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.
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Spring production performance dates are
Thursday, May 11, and Friday, May 12 at 7 p.m.
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All-day technical/dress rehearsal will be on
Wednesday, May 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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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.
