Wednesday, May 18, 2011

High School Experience

Hmmmmmmm, well I do believe that my favorite high school experience was when performed in Dracula. The play was full of many dramatic and hilarious moments. Working with Seth, a former IACS student, was a once in a life time experience. He was willing to go above and beyond his character for the play. It was the first horror play the school had ever done. With fake blood, screams, and multiple rolls of duct tape to fix the bed I had to lay on, this was my favorite high school experience.

Project Senior Senior Project

For my Senior Project I directed William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The setting was in the 1943, World War 2, Nazi occupied Germany. I chose this setting to bring back the true tragedy that Will (yeah, I know him on a first name basis, be jealous) originally intended. By borrowing the thoughts and feelings that people have about the horrific time of World War 2 I had hoped to gain the original experience for the audience. The process took over a year of planning, building, crying, yelling, laughing, and finally pulling my hair out. I had to build a gigantic bridge and four seperate brick filled panels. In the end I could not have been happier with how each performance turned out.