

Posted By Julie Hanisch 08-31-2021 08:01
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Erich, Thank you for such a detailed, helpful response. I am open to learning about whatever makes the makeup/lighting marriage better, so I will run your ideas past our technical director who handles our lighting and will check out a number of your suggestions. I was hoping it was more of a makeup ...

Makeup looking "odd" under LED stage lighting?

Posted By Julie Hanisch 08-27-2021 12:41
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I came across similar threads on this forum, but none seemed to tackle the specific issue I'm questioning, so here goes!  :-) Our 850-seat theatre is now starting its fifth year since construction, and all of our stage lights (ellipsoidals, PARs, movers, fresnels, spots, floods) are LED from ETC Lighting.  ...

RE: Halloween Play recommendations

Posted By Julie Hanisch 07-10-2021 15:02
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We did NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD for Halloween (all in black and white colors). It was fun! ------------------------------ Julie Hanisch English/Drama Teacher Mukwonago High School ------------------------------

RE: Monologue Recommendations for Introductory HS class?

Posted By Julie Hanisch 12-13-2020 09:02
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These might help: https://www.dramanotebook.com/monologues-teenagers/ https://www.theatrefolk.com/free-resources/monologues-for-girls https://www.theatrefolk.com/free-resources/monologues-for-guys https://www.youthplays.com/monologues.php ------------------------------ ...

RE: Looking for good three-character scenes

Posted By Julie Hanisch 12-04-2020 23:59
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Hello, Don. I came across this older post and was wondering if you had an updated link to three-person scenes as the link in the old post appears broken. Thank you so much.  ------------------------------ Julie Hanisch English/Drama Teacher Mukwonago WI ------------------------------

RE: Looking for good three-character scenes

Posted By Julie Hanisch 12-04-2020 23:57
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Hello, Don. I came across this older post and was wondering if you had an updated link to three-person scenes as the link in the old post appears broken. Thank you so much.  ------------------------------ Julie Hanisch English/Drama Teacher Mukwonago WI ------------------------------

RE: Support

Posted By Julie Hanisch 11-13-2020 08:52
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This sounds like a difficult time for your school, students, and staff. It also sounds like you have been thoughtful and considerate in how best to handle the situation, and our drama club sends its supports to yours. May your young performer feel the good thoughts of people around the country coming ...

Longer HS Readers Theatre Plays

Posted By Julie Hanisch 10-26-2020 09:12
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I have been combing through some limited readers theatre textbooks in search of finding some substantive readers theatre plays. Unfortunately, what I'm finding consists mostly of either children's theatre, holiday theatre, or shortened plays that wouldn't take more than 10-15 minutes onstage to perform.  ...

RE: Midsummer -- alternate language for the Wall speech

Posted By Julie Hanisch 06-14-2020 11:34
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Hi. Our high school did Midsummer two years ago, and the actor very clearly used a gesture to indicate a hole to help the audience understand. All of the blocking around the scene was past-paced and very clearly helped to establish that they were talking through a hole. We live in a pretty conservative ...

RE: A time to laugh

Posted By Julie Hanisch 06-06-2020 21:44
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How many guys? We did Clockwork with our girls and  about six guys, and the kids enjoyed the Southern comedy murder mystery. ------------------------------ Julie Hanisch English/Drama Teacher Mukwonago WI ------------------------------

RE: Curtain Call

Posted By Julie Hanisch 09-09-2019 20:17
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Brian, we are doing Night of the Living Dead right now for our fall play. Can you share what you did for blood?  Did you use any squibs for the gunshot wounds on Ben and the corpse with the police in the final scenes?  Thanks awfully much. - Julie Hanisch, Mukwonago ------------------------------ ...