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The Green Room / Re: Best showing of appreciation from a cast?

« on: Jul 11, 2010, 12:54 am »

I spent my birthday doing a show too, and my director organized (without me knowing, which is a near miracle) the cast into a harmonized rendition of Happy Birthday (it was a musical), and the lead gave me a hug. It was a Friday, and there had been questions about whether school transportation would be available, and despite there being no actual problem, my ASM had bailed (again), and I wasn't having a great day, and it just made my day.

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The Green Room / Re: Finish this sentence: "If all the world's a stage..."

« on: Jul 11, 2010, 12:39 am »

If all the world's a stage, can I talk to the fight choreographer? And the set designer, and the director, and the producer?

All the world's a stage, so leave me alone; I've got work to do!

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The Green Room / Re: Thread to vent about / Actors behaving badly / As haiku only

« on: Jul 11, 2010, 12:37 am »

Why must you switch schools?
Too few boys can sing and act
Who will be Anthony*?

I hope freshmen act
I hope new freshman can sing
Wanted: new male lead

*Boy leaving should be
Anthony from Sweeney Todd
But he is leaving

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The Green Room / Re: COLLEGE GENERAL DISCUSSION: Is the traditional four year college worth it now?

« on: Jul 11, 2010, 12:24 am »

I have not hit college yet, but I'm pretty much definitely going. It's the socio-economic thing Matt mentioned. And, speaking with only the experience of an obsessive planner, I can say that I do *not* want a highly structured BFA. I want to be able to learn about all areas of theatre, and also pursue my interest in Spanish and take academic electives.I hope to gain experience working in non-high-school theatre (internships open to high schoolers only let you get so far) and explore all of theatre without the pressure of professional theatres. Also, I am a person who really benefits from being taught things, rather than just picking them up, and my high school only has one tech theatre class, so I would hope to develop my technical skills.

As for finances, I am a little ashamed to admit that I haven't really thought about it that much yet, so I don't want to say anything drastically inaccurate, as I am wont to do when speaking about things I haven't thought through thoroughly.

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The Green Room / Re: show us your booth!

« on: Jul 11, 2010, 12:02 am »

The Jello-ed made me hyper-ventilate briefly. Then I strayed to the painful methods I would use to murder the culprits. And then I had to admit a grudging admiration for whoever thought of that. I mean, really. That was ingenious.

I will take a picture of my booth in school as soon as I get back (it's much cleaner since my friend and I brought ourselves off SST (show standard time) by cleaning it obsessivly, removing what was probably five years or more of dust and other crap. I will also provide pictures of my outdoor booth in August, which I am interested to see.

Also, Ruth, your theatre is so pretty! I love the view.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Mentorship Program

« on: Jul 05, 2010, 10:41 pm »

I would LOVE an email mentorship. I'm a freshman in high school, and I got thrown head first into stage managing. I'm figuring it out as I go and loving it, but being able to ask questions of and get advice from an older student or even a professional would be such a help, and an amazing experience. It's true that the places of a stage manager is a lonely one sometimes.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Humor: Stage Managing the World

« on: Jul 05, 2010, 10:37 pm »

I called traffic lights before I realized I was a stage manager. Now I know why...

I tend to make lots of to-do lists, but only when I'm working on a show. I also tend to take over when my family is trying to get out of the house on time. I'm slowly training them to follow orders. We've been improving.    I'm also the default announcer at parties. If it's too loud, the host will come to me, and I'll make sure that everyone hears. It's rarely worse than a dressing room full of actors.