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)