Over the course of this second semester, I encountered plenty of challenges in my action including choosing and casting our spring production, having actors drop out of the production and a few rough assemblies, but with the help of the teachers at Charles Best and my crew, I managed to […]
As of May 29th, I have, with my crew: Since the play closed, we have still been busy, just with a different goal in mind. We are now roughly six months away from our next fall play, which means that we have got to set everything back to a blank […]
As of May 15th, I have, with the help of the cast, crew and my assistant stage manager: We had many successes since April 17th, including having a full run of our spring play Tom Jones. When comparing to last year’s spring play, and our recent fall play, Tom Jones […]
As of April 17th, I have, with the help of my assistant stage manager and crew: We succeeded in multiple ways, made good progress and even completed t-shirt designs in record speed. Tom Jones marked the Best Players’ first foray into online advertisement, with multiple posts and videos made to […]
I will be continuing Stage Management as my Action this semester. In this second semester, Stage Management will include aiding the cast and crew to put on our spring play. In Alison Stuart’s TEDx talk, “Not All Giving is Good,” she brought up the lesson that to best help a […]
Through the Values Activity, I have found that some of my values have changed since I started this action back in October of 2024. I am continuing Stage Management as my action, however, with a focus on documenting information to be passed down in a physical book. My three most […]
“What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges?” Throughout this action project, I encountered, reencountered and overcame many challenges. These challenges came in two categories: communication and time management. I navigated communicational challenges with a professional attitude, not letting personal interactions […]
Since December 13th 2024, here are the tasks and events that have been accomplished by me and the Stagecraft department: I have been involved in all of these tasks, however, did not complete them alone. We have had successes in the past 9 weeks as well as a couple challenges. […]
Since November 21st, 2024, here is the list of events that me and the stagecraft department have accomplished: As previously mentioned, none of these things would have been possible by myself, I am nothing without my crew even if I have knowledge and experience. Running a circus alone ends with […]
As of today, November 21, 2024, I have been involved in running 3 schoolwide assemblies, 1 music concert, orchestrated the haunted house, all while being present and in charge of stagecraft and rehearsals. We have had a successful opening of our MetFest the setup for which included running build-in, tech […]
What is “Stagecraft” Stagecraft or “Technical Theatre” is the prep work and behind the scenes work that makes a production of a play, show, concert or musical possible. Technical Theatre includes duties such as designing of posters, billboards, t-shirts, tickets or other advertisements, props, costumes, set design, lighting and sound […]
Values I have learnt to value certain ideas over others in my time in the education system and as an adolescent. According to the Values Activity in the Butterfly Effect site, my most important values are equality, courage and recognition. I agreed with the wording of the statements that correlated […]
Hello, my name is Melea, and I am a grade twelve student at École Charles Best Secondary School in British Columbia, Canada. Stage Management This year is my second year as Stage Manager at Charles Best, meaning I am the student in charge of just about everything relating to the […]
