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Since I started teaching theatre in 2004, I've had the good fortune of working with dedicated, intelligent, and creative young performers and technicians.
Sometimes students are drawn to theatre because they have a deep love of performance.
Sometimes they are in the class because it was the only elective that could fit their schedule.
Sometimes they come into the class because a friend recommended they try it. (That's how I started... a good friend suggested I sign up for the class my sophomore year of high school.)
No matter what brings students to the class- and what they bring with them- my hope is that they will find a supportive environment in which they can explore the many facets of theatre, develop a strong work ethic, and discover that collaborating with others produces amazing results.
Top: The Servant of Two Masters, SPHS 2012. Bottom: Adrian: The Alternative Panto, A.R.T., 2023.
A Variety of Styles and Experiences
A Variety of Styles and Experiences
A.R.T. students delved into mask work with Middlebury College visiting professor Jay Dunn. The work was incorporated into Town Hall Theatre's 2022 Winter Solstice reading of a Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales.
Children's theatre (seen here and below) is an annual event for A.R.T.
Shakespeare (SPHS's Twelfth Night, 2012) often challenges students new to the heightened language. Learning to make it sound natural and fresh is a difficult- and rewarding- process.
Elephant's Graveyard, SPHS, 2011
PALS, S'Park Theatre, 2016
Loving Lives, CHS, 2010
Anne of Green Gables, SPHS, 2018
The Comedy of Errors, CHS, 2009
Preparing for Deeds Not Words, SPHS, 2017
Twelfth Night, SPHS, 2012
Stage Combat
Stage Combat
On a number of occasions, I have added stage combat into shows. Below, in preparation for 2019's She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurer's Edition, I brought in SAFD trained actors to work with students on both armed and unarmed skills.
Over the course of a week, students learned the basics of safe stage combat and fight choreography.
Choreography
Choreography
Choreography goes hand in hand with directing musicals, but it can also find its way into just about any work. Such was the case with She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurer's Edition. I enjoy the opportunities that allow students to take a hand in mapping out choreography; they can create some truly inspired pieces.
Below, student choreographer Kamren Keifer works with actors for the dance battle scene.
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