Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Curtain Call

Thanks again everyone for a great semester. I had a fantastic time working with all of you, and learned so much in the process. It was very inspiring to read your comments this morning and reflect on the piece of theatre that we created together, and I can only hope that you found it as exciting and rewarding as I did!

I'm moving to New York in 10 days, so you won't see me around URI next semester, but please keep in touch - and best of luck in all of your future endeavors!

Also, if anybody is curious about their grade for the semester (excluding the final), you can e-mail me any time. Have a happy holiday and a fantastic winter break!

Sunday, December 14, 2008

A Christmas Wishlist...

As promised, here's a little help for those of you who aren't quite sure what to get me for Christmas...
**A wii
**A macbook air (preferably w/ Finale 2009 installed)
**A piccolo (professional model!)
**A heavy-duty keyboard traveling case (sized for a Yamaha S90 ES)
**A lilac point Siamese kitten
**A new digital camera (preferably w/ video capabilities)
**A year's subscription to Netflix
**The vacant Illinois senate seat (if it's still for sale)
**Brad Pitt

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Musical Chairs

For those of you who requested the form for the Musical Chairs assignment, here it is:

During this course, we have talked about the various individuals involved with mounting a production, including: the actor, director, choreographer, writer, composer, musical director, designer, etc.

Using various online resources (see original HW #7 post for suggestions), fill in the following blanks. Start off by picking an actor that has performed in a Broadway show. Don't be discouraged if you aren't a theatre buff; a vast majority of acclaimed film actors got their start onstage, and I'm sure you'll recognize some of the names you'll come across!

If you have trouble with this (and some of you might - do not feel embarrassed!), please do not hesitate to contact me and I will give you pointers.

(Actor) was in (Play/Musical)
...with a set designed by (Set Designer)
...who also designed (P/M)
...with costumes designed by (Costume Designer)
...who also designed (P/M)
...which was choreographed by (Choreographer)
...who also choreographed (Musical)
...which was musically directed by (Musical Director)
...who also musically directed (Musical)
...which was composed by (Composer)
...who also composed (Musical)
...which was directed by (Director)
...who also directed (P/M)
...which featured/starred (Actress)
...who was also in (P/M)
...with lighting designed by (Lighting Designer)
...who also designed (P/M)
...which was written by (Writer).

Three of the above shows/people must have received a Tony Award, and one of the shows must have received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Tony Award winning shows must have received the award for Best Play or Best Musical (new or revival), and the individuals must have received their Tony Award for the show that you mention in this assignment.

Example: Wilson Jermaine Heredia, 1996, Best Featured Actor in a Musical, RENT.
1) (Tony Winner), (Year), (Award), (Show)
2) (Tony Winner), (Year), (Award), (Show)
3) (Tony Winner), (Year), (Award), (Show)
(Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Hey guys!

So I'm going to have the review on Monday, at 7Pm in the 24 hour room again. I'm giving you and me some time to finish review questions and reading the chapters! Bring in your questions and answers from chapters 5-10.

Hope to see alot of you there!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Acting Company - missing assignments!

I am missing the following assignments from the following people! If you have not e-mailed them to me by Thursday 12/11 at noon, then you're outta luck! (For vouchers, which I cannot accept past 12/9, see post below.)

HW #5: Arrighi, Cabrera, Dost, Hastings, Heikes, Labossiere, Monteiro, Puranen, Silvia-Chandley, Williams
Chapter 3 Quiz: Williams
HW #6: Monteiro, Silvia-Chandley
HW #7: Chehy, Golub (part 2), Hastings (part 3), Heikes, Labossiere, Monteiro, J. Perez, Silvia-Chandley (parts 2 and 3), Wheaton, Williams, Zane (part 1)
HW #8: Arrighi, Bretti, Chehy, Hastings, Heikes, Labossiere, Milton, Monteiro, Puranen, Silvia-Chandley, Wheaton, Williams

Monday, December 8, 2008

Congratulations!!!

PHENOMENAL job tonight, everybody! You all made me EXTREMELY proud, surpassing even my highest expectations! Well done, everyone!

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Extra Credit opportunity: See a show

I was going to make this the final homework assignment, but since it's crunch time for the show, I'm not going to have a final homework assignment; instead, here's one final extra credit opportunity for the semester!

See another Theatre 100 class's production, and write me a brief assessment of it. It does not need to be as long or as formal as a Critique - less than a page is probably fine. Just let me know what show you saw, and what you thought of it.

The show schedule is as follows:
**Saturday, December 6, 9:30 a.m. - Goldilocks on Trial
**Saturday, December 6, 11 a.m. - Chicken Bones for the Teenage Soup
**Sunday, December 7, 10 a.m. - Law & Order: Fairytale Unit
**Sunday, December 7, 11:30 a.m. - God
**Sunday, December 7, 5:30 p.m. - Employees Must Wash Hands Before Murder
**Sunday, December 7, 7 p.m. - 15 Reasons Not To Be in a Play
**Monday, December 8, 6:30 p.m. - Cut
**Tuesday, December 9, in class - Alice in Wonderland
**Tuesday, December 9, 4 p.m. - The Education of Janet O'Malley

All performances are in J-Studio, and your assessments must be handed in or e-mailed to me by Thursday, December 11 at noon. If you have any questions, you know how to contact me!

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

A fantastic tech!

Thank you, everybody, for doing such a great job at Tech tonight! I know that tech rehearsals can be long and boring, but you handled yourselves very well. Rachel (the Management TA and Stage Manager extraordinaire) said that we were the first group that got to run any of the show, and that we were far more prepared and attentive than other groups have been. I am very proud :)

For those of you who found tonight mind-numbingly boring... in the real world, there is a full "Tech Week," which consists of several (usually 3-4) DAYS of "10 out of 12"s - ie, rehearsals where a 12-hour period consists of 10 working hours, 1 hour for lunch, and 1 hour for dinner. Imagine having to do what we did tonight five times every day for the next three days!

Vouchers

This following is a list of who has given me their ticket/voucher. They are due in class on Thursday. If I have yours, it says "YES", and if I don't, it says " ".

Adam Arrighi - YES
Scott Benson - YES
Julie Ann Boco - YES
Lee-Anne Bretti - YES
Esthefany Cabrera - YES
Jessica Calle - YES
Ashley Cavaleri - YES
Kayla Chehy - YES
Serena Cuna
Alysa Dempsey
Erica Dost - YES
Sarah Ferry - YES
Carolyn Foster - YES
Casey Friend - YES
Matt Furman - YES
Dan Gallagher - YES
Michael Golub - YES
Nick Guscott
Mardea Halley - YES
Brandyn Harden
Shannon Hastings
Caleb Heikes
Emma Hernan - YES
Joshua Labossiere - YES
Chari Lehnertz - YES
Matt Lombardi - YES
Craig Maganzini - YES
Katie Mangano - YES
Stephen Maris - YES
Austin McBurney
Alex McCabe - YES
Lexy McClintic - YES
Alex Milton - YES
Sharon Monteiro - YES
Ryan Moriarty - YES
Aaron O'Brien - YES
Nana Ofei-Tenkorang - YES
Liz Oliva - YES
Jennifer Perez - YES
Linochka Perez - YES
Sarah Piluri - YES
Erkko Puranen
Francesca Ritzer - YES
Stephanie Santos - YES
Josh Savory - YES
Yanna Segeren - YES
Nathaniel Shaw - YES
James Silvia-Chandley - YES
Kayla Smith
Lauren Turrisi - YES
Amanda Wheaton - YES
Lowell Williams
Derek Yee- YES
Marisa Young - YES
Cody Zane - YES

Homework #8

Chapter 9 is horribly written, and I couldn't possibly quiz you on it - the reading was horrendous. It made ME think I didn't like musical theatre, when it's really one of my deepest passions!

So instead of taking a quiz, tell me something you like about musical theatre. You've all seen at least one musical, so you've seen people act through song. What's one thing that you like about it?

I'm intentionally being vague so that you may answer this question however you'd like. One short paragraph is plenty, and the assignment is due in class on Thursday.

See you all at Tech tonight!