Announcements
Drama Club: Spring Semester
The Yorktown Drama Club is back, and is a little different 2nd semester!
Sponsor: Alani Kravitz
When Tuesday/Thursdays 4-6pm
Performance: Virtual Variety Show, late March
This Spring we will rehearse twice a week and produce a Virtual Showcase in March.. The show will be a combination of sketch theatre, scripted theatre, slam poetry, lip sync battles, songs, dance, juggle and more (!). We will begin as an ensemble, then split into various sections and then come together to record the show.
The Drama Club is open to everyone and there will be optional auditioning for selected material once we begin meeting. How will we do it? Find out by attending an information session on Tuesday, February 9th at 4pm on Zoom. We will be recording the show mid-late March so please join by early March to be in the show!
For the Zoom link or if you have any questions please contact Alani Kravitz: , or Carol Cadby.
Where Do We Go From Here?
A look at what we have done so fare this school year and what is coming next!
Theater Arts at Yorktown
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YHS Theatre Arts presents
2021 One Person Shows
Thursday, May 13 @ 7pm
Friday, May 14 @ 7pm
Saturday, May 15 @ 5 pm
Webinar Zoom Link: HERE
One Person Show Program with specific performance times: HERE
The One Person Shows are back! This year 15 Advanced Theatre IV students will present a 15-30 minute recorded or live-streamed show on a person from history or fiction that they wrote, directed and performed. This year’s shows range from Aretha Franklin (singer), Sylvia Plath (poet), Bob Dylan (musician), Ruth Bader Ginsberg (Supreme Court Judge), to Betelguese from the movie “Beetlejuice”, and more!
Here are the times and descriptions:
Thursday, May 13
7:00 p.m. Izzy Francis
Betelguese, from “Beetlejuice”
The Prince of Neither World
Format - Film
Watch Betelguese pay for his actions after his starring role in the chaos between the Maitland and Deetz families.
7:40 p.m. Max Tuck
Commander Saru, from “Star Trek”
Isolation Within Community
Format - Livestream/Film Hybrid
Saru reflects on his feelings of isolation while serving on the USS Discovery.
8:20 p.m. Ian Schoenfield
Charlie Kaufman, Screenwriter
Frank or Francis
Format - Film
Kaufman attempts to write his first musical, but it does not go smoothly.
9:00 p.m. Claire Helsel
Rachel Green, from “Friends”
The One Where Rachel Gets a Job
Format - Livestream/Film Hybrid
In a job interview, Rachel is asked how she got to where she is today. Trying to answer the question, she explains the many events that shaped her.
Friday, May 14
7:00 p.m. Daniel Strickland
Roald Amundsen, Explorer
Ice in the Floe
Format - Film
The greatest explorer of all time was forgotten by history.
7:40 p.m. Armita Dadvar
Sylvia Plath, poet
Happiness is a Butterfly
Format - Play Reading
Through a series of letters, Plath looks back at a vital time in her life as she struggles to answer one question, “Am I happy?”
8:20 p.m. Téah Fredericks
May Gibbs, Author
May Gibbs and the Creation of the Gumnut Babies
Format - Film
An aspiring author’s journey developing her creative vision and achieving her goals.
9:00 p.m. Noellie Bensaid
Eleven, from “Stranger Things”
In the Woods
Format - Film
Eleven was kidnapped and raised in Hawkins National Lab, where she was experimented on for her inherited psychokinetic abilities.
Saturday, May 15
5:00 p.m. Hannah Knittig
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lawyer
Glass Ceiling
Format - Film
A young RBG perseveres in the face of sexism and adversity to pursue her dream of attending a university and becoming a successful lawyer.
5:40 p.m. Mimi Coudert
Martha Sowerby, from “The Secret Garden”
Magic
Format - Film
As Martha reflects on her youth and guides the younger children, she finds a magic that brings meaning into her life.
6:20 p.m. Paul Tatum
Amy Winehouse, Musician
The Girl Who Flew but Lost Her Wings
Format - Play Reading
A tale of Amy’s meteoric rise to fame, which eventually leads to unhealthy behaviors and her downfall.
7:00 p.m. Simi Lawal
Aretha Franklin, Musician
Grief Can be Channeled Through Art and One Can Find Closure and Acceptance
Format - Film
A singer is able to channel the grief from her father’s passing into her music.
7:40 p.m. Sebastian Fugle
Alexander Von Humboldt, Scientist
Pursuit of Happiness
Format - Film
How an 18th Century Prussian boy’s passions lead him to becoming one of the most influential naturalists ever to live.
8:20 p.m. Caroline Coleman
Bob Dylan, Musician
Burn the Document
Format - Film
Bob Dylan struggles between the public’s expectations of him and his own artistic vision.
9:00 p.m. Mito Penella
Ted Lasso, from “Ted Lasso”
It’s the Hope That Kills You
Format - Livestream
What happens when a Division II college football coach is hired to coach a professional soccer team in the English Premier League with no prior experience coaching soccer?
9:30-10pm Q&A
All Advanced Theatre IV students