These blogs are all about the Homestead Theatre Classes and their projects.
This is one of those times I really wanna know all about the amazing teachers who changed your lives for the better. Promise me you’ll write it in the comments?? Cuz I’ll be reading them for sure! Here’s a short list of mine: Mr. Stark, Ms. Winnie, Mrs. McCain, Mr. Bauer and Debra Krajec (there … More October 5 is World Teachers’ Day!
Not so long ago actually. In fact, that time, not so long ago, I was a student at HHS, walking the halls with a backpack and laughing at my locker with my friends (yes back then we were smart and still utilized lockers. I had magnetic poetry in mine, my friends and I would spend … More Once upon a time I was a student.
“My parents certainly didn’t have anything to do with the theatre. I’m some kind of accident.” – Alan Rickman
“Please fill out this paperwork and bring it back.” Waiting (if the play an instrument): (if they don’t): “You’re on deck.” Entering the audition space: Leaving:
The term ‘director’ conjures up images of the special chair (much like a throne), the top dog, the person telling the minions what to do. Some actors, interestingly, still think of the theatre director in this way – happy to pass over all responsibility and decision making to that one person who apparently knows everything … More Redifining the Director
Homestead High School’s Theatre Department is embracing a new mission—to educate students with a strong focus on social justice. As part of the department’s effort to create the top social justice theatre program in the country, starting this Fall students participating in theatre will be encouraged to take part in social justice activities, including the … More Theatre for Social Justice
“It’s terrific working with Andrew Scott as Moriarty. He’s an exceptional actor. He makes incredibly fresh and unusual and utterly unpredictable choices. So, it’s a thrill. You feel that you’re being outplayed, which is exactly how you should feel.” – Benedict Cumberbatch on Sherlock costar Andrew Scott
“Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn’t mean that people didn’t have sex, pick their nose, or swear.” -Kate Winslet As we look at a season filled with stories either set or written long ago, it’s interesting to think about how much or really little we have changed. 100 … More Modernity in Antiquity
Before the class had even begun, these advanced acting students already had a homework assignment… come with a memorized monologue to the first day of class. This is their presentation.
A little late, but here is the Last Final Production from the 2013 Theatre Seminar Class…
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