TW8 Launches! Focus Group Invitation

SouthWest StageWorks

proudly presents

Teen West Project: Year Eight

-a new full length play-

by Conor Eifler

The goal of the Teen West Project is to develop and eventually publish new theatrical works where aspects of the teen experience are explored and expressed through bold and innovative storytelling. In its eighth year, Portland Playwright Conor Eifler will tackle issues surrounding media literacy, social media, media addiction disorders, and the overall impact of our digital world on the teen experience.  As is always the case with Teen West offerings, we hope to generate incredible dialogue within the Wilson student community and get audiences thinking about the core question at hand:  is technology evolving faster than the human ability to adapt?

We are inviting students to a gathering on Tuesday 6/11 from 3:00p – 5:00p in the Drama Room.   

Please sign up on the callboard starting Monday 6/3, if you wish to attend and contribute your thoughts to a conversation with the Conor Eifler and director Matthew B. Zrebski. (graduates welcome)

TW7 - Homework Room / Remaining Schedule

ONE

For W, TH, and F shows, the auditorium lobby will be designated the homework / quiet space from 3:30p - 5:30p. Food will be provided (so long as leftovers remain) and set up after school in the scene shop.  

TWO
The remaining schedule is as follows:

W 2/20 – Show #3

Call:  5:30p
Nine Piles Video / Photo Shoot:  6:00p

Go:  7:30p

TH 2/21 – Show #4

Call:  5:30p

Go:  7:30p

F 2/22 – Show #5

Call:  5:30p

Go:  7:30p

SA 2/23 – Show #6

Call:  5:30p

Go:  7:30p

SU 2/24 - Show #7 - Closing
Call:  4:00p

Go:  6:00p

STRIKE: TBD 

Mr. Miller will post details on how strike will proceed throughout next week and how you can contribute.

THREE

Tickets are going fast - please make sure all of your friends and family purchase in advance! Send every message you can and tell them to get tix now! If possible, push for W, TH, and SU shows as they have the most available now.  

TOMORROW: Pick Up / Video-Photo Archive Shoot

FOR TUESDAY 2/19/19

PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY

FULL CAST & CREW CALLED IMMEDIATELY 

AFTER SCHOOL

Due to the volume of work we need to archive and some difficult scheduling issues, the below agenda is really tight - and must be followed very carefully throughout the day.  You need to know what costume you must be in - and what room you must be in - and at what time.  Do not make us chase you down. 

For each room, we will start with a few set-up shots for still photos.  Very quick shooting. Then we will video a run. We will not have time to start over. You get one take for video, so review lines. (NOTE: Curtain Call will have a few more still photos and will have a pre-run and post-run shoot to account for the scenic and costume changes.)

Once an actor has completed the final play they are in, that actor may leave. For those in The Receipts, you will run Curtain Call..., then meet to decide your monologue choices...then you may leave and return at 7:45p in prep for the final shoot.  

At 5:30p, the choir room will become an official study hall for those who need a quiet space to work. This room is to be completely silent and used for homework only.

Once a crew member is done with their assignment, they may also leave.

Taegan / Annika, you need to be outside the rooms, keeping an eye on the schedule and making sure all are in places prior to Jamie, Ally*, the actors and me arriving.

*Ally - per our discussion, we'd like you to photoshoot this event - and you will be the only photographer. Please come with your camera and make sure things are well charged. 

TW7:  A Short in the Wire

Video / Photo Archiving

3:15p – 3:45p

Get into costume make-up for Curtain Call…

Crew set up quickly.

3:45p – 4:30p

Curtain Call…

4:30p – 4:45p

Costume Changes

4:45p – 5:30p

You Don’t Even!

Starfish

5:30p – 6:00p

Home, or Wherever

6:00p – 6:45p

Welcome to Your Life

Nine Piles in the Sky

6:45p – 7:15p

Believe You Me

7:15p – 7:45p

The Classroom

Tri-Fold

7:45p – 8:15p

Writer’s Block

8:15p – 9:15p

The Receipts*

*We cannot film every actor’s entire monologue sequence – that would take over 2 hours.  In lieu of that, actors in The Receipts need to agree upon who will record each monologue for each act.  All four will do the final monologues for each Act… The cameras will shift from person to person to indicate the “chaos” of it…

NOTICE: Extended!!!

Due to high volume ticket sales, we are going to extend the show and add a performance.  Congrats!  This was to already be "on hold" for the entire cast and crew so should not be a big surprise.

ADDED SHOW

Sunday 2/24

Call:  4:00p

Go:  6:00p

This means that strike will happen throughout the following week instead of Sunday morning as planned.  Mr. Miller will have more details about strike in the coming week and how you will be able to contribute.  

For Tonight: Show #2

TONIGHT! - SHOW #2

CALL: 5:30p

GO: 7:30p

At 5:30p, I need to see the following casts on the MainStage for brief notes - no one did anything wrong - there are simply some discoveries I continue to make, given we never got the test audiences we planned - so I want to address a few things...

Writer's Block

You Don't Even!

The Receipts

All others can begin their prep as planned.

Opening...we've landed!

I can barely contain just how proud I am of how you all handled last evening. That is how you pull together. That is how you work with integrity. That is how you dig deep and deliver.  

WOW

I have a few notes - things that will make the show a bit tighter.  But not many. And we have no need to rehearse anything.

So...

FRIDAY 2/15 - OPENING

5:30p - 6:00p

Full cast and crew on the MainStage for notes.

6:00p - 7:15p

Prep

7:15p

Places for Act One

7:30p
GO

See you then and there!

TODAY! TH 2/14

SCHEDULE – TH 2/14

4:00p – 4:50p

NOTE: Crews are called too…

Home, or Wherever (tech through)

Welcome to Your Life (no costume – with strings - Parker joins late)

The Receipts (group pieces – end of Writer’s Block)

The Classroom (additional scare moment – lighting FX)

ALL OTHERS: get into make-up (not costume).

4:50p – 5:20p

Full company meeting (mainstage) – going over:

-getting into places

-openings of each act

-changeovers for each piece

-intermission procedures

5:20p – 6:00p

Curtain Call…

-stage actual curtain call J

-drilling chorus lines / actions / Stage Manager vocal test / new sound levels

6:00p – 6:45p

Prep for Preview!

-actors in Act One costumes / make-up

6:45p – 7:00p

All must be in places for the show – in their rooms.

Writer’s Block may wait until the 4^th round begins to go to the library.

7:00p

GO

10:30p (estimated)

Release