So the Drama Department at my new school is a little more legit than the one at West Point. Every Drama Class at Baker puts on a class play as part of the course. I teach two drama classes and I had to triple cast in order for every student to get some stage action, thus I actually put on six plays. To say that it was sheer chaos is not over exaggerating.
But they are over now. We had our final performances today and I am so thankful to have "birthed" these plays. Not a one was perfect- far from it. The very first performance was so terrifyingly horrible that I looked around the audience to make sure no administrators were in the crowd b/c I felt like surely it would be grounds for FIRING me- it was that bad. The actors got so confused onstage that the lead actress faked a death scene to end the play early.
The realy sad part is that I forgot to take pictures, otherwise, you would laugh your little tails off. Good performances or bad, I just keep telling myself that it is good experience for those kids to conquer their fear of performing onstage. So that is what I have been up to lately- directing 65 teenagers in six productions of "Kiss of Death" and a bizarre version of "Cinderella" (which had a choreographed dance scene I might add).
In other news, the Butts are coming to Thanksgiving tomorrow! Caleb and I just went to the grocery store to get all the ingredients for my first attempt at cooking Thanksgiving Dinner!
I WILL have pictures of the spread, so stay tuned!
1 comment:
I'm loving that the lead actress faked a death scene to end the play. That is classic. I would've never thought of that.
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