Theater / Assembly Protocol

Our ACS Athens Theater is a magnificent facility. Few schools can boast of having such a state-of-the-art performance center. All of us in the ACS Athens community have a responsibility for maintaining it in top condition. The Theater will provide us with rich cultural, social, and entertainment opportunities, all of which will demand of students the highest level of Theater manners. When attending the ACS Athens Theater during an assembly program, we are all to observe the following protocols:

Assembly Protocol for Students

• Proceed to the Theater with your classroom teacher.

• Enter the Theater only through the lobby/gallery area.

• Sit in the assigned seats designated for your class. (Ushers will help to direct you)

• No food, drink, gum is allowed in the Theater.

• Book bags, knapsacks, gym bags are not allowed in the Theater. Lock them away in your locker or leave them in your classroom, which your teacher will lock.

• Once in your seat, come to order quickly. Feet need to stay on the floor. Cell phones must be turned off.

• Once the program begins, sit back and enjoy. Theater etiquette demands that you listen and watch quietly. Talking during a performance or presentation is rude and shows great disrespect to the presenter or performers. If you are bored by a performance, daydream, plan your weekend or rearrange the furniture in your room in your head. Do not talk to others and disturb their enjoyment of the performance or presentation.

• Show your appreciation of the performers with appropriate, polite and enthusiastic applause. The kind of loud cheering you would do in a gym or at the soccer field is not appropriate in a Theater.

• Once a performance or presentation has begun, you may not get up and leave the Theater until it is over (except in the case of an emergency.) Walking around during a performance or presentation is rude and shows disrespect to the performers or presenters.

• When the assembly is over, students will be dismissed forming rows or sections under the direction of the assembly leader.

• Students may work in the Theater [in preparation for assemblies or performances] only under the supervision of faculty directors/advisors.