Stagecraft kids look promising

I am a teaching assistant (T.A.) for the Stagecraft classes at Colby-Sawyer because I wanted time to dedicate myself to make the set for the show (and I wanted an excuse to do stagecraft again haha) and after two classes with these kids they seem really promising. They seem willing to help and want to learn things.

A few of them have had previous on-stage experience and some have had previous technical theatre work or otherwise have done outside work construction, etc. So they’ve got a good base, so I’m pretty stoked.

We’re still not sure if Jerry or Mike will be teaching the rest of the classes, so that’s still up in the air, but either way, it’ll get done!

But aside from the stagecraft kids being cool, my cast is amazing….too amazing for words even. They are just wonderful. They are putting in everything they have….lines are getting down, some early blocking is down.

TIP: Discuss, discuss, discuss. Most rehearsals are all about spitting lines and blocking and moving around and making the scene work. A suggestion for directors, really sit down with your cast and really DISCUSS what each character means to your actors, give them real life things to think about, as their characters. If you want a scene to work, talk about it, and it will come naturally.