These blogs are all about the Homestead Theatre Classes and their projects.
Written by: Sarah Verespej Stray sawdust, specks of glitter, a jungle of curtains, lights and pulleys tangled above, a familiar G major chord mingling with the ceaseless creativity accumulating in the Black Box down the hall, and surrounded by it all, in the center of the stage, is me. Since my first 14-year-old-freshman footstep crossed … More Home is Where the Heart Is by: Sarah Verespej
As I watch the students of Homestead High School this year I am struck by their lateness: to school, to class, to rehearsals, to meetings, the list goes on. Being late is unacceptable. While that sounds harsh, it’s the truth and something that should be said more often. I don’t care if you’re attending a … More Early Is On Time; On Time Is Late; Late Is Unacceptable
The 2016 One Act competition class worked all 1st trimester on creating a show to compete with at their state competition. Their hard work paid off when they walked away with 10 awards: Critics Choice Award Outstanding Ensemble Award Outstanding Stage Crew Award Outstanding Director Award Outstanding Actor: Emma Zander Outstanding Actor: Lauren Burghardt Outstanding … More One Act made a film…
College Essay Question: The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience? Oscar Wilde said, “Beauty is a form of genius – is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs … More The lessons we take from Failure
Nimble acrobats twirl on aerial silks with balletic grace worthy of a full-blown Cirque Du Soleil show. The performers don bodysuits with eye-catching purples and vivid blues, their costumes scintillate under grand spotlights. Using several aerial dance apparatuses and a bare stage, they play out a story for their eager audience. This show and these … More How Physical Theatre Changed My Life over the Course of 4 Years and How it can Change Yours Starting Today
There is a precipice, the tallest in the world where you can’t see the bottom, and if you throw a stone to hear the end, the sound will never echo back to you. Looking down you see nothing and it terrifies you. Every year my students stand on that precipice, at least three times … More Jump with me Teachers: A joyful plea from Amelia Figg-Franzoi
So what exactly is One Act Class? Not many people have heard of the class and when you do hear the name you still don’t know what the class does. We had to ask the students in the class to clarify for us. Christian Loukopoulos talked about the students in the class, “Joining one act means your … More Students talk about One Act Class
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
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…
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