Plans for the upcoming Thespian Trip to NYC are ongoing.
Our Thespian trip to the Big Apple is a little bit different than others we have heard of. We take a small group --preferably 12 kids or less -- so that we can be more flexible once we get to the city. We fly instead of taking a bus. We stay in a midtown hotel instead of Jersey. We walk everywhere -- unless there is a subway nearby. No bus tours of the city for us.
The small size of our group allows us to move more freely through the city. It also avails us to the kind of backstage tours that would not otherwise be available to us. Instead of relying on a travel agent to make arrangements witht eh commercial tour sites in the city, we exploit our personal and professional connections to open doors that would not give us access. We have previously received backstage tours of WICKED THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE and THE PRODUCERS, among others, thanks to our connections to theatre artists working in NYC.
We have several friends currently in a Broadway production so it is hard to choose what to see when we got there in April.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Where has the Time Gone?
Okay. We're back. Let's blog.
Saturday is the NE Ohio Thespian Conference at Strongsville High School. About twenty of our stuents are attending this year's confrence -- we had over 40 last year. Students are to be here at the school prepared to leave at 7:30 a.m. so taht we can arrive at the conference site by 8:30 a.m. We should return here at about 5:00 p.m. and be ready to go home.
We were originally supposed to host this year's conference but a scheduling conflict got int he way. Thankfully Strongsville was willing to step in so there was no worry about a site. Strongsville is a good site for conference with several good performance spaces and ample parking. The kids always enjoy going to conference there . . . which is good as we often go there for the NE Ohio Area Conference. I think that this is mostly because it is the home school of State Thespian Director Gloria MacIntyre. Perhaps we can get in line to host again next year.
The conference is always well planned and the kids have fun. there is always a variety of plays to see and good workshops to take. Our Thespians enjoy meeting students from other schools and seeing the kind of plays they bring. Lunch is provided and there is also a small snack stand where everyone can buy pop and chips and donuts and bagels and fruit and things like tht. I can't guarantee the menu, of course.
Junior students should plan to attend the Auditioning/Portfolio Workshop while at Conference. If they take this one they can participate in the College Auditions at State Conference in April. Last year, we were the only school from the NE Area to have students qualify for the College Auditions.
It should be a good day and I expect everyone to have fun.
Saturday is the NE Ohio Thespian Conference at Strongsville High School. About twenty of our stuents are attending this year's confrence -- we had over 40 last year. Students are to be here at the school prepared to leave at 7:30 a.m. so taht we can arrive at the conference site by 8:30 a.m. We should return here at about 5:00 p.m. and be ready to go home.
We were originally supposed to host this year's conference but a scheduling conflict got int he way. Thankfully Strongsville was willing to step in so there was no worry about a site. Strongsville is a good site for conference with several good performance spaces and ample parking. The kids always enjoy going to conference there . . . which is good as we often go there for the NE Ohio Area Conference. I think that this is mostly because it is the home school of State Thespian Director Gloria MacIntyre. Perhaps we can get in line to host again next year.
The conference is always well planned and the kids have fun. there is always a variety of plays to see and good workshops to take. Our Thespians enjoy meeting students from other schools and seeing the kind of plays they bring. Lunch is provided and there is also a small snack stand where everyone can buy pop and chips and donuts and bagels and fruit and things like tht. I can't guarantee the menu, of course.
Junior students should plan to attend the Auditioning/Portfolio Workshop while at Conference. If they take this one they can participate in the College Auditions at State Conference in April. Last year, we were the only school from the NE Area to have students qualify for the College Auditions.
It should be a good day and I expect everyone to have fun.
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