Marie Murphy Spring Play

As part of the preparation process, a good actor will delve into their character’s backstory and psychology and examine how that affects their character in the present action of the play.  Each cast member is required to fill out their character sheet as a means of doing just that.  Actors, your character sheets are due to me by next Monday, March 15th.  Feel free to leave comments here about your process of working on this, as well as any cool discoveries or difficulties you’ve had.

Character Sheet file:  CLICK HERE

Our first week of rehearsal has gone amazingly well.  The cast seems very well fit to their individual roles and seems to understand their emotionality very instinctually.  It seems the challenge of the show is to block (plan the movement) 18 people in one small classroom for the entire time.  I encouraged them to do what they felt was natural; get up and socialize and physicalize as they would if the teacher were not in the room.  However, I must have a lot of very well-behaved kids in the cast, because it was a challenge to get them to move around more–except when it was time for a scuffle…they got right into that!  We were able to walk through the blocking of the entire show in our three rehearsals this week.  We will be nailing down the blocking this next week.  Onward and upward!

A huge “thank you” to every student who auditioned:  for their time, energy, and heart.  If your name does not appear on this cast list, please remember that you are all talented individuals with a ton to offer to the theatrical world.  Keep working on your skills and keep auditioning!

If your name appears on the cast list, you are required to attend tomorrow’s cast meeting after school in Mrs. Roche’s room from 3:30 to 5:00 PM.

Thank you and congratulations to our 2010 Spring Play cast!  Click here for cast list!

The play choice is official!  The MMS spring production will be of “The Straight Skinny,” by Frank Cerabino.  It’s a drama that concerns the fallout after a high school math teacher secretly slipped an advance copy of the algebra midterm to a struggling student.  There are 18 parts:  9 female, and 9 male (with the possiblity of some minor adjustments).  If you would like to read part of the script that is published on the publisher’s website, you may click here.

Remember, if you’re interested in auditioning, you must attend an informational meeting to be held Tuesday, February 9th at 3:30 in Mrs. Roche’s room.  Hope to see you there!