A Teacher, An Artist, A DadThe Musical That Did Not Happen Spring 2020—this phrase should be enough of an explanation as to why this musical did not move beyond rehearsals and production. Our design and production crew started in January. Our school did not have an appropriate wood shop with a safe workbench, a dust collector, or a workroom with […]
School Theater Spring, 2019 My first theater art direction and stage production. I started a staff position at the high school. I was the new person at a small school in a role that rotates annually. Nobody expected permanent substitutes to return, yet I returned the following academic year due to my certification trials—that is […]
In the Fall of 2019, the theater and stage teacher for both the high and middle school wanted a Snoopy dog house for a single act play. The prop had to be big enough to hold two to three people and room for one inside. Sized for middle and high school students, this would be […]