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Theatre Counts: How Theatre Education Transforms Student's Lives
On stage, the audience sees a young person bow at the end of a theatre production.
What the audience may not see: the hours of rehearsal spent preparing for this moment; their classmates poised on the catwalk shining the stage light to capture the performer’s joy; the costumers’ research, drawings, and design; the audio technician’s artful and precise balance of sound; and the stage manager creating harmony among the performers and the crew.
The audience may not recognize that they are seeing the result of years of training and commitment on the part of educators to support students. Theatre education benefits are numerous and powerful and exist across student populations, age levels and learning environments.
Theatre education can help young people develop a strong sense of self and identity, build empathy and learning among peers and broaden the ways they make meaning of the world around them.
Theatre Education is an interdisciplinary form of learning that encompasses dramatic interpretation, writing, multimedia production and technical skill through the artistic processes of creating, performing, responding and connecting. A comprehensive theatre education includes instruction in acting, designing, writing, producing/directing and dramaturgy, all of which nurture the human need to express thoughts and feelings through storytelling.
Mary Dell'Erba, Gwynne Middleton, "Theatre Counts. How Theatre Education Transforms Student's Lives," https://www.aep-arts.org/theatre-counts/#:~:text=Theatre%20education%20benefits%20are%20numerous,of%20the%20world%20around%20them. ARTS Education Partnership, 2023
Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program
The Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program was established within the Department of Education to recognize high school graduates who have met exemplary benchmarks in fine arts coursework. The purpose of the Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program is to encourage students to develop an exemplary level of proficiency in the performing or visual arts.
Click on the link below to access Florida Seal of Fine Arts Forms and Information
Brevard Theatrical Programs
Florida District Thespian Festival Assessments 2024
Rockledge High School’s advanced drama Troupe 5244 competed in two juried district events this past December and did a phenomenal job! We are incredibly proud of receiving 5 Best of Show awards for performance/technical categories during the District Thespian Festival—the highest number that were awarded this year (out of 30 competing schools)—as well as receiving Critics Choice for our one-act play Down Came The Rain on top of having it being selected to perform at state. This March, we will take our events to the state level and have the incredible opportunity to compete in the Florida State Thespian Festival! Raider pride!
One-Act Play Festival:
● Awarded CRITICS CHOICE!—the highest, most decorated award out of the entire festival
● Awarded Superior, will perform at the state level this March
● Best Overall Actor: Jacob Camodeca
● All-Star Cast Award: Justin Kracht
● Best Lighting Design: Averi Boyer
● Cast: Jacob Camodeca, Justin Kracht
● Crew: Nicholas Tecua, Link Heaslet, Averi Boyer, Breanne Wright, Melissa Melo, Ashley Merrick, Ely Garcia-Sanchez, Zachary Grandey, Isabella Silva
Florida District Thespian Festival:
● 5 BEST OF SHOWS!
○ Jacob Camodeca and Alexandra Boveil - Duet Acting (Perfect Score)
○ Finn Hobert, Avery Price, and Joseph Hamilton - Ensemble Acting (Perfect Score)
○ Caylen Sims, Sophia Martz-Chroniger, and Jacie Brown - Small Group Musical (Perfect Score)
○ Isabella Silva - Theatre Marketing
○ Averi Boyer - Set Design & a Senior Scholarship
● 21 Superiors, 9 excellents!
District 11 One-Act Theatre Assessments Palm Bay Magnet High School 2024
Palm Bay Magnet High School’s Pirate Thespians competed in 2 separate District events in December. Heads up: They did quite well. Please give these young thespians a small round of applause- and apologies for the clanking medals 😊
Florida Thespian District XI (2counties / 30 schools entering various categories):
One-Act Play Festival-
JERRY FINNEGAN'S SISTER
CAST: Jaden Smith / Anabelle Castillo
CREW: Alycia Johnson/Xavior Davies/Levi Nunez/Candia Lejuste/Tamya Gulilat/Amerie Smith/Bella Relaford
· Straight Superiors
· State Selected
· BEST ACTOR-Jaden Smith
· All-Star- Jaden Smith
THESPYS / Individual Events
CRITIC CHOICE! - Jaden Smith – Monologues (Jaden will be performing his piece at State during Opening Ceremonies, along with the other Critics Choice candidates from around the State.
3 BESTS OF SHOWS!!!-
Monologues - Jaden Smith
Choreo - Candia Lejuste / Alycia Johnson/Anabelle Castillo/Amerie Smith
Duet Acting - Jaden Smith / Anabelle Castillo
20 events entered / Overall averaged final scores
Anna Phelan as Runner-Up to Best of Show for her Marketing Campaign for Six the Musical.
District 11 One-Act Theatre Assessments 2023
Palm Bay High Greater Tuna , Melbourne High Jon and Jen, and Viera High Head Elf
December 1-2 Merritt Island High School hosted District 11 One Act Theatre Assessments. 25 Schools from Brevard and Osceola County presented their one act play.
4 plays are selected by a panel of judges to perform their plays at the Florida Theatre Festival in Tampa from March 13-16 2024. There will be over 8000 high schooler attending this event.
The following schools (in Alpha order) have been selected to perform.
Melbourne High, Palm Bay High, Viera High
The following students received the following awards.
In the category of All Star Cast ( in order of show performances)
Rockledge High Ralphael Agee
Westshore High Acabella Dias
Viera High Micah Wiggins
Cocoa Beach High Ella Hornquist
Space Coast High Antonio Ananayo
Satellite High Connor DeRoche
Palm Bay High Jaden Smith
Edgewood High Addison Hunt
Merritt Island High Sanaya Salter
Melbourne High Wesley Restrepo
Bayside High Allyson Mowery
Cocoa High Fiona McDonald
Individual Awards
Best Actor Jaden Smith Palm Bay High
Best Actress Kaitlyn Hufstetler Melbourne High School
Best Supporting Actor Seth Fletcher Palm Bay High
Best Supporting Actress Addison Hunt Edgewood High
Best Cameo Actor Micah Wiggins Viera High
Best Lead Actor Zebastian Molina Palm Bay High
Best Lighting Satellite High
Best Program Merritt Island High
Best Set Palm Bay High
Best costume Viera
Best Stage Manager Palm Bay High
Best Technical Palm Bay High
Critic’s Choice Palm Bay High School
SIX the Musical - Palm Bay Magnet HS 2024
Sponge bob The Musical - Palm Bay Magnet HS
Night of the Living Dead - Palm Bay Magnet HS
Bright Star- Satellite HS
SPONGEBOB The Musical 2023 trailer.mp4Sponge Bob the Musical trailer
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