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PERFORMANCE PRACTICUM
In addition to professional classes, the Performing Arts Academy will extend the training into the vital elements of performance. Some plays will be student directed, others will be directed by guest artists or by the director of the Academy. All plays will be cast with members of the student ensemble.
All plays are optional but will require a significant after school commitment. Students are required to participate in at least one production in some capacity (but may participate in all), either as an actor, technical crew, or administrative staff.
Productions planned for the 2010-2011 season are: (dates and shows subject to change)
PRODUCTION CALENDAR
- November 5. 6. 7- 2010
THE APPLE TREE - By Jerry Boch and Sheldon Harnick - Studio Theatre
This wonderful musical comedy is a series of three musical playlets with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics bySheldon Harnick, and a book by Bock and Harnick with contributions from Jerome Coopersmith. Each act has its own storyline, but all three are tied together by a common theme (someone who believes that they want something, but once they get what they wanted they realize that it wasn't what they wanted) and common references, such as references to the color brown. The first act is based on Mark Twain's The Diary of Adam and Eve; the second act is based on Frank R. Stockton's The Lady or the Tiger?; the third act is based on Jules Feiffer's Passionella.
- December 17, 18
SENIOR IMPROV SHOW - Developed by the Senior Class - Studio Theatre
- January 21, 22, 23
WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Becket - Studio Theatre
Waiting for Godot follows two days in the lives of a pair of men who divert themselves while they wait expectantly, and unsuccessfully for someone named Godot to arrive. They claim him as an acquaintance but in fact hardly know him, admitting that they would not recognise him were they to see him. To occupy themselves, they eat, sleep, converse, argue, sing, play games, exercise, swap hats, and contemplate suicide — anything "to hold the terrible silence at bay".
- February 11, 12, 13
THE HEIRESS by Ruth and Augustus Goetz
Adapted from the 1880 Henry James novel, Washington Square.
Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Center - MAIN STAGE
Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, domineering father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble
- March 4. 5. 6
THE LITTLE PRINCE from the Novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Studio Theatre
Saint-Exupéry wrote it while living in the United States. It has been translated into more than 190 languages and has sold more than 80 million copies,making it the biggest selling French-language book and one of the best selling books ever. The Little Prince makes several profound and idealistic observations about life and human nature. For example, Saint-Exupéry tells of a fox meeting the young prince as he exits the Sahara desert. The story's essence is contained in the lines uttered by the fox to the little prince:"One sees clearly only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes." Other key thematic messages are articulated by the fox, such as: "You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed" and "It is the time you have lost for your rose that makes your rose so important."
- March 25, 26, 27
THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - conceived by Rebecca Feldman with music and lyrics by William Finn, a book by Rachel Sheinkin and additional material by Jay Reiss.
This hilarious musical comedy he show centers around a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School. Six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by three equally-quirky grown-ups.
Studio Theatre.
- April 8, 9, 10
BUS STOP by William Inge - Studio Theatre
The play is set in a diner about 20 miles west of Kansas City in early March, 1955. A freak snowstorm has halted the progress of the bus, and the eight characters (only five were in the bus) have a weather-enforced layover in the diner from approximately 1 to 5 a.m. Romantic or quasi-romantic relationships ensue between Grace and Carl, Professor Lyman and Elma and Cherie and Bo. Virgil and Will are the older authority figures outside the relationships.
- May 6. 7. 8- 2011
MACBETH by William Shakespeare - Studio Theatre
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a Scottish Warrior and his wife who plot and succeed in murdering the King. The aftermath drives them mad with grief, guilt and terrible violence. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 603 and 1607. The earliest account of a performance of what was likely Shakespeare's play is April 1611, makeing the Academy's production the 400th Anniversary of the first production of Macbeth.
- Production and Plot Details Below.
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