Stage Crew Analysis

“Audiences today want a real experience in their live performance, because they can get great script based entertainment at home, through various new media sources. Traditional theatre, which appeals on a mental, and hopefully also emotional level, has not been enough to compete with other media, and audiences have been declining. Physical theatre, by contrast appeals to the audience on a physical and emotional level, providing a much more immediate experience than traditional theatre” ~ (Artmedia Publishing in Zen Zen Zo’s “The Tempest” Teacher’s Notes)

What rating would you give the team out of 10 (10 being the highest level of success)? What factors do you think contributed to the level of success your team achieved when success is defined as the creation of a resource that has authority and is user-friendly and the degree to which you worked effectively as a team. Provide specific examples from your experience to illustrate these factors.

I would really enjoy the having opportunity to serve as a YCC Crew Member. In the past I have had some experience with the homestead. When I was in about 4th grade I had participated in a little play program where we had to reenact a person of our choosing. Most of the other experiences I have had are from school field trips from middle school and elementary school. Once high school had started I had joined speech club which had helped my communication skills immensely when talking in front of others, and I had also joined science club. In highschool so far I have gotten honor roll over all of the quarters with an average gpa of 3.732. Overall I would really enjoy being a part of the

The Stage Manager claims, “There is something way down deep that’s eternal about every human being.” By this quote, I believe the Stage manager means that the “something” that is eternal in everyone is the nature of human beings and the significance of their lives. The Stage Manager is talking about how people get caught up in responsibilities and small details in their lives, and how they feel obligated to completing monotonous tasks and chores of their daily lives. In doing this, they may miss the important nature of their existence. Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb complete the same chores every day but dream of traveling and their husbands want to visit Civil War battlefields all the time. The Stage Manager is trying to emphasize how people don’t

Deputy stage managers play an important role, by organising and running the stage productions to ensure the performance runs smoothly. The DSM role is not restricted to just the live performances. They attend rehearsals right through to live performances. During the rehearsals they will make a prompt book that has all information about the performance, meaning if the crew or cast have any issues the DSM is the person they will seek help from.

We are a small team with huge responsibilities. We can neither operate as individuals nor can we wear one hat. Everyone on the team has a huge task and purpose and the team requires every member to successfully perform our mission. Teamwork is the key to our success. If we operate as a team there is nothing we cannot accomplish or conquer.

By helping with our school musical in being a part of the control room academy, I believe that I will be able to apply some of the skills that I have learned to my work as a theatre artist in the future. Working as a crew in the control room gave me the opportunity to learn the technical devices as well as working collaboratively with members whom I have never worked before. Usually, Mr. Zarate gives me something to do such as turning on all the sound box that is located in the control booth, bringing the camera and taking photos of the musical, checking if the sound of the microphone is working well and more. In order to make the musical successful, I do those things so that others do not have to spend their time when they need to do some

Fred DeVito once stated, if it does not challenge you it does not change you. In my opinion the most important project I have completed thus far had both challenged and changed me for the better. At the beginning of this school year I enrolled in Mr. Madden’s block theater class. All of his students were than instructed that we would be involved at Mariposa Elementary a local school to teach children the art of drama. We were than divided up in groups of five and sent off to teach elementary students about drama through theater games, readers theaters, wax museums, and dance shows.

I choose to read Stage Struck by Tomie DePaola to a kindergarten class. The book Stage Struck was about a kindergarten class putting a play on for the school. The play was Peter Rabbit and the main character wanted to be the star of the play like he was in the last play they put on. He was so excited about the play that he could not focus on his work and kept talking to his friends about the play. The teacher told him to stop talking and when he did not stop, she told him he will not the lead star in the play someone else will be. He was a rabbit in the play and they did not have any lines to say. He remembers in his dance class that the audience like when they react to things on stage, like a smile or frowned. He came up with a plan to

1. Candidate SNC briefed his fire team starting with a generalized Orientation which led into a confidant and detailed five paragraph order verbatim of what was given, giving his fire team all of the information needed in order to execute the mission. On first sight of the enemy, SNC changed his formation in order to better manipulate his Fire Team through the objective. Upon contact with the enemy, SNC communicated to his Fire Team the direction they needed to conduct their assault and was able to assault through the objective in a timely and accurate manor. At all times during the assault, SNC was calm and collective, giving concise orders to the rest of his Fire Team, leading with confidence. Once complete, SNC set a solid 360 degree security

The Story Pirates Theater Troupe is a nonprofit educational sketch-theater group known for teaching kids the art of storytelling through writing. The group offers in-school and afterschool theatrical programs in New York and Los Angeles. These programs are “designed to create a safe space for students to express their most outlandish ideas and develop their creative writing skills” (DeBlasis, 2015). There were doubts whether this group would be able to continue to thrive in the age of the common core state standards and rigorous accountability expectations. However, they are!

Before my senior year of high school, I was a very shy, closed-off individual. However, my last year I wanted to change that. The primary way I sought to do this was through participating in high school theater. If I was given $10,000 and 30 days, I, Jacob Smith, would put forth these resources towards the improvement of Roxana High School’s drama department.

With this being a Project Based Learning project, students may need to modify or rehearse the script, create the backdrops and props, choose the music, make the playbill, etc. Arts plays a major role in the success of students and their education. When students develop a broad range of social and organizational skills, it can strengthen their ability to pursue anything in their academic careers. Students will learn to take control and be their own boss. They are in charge of making sure the sets are designed properly, the scripts are analyzed and brainstorming with the other students. The reason why this is a great project is that some people may only want to be on the building crew, others may want to do tech support, while others will be doing the acting. Even still, they will all need to familiarize themselves with the reading, re-writing, creating background stories for their characters, etc. The biggest life skill learned will undoubtedly is with working with so many different people and their personalities. When you are a part of production, you realize that there are no small parts – without each other, the show won’t go on! Students learn to support each other, filling in learning gaps, and solve problems together. They learn to act as leaders in group situations. They learn to take on challenges in a

Musicals are a wonderful experience for everyone involved. Whether someone is watching the musical, preforming in the musical, or working behind the scenes of the musical, it really turns out to be a magical experience all around. My project was to help out the directors of the musical by guiding students working backstage and by operating the backdrops for the musical. The project is extremely significant to me because I have been volunteering to help out with Middle School East’s musical for years and it feels so great to be able to help out the directors while working with my friends. In this paper I will be touching on what the project is, why I chose to do this project, and what I have learned from completing the project.

In stage combat there must be a noise or sound of impact when hitting another actor. If there is no knap which is creating the sound of a hit, it will seem like the hit was missed or there wasn’t an impact at all. You can see by the position of the actor on stage, the knap will most likely be unnoticeable. Stage combat also requires reacting when being hit. Reacting to impact is important, since any type of acting including stage combat is reacting to your scene partner. Especially on stage, acting has to be large enough for the audience to see. So, if an actor is being hit their reaction needs to be comprehensive and believable for the crowd. Another important thing to know about stage combat is to not actually hurt each other, especially