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Andrea Lee Roney

Theatre Teacher/Director,
North Penn High School

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Theatre Teacher/Director,
North Penn High School
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The United States of Frozen. Pennsylvania.

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 04-27-2023 09:44
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Greetings to you all, My high school is the PA representative for "The United States of Frozen". I would love to share the show with you, your Thespian Troupes, as well as family and friends, and little people in your lives through our TWO (2) live-streaming performances. Since many of you are also ...

RE: Fundraiser camp

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 09-03-2022 01:02
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Hello, Ellen, Our Troupe sponsors Middle School Workshops every year on a Friday night in January - after our PA Chapter Conference in December. We have 3 middle schools of 7-9 grades. They are brought by activity buses to the high school when their day ends and arrive about 3 PM. Until the event ends ...

RE: Day off before opening night?

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 06-28-2022 08:12
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Reading everyone's way of working schedules has been interesting. Over 40 years ago, our district approved what we call the Gold Card Matinee for the spring musical (not our fall show). Our regular performances are Thursday through Saturday nights and a Sunday matinee. The Gold Card is a 1:00 PM matinee ...

RE: Wednesdays Wisdom from EdTA Education Sages Directing Resources

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 02-03-2022 07:57
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Gai, Thanks for the nice reminder list. I would add two title that I love: Play Directing by Francis Hodge The Dramatic Imagination by Robert Edmond Jones   If you don't know this book, treat yourself to it. Jones changed the direction of Modern American Theatre as he designed the first sets, ...

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

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 01-20-2022 07:53
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Greetings, Just jumping in about a courtroom drama I saw in one of the threads. In 2010, we performed Agatha Christie's A Witness for the Prosecution. There are a number of characters and the twists in the plot are fun. The Jury gives you a number of people and it is a strong acting exercise in developing ...

North Penn High School Theatre - Part-Time Technical Director - Fall 2021

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 08-17-2021 16:43
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Greetings to you all! Here may be a job of interest to someone near Lansdale, PA. North Penn High School is literally 5 minutes from the Lansdale exit on the PA Turnpike NE Extension. The address is 1340 Valley Forge Road, Lansdale, PA  19440 For more information, email me at roneya@npenn.org/theatre ...

North Penn High School Educational Theatre in the Spotlight

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 08-09-2021 18:09
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Hello to you all! Thank you for all the new responses to the embedded survey. Your information is invaluable as we write a proposal to the North Penn School District about the continuation and building of our high school and middle school theatre programs. It will also be shared with EdTA. Last ...

North Penn High School Survey - Educational Theatre in the Spotlight

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 08-03-2021 08:03
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Hello to you all! Thank you to each of you who responded to the survey that I posted two weeks ago. Your information is invaluable as we write a proposal to the North Penn School District about the continuation and building of our high school and middle school theatre programs. It will also be shared ...

North Penn High School Theatre: Educational Theatre in the Spotlight

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 07-19-2021 22:00
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Greetings to you all, I am the North Penn High School (NPHS) Theatre teacher, producer/director of our produtions, and Thespian Troupe 5464 Diretor. Our district  is located NW of Philadelphia and SE of Allentown and is considered a suburban/bordering on rural district. NPHS is currently a 10-12 grade ...

RE: Getting Students to Know More Musicals

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 05-21-2021 11:33
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Hi, Raymond, I teach a Drama Major class that is a two-year course for 11th-12th grade students. One of our years of curriculum is on the History of American Theatre and the emergence of our voice on the World Stage and the second year is focused on the History of American Musical Theatre. Within each ...

RE: Colleges for theater major off the normal 20

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 11-30-2020 21:46
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Hello, I've been following this thread and would like to support the comments about DeSales University in PA. It is a jewel of a department, on a lovely and growing campus. It's affiliation with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF), a professional company in residence in the summer, gives acting ...

RE: Longer HS Readers Theatre Plays

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 10-27-2020 10:29
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What about looking into some Agatha Christie adaptations? There are some nice ones out there that would lend themselves to Reader's Theatre. Witness for the Prosecution comes to mind, as most of the play is in a courtroom. You could maybe still do some very limited staging. Actors don't have to be on ...

RE: Coping

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 09-06-2020 07:20
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Hello, Kristin, I am responding to your heartbreaking post by updating an email I shared with Tracy Friswell-Jacobs from DE. Delaware is also relegating arts teachers to covering classes in other disciplines to enable smaller class sizes for social distancing. I am the PA representative serving on EdTA's ...

RE: 1776: Gender blind and large cast. Opinions?

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 08-26-2017 09:44
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We also saw 1776 at Internationals this summer.  Amazing. North Penn High School Troupe 5464 has taken up the challenge in the Director's notes of their program to do the show with blind casting.  MTI has been wonderful.  My students are beyond exciting.  I have a social studies teacher (who is Hamilton ...

RE: History of Theatre Video

Posted By Andrea Lee Roney 08-14-2017 11:42
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Hello, These are good suggestions.  What I do is create a project for my students in which, working in pairs, they have to research a particular theatre history period and present an oral/visual report - usually almost a full class period. The other students have to take notes, ask questions (which ...