Senior Directed One Acts
Senior Directed One Acts
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Senior Directed One Acts provides a great opportunity for Seniors to take a leadership role in theatre and learn the different aspects of Directing. Being responsible for an entire show requires a lot of hard work, focus, creativity and organization.
Seniors who wish to direct a show must submit and application and proposal describing their vision and why they would be a good director. The Directors and shows will be selected by the Smoky Valley Theater Director. Senior Directors may wish to partner together but all Directors must be Seniors.
Directors will be responsible for creating a costume and lighting design and clearing this with Eric before rehearsals begin. Senior Directors will also have 2 working sessions with Eric during the process to help support you in the process.
Please take time to read each of the scripts. There is a synopsis below as well as the casting requirements. Most have minimal casting but can be very flexible to meet our needs. Click the "Read Script" button to take you to Playscripts and there is a Read for Free section (you may need create an account). Please read and begin to think about how you would design and stage the show for your application.
Check Please
Check Please
Dating can be hard. Especially when your date happens to be a raging kleptomaniac, or your grandmother's bridge partner, or a mime. Check Please follows a series of blind dinner dates that couldn't get any worse -- until they do. Could there possibly be a light at the end of the tunnel? Comedy (2-7f, 2-7m)
The Audition
The Audition
A new theater teacher is bringing a production of A Chorus Line to the high school. Though the hopefuls range from shy to outrageous, and from diva-like to determined, everyone has a chance to step into the spotlight. A hilarious and heartbreaking look at the madness of auditioning and the actors who brave the process for that perfect part. Comedy (10f, 3m)
Selfie
Selfie
It's senior year and problems are mounting for a group of high school students as they prepare for the future. Facing bullies, parents, pressure, sickness, and their own self-judgment, the characters search for ways to stand out. As they document their year, one click at a time, they come to realize life is not about what other people see -- it's about the pictures they have of themselves. Drama/Comedy (3f, 1m, 4 either)
The Whole Shebang
The Whole Shebang
This play asks the question, "What if the entire universe was just some nerd's science project?" In a classroom in a dimension far beyond ours, a student striving for a "Master of the Universe" degree gives an oral presentation on an unusual thesis -- the creation of the heavens and the earth. Two professors and a dean interrogate the student and his two visual aids, a "typical" man and woman. Comedy (1f, 1m, 4 either)
If at any time you have questions, need advice or just want to know more about the process and expectations please don't hesitate to reach out to Eric and discuss further Directing is hard work! So make sure you are ready.
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