macattack
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Finally registered. I'm a high school vice-principal (officially an "associate head") who also directs a fall play and is a technical director on the play, student produced children's show, and a spring musical.
We have a history of strong productions at the high school level with a zero budget. We break even most years, spending anywhere from 15-20k a year. We have decent freedom. In the past two years we've done:
August Wilson's Fences (at the same time as Good Man Charlie Brown so there were no exclusions)
Hairspray
Laramie Project
Addams Family
Looking to next fall's production and would like to go lighter due to the past two year's seriousness, but it's hard to find challenging, yet appropriate, plays for high-schoolers. Short list now looks like:
Picasso at Lapin Agile (concern being drinking/bar)
Noises Off (concerns being "sex play" and the rotating set)
Lost in Yonkers (concerns being too "blah")
We usually try to keep the cast fairly small for the fall plays - 6-12 kids.
HELP!
We have a history of strong productions at the high school level with a zero budget. We break even most years, spending anywhere from 15-20k a year. We have decent freedom. In the past two years we've done:
August Wilson's Fences (at the same time as Good Man Charlie Brown so there were no exclusions)
Hairspray
Laramie Project
Addams Family
Looking to next fall's production and would like to go lighter due to the past two year's seriousness, but it's hard to find challenging, yet appropriate, plays for high-schoolers. Short list now looks like:
Picasso at Lapin Agile (concern being drinking/bar)
Noises Off (concerns being "sex play" and the rotating set)
Lost in Yonkers (concerns being too "blah")
We usually try to keep the cast fairly small for the fall plays - 6-12 kids.
HELP!