Theatre

Juliet · 08-28-2004, 10:31 PM

What's your school's theatre department like? What shows have you participated in? What shows are you doing this year?

Our Fall Drama this year is You Can't Take it With You, and auditions are the week after school starts. I'm very excited--I've bought the movie and the script, and I'm looking for an audition monologue (I wish they'd just have us do readings from the script--a good comedic monologue for a girl my age is quite hard to find). I've been called back for the romantic lead in almost every high school show I've tried out for, but I always end up either with a character role or in the ensemble. This time I'm really getting my hopes up and preparing well in advance...hopefully not for a big disappointment.

Eagle Eye · 08-28-2004, 11:56 PM

This year
"The Man Who Came To Dinner"
and
"Bye Bye Birdy"
I jhave an intro to theater class, but I'm not one for acting.

c_jks · 08-29-2004, 02:32 AM

^^Wow, what a coincidence. My school is doing the same thing. I'm not going to try out for it, however. I'm in the Advanced class and they get a play all their own in the spring as the final, so i'll be content with that.

Princess Zelda of Hyrule · 08-29-2004, 12:08 PM

I'm not auditioning for anything this year. My schedule is going to be too crazy.

And I hate how people think they sound all artistic and sophistocated by spelling it "theatre" instead of "theater." THEATER.

ocarinagirl · 08-29-2004, 12:30 PM

Weeeee, I love THEATRE!

At my high school, I was both a techie and an actor for the various plays we did. I even remember when we did "A Midsummer Night's Dream," our first Shakespearean play ever.

People kept coming up to us and saying, "I have no idea what you guys were saying, but it was AWESOME!" [img]graemlins/lol.gif[/img]

c_jks · 08-29-2004, 02:24 PM

^Lol, I love it when people you don't know come up to you after you do a show. One year I did "You Have the Right to Remain Dead", a comedy/mystery and I played Harnell, the narrator who is killed. So after the show, people would come up to me randomly...

"Hey, you're that dead guy, aren't you? Yeah, you rock, man..."

Juliet · 08-29-2004, 09:34 PM

A "theater" is a place in which one performs plays. "Theatre" is an art form.

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[ August 29, 2004, 09:36 PM: Message edited by: Elphaba: Wicked Witch of the West ]

Princess Zelda of Hyrule · 08-30-2004, 10:32 AM

You said it in a British accent and everything. Ugh.

Beam Yosho the Drunkard · 08-30-2004, 02:11 PM

The only play I ever did paticipate in was a Wizard of Oz remake, in which I played as the main Lollypop guild kids and a Flying Monkey.

...Yeah.

***CaptHayfever*** · 08-30-2004, 02:55 PM

My theatrical resumé:

Grade school:
5th: "The Adventures of Sherlock Jones" (or something like that) - Set design/Stage manager (crew)
8th: "The Good Doctor" as Drowning Man

High School:
FR: "Androcles & the Lion" as Ox Driver
"Mister Roberts" as Shore Patrolman
SO: "The Man Who Came to Dinner" as Professor Metz
"Witness for the Prosecution" as Dr. Luigi Wyatt
JR: "George Washington Slept Here" as Steve Eldrige
"Heaven Can Wait" as Lefty
SR: "Curious Savage" as Dr. Brown Emmett
"Judgement at Nuremburg" as Dr. Karl Wickert

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Princess Zelda of Hyrule · 08-30-2004, 04:28 PM

Preschool - Person wearing a Christmas tree hat in the background

K - "Letter People" - Miss U
Christmas Play - Dancing doll

1st - My sister and I were homeschooled, so we got to do our own little plays. "The World of Mother Goose," "Around the World," and "Hiroko's World."

2nd - "Guys and Dolls" - Hick in the city

3rd - "Jack and the Beanstalk" - Narrator

4th - Some immigrant play - Narrator

5th - "It's a Hobo's Life" - Faith, various roles
"Robin Hood" - Marian

6th - "The Wind Weavers" - The West Wind
"Noye's Fludde" - Mrs. Sem
Christmas Pageant - Mary
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Mevrow Van Buren
"The Seven Ages of Anne" - Anne 12, Video Anne, Jessamey

7th - "Annie Get Your Gun" - Society Matron

8th - "The Wizard of Oz" - Aunt Em
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Gretchen

9th - "Airborn" - Crew
"The Music Man" - Gracie Shinn

10th - "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged]" - "Othello" rapper, football announcer, various roles
"West Side Story" - Teresita, "Somewhere" offstage vocal

[ August 31, 2004, 08:09 PM: Message edited by: Princess Zelda of Hyrule ]

nirvana_fan911 · 08-30-2004, 04:28 PM

I'm not a thespian like andi, but i like to watch the shows, I watched Andi all 3 nights she was on last year. i really liked the show, though i can't remember what it was called. Jake Rundle is the greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EDIT] It's called the Edit button, genius. [/EDIT]

[ September 19, 2004, 11:16 PM: Message edited by: Bad Andi ]

ocarinagirl · 08-30-2004, 06:10 PM

^It was "The Saga of the Prospector's Daughter."

[ September 19, 2004, 11:16 PM: Message edited by: Bad Andi ]

***CaptHayfever*** · 08-30-2004, 07:52 PM

LOL, PZoH, you guys did Letter People? That is awesome! [img]smile.gif[/img]

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Beam Yosho the Drunkard · 08-30-2004, 09:09 PM

....This has to be the first time I've even seen Hayfever say 'LOL.'

nirvana_fan911 · 08-30-2004, 09:26 PM

yeah "prospector's Daughter" was it........ It Owned. it was the funniest thing i have ever seen, and i've seen some pretty funny stuff. Go ANDI, AND JAKE, YEAH JAKE, WORSHIP JAKE!!!!!!

Remember, I know the Five-Point-Palm Elploding Heart Technique, so watch yourselves!!!!!

***CaptHayfever*** · 08-30-2004, 10:39 PM

^^I use that more than I use the laughing smiley.
'Course, I almost never use the laughing smiley, so that's not saying much.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Princess Zelda of Hyrule · 08-31-2004, 03:38 PM

Letter People was the BEST. SHOW. EVER.

We even got to bring in refreshments that started with our letters. I brought "umbrella cookies." They looked more like turds.

[ August 31, 2004, 07:51 PM: Message edited by: Princess Zelda of Hyrule ]

Phenom · 08-31-2004, 03:46 PM

Since others are doing it...

Elementary

2nd Grade: "The Lion the Wutch and the Wardrobe" I was just one of those animal statue people.

3rd Grade: "Beauty and the Beast" as Chip the teacup [img]tongue.gif[/img]

4th Grade: "Little Orphan Annie" as Hooverville Street Sweeper

5th Grade: "The Elephant's Child" as The Crocodile

6th Grade: I think my school was to cheap/lazy to do any sort of production.

Jr. High

7th Grade: Wrote and acted in a short parody of "The Night Before Christmas". I was the guy who awoke and saw all the stuff go down.

8th Grade: "In the Dead of Night" as Tim the auctioneer. Its a murder mystery about an auctioneering couple who get caught up in a murder.

9th Grade: "Oliver Twist" as Fagin
Wrote, Directed, Acted in the comedy "The Ha Ha Homicide" A Murder Mystery spoof. Part of a theatre class. Played the senile grandfatehr turned slueth.

High School

10th Grade: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as Lysander

Wrote and acted in "Murphy P.I." as the titular character. Another spoof on the private eye genre. I seem to write lots of parodies.

There was a spring production in 10th grade that I didn't try for as it was more or less an all-woman cast with very minor male roles.

I have no clue what this year's two plays are going to be, but if I like the scripts I'll definately audition.

[ August 31, 2004, 03:49 PM: Message edited by: Phenom Vendetta ]

***CaptHayfever*** · 08-31-2004, 05:22 PM

^^I know! How could they cancel that, yet air four stuffed techno-aliens with severe speech impediments?

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

08-28-2004, 10:31 PM	#1
Juliet Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Vinkus Posts: 1,238 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What's your school's theatre department like? What shows have you participated in? What shows are you doing this year? Our Fall Drama this year is You Can't Take it With You, and auditions are the week after school starts. I'm very excited--I've bought the movie and the script, and I'm looking for an audition monologue (I wish they'd just have us do readings from the script--a good comedic monologue for a girl my age is quite hard to find). I've been called back for the romantic lead in almost every high school show I've tried out for, but I always end up either with a character role or in the ensemble. This time I'm really getting my hopes up and preparing well in advance...hopefully not for a big disappointment.

08-28-2004, 11:56 PM	#2
Eagle Eye Diddy bops Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 15,014 Thanks: 1,616 Thanked 1,084 Times in 597 Posts	This year "The Man Who Came To Dinner" and "Bye Bye Birdy" I jhave an intro to theater class, but I'm not one for acting.

08-29-2004, 02:32 AM	#3
c_jks Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA Posts: 5,631 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	^^Wow, what a coincidence. My school is doing the same thing. I'm not going to try out for it, however. I'm in the Advanced class and they get a play all their own in the spring as the final, so i'll be content with that.

08-29-2004, 12:08 PM	#4
Princess Zelda of Hyrule Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Hyrule Castle Gender: Posts: 6,128 Thanks: 35 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	I'm not auditioning for anything this year. My schedule is going to be too crazy. And I hate how people think they sound all artistic and sophistocated by spelling it "theatre" instead of "theater." THEATER.

08-29-2004, 12:30 PM	#5
ocarinagirl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Ehhh? What? Where am I?! Gender: Posts: 3,010 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Weeeee, I love THEATRE! At my high school, I was both a techie and an actor for the various plays we did. I even remember when we did "A Midsummer Night's Dream," our first Shakespearean play ever. People kept coming up to us and saying, "I have no idea what you guys were saying, but it was AWESOME!" [img]graemlins/lol.gif[/img]

08-29-2004, 02:24 PM	#6
c_jks Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA Posts: 5,631 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	^Lol, I love it when people you don't know come up to you after you do a show. One year I did "You Have the Right to Remain Dead", a comedy/mystery and I played Harnell, the narrator who is killed. So after the show, people would come up to me randomly... "Hey, you're that dead guy, aren't you? Yeah, you rock, man..."

08-29-2004, 09:34 PM	#7
Juliet Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Vinkus Posts: 1,238 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	A "theater" is a place in which one performs plays. "Theatre" is an art form. ---------- [ August 29, 2004, 09:36 PM: Message edited by: Elphaba: Wicked Witch of the West ]

08-30-2004, 10:32 AM	#8
Princess Zelda of Hyrule Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Hyrule Castle Gender: Posts: 6,128 Thanks: 35 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	You said it in a British accent and everything. Ugh.

08-30-2004, 02:11 PM	#9
Beam Yosho the Drunkard Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The oversized rock of Hawaii. Gender: Posts: 5,670 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	The only play I ever did paticipate in was a Wizard of Oz remake, in which I played as the main Lollypop guild kids and a Flying Monkey. ...Yeah.

08-30-2004, 02:55 PM	#10
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	My theatrical resumé: Grade school: 5th: "The Adventures of Sherlock Jones" (or something like that) - Set design/Stage manager (crew) 8th: "The Good Doctor" as Drowning Man High School: FR: "Androcles & the Lion" as Ox Driver "Mister Roberts" as Shore Patrolman SO: "The Man Who Came to Dinner" as Professor Metz "Witness for the Prosecution" as Dr. Luigi Wyatt JR: "George Washington Slept Here" as Steve Eldrige "Heaven Can Wait" as Lefty SR: "Curious Savage" as Dr. Brown Emmett "Judgement at Nuremburg" as Dr. Karl Wickert And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

08-30-2004, 04:28 PM	#11
Princess Zelda of Hyrule Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Hyrule Castle Gender: Posts: 6,128 Thanks: 35 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	Preschool - Person wearing a Christmas tree hat in the background K - "Letter People" - Miss U Christmas Play - Dancing doll 1st - My sister and I were homeschooled, so we got to do our own little plays. "The World of Mother Goose," "Around the World," and "Hiroko's World." 2nd - "Guys and Dolls" - Hick in the city 3rd - "Jack and the Beanstalk" - Narrator 4th - Some immigrant play - Narrator 5th - "It's a Hobo's Life" - Faith, various roles "Robin Hood" - Marian 6th - "The Wind Weavers" - The West Wind "Noye's Fludde" - Mrs. Sem Christmas Pageant - Mary "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Mevrow Van Buren "The Seven Ages of Anne" - Anne 12, Video Anne, Jessamey 7th - "Annie Get Your Gun" - Society Matron 8th - "The Wizard of Oz" - Aunt Em "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Gretchen 9th - "Airborn" - Crew "The Music Man" - Gracie Shinn 10th - "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged]" - "Othello" rapper, football announcer, various roles "West Side Story" - Teresita, "Somewhere" offstage vocal [ August 31, 2004, 08:09 PM: Message edited by: Princess Zelda of Hyrule ]

08-30-2004, 04:28 PM	#12
nirvana_fan911 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hastings Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm not a thespian like andi, but i like to watch the shows, I watched Andi all 3 nights she was on last year. i really liked the show, though i can't remember what it was called. Jake Rundle is the greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [EDIT] It's called the Edit button, genius. [/EDIT] [ September 19, 2004, 11:16 PM: Message edited by: Bad Andi ]

08-30-2004, 06:10 PM	#13
ocarinagirl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Ehhh? What? Where am I?! Gender: Posts: 3,010 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	^It was "The Saga of the Prospector's Daughter." [ September 19, 2004, 11:16 PM: Message edited by: Bad Andi ]

08-30-2004, 07:52 PM	#14
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	LOL, PZoH, you guys did Letter People? That is awesome! [img]smile.gif[/img] And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

08-30-2004, 09:09 PM	#15
Beam Yosho the Drunkard Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The oversized rock of Hawaii. Gender: Posts: 5,670 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	....This has to be the first time I've even seen Hayfever say 'LOL.'

08-30-2004, 09:26 PM	#16
nirvana_fan911 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hastings Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yeah "prospector's Daughter" was it........ It Owned. it was the funniest thing i have ever seen, and i've seen some pretty funny stuff. Go ANDI, AND JAKE, YEAH JAKE, WORSHIP JAKE!!!!!! Remember, I know the Five-Point-Palm Elploding Heart Technique, so watch yourselves!!!!!

08-30-2004, 10:39 PM	#17
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	^^I use that more than I use the laughing smiley. 'Course, I almost never use the laughing smiley, so that's not saying much. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

08-31-2004, 03:38 PM	#18
Princess Zelda of Hyrule Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Hyrule Castle Gender: Posts: 6,128 Thanks: 35 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	Letter People was the BEST. SHOW. EVER. We even got to bring in refreshments that started with our letters. I brought "umbrella cookies." They looked more like turds. [ August 31, 2004, 07:51 PM: Message edited by: Princess Zelda of Hyrule ]

08-31-2004, 03:46 PM	#19
Phenom Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Gender: Posts: 7,914 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Since others are doing it... Elementary 2nd Grade: "The Lion the Wutch and the Wardrobe" I was just one of those animal statue people. 3rd Grade: "Beauty and the Beast" as Chip the teacup [img]tongue.gif[/img] 4th Grade: "Little Orphan Annie" as Hooverville Street Sweeper 5th Grade: "The Elephant's Child" as The Crocodile 6th Grade: I think my school was to cheap/lazy to do any sort of production. Jr. High 7th Grade: Wrote and acted in a short parody of "The Night Before Christmas". I was the guy who awoke and saw all the stuff go down. 8th Grade: "In the Dead of Night" as Tim the auctioneer. Its a murder mystery about an auctioneering couple who get caught up in a murder. 9th Grade: "Oliver Twist" as Fagin Wrote, Directed, Acted in the comedy "The Ha Ha Homicide" A Murder Mystery spoof. Part of a theatre class. Played the senile grandfatehr turned slueth. High School 10th Grade: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as Lysander Wrote and acted in "Murphy P.I." as the titular character. Another spoof on the private eye genre. I seem to write lots of parodies. There was a spring production in 10th grade that I didn't try for as it was more or less an all-woman cast with very minor male roles. I have no clue what this year's two plays are going to be, but if I like the scripts I'll definately audition. [ August 31, 2004, 03:49 PM: Message edited by: Phenom Vendetta ]

08-31-2004, 05:22 PM	#20
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	^^I know! How could they cancel that, yet air four stuffed techno-aliens with severe speech impediments? And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"