戏剧和
技术剧院
戏剧与技术剧场
戏剧和 Production Technology are part of every 中学 student’s performing arts program. 八年级的时候, 戏剧 class builds on the sixth grade and seventh grade performing arts classes and includes a range of exploration, from public speaking and writing monologues and scenes to acting and collaborating on a full-grade culminating performance. A 中学 Drama Club production is offered in the fee-based Afterschool Enrichment program.
上学校 Theater is an inclusive program fed by the unique contributions of each ensemble member. Our 上学校 theater season offers diverse opportunities for all students, 不管经验如何. Anyone who wants to audition will be cast in a role; anyone who wants to be part of the stage crew will be put to work. The performing arts community includes a dedicated, 有创意的, and resilient cohort of technical theater students who provide invaluable support for plays, 音乐会, 程序集, and numerous events in Franklin Theater throughout the year. They do all this while developing skills in various areas of production technology and design.
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戏剧和 Production Technology in 中学
中学 students explore the performing arts through hands-on experiences in dance, 戏剧, 音乐, 生产技术. These experiences encourage students to take risks, learn and apply skills through group activities, 为演出做准备, and expand their understanding of the arts as powerful vehicles for self-expression. 除了舞蹈课程, 戏剧, 一般的音乐, 生产技术, 学生参加表演合奏团. Each ensemble appears at two formal 音乐会 and/or as part of informal sharings for the 中学 community throughout the year.
The Grades 5–8 Drama Club provides students an opportunity to develop skills in acting through theater games and the process of rehearsing and performing a play. It is open to students in grades 4-8, with or without prior experience. All students are cast in the production and may also work on the technical aspects of the show. Dancers in grades 6-8 can develop their skills in dance composition through the Enrichment Program Dance Choreography Workshop. Student choreography generated in the workshop is presented at one formal dance concert per semester.
在六年级和七年级的课程中, students spend one full semester studying 戏剧 and technical theater (dance, 戏剧, and 一般的音乐 complete the remaining three semesters). All four classes are exploratory, experiential, and connected thematically. An informal sharing for peers celebrates the end of each semester of exploration.
The eighth grade 戏剧 class builds on the sixth grade and seventh grade performing arts classes and includes a range of exploration, from public speaking and writing monologues and scenes to acting and collaborating on a full-grade culminating performance. 这个为期一年的体验课程, which is thematically tied to the integrated English and History program, encourages students to apply their skills as expressive performers, make connections across their academic experience, 加强他们的社区意识.
高中戏剧与制作技术
Each new 上学校 season and play/performance event encourages students to explore a new landscape and provides new “sets” of opportunity and skill-building. The 2022-2023 theater season will open with Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, 新巴黎人注册网站的小镇. 冬季演出将是 海绵宝宝音乐剧.
Cast members and crew heads (crew heads are students in leadership roles who actively participate in the entire rehearsal and production process) may earn ½ credit toward the Performing 艺术 requirement for each of the major productions: Fall Play, 冬天玩, 和春游. 额外的舞台工作人员(e.g., running crew and costume crew) may receive up to ¼ credit toward the Performing 艺术 requirement for their participation in each of the major theatrical productions.
学生, 在所有的能力和经验水平, 谁对探索照明感兴趣, 声音, 服装, 阶段管理, 布景设计与施工, and directing are invited to join this amazing company! 学生 may sign up for Stage Crew at the beginning of each production season–fall, 冬天, 和春天. 学生 are encouraged to take the Production Technology/Costuming class, a prerequisite for anyone who hopes to earn a crew head position (e.g. lighting designer, stage manager) in 上学校.
过去的戏剧作品-高中
This five-year history provides a glimpse into the nature, 多样性, and magnitude of the works produced in our 上学校 Theater program in a typical school year.
2021–2022
亚当斯一家 布里克曼，艾丽丝，利帕 (音乐)
Puffs, or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic ——马特·考克斯(喜剧)她杀死怪物 ——Qui Nguyen(戏剧)
2020–2021
变形- 玛丽·齐默尔曼(剧情类)
盐瓶 ——米娅·米兹纳《新巴黎人注册网站》(喜剧)
无效的调频 ——克莱尔·罗宾逊，21年(喜剧)
老家的日子 ——布莱斯·汤普森(Blythe Thompson’22)
第十二夜》 莎士比亚(喜剧)
2019–2020
男孩和娃娃 ——Swerling, Loesser and Burrows(音乐剧)
拉勒米计划 – Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project (戏剧)
一个“虚拟” 仲夏夜之梦 ——威廉·莎士比亚(喜剧)
2018–2019
彼得和捕星人 ——Rick Elice(玩音乐)
圣女贞德 – George Bernard Shaw (戏剧 for the Maine One-Act Festival)
裁缝鸟的双珍珠 – Four student-written plays (戏剧s, comedies)
2017–2018
皆大欢喜 ——威廉·莎士比亚(喜剧)
昏昏欲睡的监护人 ——麦凯勒和马丁(音乐剧)
新巴黎人注册网站牙齿的皮肤 ——桑顿·怀尔德(游戏)
学生 wishing to supplement their academic experiences (for an additional cost) may add enrichment 音乐 lessons and workshops on our campus.
