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Barb Lachman

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Posted By Barb Lachman 10-17-2022 10:24
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I've done all three of the plays that Cora recommends, and they were all popular with the students and audiences. ------------------------------ Barb Lachman Drama Director (former) ------------------------------
Posted By Barb Lachman 10-16-2022 17:12
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Snow Angel by David Lindsay-Abaire https://www.playscripts.com/play/245 ------------------------------ Barb Lachman Drama Director (former) ------------------------------
Posted By Barb Lachman 12-24-2021 16:49
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Hi Cori, At the risk of piling on, I also have an adaptation of ALICE. It is in "Book-It" style, which is more faithful to the original text since it is has narration assigned as dialogue. It was produced as a one act traveling show for Book-It Theatre in Seattle about 5 years ago, and I also have ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 11-03-2020 10:18
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YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN might work for this. The whole cast scenes would work if distanced outside if you can figure out the sound issues. ------------------------------ Barb Lachman Drama Director (former) Shoreline WA ------------------------------
Posted By Barb Lachman 02-06-2020 10:34
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At this point, I think the people responsible for moving forward are your principal and the person at MTI. If they have already met, and your principal is going to choose to violate the contract that YOU signed, they are opening up YOU and your school/district to legal action.  Wow. ---------- ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 02-06-2020 09:26
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You shared the script. You did your job, and the admin didn't. Now I would ask the administrator to accept responsibility for deciding how to move forward. You can't violate your contract. ------------------------------ Barb Lachman Drama Director (former) Shoreline WA ----------------------- ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 06-14-2018 09:39
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Correction: Erin Pike was the performer, Courtney Meaker the director, Hatlo the director. ------------------------------ Barb Lachman Drama Director (former) Shoreline WA ------------------------------
Posted By Barb Lachman 06-14-2018 09:33
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In Seattle at the Gay City Arts in early 2016, Erin Pike created a brilliant commentary on women's roles in That's What She Said is Seattle. A flurry of threats followed: https://www.americantheatre.org/2016/02/12/thats-what-they-wrote-and-thatswhatshesaid/ http://www.artsintegrity.org/is-a-play ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 10-25-2017 10:09
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What does she want to do? Start there, and then figure out how to adapt the job/space to make it work for her. I've had students working in many different areas, some with a para educator. She should be entitled to this support, if needed. As much as possible, she should be treated like any other new ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 08-17-2017 11:34
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This is great news, Krista! Thank you for the update and please keep us posted if we can provide more support to help make this happen. Sent from my iPad
Posted By Barb Lachman 08-15-2017 10:44
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I'll second what Victoria said with a few additions and corrections: The College Board does not own or administer National Board Certification. (Although, we all seem to have sold our souls to them for everything else that is valued by those outside of education.) ETA polled us years ago, ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 04-05-2017 09:40
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I adapted one in "Book-It" style that's been produced by friends and some directors that heard about it from here. It preserves the narration as character dialogue, and it has a flexible cast depending on how you use doubling. Let me know if you want to see a preview. ------------------------------ ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 03-18-2017 12:35
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Inspecting Carol by Daniel Sullivan (it was created with the ensemble at the Seattle Repertory Theatre) is more of a satire than a modern version, but it's a lot of fun. http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2318/inspecting-carol Excerpt: http://www.samuelfrench.com/Download/GetFile?downloadId=101066 ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 03-07-2017 09:16
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1991 Freyda Thomas translation of Moliere's Learned Ladies 6 W, 4 M The Broadway production was done in modern dress, but we set it in Moliere's time. It was a great learning experience. She takes all the best from Moliere, modernizes the language, and shortens the speeches. http://www.samuelf ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 03-01-2017 09:18
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Posted By Barb Lachman 03-01-2017 09:18
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Hi Colleen, I struggled with that too, and I made multiple rubrics for different goals. I've included two, including a self evaluation. The self eval was actually most useful as students developed skills. Feel free to use or adapt. I have others too, so feel free to contact me for more questions. ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 09-30-2016 09:26
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You should stop working as a volunteer. This is a huge problem, and I'm afraid our passion for theatre and kids enables districts to underpay or not pay us at all. You've got to tell your students and parents that you love them. You love theatre. But you can't work for free anymore. In your case ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 09-10-2016 12:12
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Learned Ladies, Moliere, adapted and translated by Freyda Thomas You get rhymed iambic pentameter with modern language and a satire of false pretensions and education. It was done on Broadway in modern dress, but it could work in period too. You could also emphasize the commedia elements and teach ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 08-04-2016 11:54
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To add to the chorus of approval: Urinetown was one of the best experiences I've had for all of the reasons people have stated and more, so don't be dissuaded by possible controversy. (And IMO the title is part of the fun.) At the time I produced this show, our district had a policy requiring ...
Posted By Barb Lachman 06-22-2016 10:30
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Please spread the word to people you know, Chris. I'm sorry you're not available. There are areas of the country where a full-time curricular/extra-curricular theatre job is common, but it is rare in Washington. Jobs that used to include more sections of drama have been reduced because of graduation ...