Nitschmann Dramatics

Next year's show will be announced at the Performing Arts Banquet in May.  Here are the hints:

1. It's Xanadu! Just kidding...that's the joke every year. It's not Xanadu.

2. It will be middle school level show. That means a 'Jr.' show from the MTI company or a 'Youth Edition' from the Concord company. Check out those websites so you know what middle school level shows are available.

3. Mrs. Hriniak has boxes of preview scripts in her classroom, but beware of decoy scripts.

4. Congratulations to East Hills on their production of Mean Girls Jr! We will not be following that pattern next year, though. Sorry...Fetch isn't going to happen.

5. It is a show that has not been done before at Nitschmann. See the marquees in the auditorium lobby to see all the shows we've already done.

6. There was a clue somewhere in the program booklet that we handed out to the audience for our performances of Frozen Jr.

7. No, there is not a middle school version of Hamilton, Rent, Chicago, Sweeney Todd, Miss Saigon, Avenue Q, A Chorus Line, Six, Heathers, Les Mis, The Producers, or West Side Story.

8. Just a reminder that even if we complete a contract license and order a show, the script companies can reject our request for a variety of reasons. Hints will still be vague for a while until we have a box of scripts in our hands.

9. It's a musical!

10. We just did a Disney fairy tale princess show, so next year's show will probably be a different genre of show.

11. Yes, we all know Mrs. H is a history person...I wonder what time period next year's show will be.

12. Just a reminder that some middle school scripts are now restricted by the script companies, so even though it's listed on the website it might not be available for licensing.

13. Tap dancing? Yes!

14. Congratulations to Liberty Theatre on their production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella! Our show is not Cinderella, though...we did that one a few years ago.

15. This show has been done at both Liberty and Freedom.  I wonder if any of the other middle schools have done the middle school version of this show.

16. Someone saw Grease on Mrs. H's laptop, but it's not Grease. We did that one 20 years ago. (It was on the laptop because Nazareth is doing Grease this weekend!)

17. Yes, next year's show IS in the box of preview scripts in Mrs. H's classroom.

18. Our show has human characters (as opposed to animal characters or fantasy creature characters).

19. At this point in the year we could all use a break to travel somewhere.

20. There are a lot of famous theaters...I wonder which one has a connection to our show.

21. We had a sleigh this year and a ship last year. I wonder what mode of transportation we will have next year.

22. We have a really big house and a really big wall. I wonder how we can use those set pieces next year.

23. It's awards season! Our show won Tony Awards for best show and best choreography when it was on Broadway.

24. Congratulations to Liberty and Freedom on their Freddy Nominations! Our show was not nominated for any Freddy Awards this year because our show was not performed by any participating Freddy schools this year.

25. No, we're not going to Paris. That's a different show, but it's a good guess.

26. There are several colors that could be considered the main color for the show, but blue and yellow are significant colors.

27. Ms. Wescoe directed this show when she was at Freedom. It's on the quilt in her classroom. Nitschmann Dramatics was invited to see this show, and we were so impressed that we got a preview script and put it on our list of shows to do in the future...and that future is now.

28. Congratulations to the Artemis crew who completed a very important mission to space. What is the connection between Artemis and our show???

29. No, we're not going to London, but there are some British characters in the show.

30. No, Mrs. Hriniak does not have the DVD of this show on Bus 3 on the orchestra/jazz/chorus trip.

31. Mrs. Hriniak plays flute, but now she's thinking she should have learned a string instrument.

32. Sorry, we're not going to Santa Fe. Our destination is in another state to the north and west of Santa Fe. And no, we're not tap dancing on newspapers. We're tap dancing on a different kind of prop (assuming we can find this kind of prop that is sturdy enough to be tap-danced on without breaking).

33. Congratulations to our Orchestra, Jazz, and Chorus students...Nice work this weekend on the Pittsburgh performances!

34. No, it's not Oklahoma. That's the wrong state.

35. What's a Gershwin?

36. No, it's not Rhapsody in Blue, but you're getting closer! No, it's not Bohemian Rhapsody.

37. Congratulations to the Orchestra and Jazz Band on a great concert! Maybe we can use some of the Yee Haw! percussion props in our show.

38. Our show is considered a Jukebox Musical, even though it's set in a time period before jukeboxes had been invented.

39. Congratulations to all the Freddy Award winners and nominees! The year that Freedom performed this show, they won 6 Freddy Awards.

40. It's bass like violin, viola, cello, bass. Not bass like fish.

41. Yes, there are characters who speak with an accent.

42. There are instances of disguise and mistaken identity, kind of like in Anything Goes.

43. Mrs. Hriniak is teaching and getting ready for the Performing Arts Banquet, so she can't be bothered now.

44. Dr. Smith directed this show when he was at Liberty.

45. Do you have rhythm?

46. No, it's not a Zoom meeting. You just sing the word 'zoom' over and over.

47. We're just biding our time until next year's show is officially announced.

*Good news! We finally have a box of scripts!

Frozen Student Resources Folder:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zUB4GAKnE-YKzHPLGXDsuIG2n7Q05SWk?usp=drive_link

Due to copyright and contract license rules, this link is only available to students when you are logged on to your device with your BASD credentials (your student login).  We are unable to grant access to student personal accounts, parent/guardian accounts, or third party accounts.  Please make sure you are signed in to your BASD student account when you click the link!

Updates:

*Please refer to your email from Mrs. Hriniak for the latest updates.

High School Community Service Volunteers:

High school students who wish to volunteer for community service hours should complete the application by clicking the link below.  Volunteering information will be shared by email.  Volunteers are responsible for keeping track of hours and forms. Reminder: due to school policy, High School Volunteers must be in at least 10th grade.

https://forms.gle/pvCg5wjoYSRxn2RB9

Interested in summer theater opportunities?  Here are some summer programs that Nitschmann students have enjoyed over the years:

Camp Hope Musical Theater Camp: https://www.camphope.org

(This is the sleep-away church camp program in New Jersey that Mrs. H directs. This summer's show will be Godspell Jr.!) 

Touchstone Theatre: http://www.touchstone.org/arts-in-eductation/

(This is the same theater company that does our Young Playwrights Lab in August!)

State Theatre: https://www.statetheatre.org/education/#section-6

(Ms. Wescoe's program!)

The Music Makers: https://themusikmakers.org/

(Tell Miss Rebecca you're from Nitschmann!  She knows Ryan, our travel agent from the band and the orchestra/jazz trip.)

Star of the Day: https://www.staroftheday.org/summer-camp-options.html

(Tell them you're from Nitschmann!)

Sing for America: https://www.vzmessages.com/vs/c4c7a93277bd1d57353f10b3760e6dcbef17b0df www.singforamerica.com

(Tell them you're from Nitschmann!  They were in our production of High School Musical way back in 2008.)

PYT: https://123pyt.org/school-of-performing-arts/summerstage/

(Go see our Nitschmann students in their shows!)

Pennsylvania Playhouse: http://www.paplayhouse.org/junior-players

(We had a Nitschmann student do this program back in 2016-ish)

Parent Volunteers:

All volunteers must have clearance paperwork on file with Mrs. Decker in the Student Services Office.

Click here for the volunteer paperwork packet: https://www.basdschools.org/volunteering

If your paperwork was on file in your elementary school, please call that school office to have it sent up to Nitschmann.  Forms are not automatically sent over the summer.