Thank you for telling us about yourself and the current Homestead production. Now, what w is your name and what exactly do you do for Blue Stockings? My name is Tessa Lusis and I’m in 11th grade this year here at Homestead. For this show, I am one of the assistant directors. What is Blue Stockings … More Meet the Artist: Tessa Lusis
I’m so glad you decided to tell people about yourself and the current Homestead production. What is your name and what exactly do you do for Blue Stockings? Hi! My name is Renee Schwarz and I play Celia Willbond. She is one of the four main girls and is known for her cynical and prude … More Meet the Bluestocking: Renee Schwarz
“Inferior to us God made you, and our inferiors to the end of time you will remain.” Dean Burgon of Chichester Cathedral made this observation in a sermon to the academic women of Oxford in 1884. He would have been appalled to learn that British women have now overtaken men at all levels of educational … More History behind the play “Bluestockings”
We believe the future is female. Homestead High School is presenting “Blue Stockings” a play is about women fighting for the right to graduate from Cambridge in 1897. It’s based on the true events of the time. The women in the story are scientists, brilliant scientists fighting for recognition with their work. Girls’ education is the … More HHS Drama Club supports Malala Fund
SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE Auditions for “HAIRSPRAY” !!!!! As you may have heard, Milwaukee’s Skylight Music Theatre is producing “Hairspray” next season for their holiday show! They are excited to bring this story to the stage and are also excited to announce that they are casting a group of 13-18 teenagers for the ensemble of the show. … More “Hairspray” Open Auditions
Read Through Friday, March 2nd 3-5pm Rehearsal Calendar
Thank you to all who auditioned! You were all amazing, please audition next year, we really want to work with you. Maisie Allen Silma Berrada David Blatz Gwen Cain Bella Cicero Carla Ferrer Caroline Ferrero Elizabeth Foster Marie Frede Bella Gabor Caitlin Geurts Ben Griffin Rebecca Helmstetter Josh Kloss Katrina Liberman Claire Looker Sam … More Blue Stockings Callbacks
Come audition for Blue Stockings Friday, February 23rd 3-6pm ‘People like us don’t get buffeted by the wind. We change its course.’ So says Celia Willbond, one of the four female scholars attending Cambridge University in Jessica Swale’s Blue Stockings. The “people” to whom Celia refers are four brave, intelligent and witty young women attending Cambridge’s … More Spring Play Auditions
I don’t know if this will help or not, but I would like to address some things about casting that I feel some people don’t get. Casting here at Homestead is done the same way any other theatre company would do it… it’s based on TALENT not how old you are. But it is more … More Auditioning
Spring Play Auditions Blue Stockings Please prepare a 1-minute monologue for Feb 23. We will meet in the Black Box theatre 3-6pm. It is 1896 at Girton College, Cambridge, and Elizabeth Welsh is preparing for battle. Girton is the first college in Britain to admit women. The girls risk their reputations for their education. They … More Spring Play Auditions
Act Out 