Theatre
Theatre is an art form concerned with the representation of people in time and space, their actions and the consequences of those actions. It is the purpose of these classes to integrate this initial creative impulse into formal theatrical structure. Students will learn the various aspects of theatre: acting, stagecraft, set design and construction, directing and play writing. Students will also learn the rich cultural history of the theatre from the time of the Ancient Greeks to Broadway. The Theatre Magnet is a rigorous and demanding program that will help prepare the student to be a performer in the modern age. All students will have various performance opportunities including small and large scale productions, back stage crew, design crew and hosting duties for our many concerts and variety shows. Students will leave the program with a better understanding of themselves and the world around them.
Full Scale Productions
Small Scale Class Productions
Class projects and activities that enhance the skills of the performer
Character Interview Project
Students will create an original character for performance in front of their peers.
Sound and Light Show
Students will write, direct and produce a small scale puppet show. Students run the production from concept to performance.
Fright Night
8th Grade theater students will be given the opportunity to write, direct and produce a small scene in front of a live audience.
Greek Mask Project
Students create an original Greek Mask as part of their Theatre History Unit.
Greek Mask Example
The student mixed what he learned within the Greek History Unit and created a Thanos Mask.
Greek Masks 2018
Students are able to explore and create their own original mask or have fun altering a well known character.
Set Design Unit
Students will learn what it takes to create a set design from concept to blueprinting and finally a 3-D Model.
Set Design Unit
3-D Models
Set Design Unit
3-D Models
Public Speaking Unit
Students will learn how to become better public speakers. This unit focuses on building confidence and life long skills that can be used outside of the theater.
Invention Convention Example
At the conclusion of the Public Speaking Unit, students are asked to "invent" a product that they can "sell" to the class. This includes utilizing their imagination, acting skills and public speaking guidelines to create a professional presentation that includes audience participation.
Invention Convention Example
The Diary of Anne Frank- Fall 2017
An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. Each day of these two dark years, Anne's voice shines through: "When I write I shake off all my cares. But I want to achieve more than that. I want to be useful and bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!"
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Clue- Fall 2018
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by the Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!
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