Reminders!!!

Hi Everyone!

Tomorrow is April 1st! No Joke:) April is the month in which we will perform OLIVER TWIST!!!

We have been working together since the end of January and now we've got to take it to the final stretch!!!

Here are some important thoughts that come to my mind as we ALL head into this fast paced month!!!

~Focus on glorifying God with our thoughts, words, and actions! (at the end of the day - who has been given the glory? you? your friends? or God?)

~Have enthusiastic determination to do a job well done - each practice - each dress rehearsal - and each performance!

~As an actor or actress - BECOME the CHARACTER on stage!

~YOU can honor your fellow team players and adult leaders BY ________? knowing and doing what has been practiced with your directors/support team? by having your dept. prepared early or on time? listening & showing respect?
~Keep a spirit of teamwork and encouragement by praying for God's strength for yourself and the entire cast, crew, and adult leaders!

Many reminders will be communicated now and in the coming weeks- stay on top of your emails, check the blog, LISTEN WELL during practice announcements - and - FOLLOW DIRECTIONS!!!!

-T-shirt Money needs to be brought to practice ($7.00 each, cash or check (made out to H.I.S. Players))

-Biographies must be emailed to Mrs. Mudge by April 3rd (fiveoutofafrica@yahoo.com)

-READ the prop list

-READ the "Socks and T-shirt" email - follow the costumers instructions!

-POSTERS need to be put up at the local businesses that have been assigned to you!!!

-PLEASE pass around the 1/4 sheet size posters to family . . . friends. . . anybody you meet! Invite them to see a free production of Oliver Twist!!!

-Small Library Display are ready to be delivered!!! Some of you signed up at the parent meeting! PLEASE respond and get a display from us!!!

      On Monday April 3rd - We Need ALL Students - Practice will be focused working through ALL of Act One! Including the Scene Change!!!

Looking forward to a great month of H.I.S. Players!!!

Director Jennie

Prop Items!

Props Needed!

Furniture:

Wooden Table (approx. 3 x 4 ft. rectangle)(tall enough to sit at) can be rough (for Fagin’s Den)

Settee - small sofa or bench that can be made into a padded seat (needs to hold two people)
Cart or shelf that can have wheels for a booksellers cart
A hoop (to play with on the street as a toy)

Kitchen Items:

Glass beverage bottles (dark green or brown)

Drip Candle in a bottle

Other Items:

 Men's Handkerchiefs (cotton or silk)

Umbrella (black or navy) (Mrs. Sowerberry)

Round Crocheted  doilies (16 to 18 inches across) white or off white (need 3)

Monday the 27th

On Monday the 27th I will be blocking  -
Act 2 Scene 2 (picking up about where we left off)
Act 2 Scene 3 (we've read through this, but will be blocking for the first time)

Mrs. Weimer and Miss Kristin will be working with those who are not in the above scenes.

As the time allows, we will work character and tightening portions of scenes.

We will not be working with the Workhouse Children or Fagin's Boys. See you all soon!

We must focus on a productive practice, learning the above mentioned scenes as well as tightening and tweaking where needed.
The following weeks we will be running Act 1 (learning set change) and running Act 2. Then dress rehearsals are coming up!

Know your lines, accents, actions, entrances and exits!!!

Arrive early and be ready to roll!

Director Jennie

Portrait Painting?

Please contact me if you know of someone who could paint the portrait of Oliver's mother.

Mid to late 1820s painting of a young married English woman. 

Photographs of the students who play the son and sister are available in order to create what she'd look like. 

Thanks so much!
 

Prop List

Props Needed!

Furniture:

Wooden Table (approx. 3 x 4 ft. rectangle)(tall enough to sit at) can be rough (for Fagin’s Den)

Settee - small sofa or bench that can be made into a padded seat (needs to hold two people)
Cart or shelf that can have wheels for a booksellers cart
A hoop (to play with on the street as a toy)

Kitchen Items:

Glass beverage bottles (dark green or brown)

Drip Candle in a bottle

Other Items:

 Men's Handkerchiefs (cotton or silk)

Umbrella (black or navy) (Mrs. Sowerberry)

Bag (leather?) rough, can hold heavy tools for burglary

2 pairs of toy metal handcuffs (Police Officer)

Practice at Home

Reminder to acting students!

Many of you might feel pretty good at having your lines memorized. That's Great! We are making good progress on the show!

However, keep practicing your lines. It is important that you continue to work them at home with someone reading the cue lines.
Practice each line with the actions, emotion, and accent.

In the next couple weeks, when we run scenes at practices they will start running with less interruptions to prep for dress rehearsals that will lead us to performances! They will defiantly run the smoothest when everyone is prepared with their lines!

Keep up the good work!

Director Jennie

 PLEASE CHECK YOUR ATTICS, BASEMENTS, AND CLOSETS FOR THESE ITEMS! 

Bring them to practice ASAP!

If you have a larger item, text/email Director Jennie a picture for approval before bringing in!!!

THE ITEMS WITH * ARE VERY IMPORTANT!

Furniture:

*Wooden Table (approx. 3 x 4 ft. rectangle)(tall enough to sit at) can be rough (for Fagin’s Den)

*2 wooden benches (each one to hold 3 small students)

*Metal & wood park bench

Settee - small sofa or bench that can be made into a padded seat (needs to hold two people)
*Wooden Pallet  
Cart or shelf that can have wheels for a booksellers cart
A hoop (to play with on the street as a toy)

Kitchen Items:

Wooden bowls (for portions of gruel in the workhouse) need 2

Glass beverage bottles (dark green or brown)

Drip Candle in a bottle

Other Items:

 Men's Handkerchiefs (cotton or silk)

Umbrella (black or navy) (Mrs. Sowerberry)

Books (plain covers, no bright colors)

Bag (leather?) rough, can hold heavy tools for burglary

2 pairs of handcuffs (Police Officer)

Monday the 20th at River Road

Our next practice is at River Road church!

We will plan on putting the set up for the first time!
I will be checking in with the set up crew about arriving early.

Everyone else, please plan enough time to get to our new location. Also arriving EARLY will be a HUGE help. We need the trailer unloaded and the items brought into the church.

BRING a FOLDER in your backpack! There will be printed bio information, Oliver Twist Posters/hand fliers, T-shirt information, and performance schedules coming up!!!

Plans are to work . . .

Bumble and Corney (Character Development)

Sowerberry's, Noah Claypole, and Charlotte (Character Development)

Act 1 Scene 3

Act 2 Scene 2

Act 2 Scene 3


The Workhouse Children and Fagin's Boys won't be needed during this practice. Great work last week - super job! See ya soon!

Looking forward to Monday!

Director Jennie

Reschedule?

Community Church


Wed. the 15th


1:00 PM


Can you come Yes or NO???


wearehisplayers@gmail.com

Cancelled Practice!

Due to the weather we have cancelled practice today (March 13th)!


Please stay home, stay safe!


Practice your lines with a buddy at home!


Director Jennie

Monday the 13th Practice

Hello there,

For those of you who are not heading to Nationals - we will see you at practice on Monday the 13th! This will be the last day at Community Church.

I plan to work portions of scenes and work on character building and detailed blocking!
Also, to check in with apprentices in shoes, costumes, hats/accessories. (It will be good to see what you have assigned to actors/actresses, talk about what is still needed, and hopefully eliminate items that won't be used!)


It will be a much smaller group - but we can still get some good practice time in and some fun too!

If you are one of Fagin's Boys or a Workhouse Child - PLEASE bring in a fun quiet game (board game, card game etc.) to share, a book to read, word puzzles etc. for time in between practice.
Yes, school work if you'd like, however I know concentration can be difficult. (We will be in the Fellowship hall, classroom, and kitchen only)

Looking forward to our time together on Monday!

Director Jennie

H.I.S. Players Biography

It's time to start working on you biographies to be displayed at the shows!

This is an opportunity to share information about your part in the play.  You might add:

Your name

Age or grade

What part you play in the show (acting, set, etc.)

How many years you've been a part of H.I.S. Players

Other theater experience

Something you liked about being a part of the play

A scripture verse that inspires you

Please remember to make the paragraph in third person (using "he" and "she"--not "I" or "me" and to respect the 100 word maximum.

Our deadline to receive your bio is April 3rd, 2017!  I will check your work and respond with any needful revisions.

Please e-mail your work with "HIS Bio Board" in the subject line to

fiveoutofafrica@yahoo.com

Thanks again!  It's always so exciting to see the play come together!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Mudge

Biographies

Attention:  H.I.S. Players students and adult leaders!

I will be adding Bio details to this post.

You will need to complete a 100 word or less bio for our Bio/Picture Board (that will be present at each public performance). 

Start thinking of ideas! 

-share your age and/or grade
-fun things about yourself (talents, hobbies, interests)
-what you enjoy most about Oliver Twist and/or H.I.S. Players 
-details in the show or about the history that excite you
-how many years you've been in H.I.S. Players (or years of drama experience)
-people you want to thank for supporting H.I.S. Players and/or helping or encouraging you

More details will be posted here! 

Director Jennie

Reminders to Acting Students

Hello Acting Students!

I have a few reminders (yes, even those who have a nice long drive for Nationals)! 

As you practice at home or on the go . . . 

-grab a partner (parent, sibling, friend) to test your knowledge of lines (with accent), cues, entrances, exits, actions etc. The better prepared you are, the smoother practices will go!

-as you review and practice your lines, focus on (feeling) (being) the character. 

Make yourself walk in your character's shoes. (yes, I know a costume will help:) Challenge yourself to make your character REAL as I'm sure Dicken's did while writing Oliver Twist. All the details of hair, make up, how you sit/stand, walk, talk, etc. convey important pieces of the character's personal story.

 Your lines are WAY MORE than words on a page that you memorize and recite. - every line, every action, feeds the audience. One word, one movement, one look at a time can stir their emotion and cause it to build. (Think of why your favorite movie is your favorite.)

Yes, it takes time. It takes practice. It takes endurance. Embrace your character! 
You can become Charles Dicken's Victorian England Characters!

Keep up the good work! Thank you for your dedication - we are in this together for an audience of ONE! 

Safe travels and games to all you Basketball people! Have a fantastic time!
 
Director Jennie 

 PLEASE CHECK YOUR ATTICS, BASEMENTS, AND CLOSETS FOR THESE ITEMS! 

Bring them to practice ASAP!

If you have a larger item, text/email Director Jennie a picture for approval before bringing in!!!

Furniture:

Wooden Table (approx. 3 x 4 ft. rectangle)(tall enough to sit at) can be rough (for Fagin’s Den)

2 Small round tables (approx. 3 ft.) (tall enough to sit at) (patio tables? Round card table?)

3 matching wooden chairs

2 wooden benches (each one to hold 3 small students)

Metal park bench

Settee - small sofa or bench that can be made into a padded seat (needs to hold two people)
Wooden Pallet  
Tea Cart (to use as a booksellers cart)
A hoop (to play with on the street as a toy)

Kitchen Items:

2 china cups w/ saucers

Spoons -6

China sugar bowl

Wooden bowls (for portions of gruel in the workhouse) need 2

Large kettle

Glass beverage bottles (dark green or brown)

Drip Candle in a bottle

Other Items:

 Men's Handkerchiefs (cotton or silk)

Umbrella (black or navy) (Mrs. Sowerberry)

Books (plain covers, no bright colors)

Bag (leather?) rough, can hold heavy tools for burglary

2 pairs of handcuffs (Police Officer)

Monday March 6th

On Monday March 6th we will be running Act 1 S. 1, a brief introduction to the street scene change, and then Act 1 S. 2, and Act 1 S. 3 (as far at time allows)!

Yes, Workhouse Children and Fagin's Boys will be needed!!!

Sound Guys - we can start using sound effects!!! (I will send an email to catch up with you both!)

Crew Members - I will be using break time to check in with as many of you as possible! We will give you as Crew Members a break time after that!

ATTENTION: Workhouse Children!!!
-Workhouse Children will spend some time in the Costume Dept.
PLEASE wear or bring a short sleeve T-shirt to wear while trying on costumes. 

Below are items we are in need of, please bring them if you are able!

Boys -
-plain pants, Dark to Medium in color (black, gray, brown) NOT jean - NO cargo - NO visible pockets
-They can be short or old (That's OK:)

Girls -
-plain skirts, Dark to Medium in color (black, gray, brown) NOT jeans
-They need to be below the knee!

We still need props!

 PLEASE CHECK YOUR ATTICS, BASEMENTS, AND CLOSETS FOR THESE ITEMS! 

Bring them to practice ASAP!

If you have a larger item, text/email Director Jennie a picture for approval before bringing in!!!

Furniture:

Wooden Table (approx. 3 x 4 ft. rectangle)(tall enough to sit at) can be rough (for Fagin’s Den)

2 Small round tables (approx. 3 ft.) (tall enough to sit at) (patio tables? Round card table?)

3 matching wooden chairs

2 wooden benches (each one to hold 3 small students)

Metal park bench

Settee - small sofa or bench that can be made into a padded seat (needs to hold two people)
Wooden Pallet  
Tea Cart (to use as a booksellers cart)
A hoop (to play with on the street as a toy)

Kitchen Items:

Silver tea pot

2 china cups w/ saucers

Spoons -6

China sugar bowl

Wooden bowls (for portions of gruel in the workhouse)

Large kettle

Metal Ladle

Glass beverage bottles (dark green or brown)

Metal tankards

Drip Candle in a bottle

Silver tea service on tray

Silver plate (for muffins)

Other Items:

 Men's Handkerchiefs (cotton or silk)
Cane (for Mr. Bumble)

Umbrella (black or navy) (Mrs. Sowerberry)

Wooden chest  (Fagin) - jewelry box (no music)

Clasp knife (Sikes) - pocket knife

Books

Bag (leather?) rough, can hold heavy tools for burglary

2 pairs of handcuffs (Police Officer)