Week of December 5th-10th

It is a busy busy week in the Drama department.

Drama 4 is finishing up their masks and getting ready to start their performances in those masks.

It is a huge week for Drama 2. We did our debut performance of the Fabulous Fable Factory at Mableton Elementary on Friday. We have another performance at Harmony Leland this week and then our public performances will be on Saturday the 10th at 1:30 and 3:00.

Drama 1 is just about finished with their music videos. I hope to post some here when they are done.

Week of Nov 7-11

Drama 4
is well underway with mask work and having a great time. The goal this week is to complete the plaster casts and move into the sculpting phase. Please do not forget to bring

• 2 liter soda bottle or milk jug
• A disposable stirring device of some kind
• Thick dish rag
• Brown paper bags

Drama 2:
We are still plugging away at our Children's show. We are closing in on performance dates. Expect a flyer announcing performance dates in the next few weeks. DO NOT FORGET LINE CHECK ON ENTIRE SHOW THURSDAY!

Drama 1:
We are working on subtext with the use of scene 49. The goal is to show 1st rounds of these on Monday and then 2nd rounds by Wednesday.

Week of October 23-October 28

9 Weeks have come and gone

Congrats to those who did well on last week's assessment. To those who did not, you are likely to see a dip in your grade. Please be mindful that these major mid-term assessments are important. It is how we are able to judge your progress and present level of performance. Please be sure that you are preparing for them as much as you possibly can. We felt like more students than usual were quite under prepared and thus did not do as well as they might have otherwise.

This week
All classes will be preparing their fall group compositions for our big Spooktakular event on Friday. This has become one of our favorite traditions in the Brook theater department. Students, I expect to see great things. Remember, this is a performance grade and, if done well, can help many of you bounce back from the fumbles of the 9 week assessments.

Week of October 17- October 21

First...Congrats to ComPAny. They were awesome and fantastic and amazing and on on on.



ALL CLASSES WILL TAKE 9 WEEK ASSESSMENTS STARTING ON TUESDAY.
The monologues are posted in the entry below.

Tues. and Weds will be performance assessments and Thursday will be the written.

On Friday all classes will work on Spooktakular with the exception of Drama 4 who will work on college pieces.

9 week assessment monlogues

9 Week Assessment Monologues- Women

9 Week Assessment Monologues- Men

Week of Sept 20-24

I am very excited at the progress my classes have been making thus far. Everyone is getting along very well and I know we are going to have a great year.

Drama 4:
Monday: Finish our diversion into "mushy" scenes
Tuesday: Continue showings of classical monologues
Wednesday: Continue showings of classical monologues.
Thursday and Friday: Work on contemporary monologues. (Line check Friday)

Drama 2:
With Fabulous Fable factory up and running, we are moving along with the staging. This will take at least this week, if not next week as well. (Except for Weds, of course where you have voice.)

Drama 1 Pics are Here!!!

Intro Per 4 pics are Here!

Intro Per 1 pics are Here!

Hot off the press and a BIG thanks to Ashley Lawrence
The Handy dandy

Ashley's PA COLLEGE ORGANIZER

Drama 4 Pics are Here!!

Intro Per 2 pics are Here!

Drama 2 Pics are here!!

Week 4:

Drama 4:
Tuesday: Line Check on classical monologue/ College selection worksheet due
Wed/ Thursday: Work sessions on classical monologue
Friday: College selection one on ones.

Drama 2:
Tuesday-Thursday: Auditions for children's theater show
Friday: Continued rehearsals on stories under the bigtop

Drama 1:
Monday-Weds: Work sessions on film monologues
Thursday: second rounds on film acting
Friday: Commercial day

Week 3

Drama 4:
Monday: We will continue approving the classical monologues
Tuesday: We will translate and research our monologues
Wednesday: We will hit the media center for monologues.
Thursday and Friday: We will begin approving the contemporary monologues--Friday-class photo--Wear your Pebblebrook colors

Drama 2:
All week we will be exploring the process of children's theater creation, staging and character. We will begin to stage a short script.
(Don't forget dress outs)

Drama 1:
Monday and Tuesday: Script analysis
Wednesday: Exercises related to monologues
Thursday: First round- Formal assessments- Please be memorized-
Class photo. We decided on pink, red or blue as our clothes colors.
Friday: Continue first round on film monologues.

Week 2

Hi Everyone!

I want to start with a special shout out to Mr. T for making our new mats happen. We really enjoyed using them.

A couple of reminders
1. Please bring dress outs EVERYDAY
2. We are still in need of the following items

Paper towels
Bleach wipes
Kleenex
Pens

I hope everyone had a great first week.
Here is the plan for week 2:



Drama 4:
REMEMBER- CHOICE FOR CLASSICAL MONO DUE FRIDAY

MON:Please bring the top portion of your college sheet
Tuesday: Ensemble pictures and exploration
Weds-Thursday: self assessment on first piece
Friday: Classical Monologue test drive

Drama 2:
Mon: Complete self assessments
Tuesday: Ensemble Pictures and ensemble Building work
Weds: 1st voice class with Carolyn Cook!!! Yea!!!!!
Thurs-Friday: Creating large characters for children's theater

Drama 1:
Mon: Complete self assessments
Tuesday: Ensemble Pictures and Building work
Weds: MOVIE MONOLOGUES DUE
Thurs: Introduction to script analysis
Friday: Script analysis on monologues continue

WELCOME BACK!!

Welcome back drama students. I am very excited to get back to work with those of you that I have taught before. I am also excited to get to know the class of 2014 a little better and to meet the class of 2015. I hope we will have an awesome year with lots of growth and lots of college acceptances for the class of 2012.



We are extremely excited to have Carolyn Cook joining our acting faculty. She will be working with Drama 2 and 3 on Wednesdays in the capacity of our voice and speech teacher. She is a very well known and gifted local actress with a ton of experience under her belt.


This week we will spend most of our time on ensemble building, but you do have a huge deadline.

WEDNESDAY WE WILL PRESENT RE-JURY MONOLOGUES

In addition, we would love to get your help supplying our classroom with some essentials that are hard to keep up with.
It would be fabulous if you would be willing to bring

• Kleenex
• Hand Sanitizer
• Rolls of Paper Towels
• Bleach wipes (for sterilizing the mats-we got new mats this summer and we want to keep them clean and germ free.)

Macbeth Cast Pics

My pics needed some photoshop work because the lighting was too dark for photos. Michael McClain is to thank for repairing this great pic.
I will post the rest as we fix them.

Jury Time!!

2011 DRAMA JURY SCHEDULE

Ms Grant's Audition Guidelines

The much awaited is here. Juries are this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I very much hope to see prepared and powerful work over the next three days.

• Please be sure to check the guidelines (page 2) to make sure you are good to go.
• Please arrive 20 minutes before your time slot. Be prepared to stay a bit after in case we are behind.
• Good luck!

Week of April 11-April15

Welcome back!
School will be one quick downhill roll from here until the end of the year. Buckle your seat belts and hold on tight.

Juries Begin in 3 weeks

Drama 3:
Monday: Review the self written scenes, review the Shakespeare monologue
Tuesday: Shakespeare monologues pitch build
Wednesday: Pitch builds continue- stagings on scenes
Thursday: Rough draft on Gratowski scenes
Friday: Performance of monologues Round 1


Drama 2:
Film projects continue and monologue unit continues.

Drama 1:
Improv unit continues
Monologue discussion- Juries

Week of 21-25

Ragtime opens this Friday at the Strand theater. It is a beautiful musical. You should definately plan to come.

We will continue with the pre-juries this week in fifth period.

Drama Two:
We will have an odd week as half of our students will be absent for testing. We are going to make it an enrichment week rather than forward our monologue unit and leave them behind. I plan to work on the Feldenkreis movement method with you. This is a technique that is designed to free the muscles of the body from tension.

Drama 3:
We will continue on our Gratowski training. On Thursday we will perform round one of your Shakespeare monologues with the pitch work.

Drama 1:
We will continue our study of improv.

Week of March 14-March 18

ALL CLASSES-ALL 9-11TH GRADE DRAMA STUDENTS:

PRE-JURIES (AKA 12 WEEK MID-TERMS) WILL BEGIN IN 5TH PERIOD ON FRIDAY.

SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY: JUNIORS March 18
MONDAY: SOPHOMORES March 21
TUESDAY: FRESHMAN March 22
WEDNESDAY: FRESHMAN March 23
THURSDAY: FRESHMAN March 24


Links to All the prior assigned monologues:
December Monos
Macbeth Monos
October Monos
Ballyhoo Monos
Last Spring Pre Juries- Women
Last Spring Pre Juries- Men



More college congrats to:
Seun S. who was admitted to Wright State, CCM and Evansville.
Arielle G: accepted to CCM
Vikki A: accepted to Oklahoma
Sam Y. (who is not in drama) but we will post here to say he was accepted into Univ of Michigan
Keep them coming '11
Seniors, I know I am missing a few, so drop me an e-mail and I will get them on the blog.

Class schedule for the week:
Drama 1:
Monday: Finish scenes and perform formal self evaluations.
Tuesday: Finish teacher conferences and begin improvisation.
Weds-Fri: Introduction to improvisation.

Drama 2:
Monday-Tuesday: Rehearsal for scenes and begin teacher conference.
Wednesday: Formal final performances.
Thursday: Self evaluations on performance
Friday: Begin monologue unit.

Drama 3:
Monday: Introduction to builds
Tuesday: Build performances
Wednesday-Friday: Gratowski 10 by 10s.

Week of March 7- March 11

Ragtime rehearsal is underway. Don't wait to get your tickets. The performances will be at the Strand theater March 24-March 28

Monday all classes: Vocal is away at festival, so we will be enjoying the film Tootsie.

Drama 3:
Shakespeare memorization deadline - Monday

Tuesday-Thirsday
Gratowski 10 to 10s.

Friday: Performance of 10 to 10s and introduction of self written text scenes.


Drama 2 and Drama 1:
After last week's change of direction toward peer coaching of the Intro students, we need to regroup and continue with the plans of last week.

All this week we will be gearing up, rehearsing, being teacher coached and peer grouped for our final rounds of our scenes which will be on Friday.

Week of Feb 28-March 3

College shout outs keep rolling in.


Chassity H. -Ole Miss- BA undecided
Chassity C.- UGA- BA undecided
Seun S.- Southern Methodist University- BFA acting
Arielle G.- Cincinnati Conservatory- BFA acting

I am SO SO SO proud of the c/o '11. Keep 'em coming!

Drama 3:
Callbacks for Macbeth will continue on Monday

Tuesday-Thursday
Gratowski 10 to 10s.

Friday: Performance of 10 to 10s and introduction of self written text scenes.
Memorization deadline- Shakespeare monoloogue!!!

Drama 2 and Drama 1:
All this week we will be gearing up, rehearsing, being teacher coached and peer grouped for our final rounds of our scenes which will be on Friday.

Callback Scenes for Macbeth are Here

In case you want to get a jump start on a possible call-back---I have---for the first time ever----posted the:

Callback scenes for Macbeth

Week of 2/14-2/18

I am glad to be back from Unifieds. The Seniors did really well and I am so proud. Here is hoping all college acceptances start rolling in.

Two Big College acceptance shout outs to get us going

Arielle G- Wright State- Acting

Jessica I- Evansville- Acting and Theater

Bravo ladies! Way to start out.

I really enjoyed the scene slam. Some great playwrites were born while I was away.

Next, I must shout out to everyone's amazing work on the Black History Month Assembly. If you were involved...a big BRAVO to you.

Now on to the business;

This week will begin with Macbeth Audtions (monologues are right here on the blog a few posts down).

All Classes Monday

Macbeth Auditions

All Classes Tuesday

Macbeth Callbacks

Drama 3

Weds: Macbeth Callbacks continued

Thursday and Friday: Gratowski Improvisation skill set work continues

Drama 2 and 1

Weds: Macbeth callbacks/ Scene Revival

Thursday: Scene Rehearsal

Friday: Scene Performance