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RE: Need help building large Ship Mast

Posted By Warren Kerr 04-07-2017 13:47
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Just adding my two cents here ... do not forget the rope! Wrap it around the mast several times at various heights on the mast. Also there should be some ropes coming from the "top" or the mast to the side of the ship. In my production of "The Tempest" a few years ago, I wanted to see the ship in ...

RE: Line exercises

Posted By Warren Kerr 01-04-2017 10:08
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One exercise I use is called "kick the box". I bring in used cardboard boxes and have one for each actor on stage. When they come to the last word of each line or sentence I tell them to kick the box, HARD. (making sure that nobody is in the direct line of fire) This makes the actor tense up enough so ...

RE: Shows with unique set requirements

Posted By Warren Kerr 12-13-2016 19:44
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"dead mans cell phone" - (language warning) character commits suicide by climbing into a working brick bar-b-que Warren Kerr ------------------------------ Warren Kerr Theatre Arts Teacher Auburn School District Auburn WA

RE: Adaptations

Posted By Warren Kerr 11-05-2016 10:05
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Hello! If you have a little time to wait, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is in the process of reworking/adapting and modernizing all of the Shakespeare works. They have hired many playwrights and dramaturge artists for this project. I do not know the exact publication date but it is very soon. Warren ...

RE: Large Amount of Free Felt

Posted By Warren Kerr 10-15-2016 12:20
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Check for fireproofing! It could be used like any black fabric for hiding under platforms, behind doors that open to offstage rooms, etc. ------------------------------ Warren Kerr Theatre Arts Teacher Auburn School District Auburn WA

RE: Shakespeare's The Tempest Music

Posted By Warren Kerr 10-10-2016 10:05
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I have found several members of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival company willing to share or for a small rental fee use their music from various plays in the cannon. I do know that Todd Barton, composer emeritus of the festival, does make his scores available for a small fee and offers them on his website. ...

RE: Call for participants for a study on Teaching Stagecraft and Stage Design

Posted By Warren Kerr 10-02-2016 11:26
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Also interested. Please send contact information Warren Kerr - Theatre Arts Auburn High School Auburn, WA Sent from my iPhone

RE: Producing Twelfth Night

Posted By Warren Kerr 09-24-2016 09:49
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Hello all! We are in the beginning stages of premiering a new version of "Twelfth Night" and will open it on 4 November 2016. The script has been cut for time constraints and reduced to 13/14 actors. There is a twist to the concept that I found irresistible: Zombies. I will report to you folks as ...

Summer Scholarship Show

Posted By Warren Kerr 07-06-2016 14:09
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Hello all! I am looking for a play that can be done simply (tech wise) for a summer scholarship fundraising show. "Almost Maine" was my first choice, but it was recently done in the community. The actors will be coming from an 'alumni and parent booster club', with the tech and backstage help ...

RE: Question about theater conferences.

Posted By Warren Kerr 05-11-2016 14:00
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The Washington State Thespians have an In-service day in October in the Seattle area usually. You might check with the powers that be. Warren ------------------------------ Warren Kerr Theatre Arts Teacher Auburn School District Auburn WA

RE: Do you teach Drama, Theatre, Acting or....?

Posted By Warren Kerr 05-10-2016 10:12
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We offer: Four full years of Acting, Children's Theatre Literature combined with Children's Theatre Performance, Theatre History, and full year of Technical Theatre. Currently we are struggling getting all of those classes filled, so I am considered a part-time Theatre Arts teacher. This year ...

RE: Retiring Message

Posted By Warren Kerr 05-03-2016 08:38
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Take a look at Prospero's speech from "The Tempest". my favorite end is season/year presentation. Warren ------------------------------ Warren Kerr Theatre Arts Teacher Auburn School District Auburn WA

Search for a play

Posted By Warren Kerr 03-16-2016 19:19
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Hello all. I am looking for a short play with the theme of A Phoenix Rising. We are doing a one act festival and this would be a great theme for the 8 brave souls who won't give up on a spring show! Short plays preferred, small cast, etc. Let me know ASAP if you have any bright ideas! ...

RE: Our Town

Posted By Warren Kerr 03-01-2016 08:20
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The "Our Town" I directed was based on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production in their outdoor theatre. The only changes in the setting were: a rented 'back of a theatre stage' painted drop and the church choir practice was performed in the shallow orchestra pit we have. Instead of having the show ...

RE: Absent Students

Posted By Warren Kerr 02-15-2016 09:25
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I am trying to find a reasonable way for absent students to "make up" a performance. When there is no way to bring in another audience, and not being able to create the exact circumstances of having a missing actor for them to learn from the experience, it becomes punitive and not something that I want ...

Damn Yankees

Posted By Warren Kerr 01-08-2016 15:09
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Hello All! It appears that I will be directing the only high school production of Damn Yankees this winter west of the Rockies, so I am hoping that someone near us (Auburn, Washington) has set, props, costumes to borrow and advice to give. Any and all ideas are welcome! Solutions that worked ...

RE: LED Cyclorama Lighting Instruments

Posted By Warren Kerr 11-12-2015 19:09
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Hello! We just installed 10 instruments for our 40' x 25' cyclorama. They are ETC Lustr+ with the Source 4 LED CYC attachments on each one. They are amazingly bright when you need them and as long as you have the light board to handle all of the channels/universes you will be well served. ...

RE: New App: The Bard remixed - Royal Shakespeare Company & Hip-Hop

Posted By Warren Kerr 10-08-2015 08:17
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Here is a press release from Oregon Shakespeare festival: Play on! Share 36 playwrights translate Shakespeare OSF is commissioning 36 playwrights and pairing them with dramaturgs to translate 39 plays attributed to Shakespeare into contemporary modern English between now and December 31, ...

RE: Help/ Ideas needed for staging 12 Angry Jurors

Posted By Warren Kerr 10-01-2015 08:22
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Hello Shana, I have been following this discussion for a while now and there seems to be another alternative you might try. Every other spring show I bring the audience up on stage. I arrange for a 20' x 20' acting area on the stage and then fill the remaining space with rows of chairs. In ...

Dentist Chair

Posted By Warren Kerr 09-04-2015 15:10
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Little Shop Dentist Chair - free to a good home but you must come and pick it up. VERY HEAVY AND MUST BE KEPT LEVEL OR HYDRAULIC FLUID WILL LEAK OUT. This belongs to one of the secretaries in my school and she needs it to leave her basement. ------------------------------ Warren Kerr ...

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