School Plays and Musicals

Renille · 02-17-2003, 11:44 PM

Anyone else addicted to these??? I'm in my spring muiscal, "Once Upon a Mattress" right now. We're currently about 3 weeks from production. *read-Crunch time!!* So I'm at the theatre on an average of about 2 hours, 45 mins. a night. But the scary thing is, I wouldn't give it up for anything.

Any other aspiring actors out there??

Elvellyn · 02-18-2003, 12:13 AM

My school doesnt do plays and stuff like that

Elf.Freak · 02-18-2003, 04:22 AM

well, i dno't do school plays or that, but i'm in an acting group called 'The Richings Players'. We did our last performance on the first of this month

Laurelyn · 02-18-2003, 06:57 AM

The Burns Park Players just ended their fifth and last performance
of the year; they did the Music Man, and it was wonderful. I went to see it twice.

Lady of Rohan · 02-18-2003, 06:21 PM

Oh I LOVE our school's musicals!!!!!

The first one was last year and it was sooooooooo much fun!!!!!! I got to be one of the 5 leading roles!!!!

It was so much fun and I got a solo song!!!! Can't wait until we start this years one!!

Celebréiel · 02-18-2003, 06:43 PM

My high school(not anymore!

) has a biig mainstage musical or play every winter. And the rest of the year theres a buncha other plays and improv things. The last one they did (I went to see it, but it was a year too late!) was Man of Lamancha. It was really great!

Celandine · 02-19-2003, 02:52 AM

in third grade i had to be in 'Annie' it was really bad

galadriel · 02-21-2003, 02:47 PM

My school does lots of plays and musicals. We rock. Or, er, they rock. I'm just a groupie.

There's nothing better than a really good high school play... but on the other hand, there's nothing worse than a really bad one. I've been to some of those, at other schools that don't take drama as seriously.... I just wanted to die.

Insidious Rex · 02-21-2003, 04:20 PM

long long ago when I was 11 we actually put on The Hobbit at my summer camp. Yeah it was cool. I still didnt know that much about Tolkien at that point but I had seen the movie. And guess who I was? Gollum. Yeah I can still remember a bunch of the riddles to this day.

Blackboar · 02-21-2003, 04:39 PM

We do pantomimes, I'm always in them, I LOVE them!

Elvedans · 02-21-2003, 04:40 PM

I remember one play I was a Rag Doll called Looby Loo and one of the main characters. Something about an evil goblin kidnapping a boy at christmas. And another time i was a third class passenger on the Titanic. And then there was Aladdin when I was Missi Wishi Washi. Do you remember that Miranda?

Legolaslvr! · 02-21-2003, 06:51 PM

At school were having a musical called: Virtues and Justice Triumph Again!

Wierd but the play sounds very interestiong

In our last musical I had 14 lines thats not bad considering the part that i had!!

Evenstar1400 · 02-21-2003, 11:08 PM

im interested in acting, so ive always wanted to do the school musicals. problem is: i cant sing. so i never did them.

i was in a 3rd grade play that the class wrote and organized ourselves. it was a magic school bus play and the kids visited lots of different places. i was.... lets see.... a mexican girl, a math magician, and my favorite, head gumpgooian on planet gump goo. i was the spokesperson!!! yay!

but of course..... that was a long time ago...... back in the good old days.

Legolaslvr! · 02-21-2003, 11:50 PM

This kid i met in florida had 2 do a play on TTT and he was Frodo!

But he didnt know anything about LOTR!!!!!!!!

Bunnie_Queen_1146 · 02-22-2003, 12:05 AM

the school i go to is having a play soon i cant wait to see what my part is!

Legolaslvr! · 02-22-2003, 12:11 AM

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the school i go to is having a play soon i cant wait to see what my part is!

b Dido to that!

Elvedans · 02-22-2003, 05:18 PM

School plays are so rubbish but so fun because they are rubbish. I love doing plays it is so exciting but they always turn out much worse than you think they did... don't you think?

samwise of the shire · 02-22-2003, 06:49 PM

This year my school's putting on "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers". Because I'm a freshman I have to be an extra, but my time will come. It kind of irritates me because my director casted a girl (a senior) as a bride when last year in the fall play (Dracula) she showed up for like half of the rehearsals, and she was only a step higher than an extra. She didn't even have a SPEAKING part.
Maybe I'm just jealous. I dont know. Last year I went to a workshop at ISU in Pocatello and we had to do a transition act. You take a part from a book, translate it to script and play the characters in that scene. My group decided to do LOTR. I chose Shelob Lair from TTT so I got to play Frodo, Sam, and Gollum.
What kind of character's do you want to play in the future? I want to play Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing, Titania from A Midsummers Night Dream, Kate from The Taming of the Shrew, or Dolly from Hello Dolly.
Cheers,
Sam

galadriel · 02-24-2003, 08:41 PM

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Originally posted by Elvedans
School plays are so rubbish but so fun because they are rubbish. I love doing plays it is so exciting but they always turn out much worse than you think they did... don't you think?

It depends on the school. Many of them at my school turn out a lot better than you'd expect from a high school. Not to brag, of course....

Plays are practically the only high school social event that I attend without fail. Certainly the only really interesting ones.

Lady_of_the_Golden_Wood · 02-24-2003, 08:44 PM

My friend did a play of the hobbit. Hmmm was quite different from Tolkien's version.

Lol

02-17-2003, 11:44 PM	#1
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	School Plays and Musicals Anyone else addicted to these??? I'm in my spring muiscal, "Once Upon a Mattress" right now. We're currently about 3 weeks from production. read-Crunch time!! So I'm at the theatre on an average of about 2 hours, 45 mins. a night. But the scary thing is, I wouldn't give it up for anything. Any other aspiring actors out there?? __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

02-18-2003, 12:13 AM	#2
Elvellyn The Redneck Elf Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 539	My school doesnt do plays and stuff like that __________________ Oliphants make great pets.

02-18-2003, 04:22 AM	#3
Elf.Freak Orli's lil fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sugar World/Orlando Bloom Cloud Posts: 464	well, i dno't do school plays or that, but i'm in an acting group called 'The Richings Players'. We did our last performance on the first of this month __________________ >>--elven arrow--> ~ Give a man a fish and he'll feed for a day, give me a fish and you'll only get it back! ~ I've gotta new avatar! looks kinda like me...anime style! ~ LOST: Orlando Bloom. If found, please send him straight to Elf.Freak

02-18-2003, 06:57 AM	#4
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	The Burns Park Players just ended their fifth and last performance of the year; they did the Music Man, and it was wonderful. I went to see it twice. __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

02-18-2003, 06:43 PM	#6
Celebréiel Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: A house! Posts: 376	My high school(not anymore! ) has a biig mainstage musical or play every winter. And the rest of the year theres a buncha other plays and improv things. The last one they did (I went to see it, but it was a year too late!) was Man of Lamancha. It was really great! __________________ Peace Yeah, Your an individual...just like everyone else. http://cartalien.deviantart.com/ - Arty goodness

02-18-2003, 06:21 PM	#5
Lady of Rohan Doughy Elf Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 1,006	Oh I LOVE our school's musicals!!!!! The first one was last year and it was sooooooooo much fun!!!!!! I got to be one of the 5 leading roles!!!! It was so much fun and I got a solo song!!!! Can't wait until we start this years one!!

02-19-2003, 02:52 AM	#7
Celandine Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 168	in third grade i had to be in 'Annie' it was really bad __________________ If you look in a mirror it surely would crack My mind works like lightning, one brilliant flash and it's gone You can do it a trot, you can do it at a gallop, you can do it at a rate so your heart don't palpatate, just don't be late, do the PUYALLUP and in the morning i'm makin' WAFFLES We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz. Because, because, because, because, BECAUSE of the wonderful things he does. I am a banana. All around the mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weasel, the monkey thought it was all in fun, POP goes the weasel Do you think Chelsey's smart? Texaco, star of the American Road! You can trust your car with the man who wears the star at the big bright texaco star!! TEXACO FOREVER!!! It's texaco.com http://www.texaco.com/texaco/

02-21-2003, 02:47 PM	#8
galadriel Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: a castle made of clouds Posts: 459	My school does lots of plays and musicals. We rock. Or, er, they rock. I'm just a groupie. There's nothing better than a really good high school play... but on the other hand, there's nothing worse than a really bad one. I've been to some of those, at other schools that don't take drama as seriously.... I just wanted to die. __________________ Human kind cannot bear very much reality. dreamflower - for all things Lady Galadriel

02-21-2003, 04:20 PM	#9
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	my precioussss.... long long ago when I was 11 we actually put on The Hobbit at my summer camp. Yeah it was cool. I still didnt know that much about Tolkien at that point but I had seen the movie. And guess who I was? Gollum. Yeah I can still remember a bunch of the riddles to this day. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

02-21-2003, 04:39 PM	#10
Blackboar Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Under the hill at Bag-end, Hobbiton the Shire Or Rivendell,I can't remember!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 1,086	We do pantomimes, I'm always in them, I LOVE them!

02-21-2003, 04:40 PM	#11
Elvedans Diamond Of The Night Sky Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Old London Town (Well somewhere near there) Posts: 366	I remember one play I was a Rag Doll called Looby Loo and one of the main characters. Something about an evil goblin kidnapping a boy at christmas. And another time i was a third class passenger on the Titanic. And then there was Aladdin when I was Missi Wishi Washi. Do you remember that Miranda? __________________ I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouche scaramouche will you do the fandango? Thunderbolts and Lightning, very very frightening me!

02-21-2003, 06:51 PM	#12
Legolaslvr! Super Smilie Freak Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the entmoot army, trying to get rid of black and blue! Posts: 350	At school were having a musical called: Virtues and Justice Triumph Again! Wierd but the play sounds very interestiong In our last musical I had 14 lines thats not bad considering the part that i had!! __________________ MO The fat hobbit hobbit knows!

02-21-2003, 11:08 PM	#13
Evenstar1400 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the inner depths of my lair. Posts: 421	im interested in acting, so ive always wanted to do the school musicals. problem is: i cant sing. so i never did them. i was in a 3rd grade play that the class wrote and organized ourselves. it was a magic school bus play and the kids visited lots of different places. i was.... lets see.... a mexican girl, a math magician, and my favorite, head gumpgooian on planet gump goo. i was the spokesperson!!! yay! but of course..... that was a long time ago...... back in the good old days. __________________ Treebeard: Hmm, you look like hobbits, smell like hobbits, feel like hobbits and sound like hobbits. You must be orcs!

02-21-2003, 11:50 PM	#14
Legolaslvr! Super Smilie Freak Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the entmoot army, trying to get rid of black and blue! Posts: 350	This kid i met in florida had 2 do a play on TTT and he was Frodo! But he didnt know anything about LOTR!!!!!!!! __________________ MO The fat hobbit hobbit knows!

02-22-2003, 12:05 AM	#15
Bunnie_Queen_1146 90% angel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Unknown>:) Posts: 243	the school i go to is having a play soon i cant wait to see what my part is! __________________ Call me BQ orTiny. Since I can't change my user name.lol Don't you remember/ The fizz in a pepper/Peanuts in a bottle/At ten, two and four/A fried bologna sandwich/With mayo and tomato/Sittin' round the table/Don't happen much anymore /Back when a hoe was a hoe/Coke was a coke/And crack's what you were doing/When you were cracking jokes/Back when a screw was a screw/The wind was all that blew/And when you said I'm down with that Well it meant you had the flu/I miss back when

02-22-2003, 05:18 PM	#17
Elvedans Diamond Of The Night Sky Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Old London Town (Well somewhere near there) Posts: 366	School plays are so rubbish but so fun because they are rubbish. I love doing plays it is so exciting but they always turn out much worse than you think they did... don't you think? __________________ I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouche scaramouche will you do the fandango? Thunderbolts and Lightning, very very frightening me!

02-22-2003, 06:49 PM	#18
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	This year my school's putting on "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers". Because I'm a freshman I have to be an extra, but my time will come. It kind of irritates me because my director casted a girl (a senior) as a bride when last year in the fall play (Dracula) she showed up for like half of the rehearsals, and she was only a step higher than an extra. She didn't even have a SPEAKING part. Maybe I'm just jealous. I dont know. Last year I went to a workshop at ISU in Pocatello and we had to do a transition act. You take a part from a book, translate it to script and play the characters in that scene. My group decided to do LOTR. I chose Shelob Lair from TTT so I got to play Frodo, Sam, and Gollum. What kind of character's do you want to play in the future? I want to play Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing, Titania from A Midsummers Night Dream, Kate from The Taming of the Shrew, or Dolly from Hello Dolly. Cheers, Sam __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

02-24-2003, 08:44 PM	#20
Lady_of_the_Golden_Wood The Precious Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Glasgow Posts: 204	My friend did a play of the hobbit. Hmmm was quite different from Tolkien's version. Lol __________________ was holding on hanging by a thread clinging to three words you said but words are meaningless in your absence.