New projects

Since wrapping our last performance, we have come back from spring break and begun work on our next project. We are preparing for our spring awards banquet. In all of my brilliant genius I have decided that we will do it as an awards show, complete with short plays. To avoid me directing everything I decided we would have student directed plays. The kids are totally stoked!

One of my senior girls is directing a two person play about a cop with the Teatre Department going to arrest a deranged playwright. It's rather hilarious. This is her directorial debut, and she already shows promise. I am super excited to see how she works.

My other senior director is doing a play about an American man and Arabian woman and the Interpreter that helps them communicate. The play is all in English which makes it even funnier. This is also a direcorial debut by the coolest little hippie student I have. She made me homemade granola. I fucking love my job.

And the final play is a directorial debut from one of my freshman girls. She is so ridiculously talented its stupid. Her play is about two girls making a frined of theirs hold his breath for three minutes while the sun comes up. It's rather silly, but pretty fun.

On top of the student directed plays, I am doing a piece with the remaining students about bullying and teen violence. The group has been doing comedies for the last several years so I think doing something dramatic will be good for them.

I am also doing a special play with the seniors entitled "Antigone's Red". It is a short 10 minute play about the Japanese internment camps of WWII. The kids love it, and I thinnk they are going to able to do amazing things with it.

The kids are really excited about the final performance and so am I! It's going to be a fantastic way to end the school year!!!