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Glenn Morehouse Olson

Theater Teacher, Director,
St. Francis High School

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Theater Teacher, Director,
St. Francis High School

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RE: Understudies?

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 05-11-2019 12:46
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I have a great understudy program here and it has served my program very well. I believe my bench of talent is so deep because of this program. Most of my understudies tend to be student actors with a lot of promise, but not as much experience (usually underclassmen - but not always). Because I have ...

RE: Audrey II puppets

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 08-16-2017 10:42
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I did a summer workshop production of the show - and didn't use a puppet at all - we had a short timeline, and I always like trying something different. The first scene with Audrey II - (I also had two young men playing the role) - was my first actor behind the counter and only his head could be seen ...

RE: Audrey II puppets

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 08-16-2017 10:41
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RE: Favorite Murder Mystery Play?

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 04-12-2015 11:02
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We did The Plot, Like Gravy, Thickens and had huge success with it. We loved the fact that there's an entire section of improv in it where the audience gets to question the suspects. Audiences loved it. ------------------------------ Glenn Morehouse Olson Theater Teacher, Director St. ...

RE: hangers on or "groupies"

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 03-23-2015 10:01
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It's in my theatre handbook that they all have to read and sign off on before a production. Everyone helps police this and knows that friends are not allowed who are not part of the show. I also ask students to leave rehearsals who think they can just pop in and watch (I let them know they can buy a ...

RE: Help Finding an Appropriate Monologue

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 10-16-2014 15:44
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How long a piece are you looking for? You might find some good pieces from And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson about a girl who was disabled by Polio. It has some really moving pieces and some tough themes. www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1200 I know she might not want to fall into ...

RE: Looking for plays for African American elementary age students to perform

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 09-27-2014 15:15
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You should check with my friend Richard Hitchler - the Artistic Director at Steppingstone Theatre for Youth Development in St. Paul, MN. They have developed a number of original and adapted scripts that are excellent and can be performed by students of different ages. I have been able to make arrangements ...

RE: Understudies

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 08-04-2014 09:53
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I work with understudies on every show and it's been one of the best ways to build my program. It's a great way to pull actors in who have auditioned well, but don't have as much experience - or perhaps I've seen a spark, but they're not quite ready to take a lead. After understudying a role, they're ...

Understudy and principal cast

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 08-04-2014 09:39
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Here are two photos - one of my principal cast and one of my understudy cast for my fall show last year - The Plot, Like Gravy, Thickens. Fun murder mystery.

Theatre curtains

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 07-26-2014 13:46
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We were able to get new curtains in our theatre...I was told if I could sell the old ones, I could keep the $$$ in my underfunded program. Does anyone buy old curtains? We have the main and a number of legs and some borders. ------------------------------------------- Glenn Morehouse Olson Theater ...

RE: Enhanced Drama Course - English And Theatre

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 07-05-2014 20:42
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In my Honors English Drama class, we spend the first half reading and studying plays by great playwrights, doing character analysis, performances, 30 second Shakespeare projects, performance techniques, and improv. (12 weeks) . The next 12 weeks is a playwriting workshop where I take them through the ...

RE:Parodies of Shakespeare

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 05-04-2014 15:06
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One of my favorite One Acts was Hamlette...where Hamlet is female...super fun parody. I ended it with a tap dancing sword fight with light sabers...by Allison Williams. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged The Seussification if Rimeo and Juliet Don Zolidis' The Hamlet Thrill-ma-geddon ...

RE:Two Women Comedic Scenes

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 05-04-2014 14:49
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Some thoughts: Gwendolyn and Cecily from Importance of Being Earnest. The Female Odd Couple by Neil Simon Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Allan Ball Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief Wendy Wasserstein's Uncommon Women and Orhers Lysistrata Midsummer Nights Dream Taming ...

RE:Selecting a musical for a Catholic high school with many more women than men

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 05-01-2014 07:45
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Little Women is a large female cast with beautiful music. Music Man could be done with few men (the quartet could be played by women - I've heard of this being done) I had girls playing "boys" and I had a female Winthrop when I did it. Quilters is another good one. 9 to 5 Cowgirls is ...

RE:"Easy" Shows for HS

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 05-01-2014 07:32
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I did a simple production of A Christmas Carol with a large cast from my Acting and Directing Class. We had a wide variety of acting abilities. We did a one night only performance, rehearsed mostly during class with a few tech rehearsals, and I worked with our choir teacher to have our madrigal singers ...

RE:Scenes for Stage Combat

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 03-14-2014 06:44
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When I directed Romeo and Juliet, I set it in a modern high school setting and our opening fight scene between Capulets and Montagues was hand to hand, punches, slaps, etc...then Tybalt pulled a knife. I also have a collection of Soap Opera scenes I have students memorize and perform. Then they add ...

RE:Creating Water On Stage

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 03-14-2014 06:36
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We did Little Mermaid, Jr. this past summer...How many students do you have in your production on stage? I had a cast of around 60 (2nd grade through high school) Although I did use 2 large sheets of fabric - I had 4 actors in their sea chorus costumes creating the waves...we also did a lot with ...

RE:*Good* Ancient Greek Spoofs

Posted By Glenn Morehouse Olson 02-21-2014 11:06
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Governing Alice from Playscripts is an updated Antigone...it's a re-telling of the story and it retains the original themes. Instead of a Greek Chorus it is a Geek Chorus and is set in high school. Although there is some humor - it is listed as a Dramedy. http://www.playscripts.com/play/151 - ...