YCTIWY Rehearsal and SNOW

See the Drama Forum for announcements on rehearsal this week (3/1 and 3/2) and snow.
Also, without checking in with her I'm guessing you should check in with Alex to verify whether or not she'll still host a cast party on Saturday at her house.

Callbacks for YCTIWY

Thanks to everyone who has auditioned for You Can't Take it With You.
Below is a callback list for people I'd like to see read one more time.
Please initial next to your name on Albie's door (A100).

If your name is on the list, PLEASE show up for callbacks between 3:30 and 6:00 on Thursday. EVERY effort will be made to make good use of your time. I may ask you to read more than once. A schedule for the night will be provided in advance, so you can plan accordingly. Also, please remember that we can't cast people who don't show up at callbacks.

Again, congrats to everyone who auditioned. This was the best round of auditions I've seen here. You've made my job really really tough.

Celina Dobson
Isabel M
Chelsie S (done by 4)
Sara S
Arielle S
Kristen D
Kate S
Nicole M
KoreAnn M
Meagan H
Alicia W
Amanda Pat
Julia C
Ashley D

Trevor Spinch
Jake Jones
Jason S
Shane L
Hermy
Logan
Jace
Pat S
Ryan Z
Dain H
Steve J
Rick Mc
Donny

You Can't Take It With You Audition Monologues

jump out to this spot on Logan's blog for our audition monologues (the forum allows .doc uploads).
Sign up for an audition time slot outside Albie's door -- either Tuesday or Wednesday :-)

Have fun!
Encourage your friends and relatives to come out for drama...

Handout distributed soon for one-acts

Plans are underway for the one-act.

Before we make casting / crew decisions, I thought it would be wise to see who is interested and / or available [duh, Albrecht!] and decided to start with the most recent show … Please look at the dates/rehearsal plans below and get back to me if you’re interested in acting and/or tech. The cast looks to be about 2-3 ladies and 4-5 guys. No final casting decisions have been made, and the script is fabulous but still up for some tinkering, since Ms. Thurber hasn’t approved it yet. JenDens is going to help us out (direct and some tech), essentially directing through the first half of January. Sara may also assist, since the script is her fantastic effort. I’ll jump back in to help fine-tune and keep us going in the last two weeks before competition after JenDens returns to college.

Important dates:

• [sub] Section Saturday January 27 --
• section finals Saturday Feb. 3 ---
• State one-act Friday Feb. 9
• if we rehearse on a weekend, it would be the weekend prior.
• CLC is considering hosting a one-act festival Jan. 20, which may also be fun.
  

Newest details:
from http://bhsdrama.jconserv.net/index.php -- the place where we post all drama stuff.

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject: The director has
spoken...And here are our initial plans, straight from Dens herself...

>From: densx003@umn.edu [mailto:densx003@umn.edu]
>Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:37 PM
>To: Audra Albrecht
>Subject: RE: >
>Plan of action: I'll be home late on the 18th. We can start practice any time after that...like the 19th. I'm gonna be gone the 27th-30th and the evening of Jan. 5th. I'm thinking about three hrs/day over break with some additional tech things (yes, actors/techies will need to pitch in with some tech for us to pull this off) in there too.
9-12 every day for actors but not on xmas day. Once school starts, two
hrs/day after school and since >I have basically nothing to do all day
besides read and do origami, I can do things during the day like tech and such and it will be sweet. >It would be nice to have casting complete and scripts out by Friday.

[note: Dens means scripts out by this Friday (Dec. 15) -- so those of you interested in the one-act need to let me know this week. --- ]

Up Next: One-Acts

Maybe we'll try something out with this:

an adaptation of a James Thurber short story

More details soon.

One show down...

Great job, everyone. Strike went exceptionally well, and the theatre is looking great.
I've heard comments all day about how fantastic the show was -- acting, characters, script, tech effects (yes, Hans, people really loved your underwater -- and Mac, I even heard "Oh, yeah, the lighting was cool.")

I hope it was worthwhile for everybody.

Did you guys make cast party plans (or not?) and is this something that we need to organize?

Time to recharge and regroup, and figure out when and where we're headed off to next.

I get to return the lighting instruments, and am looking forward to a trip to the cities for that. Hopefully I can catch a show while I'm there.

Don't be strangers, now.

Publicity PSA

Public Service Announcement
For Immediate Release

Contact: Audra Albrecht, Director, Brainerd High School Drama, 218-454-6269

The Brainerd High School Drama Department will produce Jim Leonard Jr.’s award-winning drama The Diviners Friday, December 1st, Saturday, December 2nd, and Sunday, December 3rd, at the Brainerd High School Little Theatre. Show times are 7:00 pm Friday and Saturday, with a 2:30 pm matinee on Sunday. Additional performances may be added based on ticket sales. Tickets are available from cast members, Ms. Albrecht in A100 or at the door: general admission is $5. Because seating in the Little Theatre is limited, advance ticket purchases are strongly encouraged.

The Diviners is set during the Depression in a small farm community where water and faith are in short supply. A charismatic but back-sliding preacher drifts into town and meets a gentle but misunderstood boy with the gift of divining (dousing) water. The two outcasts find a common bond and help each other divine for truth, faith and hope. The townspeople, however, demand the preacher return to a way of life he no longer wants to live and it drives both men to a crisis of trust. Jim Leonard Jr.’s earthy, funny, poignant and profoundly tragic play has echoes of Steinbeck’s classic depression era work. The characters are simple but good people searching for hope and something to believe in.

Cast/crew list

CC Showers Cameron
Buddy Layman Steve-o
JennieMae Layman Arielle
Ferris Layman Jace
Basil Bennett Pat
Luella Bennett Celina
Norma Henshaw AmPat
Goldie Short Kate!
Darlene Henshaw Meagan
Dewey Maples Logan
Melvin Wilder Donny

Assistant Director Kim
Costume/Poster Design Alex
Stage Managers Nicolle, Dain
Lights Mackie
Sound Hans
Technical Director Mr. Borash, with an entire set construction crew
Light and set crew, and master organizers Lindsey, Patrick, Andrew, Justin, Meggan, Alex, Ryan Z, Josh C, a bunch of cast members, Katrina and Sara, Mike Mc, and last but no way least, Brianna F
Dramaturgy (theatre research) research completed by Ms. Albrecht’s World Drama class.

Director, design Audra Albrecht

Progress thus far

So the show is going well.
First run through went pretty well.
We are in the process of fine-tuning (cool).
Props are starting to show up. [please please please find a place for them backstage, other than the last place you dropped them!]
Costumes are looking great.
The set... well, the set has a way to go, but it is a structural marvel.

Theatre Alumni: if you'd like to pop in over t'giving week, we are rehearsing act II on Wednesday, doing tech work (no actors) on Friday, running a Q to Q on Saturday (it'll be stop/start for each scene) and then running our first acting/tech full show on Sunday. I expect Sunday will be a bit lurchy, because it will be the first time we truly combine tech and acting, but if you'd like to catch a glimpse of the show, feel free to pop in. Just don't distract the actors -- they'll have a lot they need to focus on on Sunday. Of course, you can come to the show the following weekend as well. I know a few kids need rides from MPLS --- if you're coming and you could provide a lift, respond here if you can.

Still needed:
please review your scripts -- continue to seek to fine tune characters.
Remember the basic acting traits (enunciation, projection, cheating out to see your face)

Set: chicken wire, muslin, paint.
Escape routes set in place?
Backstage needs to be cleaned out and made ready for production.

House clean out (lumber, tools, etc.)

Lights hung, cued, etc.
Sound cues created, cued, etc.

POSTERS hung

TICKETS sold -- please turn in your sales figures to Logan this week.


How are you guys doing? This thing is coming together so nicely. How are you doing? Take care of yourselves, and hang in there. Invite your friends and strangers you meet on the street.

Just checking to see if it works here or not

Rehearsals seem to be stacking up nicely...