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Wednesday's Wisdom from EdTA Sage Emeritus

Posted By Carol Hovey 02-28-2024 15:25
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The most seminal experience in my teaching theatre was the opportunity to be part of the Globe Education Academy program through UC Davis 15 years ago when I was able to spend a couple weeks at the Globe Theatre studying embedding Shakespeare into my high school English and Theatre classes. Plus I have ...

RE: Favorite Greek shows?

Posted By Carol Hovey 08-06-2020 15:41
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My favorite Greek show is Antigone. I would have to look up the translation I used after reading through several translations to find one I liked and royalties were not expensive.  It definitely has strong women's roles.  I used a cast of 34 but but very flexible casting. ------------------------------ ...

RE: Serious Drama to Showcase Male Actor

Posted By Carol Hovey 05-16-2018 01:47
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I highly suggest The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. We just did it and it was a phenomenal show for a very talented cast of 10 and the lead role of Christopher is a tour-de-force part. My Christopher was a freshman so you may want to cast your mature senior in Ed--the father's role which ...

RE: Metamorphoses

Posted By Carol Hovey 04-06-2018 17:50
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We included the scene when we did Metamorphoses. Done very symbolically though it was message was clear. My admin always reads and approves the entire play(s) that we do.  When we staged it, the audience could see the two actors never really "touched" each other though they entered the "pool" together; ...

RE: Spring Play Suggestions...?

Posted By Carol Hovey 01-05-2018 03:29
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Some good plays with small casts that have worked well in the past for me are: Adaptation of Austen's Pride & PrejudiceWilde's The Importance of Being EarnestWilde's An Ideal HusbandMoises Kaufman's The Laramie ProjectZimmerman's MetamorphosesThe Diary of Anne FrankThe Miracle WorkerAdaptation of Antigone ...

RE: Looking for simple, scaled-down Musical for small high school

Posted By Carol Hovey 10-12-2016 14:40
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I see you mentioned doing Godspell which is a wonderful "small" musical with a cast of 12. When we did it, we collaborated with our Choir teacher and had them sing along with many of the numbers and though we had three-four large dance numbers, you can handle it pretty much any way you want. We had our ...

All Female Cast of 1776 musical

Posted By Carol Hovey 11-25-2015 14:01
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Want some input on doing 1776 with an all female cast. Wondering about your approach to the production. Know some companies that keep it period and others that made it more of a concert version with a neutral setting. Would love to hear of your experience in staging it. Sent from Windows Mail

RE: How long do you wait before doing a show again?

Posted By Carol Hovey 07-30-2014 20:56
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I generally wait 8 years for repeating plays but in view of your circumstances, I would say you should be extremely flexible. Another thought is to do a play you have done in the recent past but give it an entirely different treatment. For instance, we did Antigone one year and presented it with ...

good large cast plays to do

Posted By Carol Hovey 07-30-2014 18:28
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I usually come up with plays I would like to do pretty easily but this year for some reason I am having difficulty choosing. I need a two (high school level) and they do not have to be thematically connected, but the key is a large cast (15-20ish). Want a good message with some gravity, but not as "heavy" ...

RE:Scenes for Stage Combat

Posted By Carol Hovey 03-14-2014 15:22
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There are couple of good scenes in The Comedy of Errors and we just did a fun fight scene in Midsummer between Demetrius and Lysander. I would think pretty much any scene that lent itself to the commedia del arte style would be appropriate and virtually all of Shakespeare's works have great scenes with ...