End of the Year post

You can be upset, it's ok. The end of the year is upon us, but I'm sure the Summer won't be as boring as you're thinking. All of that time you'll have to lay in the sun and do absolutely nothing will pale in comparison to the daily grind of study and exhaustion that you have grown to love. Worry not, dear students, for we're only months away from hitting the books again.


Departing Seniors, farewell: Beeson, Atkinson, Hoptry, Washburn, Scovil, Kotrady, Evins, Moseley, Schumaker, Cull, Willis, Dailey, Porter, McLane and McEniry.
wow. That's a ton of people.

Best of luck to all of you in college. I fully expect each of you to do as your predecessors have done and visit CCES a few times in your Freshman year, maybe once or twice in your Sophomore year, then never again. Please try and stay involved in the theater of higher education; all of you have the chops to do so and get good parts.

Next year's FALL DRAMA will most likely be the week before Halloween, and will most likely be RHINOCEROS, by Eugene Ionseco, so try and make it back to check it out.

keep looking here over the Summer for updates.

SIMS

ANNIE PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

Food will be provided for all rehearsals, but not for the performances.

Saturday, May 3
1:00-4:00pm...............Dry Tech (no actors: lighting and crew only)

Sunday, May 4
1:00-7:00pm................Tech

Monday, May 5
5:00-9:00pm...............Dress Rehearsal

Tuesday, May 6
5:00-9:00pm...............Dress Rehearsal

Wed, May 7
6:00 Call
6:30 Run w/ Orchestra

Thursday, May 8
6:00 Call
6:30 Run w/ Orchestra

Friday, May 9
6:00 Call
7:00 Performance

Saturday, May 10
1:00 Call
2:00 Performance
6:00 Call
7:00 Performance

IF YOU PLAN ON BEING IN CREW AND THESE DATES ARE OK, PLEASE POST A REPLY BELOW. REMEMBER, YOU GET MORE COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS THAN YOU NEED!

sims

Time to get Tartuffified!

Thank you to everyone involved in our most successful Spring production yet! We sold out 3 of 4 performances, with a total of nearly 200 in attendance; not bad for the drama room. Several of you came out and did your best work to date - you should all be very proud.
...and a big fat farewell to Beeson, Hoptry, Washburn, Cull, Freeman, and Atkinson! You'll still be charged admission whenever you come back, however.

sims

More pics will be on the CCES site soon.

The Visit DVD will be here by Graduation... and I mean the actual day of graduation.

THE NEXT 2 WEEKS OF YOUR LIFE

Here's the poster, which will go up all over school early this week. There is nothing more important right now than GETTING OFF BOOK! We'll be starting with costumes and props on Wednesday, so please be prepared. Tuesday will be a special rehearsal, with guest artist Tara Brodin (pictured below), who will lead a workshop that will be a shot in the arm for all involved - including some drama students from MANN who Coach White is bringing along.

Ms. Brodin will be here all week; working with us, the Middle School, our Faculty, and all around town. So when you see her, make her feel at home.

APRIL... get yourself ready

PAY VERY CLOSE attention to this schedule, as our collective sanity depends on it. We only really have 3 weeks to get TARTUFFE together, which I know we will; and it shall be amazing. There's also the Cabaret, Prom, and a few Senior Projects before that! Those of you who are in the Cabaret need to look over BOTH rehearsal schedules and find the conflicts; there are several. Copy a paste the following schedule into your soul:

Monday, March 31
TARTUFFE rehearsal @ 6:30pm

Tuesday, April 1 - Thursday, 3
TARTUFFE rehearsal @ 3:45pm

Friday, 4
YOUNG ARTIST SERIES

Monday, 7
TARTUFFE rehearsal @ 3:45

Tuesday, 8
JL MANN : JOHNNY QUEST @10:00am
TARTUFFE rehearsal @ 6:30pm

Wednesday, 9
TARTUFFE rehearsal @ 3:45

Thursday, 10
TARTUFFE rehearal @ 3:45
CABARET rehearsal @ 6:00pm

Friday, 11
CABARET rehearsal @ 8:30pm

Saturday, 12
CABARET performance @ 8pm

Monday, 14 - Thursday, 17
TARTUFFE rehearsals @ 3:45pm

Friday, 18
YOUNG ARTIST SERIES

Sunday, 20
TARTUFFE rehearsal @ 6:00pm

Monday 21 & Tuesday 22
TARTUFFE Dress Rehearsals @ 6:30pm

Wednesday, 23
TARTUFFE Opening @ 7pm

Thursday, 24
TARTUFFE performances at 4:00 and 7:00pm

Friday, 25
TARTUFFE performance @ 7pm

Sunday, 27
Upper School Concert


That's right... breathe it in. And Mr. Sims will also be working on ANNIE at the same time! Make sure that ALL of your duckies are in a row.

I'm also looking for 3 crewfolk for the Cabaret and ANNIE.

sims

MARCH

First off, here's the NY Times review of "The Seagull" that we saw in NYC.
Ben Brantley, the chief critic, had some mixed reactions to the production; most of which I agree with. What do you think?
Check it out right here.

TARTUFFE
Script copies and rehearsal schedules can be picked up in the Upper School Office, right there on Mrs. Allison's desk. First rehearsal is slated for Wed. of next week. Look the schedule over carefully and let me know of any problems. The script has been narrowed down to 88 pages, which is almost half of the original, but it's still a wordy play - so get familiar with it as soon as you can. Don't put it off ... it's a fast read.
sims

TARTUFFE AUDITIONS

Tuesday in the Drama Room

Don't worry if you haven't had a chance to look at the script. There are a few copies in the Upper School Office for your perusal, and copies of the audition scenes will be available to pick up on Tuesday morning.

Auditions will be in a no-pressure reading style, no memorization required. Please indicate if you would like to audition for a specific role. I will double-cast roles according to the numbers, so everybody will get a chance to perform in front of an audience!

The production itself will take place in the Drama room April 23-25.

Rehearsals will be after school beginning on Monday, March 17.