Glorious songs, a postcard New England seaside setting and a spiritually uplifting story of love and redemption have kept Carousel among the most beloved American musicals ever created. Homestead High School will stage the Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece Feb 6-9 at the James Barr Auditorium. While the songs of Carousel — including “If I Loved … More Coming Soon!
We’re now a good few weeks into 2014, and since most people make resolutions, a sporting New Year’s resolution, getting fit often features on the list of broken resolutions. I don’t really care about sports (sorry, I’ve tried). However, I thought I’d jump on the keep fit bandwagon and offer some thoughts on creatively keeping … More Keeping Creativity Fit
With only a few short weeks of rehearsal until opening night, Homestead’s music and drama departments are working feverishly to mount their rendition of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved musical Carousel. William Toney and Grace Bobber, junior, portray the title roles of Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan, a couple who fell in love beneath the glimmering … More Meet the Artist- Maggie Collins
With only a few short weeks of rehearsal until opening night, Homestead’s music and drama departments are working feverishly to mount their rendition of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved musical Carousel. Between cast, crew, and pit orchestra, Carousel is truly a group effort, with over 100 students involved. So come one, come all, and meet the … More Meet the Artist – Sydneye Olkowski
It had been awhile since I’d seen good theatre, not that what I’ve seen lately wasn’t good per say, but this was just a whole different level. This past weekend I spent most of my time in a Broadway theatre house of some sort, watching actors sing, dance and perform classics. Yes, they were amazing, … More Teenaged actors and closeness…
This is our WHSFA One Act competition piece for this year, a 40 minute absurdist physical theatre piece which took home 6 awards at the State Competition this November including Directing, Ensemble Acting, Crew, two Individual acting awards (Alex Gieske and Joe Schwalb) and the highest honor, Critics Choice Award.
This weekend the Homestead High School One Act Class went to the one Act State Competition. No, I’m not going to talk to you about all of the things we did and saw… or… anything related to this class really. I would just like to comment on the fact that this weekend once again proved … More What’s in a name?
“I met a Russian actress once who said, ‘The job of the actor is to direct the role.’ I found this simple trope profound and revolutionary. In our present theatre environment, too many actors expect the directors to direct their roles and too many directors assume that their job is to direct an actor’s role. … More actor v. director
Sometimes it’s just the little moments away from the stage that one appreciates the most. I’m remembering a time when I was an Actor/Techie. Rehearsals and builds were always fun in their own way, but it was the time away in which we really bonded. In high school we’d head to dinner after rehearsal or … More Bonding
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