Theatrefest~Illinois — Page 2

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.

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Which show were you in?

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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?

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!

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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.

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.

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.

We need to figure out some way we can all meet

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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!

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!

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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.

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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.

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!