At Out is the blog for Homestead High School's Drama Club and Theatre department.
The One Act Class is going to STATE! Join us for our public performance of Fall of Orpheus, an original play written and created by the students in the One Act class. Fall of Orpheus is a retelling of the classical greek myth about Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus and Eurydice are a newly married couple … More “Fall of Orpheus” is State Bound
Everyday, millennials are faced with the daunting new challenge that the generations before them took lightly: personal human interaction. From day one of their existence, millennials have been integrated into a highly technological society where their hunger for technology shaped their identities and attitudes unlike any generation before. For the ones born into the age … More Physical Integration of Psychology
The most advanced theatre class at Homestead High School is not like the rest of the theatre courses offered. There is no hand holding, it’s fast, dirty, and tiring. Plus the students decide what happens: from the crew students who design the set and plan all the lighting and sound to the students who have … More When Students Run their own class…
I posted this to my instagram account (@figzoi) last year as a reminder to teach the passion for theatre, not force it on students. Last week after a fall play rehearsal two students stayed after to work on some One Act class choreography. This hadn’t happened in over a year… the want, the need within the … More Teach them Longing…
Hi, my name is Jada Carroll and I’m glad I did the Unrehearsed Shakespeare play. It is really fun and funny, what makes the unrehearsed Shakespeare play funny is how some people in the play was pronouncing the words in movement and sounds. In Shakespeare’s play when you say “that,” you’re suppose to point, and when … More Unrehearsed Shakespeare by: Jada Carroll
What do you get when you throw 22 high school theatre kids in a room and say, “Create Something”? Well in the case of Homestead High School’s One Act Competition Class, they hop to. First we played with Balloons… Then PVC Frames the Stage Crew made… Then we put it all together…
Everything you’re feeling as the summer comes to an end and you have to go back to school. As the summer dwindles down and the sound of bouncing book bags are heard along each street, let’s break down the psychosis that hits theatre kids as they head back to school. 1. Excitement After a long summer … More The 7 Emotional Stages Of Going Back To School
So… you have a class with Ms. Figg-Franzoi? Yeah, that’s Figg… she’s the theatre teacher. Most students will tell you she’s weird, has an odd fashion sense, and her classes are AWESOME!! Ok… well, maybe that last part was said by Figg. She’s embarking on her seventh year at HHS where she mostly teaches theatre classes, … More Who is Figg?
I didn’t audition for the fall show my freshmen year because I thought, like almost every freshmen, I wouldn’t get in. Boy was I wrong. I remember auditioning for the musical in November and the theatre teacher asking me where I had been for fall play auditions. She could have used me. Hindsight is 20/20. … More Why you should always Audition
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