Welcome to KEYS Drama 2016-2017

Welcome to KEYS Drama!

Can you believe classes start in just a few weeks? I’ve had a busy summer, but I’m really excited for this coming year and thrilled to have you in my class.

Before classes start, I want to share some information with you so you can have a good idea of what this year will bring. I’m including performance dates, the supply list, contact information, etc. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call, text, or email.

Important Dates

My hope is that by getting these dates to you early, it will help you to coordinate your activities, as well. There may be additional outreach and performance dates, but the dates below are the most crucial. Please note that all performance and dress or technical rehearsal dates are required for all students.

·         Spring production performance dates are Thursday, May 11, and Friday, May 12 at 7 p.m.

·         All-day technical/dress rehearsal will be on Wednesday, May 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

·         Starting the week of April 11, all students will be required to attend both Tuesday and Thursday rehearsals from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

NOTE: Advanced drama will have an additional small production that will take place before December.

Rehearsals

Rehearsals for the spring production generally begin in January and are held on both Tuesdays and Thursdays. This does not mean your student will have to be at each rehearsal every Tuesday and Thursday. A rehearsal schedule will be developed listing the scenes that will be rehearsed during each class period. Your student will only need to be at the rehearsals for the scenes in which he/she performs.  

The rehearsal schedule will also be posted on our KEYS Drama Blog (www.keysdrama.blogspot.com) as well as a Google calendar I have created just for KEYS drama classes (if you do not currently have a gmail account, I recommend you create one. It will make accessing information I share via Google much easier). We generally begin rehearsals for the spring production in January.

Email

Email is my primary means of communicating with students and parents. With that, PLEASE be sure to check your email regularly and PLEASE add keysdrama@gmail.com to your trusted list so emails won’t go in your spam folder.

Costumes

As you can imagine, creating and finding costumes for 43 students (yes, there are 43 drama students this year) is incredibly challenging and time consuming. In the past, I’ve had the help from an amazing KEYS student who created most of the more complicated costumes. She has now graduated! While I have not yet chosen the play for our spring production, I do know costumes will be our biggest task! With that said, it is likely that each student will be responsible for obtaining and/or making at least part if not all of his/her costume. If you happen to sew, please do let me know. If you have a desire to be a costume master or mistress, I would welcome the help! I will also do all that I can to borrow costumes from community theaters and schools.

Supply List

1 one-inch, three-ring binder with lined notebook paper

1 composition book (this will be used in class and kept at KEYS)

2 highlighters in different colors

Pencils… always, ALWAYS, have at least one pencil… more than one is usually better

Did I mention pencils? 

Contact Info

Please check the KEYS Directory for my contact info should you not already have it.