![]() Musical theatre writer Bonnie Gleicher was prepping for the world premiere of her musical Gavroche when the shutdown came. StarStruck Theatre in Stuart, Florida 4th grade–12th grade WANT A DIGITAL OFFICIAL PLAYBILL FOR YOUR SCHOOL’S STREAMING SHOW? USE PLAYBILLDER! “Students emailed in their first rehearsals of each scene, we gave them each notes about their rehearsal video, the students then took those notes and filmed a final version of their scenes to be used for the show.” Learn more here. “The format allows students to work on scenes by themselves,” Crespin explains. Crespin received word of The Show Must Go Online from Beat by Beat publishing company and immediately bought the rights. In the meantime, students from all of the casts have been able to attend online Q&A sessions with Broadway pros like Anika Larsen, and some students have opted to participate in a new show written specifically for remote rehearsing. “This gives them a new aspect of being creative that they wouldn't have been able to get before.” For the remaining two productions, Matilda and Newsies, the Little Theatre has rescheduled to allow for safe in-person rehearsals. “A handful of our students are extremely excited about the process of filming scenes and have asked to help with editing,” Crespin says. Though nothing can replace live theatre, Crespin and his kids have found the limitations of the moment as an opportunity to learn skills usually outside the scope of the program. Crespin will also use footage from pre-shutdown rehearsals for big group scenes as well as one-on-one filming for ensemble reaction shots. Certain businesses in the region, including the Little Theatre, can open at 25 percent this allows students who feel comfortable to come to the theatre to re-block and record their scenes in accordance with the six-foot social distancing rule. “We are exploring the option of filming each scene and editing it together (like a movie) and streaming the performance digitally for our audiences,” he says. Anne of Green Gables was just two weeks from its March 25 opening night, so Crespin shifted brush-up rehearsals to the digital world as they plan for an online filmed production. Meanwhile, educators across the United States have been re-inventing their elementary, middle, high school, and college rehearsals (both in formal school programs and extracurricular venues) to ensure these kids continue to learn from the theatre and-in some cases-perform full productions in new, imaginative ways.Īmarillo Little Theatre in Amarillo, Texas 3rd grade–12th grade At Amarillo Little Theatre, Academy Director Jason Crespin created three different solutions for the three spring productions. As we scrambled to understand what this intermission would mean for theatre’s epicenter, and with more and more states across the country instituting self-isolation, Tony Award winner Laura Benanti immediately thought of the ripple effect far beyond the Main Stem: students nationwide who would no longer get to play their parts in their spring musicals.īenanti’s call for videos of youngsters singing their songs evolved into the #SunshineSongs movement and May 2 Sunshine Songs Concert. SIX was set to open that night Company 10 days after that. When New York’s Governor Cuomo announced March 12 that Broadway would shut down, shockwaves surged through the local community. ![]()
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