This is a letter I wrote to my principal.

Demonicus Prime · 03-10-2008, 08:03 PM

Mr. Carroll,

I would like to inquire into the theatre etiquette that was blatantly absent at the showing of The Diviners. I was attending the show on Monday, and I have to say that the overall attitude and behavior of the students also attending the play was abysmal. It took at least half of the production for a select few in the middle to be addressed, while the only reason the gentleman in front of me decided to stay his mouth was because he was called to go home. This is entirely unacceptable. Those young men and women worked incredibly hard to make that play what it was: brilliant. Yet the audacity of the student body took me quite aback in their lack of manners to these performers. Is it not the job of an usher to stifle disruptions and encourage well-behaved audiences? If not, then I ask you, what were the teachers doing while my viewing was through rose-colored glass? Take a minute and imagine if a type of media outlet was there, or an undecidedly generous charity worker? If Weatherford, not even the Ninth Grade Center alone, is to grow and prosper to what I know it can be, it all starts at the foundation of our youth: school. If Fine Arts is pushed aside for hooligan antics and socializing, then these children are already far more ahead in social decline than I could possibly imagine.

I ask you, not as the man with the most power in the building, not as the man I understand you to be, or the excellent administrator that I’ve seen. I ask you as a fellow art enthusiast.

Will this be addressed, or are the students at the WHS Ninth Grade Center truly that lost?

With all due respect,

Josh Moran.

ZeldaGirl · 03-10-2008, 09:04 PM

Being a pseudo-actress myself, nothing ticks me off more than bad theatre etiquette. Kudos to you for calling the administration out on it.

Platinum · 03-10-2008, 09:49 PM

i understand completely... but it won't change to much... but if it does, please tell how.

***CaptHayfever*** · 03-11-2008, 01:26 AM

It's been my experience that

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Originally Posted by CaptHayfever

School administrators are idiots.

but hopefully this actually works. It's an eloquent, civil, respectful letter, and those 3 things do help.

As a slightly related tangent, on the night that the one-act I'm directing goes up, I plan to give the audience a turn-your-phone-off warning worth remembering.

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

Jesus · 03-12-2008, 10:09 PM

Going off topic a bit here but my high school was WHS(Wells high school). The plays were always well received at my school and there's nothing better than watching your friends act on stage. It's also a shock at who the actors may be. I'm sorry your school is not mature enough to sit through a play. What was The Diviners about?

Your a freshman, and I remember from experience how immature 9th graders can be. My grade wasn't thankfully but the guys below us while they were in the ninth grade were awful. They got kicked out actually. Did your school kick people out for being rude?

CuccoLady · 03-24-2008, 01:11 AM

I get ****ing pissed off when an audience is like that. Good job on calling the authorities, man. The people who put on that show deserve it!! D:<

In all seriousness, I'm glad you're doing something. That's the only way changes get made.

Eagle Eye · 03-24-2008, 01:15 AM

Don't forget their 13-14.

Heh, I remember when we did "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" our cellphone warning was somewhere along the lines of "Mr. Salter will eat you"

Mr. Salter was our 400 lb (at the time) theater teacher.

Such fun.

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-29-2008, 02:46 PM

Well, it really depends on if the school forced them to watch the play or not. I've never behaved well when something like that was "required" of me.

Demonicus Prime · 03-29-2008, 03:30 PM

It was optional. The second performance(after the one I saw), was more policed.

ZeldaGirl · 03-29-2008, 03:45 PM

^^At the same time, common courtesy should always be encouraged when in a school setting.

Joker · 03-31-2008, 12:44 PM

I'm a heavy Drama fan and was in plays all through out HighSchool. I second ZG's Kudos to you and add a firm and resounding HHHAAAAZZZAAAHHH !!

Jesus · 03-31-2008, 10:27 PM

Was this drama a comedy? Were there some pretty popular kids acting? I'm wondering what the conditions were to make the audience act up.

Eagle Eye · 03-31-2008, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by McSARS DOUBLE SARS

Well, it really depends on if the school forced them to watch the play or not. I've never behaved well when something like that was "required" of me.

This.

And as I said, they're 13 or 14.

You do the math.

CuccoLady · 03-31-2008, 11:23 PM

I once had an audience that did not understand the humor of the comedy I was in AT ALL.

You'd direct a punchline STRAIGHT AT THEM and they seriously stared at me with their mouths agape and their eyes half-closed. They looked dead.

I don't know which audience is worse. :/

Demonicus Prime · 04-01-2008, 06:26 AM

A handicapped kid whose mom dies in the water is killed by the same water about a year later. People were laughing when he was dying.

God, I want out of here so bad.

Eagle Eye · 04-01-2008, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by I Done Bought You A Drank

And as I said, they're 13 or 14.

You do the math.

Brandon2390 · 04-01-2008, 01:57 PM

I dont know how valid the age argument is to that particular point. When I was 13 or 14 I knew the difference between completely right and wrong, especially when it came to somebody dying.

ZeldaGirl · 04-01-2008, 04:06 PM

^Exactly. If, by the time you're 13, you don't know what common courtesy is, I would feel no remorse in bitchslapping you.

Yes, I realize that's not exactly the nicest thing to do, but it will teach you a lesson.

Eagle Eye · 04-01-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeldaGirl

^Exactly. If, by the time you're 13, you don't know what common courtesy is, I would feel no remorse in bitchslapping you.

Yes, I realize that's not exactly the nicest thing to do, but it will teach you a lesson.

People like yourself, myself and Brandon, we probably weren't like most 13 year olds.

Yeah, you KNOW the difference, you KNOW what courtesy is, but your buddies are actin an ass, so why don't you as well?

It's the time of great peer influence, THAT is my point.

Demonicus Prime · 04-01-2008, 05:19 PM

Freshman, the maturity level is quite a bit different. Not so much during the performance, but even then, saying that they're too immature to get it isn't an excuse. They should have been good, and if they weren't, they should have been policed. Neither of which happened, sparking this letter.

03-10-2008, 08:03 PM	#1
Demonicus Prime Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I Pity The Fool Who Confuses Me With Someone Other Than YoshiFreak. Gender: Posts: 3,108 Thanks: 648 Thanked 129 Times in 87 Posts	This is a letter I wrote to my principal. Mr. Carroll, I would like to inquire into the theatre etiquette that was blatantly absent at the showing of The Diviners. I was attending the show on Monday, and I have to say that the overall attitude and behavior of the students also attending the play was abysmal. It took at least half of the production for a select few in the middle to be addressed, while the only reason the gentleman in front of me decided to stay his mouth was because he was called to go home. This is entirely unacceptable. Those young men and women worked incredibly hard to make that play what it was: brilliant. Yet the audacity of the student body took me quite aback in their lack of manners to these performers. Is it not the job of an usher to stifle disruptions and encourage well-behaved audiences? If not, then I ask you, what were the teachers doing while my viewing was through rose-colored glass? Take a minute and imagine if a type of media outlet was there, or an undecidedly generous charity worker? If Weatherford, not even the Ninth Grade Center alone, is to grow and prosper to what I know it can be, it all starts at the foundation of our youth: school. If Fine Arts is pushed aside for hooligan antics and socializing, then these children are already far more ahead in social decline than I could possibly imagine. I ask you, not as the man with the most power in the building, not as the man I understand you to be, or the excellent administrator that I’ve seen. I ask you as a fellow art enthusiast. Will this be addressed, or are the students at the WHS Ninth Grade Center truly that lost? With all due respect, Josh Moran.

04-01-2008, 05:19 PM	#20
Demonicus Prime Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I Pity The Fool Who Confuses Me With Someone Other Than YoshiFreak. Gender: Posts: 3,108 Thanks: 648 Thanked 129 Times in 87 Posts	Freshman, the maturity level is quite a bit different. Not so much during the performance, but even then, saying that they're too immature to get it isn't an excuse. They should have been good, and if they weren't, they should have been policed. Neither of which happened, sparking this letter. Last edited by Demonicus Prime; 04-02-2008 at 06:29 AM.

03-10-2008, 09:04 PM	#2
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	Being a pseudo-actress myself, nothing ticks me off more than bad theatre etiquette. Kudos to you for calling the administration out on it.

03-10-2008, 09:49 PM	#3
Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wv Gender: Posts: 1,369 Thanks: 48 Thanked 21 Times in 21 Posts	i understand completely... but it won't change to much... but if it does, please tell how.

03-12-2008, 10:09 PM	#5
Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Going off topic a bit here but my high school was WHS(Wells high school). The plays were always well received at my school and there's nothing better than watching your friends act on stage. It's also a shock at who the actors may be. I'm sorry your school is not mature enough to sit through a play. What was The Diviners about? Your a freshman, and I remember from experience how immature 9th graders can be. My grade wasn't thankfully but the guys below us while they were in the ninth grade were awful. They got kicked out actually. Did your school kick people out for being rude?

03-24-2008, 01:11 AM	#6
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	I get ****ing pissed off when an audience is like that. Good job on calling the authorities, man. The people who put on that show deserve it!! D:< In all seriousness, I'm glad you're doing something. That's the only way changes get made.

03-24-2008, 01:15 AM	#7
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	Don't forget their 13-14. Heh, I remember when we did "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" our cellphone warning was somewhere along the lines of "Mr. Salter will eat you" Mr. Salter was our 400 lb (at the time) theater teacher. Such fun.

03-29-2008, 02:46 PM	#8
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Well, it really depends on if the school forced them to watch the play or not. I've never behaved well when something like that was "required" of me.

03-29-2008, 03:30 PM	#9
Demonicus Prime Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I Pity The Fool Who Confuses Me With Someone Other Than YoshiFreak. Gender: Posts: 3,108 Thanks: 648 Thanked 129 Times in 87 Posts	It was optional. The second performance(after the one I saw), was more policed.

03-29-2008, 03:45 PM	#10
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	^^At the same time, common courtesy should always be encouraged when in a school setting.

03-31-2008, 12:44 PM	#11
Joker Lord of Vampires / God of Vengeance Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Planet of Eternal Darkness Gender: Posts: 11,117 Thanks: 3,273 Thanked 580 Times in 364 Posts Blog Entries: 6	I'm a heavy Drama fan and was in plays all through out HighSchool. I second ZG's Kudos to you and add a firm and resounding HHHAAAAZZZAAAHHH !!

03-31-2008, 10:27 PM	#12
Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Was this drama a comedy? Were there some pretty popular kids acting? I'm wondering what the conditions were to make the audience act up.

03-31-2008, 11:23 PM	#14
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	I once had an audience that did not understand the humor of the comedy I was in AT ALL. You'd direct a punchline STRAIGHT AT THEM and they seriously stared at me with their mouths agape and their eyes half-closed. They looked dead. I don't know which audience is worse. :/

04-01-2008, 06:26 AM	#15
Demonicus Prime Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I Pity The Fool Who Confuses Me With Someone Other Than YoshiFreak. Gender: Posts: 3,108 Thanks: 648 Thanked 129 Times in 87 Posts	A handicapped kid whose mom dies in the water is killed by the same water about a year later. People were laughing when he was dying. God, I want out of here so bad.

04-01-2008, 01:57 PM	#17
Brandon2390 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Connecticut Posts: 10,519 Thanks: 7 Thanked 30 Times in 22 Posts	I dont know how valid the age argument is to that particular point. When I was 13 or 14 I knew the difference between completely right and wrong, especially when it came to somebody dying.

04-01-2008, 04:06 PM	#18
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	^Exactly. If, by the time you're 13, you don't know what common courtesy is, I would feel no remorse in bitchslapping you. Yes, I realize that's not exactly the nicest thing to do, but it will teach you a lesson.