News & Notes # 8-2010 Festival-Chapter Select Showcase

The Chapter Select Showcase offers a chance to see other schools' productions of one act plays. You get a good chance to see plays you might not have seen, to watch the talent of other students your age, and to have fun.

All Chapter Select Plays are scheduled for the Howell Theatre

WEDNESDAY

2:00 p.m. I Never Saw Another Butterfly, by Celeste Raspanti. Mississippi State Thespians, Troupe 7261, DeSoto Central High School, Southaven; David Boone, director.

3:00 p.m. The Secrets We Keep From Ourselves, by Brooke Prince. Maryland State Thespians, Troupe 2621, La Plata High School; Jennifer Joyner, director. (About a girl who has been sexually abused.)

4:00 p.m. Wiley and the Hairy Man, by Suzan Zeder. New Hampshire State Thespians, Troupe 6986, Alvirne High School, Hudson; Jennifer LaFrance, director.

5:00 p.m. The Yellow Boat, by David Saar. Troupe 6730, Nevada State Thespians, Liberty High School, Henderson; Joseph Welker, director.


THURSDAY

2:00 p.m. All the Great Books (abridged), by Reed Martin
and Austin Tichenor. Missouri State Thespians, Troupe 3168, Parkway South High School, Manchester; Jennifer Forrest-James, director.

3:00 p.m. The Least Offensive Play in the Whole Darn World, by Jonathan Rand. Kansas State Thespians, Troupe 639, Salina Central High School; Kevin Knak, director.

4:00 p.m. Fortress, by Michael Scanlan. Iowa State Thespians,Troupe 2027, Davenport West High School; Wayne Hess, director. (A 1988 play about a boy grappling with the discovery that he was adopted.)

5:00 p.m. The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza (Iliad! Iliad! Iliad!), by Don Zolidis. Alabama State Thespians, Troupe 7374, Catholic High School, Huntsville; Danielle Neupert, director


FRIDAY

2:00 p.m. Hello, Out There, by William Saroyan. Indiana State Thespians, Troupe 106, Maconaquah High School, Bunker Hill; Ann Hileman, director.

3:00 p.m. The Last Night of Ballyhoo, by Alfred Uhry. North Carolina State Thespians, Troupe 5887, Hibriten High School, Lenoir; Joshua Scott, director.

4:00 p.m. 9th Grade Nothin’, by the cast. Minnesota State Thespians, Troupe 7539, Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley; Tory Peterson, director.

5:00 p.m. The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Arizona State Thespians, Troupe 6901, Willow Canyon High School, Surprise; Storm Girkin, director.


SATURDAY

2:00 p.m. This, Uh, Body, by Michael Lee. Texas State Thespians, Troupe 3543, Round Rock High School; Michael Lee, director.

3:00 p.m. Something’s Rotten in the State of Denmark, by Joseph Wallace. Arkansas State Thespians, Troupe 6338, Alma High School; Shane Bocksnick, director.

4:00 p.m. Story Theatre, by Paul Sills. West Virginia State Thespians, Troupe 2561, Huntington High School; Helen Freeman, director.

5:00 p.m. Pullman Car Hiawatha, by Thornton Wilder. The Thespian troupes from the Northern Mariana Islands,Saipan. Directed by the cast (really Dowen).

News & Notes #7-2010 Festival-Emergency Contact

From the Festival Guidelines:

Emergency Incoming Calls must be channeled through the 24 hour desk at (402) 472-1010. Reference must be made to the Delegate's attendance at the Thespian Festival 2010.

Or you can contact coach Sibylla Leon Guerrero at 1-702-580-0031.

News & Notes #6-2010 Festival-I.E. Support Schedule

Because we are a TEAM and not just individual students from various schools in the CNMI, we agree that our participation is mutually supportive. We don't leave it to chance; we plan how we can make sure every team member is cheered on in their individual events.

Below is a mutual support schedule. Please take your responsibilities to heart. If you want to attend other IEs, you may do so, BUT NOT if it risks you missing or being late to the IE for which your support is scheduled.

Pullman Car Hiawatha-tonight

FREE SHOW! Please come.



Besides the play, the Team CNMI Thespians will present their individual event pieces for their competitions in the showcase.

(Nice write-up in the Marianas Variety today. Jojo Alepuyo's group photo is great, too.)

News & Notes #5-2010 Festival-Dance Themes

When you're considering what to pack, don't forget the dances this year. The themes are

Superheroes (take your cape!)

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids (wear red)

Through the Ages (anything from loin cloths to the latest fashion--pick your era!)

Black and White (self-explanatory)

You don't have to dress to the theme to go to the dances. But be sure to take your dancing shoes and energy!

First NFL Report & Thespian Update

Team CNMI Students are in Kansas for the NFL competitions. On Sunday, June 13, 2010, they joined the NFL's FOOD FOR HAITI project and helped fill meal bags.
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Thespians are preparing for their ITS competitions (individual events and a chapter production in the Chapter Select Showcase). Please help support them by coming to the FREE showcase on Thurday, June 17, 2010 at 7 PM at the American Memorial Park Auditorium.

News & Notes #4-2010 Festival-Team CNMI

Our Team roster looks like this:

TECHNICAL THEATRE
Costume Design: Rochelle Dimapalis
Scenic Design: Rozette Bunao
Film: Kevin Jardinero

PERFORMANCE THEATRE
Duet Acting: Annabel Manzo, Amy Liu
Duet Acting: Adeleyah Mojica, Dowen Jocsen

Mime: Christine Aninzo, Jackilyn Rafois
Mime: Wilden Mangahis

Monologue: Maria Castro
Monologue: Ann Mariel Flores
Monologue: Matt Wheat

Solo Musical: Jenella Nelmida
Solo Musical: Miki Nadia Dela Cruz

Our coaches include Wesley Foster, Jonel Alepuyo, Sibylla Leon Guerrero, Kathy Barja, Allison Walker, Tina Foster, and our Chapter Director, Harold Easton (who stays only until Tuesday).