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Performing Arts Workshop
In this class, students will develop skills specifically related
to the staging of a musical production. Students will participate in
all
aspects of the production – singing, acting, dancing, set and costume
design, publicity and tickets. The
successful student will demonstrate ability in music and drama, and a
willingness to work on stage as well as behind the scenes.
Research papers on the history of musical theater are required.
Students must also view and review one live musical (professional or
amateur production) on their own.
Evaluation is based upon attendance, participation, tests, quizzes and research
papers.
A few
things that we do before and after the musical are lip syncs.
This is our first group activity, and shows how well we can work
in groups, our dancing ability, and our ability to keep in time
with music. We do lip syncs from all sorts of musicals,
and we have to write a research paper on the background of the
musical. A few examples on what we have to write about are: the
history of the show, where it was put on, any awards it
received, and any actresses or actors that performed in it.
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Musical! The Bard is Back!
PHOTOS FROM THE MUSICAL
Story of the Play
"The students of Hilltop High are excited! They're going to
put on a
musical of "Romeo and Juliet." But the school's chorus director,
Miss Peggy Donahue, pressed into service by a principal eager to
please his superintendent, is horrified. Twenty years before,
when she was a student at Hilltop High, she starred in a
disastrous musical version of Shakespeare's "Scottish Play," and
she believes the curse lingers on. Sure enough, everything that
can go wrong does. The set for the balcony scene collapses,
Juliet breaks her leg in a freak accident, her understudy
develops laryngitis, and the semi-deaf costumer arrives with
cowboy outfits- she thought the show was called "Rodeo and
Lariat." Add a hysterical playwright, a stage mom from hell, and
a mysterious cult of techies who sing a love anthem to their
favorite "tool"- duct tape- and you've got one merry mayhem of a
madcap musical, quicker than you can say, "Macbeth"-oops!"
-Director Stephen Murray |
The Cast:
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Miss Peggy Donohue |
Christine Galante |
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Principal Sanders |
Matthew Stoychoff |
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Mallory Watson |
Alyssa Mullen-
Torrey |
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Marge Watson |
Mia Sanders |
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Winnifred Burnside |
Courtney Rickert |
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Denise Adams |
Rachel Cardogno |
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Patrick Emerson |
Jon Dano |
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Wendell |
David White |
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Larry |
Ben Sanders |
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Lindsey |
Kelly Sorge |
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Coach Butkus |
Matthew Gray |
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Mindy |
Katlyn Armey |
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Donna Thompson |
Deven Hemenway |
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Uriah Anderson |
Dan Bilton |
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Cassie Peters |
Emily
Oldakowski |
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Tommy Edwards |
Jeremy Zendzian |
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Edna Phelps |
Mikenna Marcoux |
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Amy |
Brianna Germain |
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Kate |
Morgan Carney |
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Laura |
Rachel Baldi |
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Sam |
Jake Robinette |
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Schotzy shih Tzu, Mascot of Hilltop High |
Miss Lady |
Directed by
Mrs. Carolyn Somma
and
Mrs. Grace Johnson
Accompanied by Mrs. Lorraine Goodale
Set Design and Construction by Al and Nancy Dano
Choreography by Katrina McCormick
Photography by Mike Nyman |
