Rehearsal Schedule Week #6

“Stage Crew” – Any one interested in helping build, or possibly work back stage Check on Tuesday Morning for when you should come.

REHEARSALS:
Tuesday November 2nd 2:50 – 4:10pm
The Darling Family Scenes

Stephen Lewis, Kennedy Foster, Hannah Holznagel, Emily Statham, Brie Statham, Natalie Louban, Scott Davis, *Bryan Drossel, *Jaymey Kuykendall

*Bryan & Jaymey, I know you have a soccer game. You’re only on here IN CASE the game gets canceled. :o)

Wednesday November 3rd 2:50 – 5pm
Flying, Scene 1 / 2 and other moments within the show.

Jaymey Kuykendall, Emily Statham, Bryan Drossel, Scott Davis, Hannah Holzenagel
Cody Evans, Nate Bowman, others TBA

Thursday November 4th 2:50 – 5pm - Everyone is called!
Marroner’s Rock, Home Under the Ground (Scene’s 4 & 5)w/ Ensemble

Friday November 5th 2:50 – 5pm - Everyone is called!
Hopefully a RUN THRU!!! :o)

Saturday November 6th 10 – 3pm SET / COSTUME / PROP CONSTRUCTION

Possible Saturday Reh. –-> if needed. 10 – 1

:) ~Ms. Hall

Friday / Saturday Rehearsal Changes

Friday October 29th 2:50-5pm

Due to 2 sports schedule changes I’m attempting to rehearse what I’d hoped to rehearse today (Thursday the 28th) and next Wednesday (the 2nd) on Friday now!
So, the change is:

Rehearsal 2:50-5pm – EVERYONE’S called!

*If you can’t come, need to arrive at 4 (due to sports…) or need to leave before 5pm, please let Ms. Hall know in an email or a note. THANK YOU!!!

Saturday October 30th 10am-1pm / Set Construction 10am – 3pm
Lost Boys / Darling Family with Peter

Jaymey Kuykendall, Emily Statham, Brie Statham, Bryan Drossel, Scott Davis, Kennedy Foster, Stephen Lewis, James Herbstritt, Zoe Rudloff, Charlotte Hutchins, Alyssa Hopkins, Brandon Johnson, Liam Williams

*If you can’t make it, please email Ms. Hall at Margaret.e.hall@googlemail.com thank you!!!

~Ms. Hall

PS…Oh, and if everything this coming week runs smoothly, there will be no Saturday rehearsal on November 6th.

A Few Rehearsal Photos ...

Some Piratey Action with Smee, Hook & Starkey...


The Lost Boys are held captive on Hook's Ship ... ARGH!!!


Mr. & Mrs. Darling talking in the Nursery with Wendy and Nana listening (Michael too...)


MORE TO COME SOON!!! :)

Articulation Poem

Articulation is very important, this should be combined with strong project so that the dialogue is heard clearly - and loudly - throughout the theatre! :o)

Here's a poem that helps to open the mouth, and has a lot of d's & t's, that should be clearly articulated ...

I had a Hippopotomus
I kept him in a shed
I fed him up on vitamins (pronounced like vit-ah-mins)
And vegetable bread (pronounced like veg-ah-tah-ble)
Lest he should be affected by Depression or the Dumps
By Hippopotomeasles or Hippopotomumps!

Monday Soccer ... MY MISTAKE

Monday the 25th - Soccer folks, I know you have a game. It's my mistake on the schedule.
Thanks.
Ms. Hall

Rehearsal Week #5 - Schedule

We're at the "one month to go" mark...

Monday October 25th – 2:50-5pm
Pirate / Darling / Ensemble Work with Peter

Jaymey Kuykendall*, Emily Statham, Bryan Drossel*, Scott Davis, Brie Statham*, Natalie Louban*, Stephen Lewis, Kennedy Foster, Sean McAneny*, Rachel Coe-Scharff, Caroline Bobrick*, KatieLynn Herron, Annonda Sanders, John DuBois, Marina Plattner*, Lily McQuillen, Kaitlyn Krasney*, Elizabeth Duker, Alex Whitbeck, Amanda Bowman, Samantha Roggio, Hannah Holznagel, Julia Evola

*Sports folks, please arrive by 4pm.

Tuesday October 26th – 2:50-4:10pm
Lost Boys with the Darling Kids & Peter

Jaymey Kuykendall*, Emily Statham, Bryan Drossel*, Scott Davis, James Herbstritt*, Zoe Rudloff*, Alyssa Hopkins, Charlotte Hutchins, Liam Williams, Brandon JohnsonEnsemble folks might be added, check back on Tuesday morning!

*Sports folks, please arrive by 3:35, except Zoe – I know you have a meet (please come only if the meet is canceled).

Thursday October 28th – 2:10-5pm
POSSIBLE FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY

EVERYONE IS CALLED.

*If you need to leave early (ride the late bus home) you must let Ms. Hall know at the beginning of rehearsal. Sports folks, if you can come for the whole rehearsal please do, if you can’t due to a practice, then please arrive at 4pm.

Friday October 29th – 2:50-4:10pm
The Darlings Scene 1 & the Flying Scene 2

Jaymey Kuykendall*, Emily Statham, Bryan Drossel*, Scott Davis, Brie Statham, Natalie Louban, Hannah Holznagel, Kennedy Foster, Stephen LewisEnsemble folks might be added, check back on Tuesday morning!

*Soccer folks, please come until 3:30 – it’s a home game Friday (right?!)!

Saturday October 30th - 10am-1pm
TBA

SET CONSTRUCTION FROM 10am-3pm!!!

Character Work

For your characters:

*Remember it is NOT you on stage, it is you're portrayal of someone else, your character.

*When you're working on your line memorization you should look at the adjectives you've written down about who your character is, and be "thinking like" your character when learning the lines.

*Look at how other characters in the play describe you - indirectly and directly.

*Listen to the lines that surround yours (listen to the play), your lines make sense if you understand the scene you are in. So listen to the dialogue and pay attention to it and the action on stage at all times!!!

*Think about your characters physicality. How does your character move, it should be different to you in your typical "Hi I'm Joe/Jane Kid" daily routine.

THIS IS A PLAY ... SO, PLAY!!!

Here are some good descriptive words for everyone to think about ...

Playfull
Curious
Adventurous
Sinister (Hook)
Vengeful (Pirates)
Maternal or Motherly (Wendy, Mrs. Darling & Nana)
Excited (especially ensemble ... )
Creative
Enthusiastic
A Follower (Lost Boys follow Peter; Pirates follow Hook)
Disciplined (especially Mr. Darling, Wendy and John)
"Know It All" (especially Peter and Slightly)

What others can you think of???

How do Pirates walk - what age Pirate are you and does it affect how you'd move?
How do the Lost Boys move? How old are you? (ie: Twins, do you walk and talk like one another?)
How do you make your movements different, Wendy, from being a kid to being a grown woman with a child at the end of the play?

Do you talk differently? Have you changed your voice some way - aside from the accent - to make you more "Hook'ish" or more "Parental" or more "Piratey" or more "Lost Boy'ish" ... ?

etc...

Amended Rehearsal Schedule - Week 4

Thursday October 21st 2:50 - 4:10 CANCELED!!!
We’ll be doing the Darling’s Scenes & the Never Bird Scene
Jaymey Kuykendall*, Emily Statham, Scott Davis, Bryan Drossel*, Kennedy Foster, Stephen Lewis, Brie Statham*, Natalie Louban, Hannah Holznagel, & Ensemble – Lily McQuillen, Amanda Bowman, Alex Whitbeck, Kaitlyn Krasney*, Elizabeth Duker, Samantha Roggio, Julia Evola

*Sports folks, can you please arrive by 3:35

~Natalie, you’ve missed three rehearsals now, and without letting me know. You need to come to rehearsal today!

Friday October 22nd 2:50 - 5:00
We’ll be working on Lost Boys Stuff, The Darlings Scenes & Ensemble bits, and possibly some flying bits.

Jaymey Kuykendall, Emily Statham, Scott Davis, Bryan Drossel, Stephen Lewis, Kennedy Foster, Brie Statham**, Natalie Louban, Zoe Rudloff**, James Herbstritt, Liam Williams, Alyssa Hopkins, Charlotte Hutchins*, Brandon Johnson, Hannah Holznagel, Julia Evola, Lily McQuillen, Amanda Bowman, Alex Whitbeck, Kaitlyn Krasney, Elizabeth Duker, Samantha Roggio

**Brie & Zoe I know you’ve got a Cross Country Meet – if it gets canceled please come to rehearsals. J
*Sports folks, if you have practice you need to let me know you won’t be arriving at 2:50, otherwise I expect to see you at 2:50pm!
*Charlotte, I know you are out of town. J

Saturday October 23rd 10am - 1pm
We will be doing Pirate stuff, Darling Stuff
Sean McAneny, Caroline Bobrick, Rachel Coe-Scharff, Annonda Sanders, John DuBois, Marina Plattner*, Kaitlyn Krasney*, Lily McQuillen, Jaymey Kuykendall*, Emily Statham, Brie Statham, Bryan Drossel*, Scott Davis, Kennedy Foster, Stephen Lewis

*Soccer folks, I know you have a game, please come only if the game is canceled.

WITH SET CONSTRUCTION FROM 10am – 3pm

PLEASE BE WORKING ON YOUR LINE MEMORIZATION, ACCENT AND CHARACTER!!!

~Ms. Hall

Dear Parents

I am going to be making a "Parent Help List" (which will include places people are asking about Business ad's for the program) today. This way we will know the areas that still need some parent help.

If you have not yet let me know where you're able and willing to help out, please let me know!

And, where business ad's are concerned ... so far, though I have handed out about 20 or more requests, we only have 4 ad's in total. This is the area that keeps the budget nice for the following year's show, so please ask anywhere you can?!

Thanks.
~Margaret

Rehearsal Week 4 - Schedule

Hey all, so we're now 4 weeks until Tech week, and 5 weeks away from our performances! I hope everyone is working on their line memorization, accent and "who their character is"!

Rehearsal this week ...

Monday October 18th 2:50 - 4:10
Jaymey Kuykendall*, Kennedy Foster, Stephen Lewis, Emily Statham, Bryan Drossel*, Scott Davis, Brie Statham, Natalie Louban, Hannah Holzenagel

*Jaymey and Bryan, can you please arrive at 3:35

Tuesday October 19th 2:50 - 4:10
Emily Statham, Bryan Drossel*, Scott Davis, Jaymey Kuykendall*, James Herbstritt*, Zoe Rudloff, Alyssa Hopkins, Charlotte Hutchins, Liam Williams, Brandon Johnson

*James, Bryan and Jaymey, can you come before your game ... and then leave us for your game at 3:45 or so?

Wednesday October 20th 2:50 - 5:00
Emily Statham, Bryan Drossel*, Scott Davis, Jaymey Kuykendall*, James Herbstritt*, Zoe Rudloff, Alyssa Hopkins, Charlotte Hutchins, Liam Williams, Brandon Johnson, Sean McAneny, Caroline Bobrick, Rachel Coe-Scharff, KatieLynn Herron, Marina Plattner*, John DuBois, Annonda Sanders, Kaitlyn Krasney*, Brie Statham, Lily McQuillen

*Soccer gang, can you guys please arrive at 4.

Thursday October 21st 2:50 - 4:10
SAME AS MONDAY with the ENSEMBLE as well.

Friday October 22nd 2:50 - 5:00
Everyone. If you are in a sport practice please arrive by 4pm, and you must let me know if you will not be arriving right after school.

Saturday October 23rd 10am - 1pm
TBD
WITH SET CONSTRUCTION TO FOLLOW

~Ms. Hall

Accent Tips

Each time I give an accent tip in rehearsals I will add it here - so that the kids {and the parents, when helping with lines :o) } will understand why something is circled or underlined etc...

Circled - any word circled in the script is part of what I call the "Ask List". Where Americans say ask, the a sound in British English goes to an ah sound - so ask becomes ah-sk.
Glass becomes Gl-ah-ss Dance becomes D-ah-nce and so on ... now this can be tricky at times, for example (which is on the ask list - ex-ah-mple) hand is a word where the a does not change, it stays hand.

So, any word that is circled should be practiced in the accent, and goes one th Ah-sk List! :o)

Boxed In - if a word in the script has a box around it, the u in the word - where in American English is an oo sound, is changed to an ew sound for British English. So the word stupid in American English (st-oo-pid) becomes ST-EW-PID. Duty becomes d-ew-ty; student becomes st-ew-dent.

So, any word that is boxed in should be practiced thus. (It seems as though this one might not be needed in our script. :o)

Squiggly Underline - we've talked about these in rehearsal ...
Mother --> Moth'ah
Water --> W-aw-er
Talk / Walk --> W-awlk / T-awlk
Captain --> Cap'in
At all --> At'awl
Not / Lot --> N-aw-t / L-aw-t (this one is a bit of an exaggeration, the aw sound is soft)

:o)

Biz Ad List

Here is a list of the places in town, and / or, places I know have placed ads in programs in the past. I've put my name after the places where I have already submitted the forms. If you approach a business on this list, or another you know of, please leave a comment here letting me know. Thanks. (It's a long list...)
~Margaret

Business Ad's
The Westerner - Ms. Hall/Mrs. Statham
Bear's Countryside Creations Gift Shop - Ms. Hall
The Walenta & Clark Agency - Ms. Hall (Yes, Full pg ad DONE)
Radical Systemz - Ms. Hall
The Brasserie - Mrs. Statham
Greenville Bakery - Ms. Hall
Greenville Laundromat - Ms. Hall
The Twone & Country Shoppe - Ms. Hall (YES 1/2 pg ad)
Read and Read Again (Used Book Store)
Stewarts
Rite Aid - Ms. Hall
Cox. National Bank
Bank of America
The Lime Gazelle - Ms. Hall (YES, 1/4 pg ad)
James Coe Paintings
Dennis Electronics - Stathams (Yes 1/4 pg ad)
Rudloff Construction
Mangold Real Estate
2 Twisted Ladies (Ice Cream Shop) - Mrs. McAneny
Shed Depot
Bucci Painting - Ms. Hall (YES)
Storey's Nursery
Freehold Inn
The Greenville Arms
Cumberland Farms - Ms. Hall
The Bank of Greene County
Cunninghams Funeral Home
Greenville Car Wash
Vince Anna's
Lou's Automotive - Mrs. Johnson (No)
NAPA Auto
Town Line Auto - Mrs. Johnson (Maybe)
Greenville Saw
Salonn 255 - Ms. Hall
Lounsbury Appliances
Medusa General Store - Mrs. Drossel
The Palmer House - Mrs. Drossel
Renssalearville Institute
All Arts Matter
Sunny Hill
Rainbow Lodge
Greenville Town Library - Ms. Hall
UMC Day Care Center
Rensselaerville Metting Center
Shore Group
Hill Town Happy Farm
Lewisdale Farm - Mrs. Lewis (Yes Full pg ad)
E. Reinhart General Contracting
Shell Inn
Ararat Center
Gardens & Florals
Oak Hill Kitchen
Catalpa House, A Historic Guest House
Drama Kids International - Ms. Hall (YES 1/4 pg ad)
Van Auken Express Inc. - Mrs. McAneny
Rensselaerville Body Shop
Nature's Way Day Care and Preschool
The Rensselaerville Library
Sheer Techniques
The Grapeville Agency
Dollar General
Just A Buck - Ms. Hall
Family Dollar - Ms. Hall (Not able to do ad's.)
Greenville Family Health Care
Massage Therapy Center
Greenville Family Dental Center
Greenville Eye Care - Ms. Hall (YES 1/2 pg ad)
Northeast Home Medical Supplies - Ms. Hall
Legacy Bank - Ms. Hall
Bryants - Ms. Hall
Macko Chiropractic - Mrs. Johnson (Yes)
Ciani & Morris Physical Therapy
GNH Lumber - Ms. Hall/Drossel
Tip Top - Mrs. Statham
JP's - Mrs. Statham
Greene County Horseshoe Supply - Mrs. Statham
Hollowbrook Lodge - Ms. Hall
Greene County Power Equipment - Ms. Hall
McAneny Storage (?Name) - Mrs. McAneny

Our Pirate Flag

Our Pirate Ship's Flag Design - by our Captain Hook, Sean McAneny

Important

Important Long Weekend Reminders

It is very important that you keep up with your line memorization, and thinking about who your character is over the long weekend!!!

Please practice your lines with the accent - no matter how silly you think you sound, or if you think you're not doing it "right", practice is the only way to make it better! :o)
{See accent tips, here on the blog, as a reminder.}

*If you have not yet brought your signed Parent/Student Contract or contact info sheet, please do so on Tuesday. They can be left for me in the MS Main Office.

Thank you!

Happy Columbus Day!

~Ms. Hall

Rehearsal Week 3 - Schedule

Due to some scheduling conflicts this week, I would like to ask that everyone attend ALL of Friday's rehearsal. If for some reason this is not possible for you, please let me know ASAP.

You can email me at:

margaret.e.hall@googlemail.com

Thursday October 14th 2:50 - 5pm

Emily Statham, Bryan Drossel*, Scott Davis, Jaymey Kuykendall*, Sean McAneny*, Caroline Bobrick*, Rachel Coe-Scharff, KatieLynn Herron, Marina Plattner*, John DuBois*, Annonda Sanders, Lily McQuillen, Amanda Bowman, Alex Whitbeck, Elizabeth Duker, Kaitlyn Krasney*, Samantha Roggio

*Sports folks, please arrive by 4pm.

Friday October 15th 2:50 - 5pm

Whole Cast Rehearsal

Saturday October 16th 10am - 1pm

*This rehearsal will be on the Elementary School stage, and those called will be determined by Wednesday.
:o) Ms. Hall

Amended Rehearsal Schedule - Week 2

Amended Rehearsal Week 2

Wednesday 2:50 - 4:10 pm

Elizabeth Duker, Alex Whitbeck, Kaitlyn Krasney*, Samantha Roggio, Amanda Bowman, Lily McQuillen, Hannah Holznagel, Julia Evoal, Brie Statham*,

*Kaitlyn I know you’re at a soccer game.
Brie, can you come for the last 15 minutes to get any notes on ensemble stuff?

Thursday 2:50 – 4:10 pm

James Herbstritt*, Zoe Rudloff*, Liam Williams, Alyssa Hopkins, Charlotte Hutchins, Brandon Johnson*, Emily Statham, Bryan Drossel*, Scott Davis, Jaymey Kuykendall*

*Sports folks, please arrive at 3:35pm.
Emily, can you do the same as sporst folks - with FFA?

Friday 2:50 - 5pm
“Flying” Work

Emily Statham, Jaymey Kuykendall*, Scott Davis, Bryan Drossel*, Hannah Holznagel

ALSO: Cody Evans, Nate Bowman

*Sports folks, please arrive by 4pm

Emily, I know you won’t be there.

:o) Ms. Hall