Theatrefest~Illinois- Page 2

[jam_man]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 10:17pm

Another thing I can't wait til the Festival for is the Opening Show. It's a reprentation of all the previous All-State shows, from the first Jesus Christ Superstar to A Chorus Line, to celebrate this year's 30th All-State show.

[Theatreboy33]

Posted: 9/18/06 at 12:06am

Ill be part of that opening number.

[jam_man]

Posted: 9/18/06 at 7:36pm

Which show were you in?

[Theatreboy33]

Posted: 9/18/06 at 9:15pm

Macbeth back in 2003. Not a very good production, but im proud to say ive moved on to better things. I think itll just be exciting to come back and see people from the last 30 years. And with the offer to teach a few classes, I figured why not. It sounded fun. Hopefully ill see you there.

[PirelisMiracleElixir]

Posted: 9/30/06 at 12:03am

Oh! I love Theatre Fest! Last year was my first year going. I was a player in the production of Pippin last year. Definitely worth going, and I will see anyone who is gonna be there this year!
And Theatreboy33, you say you were in Macbeth. What did you think of Frawley?

[Theatreboy33]

Posted: 9/30/06 at 12:09pm

You'd have to private message me to get my thoughts on our director. Thats all ill say about that...

[Dancinqueen123]

Posted: 10/13/06 at 11:35pm

Tonight, I saw the play at our school that will possibly be going to Theatrefest. I have to say that it was very good and I was very impressed. We did Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and I was surprised that I could understand it. I didn't think I would be able to. Anyway, when I find out if it's coming or not I'll let you know, and then you should all come and see it!

[Prisoner 24601]

Posted: 10/14/06 at 12:20am

Change of plans, looks like our school is going to Theatrefest this year. Yay! Can't wait to see Les Miz!

[dollwithamission]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:24am

Our play, Charley's Aunt, was evaluated two nights ago, and we've been recommended to Theater Fest by both of the evaluators. This is basically a miracle given that one of our male actors got sick the beginning of tech week, and our assistant stage manager had to take up the part with a script onstage. (I'm the stage manager, and we had a male assistant so that we could both "understudy" the roles of our genders). Then, for our final dress rehearsal, another of the main male characters had gotten his face hit by a baseball and split his eyebrow open. While he was in the emergency room getting that taken care of, I played his part on stage. I only ended up out there for one scene though, before he arrived. Needless to say our show was a bit crazy. Then, the night the evaluators came, the actors somehow managed to skip four pages of exposition in the script. They came back to it fortunately, but that was a bit crazy as well.

The point of my story is our show may be going to Theater Fest. We might not make the final cut because we've taken quite a few shows recently, and they take that into consideration when selecting who gets the venues. We'll still be coming to Theater Fest anyway if our show isn't accepted.

[Dancinqueen123]

Posted: 10/23/06 at 10:20pm

Wow, it's amazing that you guys were able to pull it off with everything that happened.

[T_Dwyer]

Posted: 11/15/06 at 2:20am

Sweet i can finally get on this site..... Im going again to theatrefest this year. It will be my Fouth time running. I am sad about it to though cause all the people i used to hang out with there are gone and im looking to see about meeting some more new people.

[Dancinqueen123]

Posted: 11/28/06 at 1:58pm

We're performing too!!! We just found out today. We're doing Twelfth Night, I don't know where or when, but I'll be sure to let everyone know

[Hornplaya88]

Posted: 11/30/06 at 6:19pm

I will be at theatrefest this year. Im in the pit orchestra for the all-state musical. I was also in the All-state production of Ragtime, two years ago. That had to be the most amazing prodcution ever. Directors everywhere still talk about it and with good reason. Anyway, I believe Le Mis is just as good this year. I play horn in the pit, and I hope to meet some of you down in Champaign.

[theatrebabe]

Posted: 11/30/06 at 6:28pm

I'm so excited! We're all kinda bummed we don't get to do the whole hotel thing cause well, we live here. But it will still be a blast. I look forward to meeting you all.

This is when it would be so helpful to have like, a BWW pin or something to be able to recognize people with.

[Dancinqueen123]

Posted: 11/30/06 at 6:39pm

We need to figure out some way we can all meet

[PirelisMiracleElixir]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 8:16pm

Im very glad to hear that there will be some Shakespeare at fest this year. Also,if I'm not mistaken, a production of Urinetown was accepted from Lake Zurich High School, which I will be very eager to see. One more month!

[dollwithamission]

Posted: 12/2/06 at 12:11am

Hornplay: I agree with you, Ragtime was the most amazing production ever. Everyone from our school was in awe, and some adults who'd seen it on Broadway, I believe, said they thought it was just as good.

As to meeting...I'll be backstage for Charley's Aunt in Lincoln Hall on Friday morning. I'm the stagemanager. I'll also probably be drafted into the tech olympics as a knot tier if our school can still do it with our show being that morning. We got second place last year, and our school won a light. It was pretty exciting.

Oh, and if Urinetown is there, I will most definately be there too. We were possibly taking a trip and seeing Urinetown in St. Louis, but that fell through, and I love the music.

P.S. Did anyone see Footloose a couple years ago? Or Still Life with Iris? Oh, Good Times!

[Prisoner 24601]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:28am

My school's orchestra director is conducting Les Miz, so lots of my orchie friends are in the pit. *jealousness*

Less than a month!

[SarahBeth]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:30am

I think my acting professor is teaching a workshop there. Look out for Kathi Bentley if you go! She's the best teacher i've ever had!

[OCUSummerMusic]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 9:31pm

Congrats to all who are participating!

Oklahoma City University will be in Chicago February 5th and 6th at the Palmer House Hotel holding admission auditions for the OCU Summer Music Program. You're invited to audition for our acclaimed High School Musical Theater Program which (tentatively) includes "Les Miz and "The Pajama Game". Financial aid and scholarships available.

For information on our high school MT program, visit:
http://www.okcu.edu/music/academy/hsmtp.aspx

To register for an audition time, simply click "audition form".

We hope to see you!

[jam_man]

Posted: 12/9/06 at 11:14pm

Wow, I haven't posted anywhere on BWW for a while!

Anyway, yes, a school is doing Urinetown. Les Miz IS absolutly amazing - when it's all said and done, it'll be better than Ragtime by leaps and bounds (and I, too, was in awe at Ragtime - still the best experience I've had in a theatre). Also, our school will be performing Children of Eden on the Saturday of the festival (10 and 2). It's a terrific production, with at least 3-5 performers that either would have been in Les Miz had they auditioned, or will almost certainly make an All-State show over the next couple years.

Also, a school is doing Honk: Jr. And some school might be doing Into the Woods. Our director wasn't sure on the fourth musical - which is unprecidented, BTW.

[dollwithamission]

Posted: 12/11/06 at 11:15pm

A school IS doing Into the Woods. Our director basically told us the list of what shows are coming after my friend and I asked if she knew if Urinetown would be there. I wanted to go see ITW, because we did it my freshman year, but it's the same time as we'll be putting on our show, so I guess it's not a possibility. I was "the birds" in the show. I came onstage with birds dangling from a stick and shook them around. It was probably quite a humourous picture.

It sounds like our All-State tickets are for Saturday morning, so I'm excited about seeing Les Miz then. I believe that our school usually leaves early on that Saturday though, so I don't know if I'll be able to see Children of Eden, which one of my friends was really excited for.

[dollwithamission]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 6:50pm

Wanted to bring this back since it's happening this week.

I'll let you all know whether our show, Charley's Aunt, will be worth seeing after we run it on Tuesday. It was pretty scary before break. Hopefully those onstage will get it together.

[Dancinqueen123]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 10:11pm

I'm getting a little freaked out because I haven't gotten any info about it since I signed up. We're supposed to leave Thursday night, and we go back to school on Wednesday. I guess I'll have to talk to our drama teacher since I haven't found out anything yet.

[PirelisMiracleElixir]

Posted: 1/2/07 at 4:33pm

Well, here's some info for you!

http://www.conferences.uiuc.edu/ihstf/2007/2007%20IHSTF%20FESTIVAL%20SCHEDULE.pdf

It's the full festival schedule in PDF form.
Only two more days!