DVD's of Scapin are available...we only have Thursday night. Please come and see Mrs. Gwin in the Nurse's Office to reserve your DVD!

SCAPIN - Thursday & Friday May 12 & 13 at 7 PM

O'Neill Theater Center Junior Cabaret Program - 5/17 auditions

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center invites New London County residents ages 12-19 to audition for its Junior Cabaret program.  Junior Cabaret Fellows will have two weeks of master classes and performance opportunities alongside the O’Neill’s professional guest artists at the 2011 Cabaret & Performance Conference.  Students selected to participate must be available August 3-13, from 9am-10pm daily.  Due to the generous support of donors, the Junior Fellows program is fully funded and students will be provided with classes and meals at no cost.

 Auditions will be held Tuesday, May 17 from 2-6pm by appointment only.  Students auditioning should prepare a song to sing.  A pianist will be provided and if accompaniment is desired, students must bring sheet music to the audition.  Auditions will be held in the O’Neill’s Dina Merrill Theater with Cabaret & Performance Conference To schedule an audition, email Jill A. Anderson at generalmanagement@theoneill.org.

Saturday, May 7 - Final Tech Day plus PIZZA!

Saturday, May 7th is our last Saturday Set-Building/Painting day to put the final touches on the tech-side of SCAPIN. We'll be there from 10 till at least 1 PM - and we will have PIZZA hot from the oven served-up to anyone who can join us and lend a hand. Pizza will be served on the stage for anyone who has helped work on the crew.

Take a walk on the tech-side and get a little lunch on LHS DRAMA.

LHS Drama Student Kyla Wingrove-Haugland will be at O'Neill Festival this May

Kyla Wingrove-Haugland (in fez) practicing for her role as the miser Gerante
in the upcoming production of SCAPIN with Melissa Billing as Nerine.

LHS Drama is very proud to announce that Kyla Wingrove-Haugland will be representing Ledyard with a short play included in The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 6th Annual Young Playwrights Festival.  The student festival is modeled on the O'Neill's National Playwrights Conference dedicated to new works for the stage.  A presentation of the plays on May 8 at 5 PM is free and open to the public.  Kyla originally wrote this piece for the LHS Drama project 6 IMPOSSIBLE THINGS BEFORE BREAKFAST.

This year's line-up of works were chosen for development from among 109 submissions:

The End by Alma Doran, Fitch Senior High School;
Elevator by Brianna Matava, Rockville High School;
Facebook World by Sarah Riemann, Clark Lane Middle School;
Notebook by Kevin Schlink, Waterford High School;
The Truck Stop by Kyla Wingrove-Haugland, Ledyard High School

During the Young Playwrights Festival, student playwrights spend two days working collaboratively with a professional creative team consisting of a director, dramaturg, and actors to explore, revise and develop their plays, bringing their written words to life.  The Festival will culminate with a script-in-hand public reading of the students' work at 5:00 pm on Sunday, May 8 in the Dina Merrill Theater, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, 305 Great Neck Road, Waterford; the performance is free and open to the public.

INFO: http://www.theoneill.org or e-mail Sophia Chapadjiev, Festival Director, at sophia@theoneill.org.

Set painting and construction continues Saturday 4/30 & 5/7

We will be meeting from 10 to 1 PM  Saturday 4/30 to continue construction and painting of the set for SCAPIN and to set the lights.  We could use your help, and the help of parents or friends.  Please come dressed for work with closed-toe shoes and an old shirt if you'd like help paint. If you have a power drill or other hand tools, please bring them.

Work Crew Sign-Up for SCAPIN

Thur, April 7 - Hannah & Grace
Sat, April 9 - Laura Forte
Tues April 12 - Kyla & Abby
Thur, April 14 - Hannah & Melissa
Tues, April 26 - Paige & Abby
Thur, April 28 - Hannah
Sat, April 30 - Justin
Tues, May 3 - Abby
Thur, May 5 - Abby
Sat, May 7 - Hannah

Also - any of the Saturdays, we could use as many hands as possible from 10 AM to 1 PM - well be building, painting and setting the lights.

Scapin April/May Rehearsal Schedule

WEEK 6

Mon. 4/4   2:20-3:50   Full Cast  

Tues. 4/5   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 1, 2, 4 – Scap, Syl, Ocr

Wed. 4/6   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 3 – Scap, Syl, Oct, Hya; Act II; Sc 1 –  Hya, Zerb, Scap, Syl

Thur, 4/7   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 5, 6 & 7 – Scap, Syl, Ner, Ger, Arg

Fri. 4/8   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 2, 8, 9, 10 – Lean, Ger, Oct, Scap, Syl, Hya

WEEK 7

Mon. 4/11   2:20-3:50   Full Cast

Tues. 4/12   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 11 & 12 – Scap, Syl, Arg

Wed. 4/13   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 13, 14, 15 – Lean, Oct, Scap, Syl, Ner, Ger, Act II; Sc 1 –  Hya, Zerb

Thur, 4/14   2:20-3:50   Stage Crew Meeting & work on set

Fri. 4/15   2:20-3:50   No Rehearsal

WEEK 8 – Spring Vacation

Work on your lines EVERYDAY!  

  

WEEK 9

Mon. 4/25   2:20-3:50   Full Cast

Tues. 4/26   2:20-3:50   Act II; Sc 1, 2, 3 – Scap, Syl, Hya, Zerb, Ger

Wed. 4/27   12:30-3:30   Act II; Sc 4, 5, 6, 7 – Scap, Syl, Ger, Arg, Hya, Zerb, Oct, Lean, Ner

Thur, 4/28   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 – Scap, Syl, Arg, Ger, Ner

Fri. 4/29   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 3, 4, 8,  9, 10 – Scap, Syl, Oct, Hya, Lean, Ger

WEEK 10

Mon. 5/2   2:20-3:50   Full Cast & Crew – Act I

Tues. 5/3   2:20-3:50   Full Cast & Crew – Act I

Wed. 5/4   2:20-3:50   Full Cast & Crew – Act II

Thur, 5/5   2:20-3:50   Full Cast & Crew – Act II

Fri. 5/6   2:20-3:50   Tech Check & TBA

Sat. 5/7   10:00-2:00   Stage- set-up – full crew and anyone who can be here!

WEEK 11 – PRODUCTION WEEK

Mon. 5/9   2:20-6:00    Tech Rehearsal – Full Crew @ 2:20 –

      Full Company @ 3:45 (no costumes)  

Tues. 5/10   2:30-6:00   Full-Dress Rehearsal – Crew 2:20; 3:30 PM actor call – Full Company

Wed, 5/11   6:00-10:00   Final Dress Rehearsal – Crew 5:30; 6 PM call – Full Company

Thurs. 5/12   6:00-10:00   Opening Performance – Crew 5:30; 6 PM call – Full Company

Fri. 5/13   6:00-10:30   Final Performance – 6 PM call – FULL COMPANY

      stay after to strike set & clean-up spaces

Set Construction & Painting continues this Saturday 4/2

We will be meeting from 10 to 1 PM this Saturday 4/2/11 in the auditorium to continue construction of the Scapin set and begin painting. If you can come lend a hand for a couple of hours, we would love to see you. 

Dress for work - shoes that cover toes, and clothes that can get dirty. If you have work gloves or hand tools like a hammer or power drill, bring those too.

See you!

Rehearsal Wednesday March 30th is Canceled

There will not be a rehearsal for SCAPIN Wednesday, March 30th.  We will resume the posted schedule on Thursday.

No set building this Saturday

We will not be meeting Saturday, March 26th to build sets -- but will resume construction and painting of the set Saturday April 2 from 10 AM to 1 PM in the auditorium.

Set Construction starts this 3/11

On Saturday 3/11 we will begin set construction and costume search! We're meeting from 10 AM to 1 PM in the LHS Auditorium for anyone who wants to bring a hammer, a portable drill, or other implements of destruction and lend a hand! 

SCAPIN revised rehearsal schedule

SCAPIN – REHEARSAL Schedule — REVISED 3/3/11

Read the entire schedule 

There will be a separate schedule for the crew and tech.

WEEK 1

Mon. 2/28   2:20-3:50   Read the play – ENTIRE CAST AND CREW

Tues. 3/1   2:20-3:50   No rehearsal

Wed. 3/2   2:20-3:50   No Rehearsal

Thur, 3/3   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 1, 2, 4 – Scap, Syl, Ocr

Fri. 3/4   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 3 & 5 – Scap, Syl, Oct, Hya, Arg

WEEK 2

Mon. 3/7   2:20-3:50   Full Cast

Tues. 3/8   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 6 & 7 – Scap, Syl, Ger, Arg

Wed. 3/9   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 8, 9, 10, 15 – Lean, Ger, Oct, Scap, Syl

Thur, 3/10   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc  14 – Scap, Ger (in chorus room)

Fri. 3/11   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 11, 12, 13– Scap, Syl, Arg,

WEEK 3

Mon. 3/14   2:20-3:50   Full Cast

Tues. 3/15   2:20-3:50   No Rehearsal – CAPT testing

Wed. 3/16   2:20-3:50   No Rehearsal – CAPT testing

Thur, 3/17   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 1, 2, 4 – Scap, Syl, Oct

Fri. 3/18   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 6, 7, 8, 9, – Lean, Ger, Oct, Scap, Syl, Ner, Arg

WEEK 4

Mon. 3/21   2:20-3:50   Full Cast

Tues. 3/22   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 5, 11, 12 – Scap, Syl, Arg

Wed. 3/23   12:30-3:30   Act I; Sc 10, 13, 14, 15 – Lean, Oct, Scap, Syl, Ner, Ger

Thur, 3/24   2:20-3:50   Act II; Sc 2, 3 – Scap, Ger, Syl

Fri. 3/25   2:20-3:50   Act II; Sc 1 – Scap, Syl, Hya, Zerb; Act I, Sc 3 – Oct, Hya

WEEK 5

Mon. 3/28   2:20-3:50   Full Cast

Tues. 3/29   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 11 & 12 – Scap, Syl, Arg

Wed. 3/30   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 13, 14, 15 – Lean, Oct, Scap, Syl, Ner, Ger

Thur, 3/31   2:20-3:50   Act II; Sc 2, 3 – Scap, Ger, Syl

Fri. 4/1   2:20-3:50   Act II; Sc 1 – Scap, Syl, Hya, Zerb

Everybody OFF-BOOK starting NOW! 

WEEK 6

Mon. 4/4   2:20-3:50   Full Cast  

Tues. 4/5   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 1, 2, 4 – Scap, Syl, Ocr

Wed. 4/6   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 3 – Scap, Syl, Oct, Hya; Act II; Sc 1 –  Hya, Zerb, Scap, Syl

Thur, 4/7   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 5, 6 & 7 – Scap, Syl, Ner, Ger, Arg

Fri. 4/8   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 2, 8, 9, 10 – Lean, Ger, Oct, Scap, Syl, Hya

WEEK 7

Mon. 4/11   2:20-3:50   Full Cast

Tues. 4/12   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 11 & 12 – Scap, Syl, Arg

Wed. 4/13   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 13, 14, 15 – Lean, Oct, Scap, Syl, Ner, Ger, Act II; Sc 1 –  Hya, Zerb

Thur, 4/14   2:20-3:50   Stage Crew Meeting & work on set

Fri. 4/15   2:20-3:50   No Rehearsal

WEEK 8 – Spring Vacation

Work on your lines EVERYDAY!  

  

WEEK 9

Mon. 4/25   2:20-3:50   Full Cast

Tues. 4/26   2:20-3:50   Act II; Sc 1, 2, 3 – Scap, Syl, Hya, Zerb, Ger

Wed. 4/27   12:30-3:30   Act II; Sc 4, 5, 6, 7 – Scap, Syl, Ger, Arg, Hya, Zerb, Oct, Lean, Ner

Thur, 4/28   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 – Scap, Syl, Arg, Ger, Ner

Fri. 4/29   2:20-3:50   Act I; Sc 3, 4, 8,  9, 10 – Scap, Syl, Oct, Hya, Lean, Ger

WEEK 10

Mon. 5/2   2:20-3:50   Full Cast & Crew – Act I

Tues. 5/3   2:20-3:50   Full Cast & Crew – Act I

Wed. 5/4   2:20-3:50   Full Cast & Crew – Act II

Thur, 5/5   2:20-3:50   Full Cast & Crew – Act II

Fri. 5/6   2:20-3:50   Tech Check & TBA

Sat. 5/7   10:00-2:00   Stage- set-up – full crew and anyone who can be here!

WEEK 11 – PRODUCTION WEEK

Mon. 5/9   2:20-6:00    Tech Rehearsal – Full Crew @ 2:20 –

      Full Company @ 3:45 (no costumes)

Tues. 5/10   2:30-6:00   Run thru the show Full Company

Wed. 5/11   2:30-6:00   Full-Dress Rehearsal – Crew 2:20; 3:30 PM actor call – Full Company

Thur, 5/12   6:00-10:00   Final Dress Rehearsal – Crew 5:30; 6 PM call – Full Company

Fri. 5/13   6:00-10:00   Opening Performance – Crew 5:30; 6 PM call – Full Company

Sat. 5/14   6:00-10:30   Final Performance – 6 PM call – FULL COMPANY

      stay after to strike set & clean-up spaces

SCAPIN rehearsal info for 2/23 thru 3/2

Thanks to those who were able to make today's work-crew meeting.  We managed to get a head-start on some of the backstage duties and chores. We will not be meeting this Wednesday.

This Thursday 2/24 we are having a pre-rehearsal -- anyone from the cast is welcome to join us, but in particular I'd like to see Nathan, Forest, Bodhi, Ashley, Grace and Paige. We'll be reading thru a couple of scenes, working on comic timing and discussing the structure of the play.

Next week we will be reading the play on Monday and Wednesday.  Our regular rehearsals begin on Thursday next week.  You can pick up a schedule at the nurse's office or in the envelope on the stage door of the auditorium.  I will be creating another schedule for crew and tech meetings. 

Stage-managers - please come to as many rehearsals and tech-dates as possible.

The SCAPIN Cast is Announced!

Cast

Octave: Paige Gruszkowski

Sylvestre: Forest Smith

Scapin: Nathan Watrous

Hyacinth: Grace Chattin

Argante: Tori Gordon

Géronte: Kyla Rose Wingrove

Léandre: Justin Carroll

Zerbinette: Hannah Posey

Nérine: Laura Forte

George: Bodhi Poth (also male understudy)

Georgette: Ashley Giordano

Messengers, Gendarmes (police), Porters: Melissa Billing (also female understudy); Isabel Archibald

Crew

Stage Manager: Cole Poth

Assistant Stage Manager: Isabel Archibald

Lights: Abby Bora

Bill Irwin- some short videos worth viewing

Check out this video with Bill Irwin and Michael Cerveris running a workshop called Storytelling and the Body at the New School Summer Theater Immersion for young actors.

Bill Irwin works with props at a workshop in Florida.

Anybody who can manage some of these "hat-moves" as seen in the segment from The Regard of Flight will get extra points at the auditions.

And a trailer for last fall's production of Scapin at ART.

Young Plawights Festival at Eugene O'Neill Theater Center

Have you ever written a play or had an idea for one?

Would you like to see a play of yours workshopped by professionals and presented at the world renowned O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT?

If you answered yes to both these questions, the Young Playrights Festival (YPF) is for you. All you have to do is write a play that is between 10-15 pages, fill out an appalication form and mail your completed application with 2 copies of your play to the O'Neill by Feb. 24, 2011. Plays will the be selected on a competitive basis. The Festival begins the evening of May 6th with rehearsals and culminates with a public reading of selected works on Sunday, May 8th. Vist the "young plawrights" link at www.theONeill.org for more information or for an application...or see Mrs. Gwin in the Nurse's office for the application.

About SCAPIN

 Scapin

Bill Irwin and Mark O'Donnell, adapted from Molière

This adaptation of Molière's 325-year-old farce Les Fourberies de Scapin follows—with some alterations—the play's original structure. It keeps the play in period setting while adding a late twentieth century spin to the language and action, and borrowing some final lines from Molière's La Contesse D'escarbagnas. "This SCAPIN, directed by Irwin…from his felicitous adaptation with Mark O'Donnell, would probably have gone over big with the same audience who first saw Molière's Fourberies de Scapin…in Paris in 1671." —NY Times. "Commedia dell'arte and vaudeville have at least two things in common: baggy pants and Bill Irwin. All make for a natural fit in the celebrated clown's entirely unconventional adaptation of Molière's SCAPIN." —Variety.

THE STORY: The crafty Scapin, servant to the household of Geronte, jumps into the story as he first promises to help in the affairs of his neighbor's son, Octave, then to aid in those of his own charge, Leander (Geronte's son). Both young men have fallen in love with unlikely, and penniless beauties, and both need money to help solve their dilemmas. Scapin knows a good ruse will always win the day and he drafts Sylvestre, Octave's servant, into his schemes. Convincing Sylvestre he's a wonderful actor (and allowing him to build characterizations using movie cliches), Scapin has him play characters who will deceive the family patriarchs into parting with large sums of money. The final scene of the first act is a vaudeville/music hall version of Molière's famous scene in which Scapin spins a tale of kidnapping, foreigners and ransom. Once the money is obtained, however, Scapin pushes further in order to exact a little revenge on those he's served. Thinking Geronte has said something nasty about him, Scapin sets out to teach him a lesson. The roguish words, however, are Scapin's own lies and stories finally coming back to him, his revenge backfires and he must flee. In the end however, Scapin's schemes aid in revealing the penniless beauties to be the exact right mates for the young charges—being of high birth after all since they are discovered to be the missing children of both patriarchs—and Scapin returns to his post, with the pleasant punishment of having to marry the maidservant of one of the daughters. There is a final chase and dance among all the participants, which, inevitably, becomes the raucous, delightful curtain call.

Characters

Octave: (male) Son of Argante and lover of Hyacinthe

Sylvestre: (male or female) Octave's servant

Scapin: (male or female) Léandre's servant

Hyacinth: (female) Daughter of Géronte and lover of Octave

Argante: (male) Father of Octave and of Zerbinette

Géronte: (male) Father of Léandre and of Hyacinthe

Léandre: (male) Son of Géronte and lover of Zerbinette

Zerbinette: (female) Daughter of Argante and lover of Léandre

Nérine: (male or female) Hyacinthe's servant

George: (male or female) playing the keyboard

Other Musicians

Messengers

Gendarmes (police)

Porters

your word Teen Creative Writing Residency

July 24 – August 6, 2011

Application Deadline: April 4, 2011

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Atlantic Center for the Arts’ your word Teen Creative Writing Residency is a one-of-a-kind, multi-genre summer writing residency that offers 9th through rising 12th grade writers workshops and mentorship by distinguished authors in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction/memoir, on the grounds of a breathtakingly beautiful ecological preserve.

your word Teen Creative Writing Residency will beheld from July 24 through Aug 6, 2011, offering 21 participants an extraordinary opportunity to explore and expand the power of their individual voices through writing workshops. The program will take place at Atlantic Center for the Arts, an artists’ community on the east coast of central Florida.

The Residency

Students will join three Master Writers-in-Residence, one in each of the following genres - Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction/Memoir. Teens will have opportunities to explore each of the represented genres. Scheduled recreational activities include evening events with guest writers and readings, a trip to New Smyrna’s beaches, writing workshops, as well as movies and art workshops. Atlantic Center for the Arts’ Community Arts Manager will facilitate the program, and chaperones will be on-site 24-hours a day throughout the program. The residency provides mentorship by Master Writers as well as the opportunity to meet and interact with peers.

Admission

The selection process for your word Teen Creative Writing Residency is competitive. Atlantic Center for the Arts receives the applications, and the Master Artists-in-Residence provide the rankings that determine acceptance into the program. For application procedures, or to download an application form, visit us online

http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/press/teen_creative_writting.html

Tuition

$1,295 for the residency includes instruction, accommodations, workshops, meals, and all activities. Scholarships for tuition and travel stipends are available on a limited basis.

Facilities & Housing

Atlantic Center for the Arts is located on 10 acres of pine and palmetto forest, representing the interaction between nature, environment and creativity. Nestled within a 67-acre ecological preserve, the campus is connected by raised boardwalks. Students will reside in two buildings containing 28 single occupancy housing units (4 handicap-accessible) furnished with double bed, private bathroom, work desk, small refrigerator, and linens. Atlantic Center’s award winning studio complex includes a dining hall, digital media lab, library, administration building, and a visitor center & gallery.

For more information, email Community Arts Manager, Sarah Higgins at shiggins@atlanticcenterforthearts.org,

phone 386.423.1753 or visit us online at

http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/press/teen_creative_writting.html

SCAPIN auditions Feb 14 & 15, callbacks Feb. 17

SPRING SHOW – SCAPIN (pronounced: skah-pin) adapted from Molière

            By Bill Irwin, Mark O'Donnell, Molière

2/14 & 15      Auditions for SCAPIN

2/17      Callback auditions

2/28-5/11      Rehearsals for SCAPIN– Mon-Fri (including Spring Break)

5/12 & 5/13      SCAPIN performances

Tips for auditions: prepare a short monolog to perform – preferably memorized.  We will also read scenes from the play.  Come dressed in comfortable clothing and shoes that will allow unrestricted movement.