The Children's Hour

These are some of my favorite moments from our department's production of Lillian Hellman's "The Children's Hour" as performed back in February. It's the first non-musical full-length that I've directed. All in all I was truly happy with it's outcome, as was seemingly everyone who came to see it.

None of the moments are visibily dramatic, but each one captures the true drama that lies at the heart of this wonderful piece of theatre. These first two are my favorites, capturing the three main characters as they stuggle with the fallout of the "great lie." (These two pictures will soon adorn the walls of my renovated office.)

A few shots of life in my Drama Department

I just wanted to publish some of my favorite moments from this past year.

The following pictures are from our Evening of Drama and Comedy, in which my Grade 9's presented their own adaptations of The Little Match Girl and The Gifts of the Magi, and in which my Grade 12's presented the one-act comedy "This is a Test." The evening was brilliant.

I'll post some more in another post, so the pages are so overwhelming.

Hedivan's Drama Teacher blog

Hedivan's Drama Teacher blog

Well all right. It's summer vacation. I know that everyone thinks teachers just take the whole summer off - travel, rest, read, garden... whatever. Well, whatever is right. I should be so lucky.

This drama teacher still works. I mean, come on, I'm living in one of the most expensive cities in the country, supporting myself, and my lovely wife, who is a stay-at-home-mom to our three year old son. So I work. I'm a cook. It's all good.

Of course, when I'm not working, I'm "working." I'm planning for my fall show. We're producing Little Shop of Horrors, and I honestly think it will be the most exciting thing this school has seen in a long time. My students are pumped for it, and so am I.

The set design is almost complete- I have to finish an accurate floorplan blueprint before I can "officially" start blocking on paper. I've got it all in my head, pretty much, and I actually can't wait to get started- on paper, I mean. Weird huh? I actaully like the process of planning out blocking.

My choreographer has completed several numbers, and has now left for Europe for the summer - Switzerland, I think.

My puppet designer is fervently working on her designs for the plant. I can't wait to see what she comes up with. Our meetings are alwasy so creative.

And of course, my cast is busily going over every note of their music- I think... I hope... High school kids will do that over the summer, right? Yeah, I know my cast - they rock!

So, there you go. Let's see what else the summer (when teachers don't work) has in strore for me.