Ms Danka - Middle School Drama

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A wonderful theatre opportunity has come up for middle school drama students.  Febuary 5-7 there will be an International Schools Theatre Association (ISTA) Festival hosted by the SAS Puxi campus.  Students will work with other middle school students from a variety of international schools engaged in interactive theatre arts workshops.   Our high school theatre program has been involved in ISTA festivals and finds the experiences from this organization very rewarding.   Here are more specific details:

• Cost- 1,165 rmb per participant (includes food and excursions) This is not an APAC event, so the school does not cover entry costs.
• Busses will be provided to and from the Puxi campus daily.  We will do our best to accommodate most bus stops.
• Students will be missing two days of school: Thursday, Feb. 5 and Friday, Feb. 6
• There are only 15 slots for Pudong participants.  If more than 15 students sign-up, lunch time auditions will be held on Thursday, December 11^th. 
• We will have ISTA meetings twice a week after winter break from 3:00-4:20pm in room LLH 101.  Probably Mondays and Fridays, but we will see what your schedules look like. 
• To registrar for the festival fill out the bottom portion of this form and pay the deposit of 500 rmb by Wednesday, December 10. 
• For more information on ISTA go to www.ista.co.uk

Festival Permission Form

Busses will arrive by 11:00am.  Play participants get ready while the rest of the audience can mingle in the lobby and have coffee/tea and treats.  The show will begin at 11:35am. After the show we will all to the cafeteria for the Thanksgiving style lunch.  Busses depart SAS at 2:30pm. 

Bus #1

  9:50 Emerald(Club House)

10:15 Tomson Golf(LongDong Ave. Gate)

10:30 Palm Spring Villa(LongDong Ave. gate)

Bus #2

  9:35 Portman(Hotel Main Gate)

  9:55 Yanlord Garden(PuMing Rd Gate)

10:15 Yanlord Town(DingXiang Rd Gate)

10:20 Seasons Villa(Club House)

Bus #3

10:05 Green Hills(Jinxiudong Rd Gate)

10:10 Shimao Lakeside(MingYue Rd Gate)

10:15 Green Court Phase 2(BiYun Rd Gate)

10:20 Green Court Phase 1(LanAn Rd Gate)

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Thank you to all of you who auditioned! The decision was very hard because we have so many talented SAS middle school students! Here’s the cast for The Mouse That Roared:

The Mouse That Roared Roles

Female

Males

FIRST REHEARSAL: Thursday, Sept 25 3:05-4:20pm in Ms. Danka’s Rm.

We look over the script and rehearsal schedule.

Check out this movie trailer from the film&lt;em&gt; The Mouse That Roared&lt;/em&gt;&lt;code&gt;

Professional theatre actor, Megan Campisi, worked with the Middle School drama students this week.  Megan is a playwright, director, performer living in New York.  For more information on Megan check out her website at: http://www.kevinlapin.com/workshops/

Energy ran high as students explored aspects of physical theatre and mime.  Take a look at the video slide show to see SAS Middle School Drama students in action!

Middle School Drama is a new course offered at SAS this year, and my students and I are already having a great time! To know about drama class and other happenings in MSDrama use this site to:

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• Discover the latest information on Middle School Drama productions