Being Dramatic at Drama Day = Best Saturday EVER

Drama Day 2011

To those of you who were there (Ida, Grand Blanc, Woodhaven, Huron, East Jackson, Howell, Ypsi- Lincoln, Montrose Hill McCloy, Saline) - we don't need to explain it - Drama Day 2011 was a success!

Drama Day is an annual workshop forum presented by EMU Theatre for regional high school students and faculty.  Workshop courses included performance techniques, production, and Teachers' Rountables. (Image Above: Musical Theatre Instructor - Phil Simmons teaches his famous Candyman dance.)

Heather Powers' Stage Combat Workshop turned innocent high school theatre students from this...

...to this...

But the fun didn't stop there...

One of the most-loved courses was the Improvisation Workshop taught by EMU Theatre students Maxim Hunt and Chris Sweet. Improv is a type of performance (usually comedic) in which the actors have absolutely no script and make up the scenarios as they go.

Melanie Schuessler taught the MakeUp: Wounds & Bruises Workshop. Hopefully the parents of the students weren't too freaked out when their children came home from Drama Day.

(We SWEAR it's make up.)

Other workshops included Lighting...

 

...Painting...

 

...Props...

 

...Stage Managers' Boot Camp...

...Movement for the Actor...

...Playwriting...

...Musical Theatre...

 

 ...Masks...

...and Sound, and Auditions, and Meisner, and Forensics, and Shakespeare, and Directing. Phew!

We had pizza too!!

After lunch we had one more workshop and then...

...watched Imaginary Invalid! After the show, the high school students had a Q&A session with the cast and crew of the show.

We had a great time at Drama Day and we miss all of the new friends we made! Hope to see you all again!