Drama Banquet

Hey guys! Thank you to all who came to our drama banquet, it was a great night! For those who were not there, the following awards were given out:

Best Supporting Actor: Hunter Olson
Best Supporting Actress: Alexis Larrabee
Best Actor in a Straight Play: Bryken Wayman
Best Actress in a Straight Play: Mykie Valenzuela
Best Ensemble Member: Reagen Bassett
Best Actor in a Musical: Hunter Buxton
Best Actress in a Musical: Amanda Maxwell
Thespian of the Year: Xena Arcia

Also! The shows for next year were announced! We will be doing "The Merry Wives of Windsor" in the fall, and "Brigadoon" in the spring.

Finally, the new drama club presidency was announced, and we are going to have a great council next year!

President: Brooke Morgan
Vice President: Brittany Hanks
Secretary: Kelsie Barnes
Publicity: Jessica Jensen
Historian: Megan Fausett
???: Riley Lloyd

We hope you guys had an awesome time at the banquet, and we hope you join us again for next year's drama club!

-Brooke Morgan
President

PARTAY!!

Hey dramies! We're having a HALVSIES PARTY!!! What IS a havsies party you ask? Well, it's our gift to you for making it through half the year! Yep, just for you!! We're going to have deeeeelicious food and fun games!
The only rule is that you have to dress in half an outfit. But please NO NAKEDNESS!!! Sorry. You could come as half a hippy and half a government worker, or half school clothes, half church clothes....or half apple half orange. Whatever fill your heart to contentness! We'll be having a rotating game circle and it will all be super awesome. Like waffles. Like 12 waffles.
Anyway, if you are already a part of drama club you get in free!! Yep, FREE!!! Isn't that such an agreeable word? But, if you're not, you must bring us a dollar. $1! Yep. Super cheap man. So come and have some crazy fun with us!!!
Tell your friends. And your friends' friends. And maybe your grandmother if you really want to I guess......
We Love you!!!
Love, Mykie Valenzuela
Drama Club President

Welcome To The 2010-2011 School Year!!!

Welcome to the new school year! Drama club is going to be great this year! We are so excited for everyone who will join and we know you will have fun! Be sure to look for us next week at Club Rush and sign up! And keep checking the blog to see what's happening! I'll try to keep it up to date!

-Mitch (Publicity)

Hello dramies! This is just a friendly reminder that next week (the week of March 9th-12th) there WILL be rehearsal during LUNCH Tuesday through Friday, even though there will be no released advisory. Also, the set date for memorization to be complete is April 1st (no joke), so work on that! And remember that the sooner we get it done the sooner we can perform so don't wait until the last minute to get it done. There's NO TIME! Haha...get it? Anyways...love you all. Thanks for supporting drama and being a part of our community service project.

XO Carlino

Westlake Wonderland

Hey guys! So the list has been posted for Alice in Wonderland and rehearsals have started. Thanks to everyone who auditioned. This is going to be a blast!

Rehearsals will be during advisory and/or lunch. This means that you will not be able to attend if you have I's in your classes because you will need to be at remediation. If we want a great show it's going to require that everyone be at rehearsals. It shouldn't take more than a few weeks to pull it all together, but PLEASE make sure that your grades are current.

That being said, I'm looking forward to seeing you all in Wonderland! :D (Yes, I know that was cheesy)

xo

Carlino

ALICE IN WONDERLAND!!!

Hey everybody!
Alice in Wonderland auditions are next week! We need as many people as we can get--but you have to be in drama club! So spread the word and have your friends join so they can audition. Everyone who auditions will be cast!
There are a plethora of fun and crazy parts in this show. I am so so excited to get started. We will be performing at libraries, elementary schools, hospitals, abuse shelteres, and other places for community service. It will be a great experience.
SO, for auditions: Please prepare a 30 second comedic monologue. There will also be a cold read from the script. The auditions will be next Monday through Thursday (1st-4th of Feb) during lunch. You can sign up for a day on Mrs. Morrey's door.
The cast list will be posted by Monday, February 8th. It will also be posted here on blog and on the Facebook group. So make sure if you haven't already joined to do so!
Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!
-Carlino

Upcoming Events: Stay Tuned!

Drama club has big plans! Make sure you join and have your friends join. Pay $15.00 to the financial office and you will be an official member.

We have some fun and exciting things planned! First, we are getting club T-Shirts. These will be included in the drama club fee. If you are an artist or if you have an idea for the design or saying on the shirts, draw them up and bring them to the drama room.

Our next drama club activity will be Dec 22* (tentative). We are having a "Popcorn Pajama Picture Night." So make sure you spread the word and come in your PJ's with your favorite snack to watch a Christmas movie!

By the end of this week we should have our club ID cards ready. These magic cards can get you into any production of Westlake High for free (including shows, concerts, dance recitals, etc.) So make sure you come pick yours up sometime next week! Watch for announcements in your drama class or on Mrs. Morrey's board.

As a drama club, we want to participate in community service. Don't worry, we won't be singing showtunes while picking up trash on the side of the freeway. We believe that we should use our talents to benefit our community and it will be a great way for us to get our name our there. We are going to be putting together a short children's show or something else of the sort that we will be performing at libraries, elementary schools, hospitals, and so forth. It will be such a great and fun opportunity that the Westlake High drama department hopefully can do for years to come. Any member of drama club who wants to participate is welcome and can in help in some way. Watch the blog and listen for announcements for more information and auditions for this! :)

And finally, as a theatre department, it is important for us to connect and support other schools in the district in their drama programs. We will be attending other school's shows and be sending "Break-a-Leg" flower bouquets to casts on their opening night. We would also like to have a night in the near future where we invite all of the schools' drama clubs to come together for a Night of Improv where we can teach each other our favorite games. This would be a BLAST so make sure you listen for more information about this.

Wow. That was a lot of housekeeping. We will be having short drama club meetings during advisory once a month to cover all of the business that needs to be covered. Mrs. Morrey will announce the dates in her classes and they will be on the board as well. Along with that, we would like to have at least one drama club activity per month, so if you have suggestions, make sure you comment with them or write them down and give them to Morrey or one of the Presidency members.

We're looking forward to a great year! Go theatre people!