REVISED 10-12-09
NEW HAMPSHIRE EDUCATIONAL THEATRE GUILD
at
Plymouth State University, Silver Center for the Arts
Friday, October 16, 2009
Hosted by the Theatre Division of the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance
wtih SPECIAL GUESTS
WHITEBRIDGE FARM PRODUCTIONS
A NEW HAMPSHIRE BASED FILM AND THEATRE PRODUCTION COMPANY
FOUNDED BY THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING AUTHOR
OF ON GOLDEN POND, ERNEST THOMPSON,
WITH PARTNERS MORGAN MURPHY AND LORI GIGLIOTTI MURPHY
REGISTRATION
8:45-9:10
Drop off at Silver, parking will be at the PE Center & permit is required (see attached).
Faculty sponsor should register for all students in Room 130. ALL STUDENTS will move
immediately into the Hanaway Theatre for pre-conference activities.
REPEATED WORKSHOPS EACH SESSION:
1 Tech Olympics. The winner from each session will compete in the Final Session for the Ultimate Technical
Theatre Olympian.
2 Tours
Tour the Silver Center including all the performance spaces. Tours will meet in Silver Lobby
next to the swap table.
3 Improv
Participate in improvisational sessions which vary in games and themes
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------Costume Shopping The Costume Shop will be selling select items for minimal cost at the mezzanine level: 11am-2:15pm
WELCOME 9:15-9:40
Hanaway Theatre Lee Mannion, NHETG President and Elizabeth Cox, Director of Theatre, PSU
Introduction of Special Guests, Whitebridge Farm Productions and Ernest Thompson
SESSION ONE 9:45-10:45
Room
TOUR
116/Recital Hall
119/Acting Room
LD-Inside
LD-Inside
Costume Shop
Hanaway Theatre
Workshop
Tours of Silver Center
One Word Playwriting Festival
Working with Shakespeare’s text
Tech Olympics
Electrics
Make-up, Special Effects
Conversations with Ernest Thompson
Limit
12
70
30
20
12
15
Unlimited
Studio Theatre
Scene Shop
305
122/Choral Room
302
Lighting and How to Design
Basic Scenery
Technical Theatre: Projections
Monologues: Connection Through Movement
Improv
30
12
16
30
10
Instructors
PSU Students
Paul Mroczka
Sharon Lajoie
PSU Students
Jason Hibbard
Danee Grillo
WHITEBRIDGE FARM and
Ernest Thompson
Victoria Miller
Bob Bruemmer
Matt Kizer
Beth Cox
Julie-Anne Whitney
SESSION TWO 11:00-12:00
Room
TOUR
119/Acting Room
122/Choral Room
Studio Theatre
Workshop
Tours of Silver Center
Acting Methods: Different approaches to text
Musical Theatre: Legit vs. Belt Singing
Acting for the Camera
Limit
12
30
50
50
LD-Inside
SR Hanaway
Costume Shop
Tech Olympics
Electrifying Electrics
Make-up, Special Effects
20
12
15
Instructors
PSU Students
Beth Cox + PSU students
Kathleen Arecchi + pianist
WHITEBRIDGE FARM
and Ernest Thompson
PSU Students
Jason Hibbard
Danee Grillo
Hanaway Theatre
305
Scene Shop
Dance Studio
Directing a musical: Oklahoma!
Technical Theatre: Projections
Props Procurement
Musical Theatre Dance Styles
Lunch 12:00-1:15 and Mezzanine level
Unlimited
20
12
20
Paul Mroczka
Matt Kizer
Bob Bruemmer
Lisa Travis
COSTUME SHOPPING (not a workshop)
SESSION THREE 1:15-2:15
Room
TOUR
119 Acting Room
LD-Inside
SR Hanaway
Costume Shop
116/Recital Hall
131
Scene Shop
Hanaway Theatre
Studio Theatre
305
Dance Studio
Workshop
Tours of Silver Center
Shakespeare: Making a Connection
to text (for students and teachers)
Tech Olympics
Electrifying Electrics
Make-up, Special Effects
One Word Playwriting
Improv
Scene Painting
Rigging & Lighting
Acting for the Camera
Improv
Making sound: voice work for actors
Limit
12
30
Instructors
PSU Students
Sharon Lajoie
20
15
15
80
25
12
Unlimited
40
10
20
PSU Students
Jason Hibbard
Danee Grillo
Paul Mroczka
PSU Students
Matt Kizer
Victoria Miller & Bob Bruemmer
WHITEBRIDGE FARM
PSU Students
Beth Cox
Limit
12
30
15
40
20
12
10
Unlimited
10
20
15
25
Instructors
PSU Students
Kevin Gardner
Jason Hibbard
WHITEBRIDGE FARM
PSU Students
Bob Bruemmer,
Stuart Crowell
Victoria Miller
PSU Students
Matt Kizer
Danee Grillo
Sharon Lajoie
Limit
12
30
20
30
40
10
15
20
Unlimited
25
Instructors
PSU Students
Kevin Gardner
Lisa Travis
PSU Students
WHITEBRIDGE FARM
Stuart Crowell
Jason Hibbard
PSU Students
Victoria Miller
Sharon Lajoie
15
20
Matt Kizer
Bob Bruemmer
SESSION FOUR 2:30-3:30
Room
Workshop
TOUR
Tours of Silver Center
119/Acting Room What Games/Readings Tell a Director
SR Hanaway
Electrifying Electrics
Studio Theatre
Acting for the Camera
LD-Inside
Tech Olympics
Scene Shop
Fun with Foam!
Studio Theatre/boothSound Design
Hanaway
Lighting Design of OKLAHOMA!
302
Improv
305
Scenic Design
Costume Shop
Make-up, Special Effects
Dance Studio
Shakespeare: Making a connection
To text (for students and teachers)
SESSION FIVE 3:45-4:45
Room
Workshop
TOUR
Tours of Silver Center
119/Acting Room What Games/Readings Tell a Director
121/Dance Room Musical Theatre Dance Styles
122/Choral Room Improv
Studio Theatre
Acting for the Camera
Studio Theatre/Booth Sound Design
LD- SR Hanaway Electrifying Electrics
Inside
Tech Olympics
Hanaway
Lighting Design of OKLAHOMA!
116/Recital Hall
Shakespeare: Making a connection
To text (for students and teachers)
305
Scene Design
Scene Shop
Fun with Foam!
SESSION SIX 4:55-5:15
HAN
FINALS: TECH OLYMPICS-----PSU Students
ROOMS
LD-Inside
LD-Outside
Scene Shop
Costume Shop
Studio Theatre
131
302 and 305
Loading Dock---Inside (Hallway behind the Hanaway stage)
Loading Dock---Outside (Outdoor area behind the Hanaway stage)
Scene Shop – back of building (through 2 sets of double doors)
Costume Shop, Mezzanine Level (up the middle staircase)
Studio Theatre (black box theatre)
Classroom across from Hanaway Theatre
Up middle staircase to top floor, turn right into hallway (near lounge)
The following rooms are all on the opposite side of the building from the Hanaway Theatre
116/Smith Recital Hall
119/Acting Room
121/Dance Room
122/Choral Room
TOUR
See all the performance spaces, costume and scene shops and the booths. Meet at the information table in
the lobby
TECH OLYMPICS
Each session will feature a physical and skill challenge in Technical theatre. The winner
from each session will compete in Final Session for the Ultimate Technical Theatre Olympian.
EVENING PERFORMANCE in HANAWAY THEATRE
7:00 Performance of the musical, OKLAHOMA!
PLEASE NOTE:
The NHETG rate is $8/ticket. Prior to contacting the PSU box office, you must have registered for the conference and
given your school’s count to Tim L’Ecuyer. Mr. L’Ecuyer will then forward your numbers to our box office personnel at
which time you may contact us for purchase. Please contact Ms. Trudy Pelletier at PSU for tickets 535-ARTS.
Tickets may be purchased in advance from the Silver Center Box Office with cash, check, or credit card (MasterCard,
VISA, American Express or Discover). Checks should be made out to Silver Center.
There is a $2 handling fee per order for phone or mail. All Theatre Guild ticket sales must be picked up by 4pm on
the day of the performance.