This year we will not put Jared opposite his relatives. Savannah, you may breathe a sigh of relief.
Be familiar with the play. You will be reading at least twice. You may not get the part you want. We have 30 people vying for 15 acting positions and five crew positions. We will have understudies. The understudy role will be important this year. Once you receive a part or position, it may not be yours to keep.
I care deeply about each one of you. Some of you I have had since you were running around with swords in Alice and Wonderland. With the rest of you, it seems I have had you that long as well. But, as in all teamwork, not everyone gets a starting role. I will judge what I see the day of auditions. Mrs. Giffis, and perhaps Mark and Zach will help me. Greg may help as well. It is a tough decision.
We will have a rubric that we will use during auditions. I do NOT want to hear TEXAS accents. Do not memorize anything, but be familiar enough with the dialogue that you do not stumble over words.
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Must say I am uber excited for auditions :]] so I have been doing some research. When the depression hit, in hit Canada hard. Some parts of Canada were hit harder then others, but that's how it was all over. " the gross national product dropped 40% (compared to 37% in the US)." When the depression hit it hurt The stats from that time are scary low. People list homes, left families, and their childhood towns. The depression is something we have not experience, I know we have got a taste but not the full dose. The best thing about this time was they never lost their spirit and we have to play that out. They were strong in what they believed and stuck with it. That's what we have to portray.
ReplyDeleteI think that this play will be great because it will allow us to tell the story of an event that is barely if ever taught at school.
ReplyDeleteI am very excited about the tryouts...i have been working very hard on my accents every day i find the Scottish accent the most fun...its really hard to.do the straight american accent, but I'm trying very hard...I'm have a lot of fun with this and i believe this play will be absolutely amazing:-)
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I am pretty nervous for tryouts today. But that should not get in the way of anyone trying out today. Coming from being an understudy last year I know it is not always the most fun job watching everyone else act while you sit back and watch. Even if you do not get the part that you have been dreaming about you are still part of this well oiled machine and you need to be with the whole production every step of the way. Critiquing and giving as much input as you can to make this play the best it can be.
ReplyDeleteI love this play. It shows us things that we don't see in every day life. I didn't really know much about steel mills, besides that they produce steel and that it is really hot, so I explored a little. The temperature in a steel mill is close to 150 degrees fahrenheit. Along with the heat workers had to wear heavy long sleeve clothing, boots, and a hard hat. Also steelworkers worked 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. That's a really long time in the heat. Working in a steel mill is very dangerous. Sometimes the liquid steel would spill over, and some would get burns or their shoes would melt. Also people would get really sick from all the things that are floating in the air, like the steam or chemicals. Good luck everyone!
ReplyDeleteSteelworkers' union members at Stelco pressed for higher wages, a 40-hour work week and a requirement by the company to regularly deduct dues on behalf of the union.
ReplyDeleteOn July 15, the steelworkers officially walked off the job to launch a bitter 81-day feud that is seen by historians to be one of the most important labour-management battles in Canadian history. The strike severely divided the community between those who supported the strikers -- including then Mayor Sam Lawrence -- and those who did not.
Replacement workers camped out at Stelco, while many had their homes spray-painted with the words "scab" and other taunts.