Glyde King's blog

"The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder will be the spring play this year. This is a wacky comedy of mistaken identity, star-crossed lovers and people pretending to be richer than they are. Happy ending? Ha! Scripts will be available for perusal before auditions. Auditions will be just before midwinter break. G.

Selected scenes from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, adapted for the stage by Glyde Hart King and Riley Richards. This will be our only school-day matinee.

As of this moment, we have the following student chorus groups performing at the UW book fair this weekend. Please go to the book fair, buy some books and support our middle school singers while you’re at it. Thanks so much!

Sat Nov 19 11:30am Zoe’s group (6th period chorus singing one song) This is Zoe, Savannah, Aleah, Jesse, Sophie, Kaila

Sun Nov 20 2:10 Ingemar’s group (6th period chorus singing two songs) This is Ingemar, Avante, Caroline, Mae, Willa, Grace

2:40 Lily R, Aliya H. and Colton B (5th period chorus singing Next To You)

Monday Nov 21 6:30pm Jonny C., Cameron L., Nathan M., Ondrea R., Molly, Sophia CH (5th period chorus singing Float On)

7:15pm Seth E., Oliva VT, Elizabeth V, Cecilia K (5th period chorus singing Over My Head and Animal)

7:30pm Mia’s group (6th period chorus singing two songs) This is Mia C, Lily R, Marlene P, Claire P, Amelia, Lenora and Claire A.

Attached is the current cast list for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It may shift a bit over the next couple of weeks... First read-through is Monday Oct 10 in the auditorium. 3-4:30pm.

Here is the link to our page on SchoolTube where many of our best student movies from 2010-11 are posted. Enjoy! (I'm working on getting the 8th grade slide show up too...) http://www1.schooltube.com/Organization/OrganizationHome.aspx?oid=223417

Photos taken from the drama classes, the one act plays, glee, and little shop during the school year. http://animoto.com/play/I01w2jB3b0yvf6yYS5Ugiw Enjoy! (Photos by Johan Liedgren, Daniel Sheehan and Glyde Hart King.)

End of semester performance of acting/directing class. Program is on our class page for drama. 4th period begins at 6pm. 5th period begins at 7:30pm. Cheers! The Wizard

Karaoke. Pot luck. Bring your favorite snacks!

This is for anyone who wants a CHAIR for a performance. There will be sitting on the floor for the littles and standing in the back for the biggles. But if you want a chair, you will have to reserve one. Please be sure to SAVE the document after you make your entry. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnjjB2wRk6yGdFYxVGsyVWQxcnlncVZ... Cheers, G.

Program for the April 14 cabaret. Izzy Mar (Austion Olson dir.)– song from “13”. Ruby Ellis and Stella Ramos (Taylor Collins dir.) scene from Alice in Wonderland. Devon Smith, Eden Wenokur, Savanah Furia – “Death by Peach” written and directed by Amelia Miller. Ingamar Christopherson (Finn Calvert dir.) monologue from The Little Prince. Maddie Zeiler and Maya Vesneske (Bayley Peterson/Kian Deshler dir.) scene from Lone Star. Jack Wilson (Bella Wilson dir.) monologue from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Manny Eckert (Percy Boyle dir.) monologue from This Boy’s Life. It will be a full period of work. Show will begin promptly at 12:55. Please enter quietly if you are late. This is not recommended for kids K-3 as one of the scenes contains mature content. Cheers! The Wizard