Hilliard Davidson High School Theatre

MYSTERY WRITING CONTEST FOR GRADES 6-8

See the attachments below for information about this contest (Mystery Writing Help Handout; Mystery Writing Contest; and picnicathangingrock.html)

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION - Feb. 24th!

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK - Friday & Saturday, March 2 & 3 at 7 p.m.

Our 9th and 10th grade actors take the stage in the stage version of the novel by Katherine Lindsey.  These young thespians are tackling a poignant, intriguing and unsolved mystery in Victorian Australia.  Four young  girls "go missing" on Valentine's Day while on a picnic with their school mates at Hanging Rock.  Foul play?  Accident? Joke gone bad?  Enjoy the efforts of not only the students onstage, but also those behind the scenes including Patrick Rafferty's lighting and Corbin Mauro's projections.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE GIGGLE FACTORY - Sunday, March 4 at 2 p.m.

Join our Giggle Factory as they present all of their clowing routines on stage for your viewing enjoyment.  Also, check out their student-directed playlets.  After their stage show, the troupe will lead the children in a carnifare.  Admission is $1 per child up through age 12 and $3 teens and adults (over 12 years old).  Performance begins on time in the PAC with

SLAM JAM returned on Friday, Feb. 10th in our Experimental Theatre  -

This free evening of live poetry reading (favorites and originals), acoustic music, singing, and more was AWESOME.  It was a relaxing, sometimes funny, sometimes inspiring evening. Congrats to all involved!

Congratulations to the Cast and Crew of Leading Ladies!

Our production of Leading Ladies has been invited to perform at the 2012 Ohio Educational Theatre Association/Thespian State Conference the weekend of March 30th!  We will be performing featured full-length during the conference.  Great job!

Congratulations to those Davidson students who made the 2012 All-Ohio Thespian production of The Laramie Project!

Auditions for the 2012 All-Ohio Thespian production were incredibly competitive this year - 27 students from across the state were selected to participate (18 cast and 9 crew) - and three of them were from Hilliard Davidson!  Congratulations to the following students:

• Elisabeth Crabtree, production stage manager
• Emily Prior, cast
• Haydn Wells, flyman/props
  

2011-2012  DRAMA CLUB AND TECH CREW OFFICERS

President: Adam White
Vice President: Carl Burgason
Secretary: Caitlin Bumbledare
House Manager: Bryan O'Reilly
Historian: Rachel Sweeney
Public Relations: Laurel Rozenman
Costume Mistress: Allison Ackerman
Giggle Factory: Rania Khamees
Tech Crew President: Haydn Wells
Tech Crew Vice President: Corbin Mauro
Tech Crew Secretary: Sarah Barr

The Combined Theatre Seasons for 2011-2012 for all three high schools is available in an attachment below.  Print it out and post it for your convenience!

RENEW YOUR KROGER REWARDS DESIGNATION OR SIGN UP NEW TODAY!

Join Hilliard Davidson’s Drama Club Kroger Community Rewards Partnership. Just go to <www.krogercommunityrewards.com>. There will be a 2-minute video that explains the program as well as a tutorial video about how to sign up. It costs you nothing. Just do your shopping at Kroger as usual after you have registered and Kroger will do the rest. It’s easy!

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY DESIGNATED US ON YOUR REWARDS CARD, you must renew it every spring.  Time is up.  Please continue helping us!

SIGN UP FOR GFS MARKETPLACE FUN FUNDS AND HELP US FUND THE PROGRAM AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO YOU!

This is also a great opportunity to help us financially while simply doing your shopping.  Please become a member of the GFS Fun Funds initiative.  Simply go to this link http://gfs.com/funfunds/home.page?OrgNumber=2477226  The link will take you to a short enrollmet form.  After submitting the information, you will be emailed a welcome letter tell you to stop by the service counter on your next trip to GFS to pick up your permanent membership card.  You do your regular shopping and a portion of the sale will be donated to our program.  Easy as that!

CONGRATUATIONS!

Recipients of 2011-2012 theatre awards are as follows:

• George Lewis Memorial Thespian Scholarship:  Corey Ragan
• Senior Awards - Best Thespian:  Corey Ragan
• Senior Awards - Senior Technical Theatre:  Nathalie Brown
• Best Dramatic Actor:  Mike Lockman
• Best Dramatic Actress:  Elly Norris
• Best Comic Actor:  Carl Burgason
• Best Comic Actress:  Stephanie Meyers
• Best Musical Actor:  Jeremy Witt
• Best Musical Actress:  Michelle McPhillips
• Best Giggle Factory:  Chelsea Lynn
• Best Improv:  Corey Ragan, Carl Burgason, Mike Lockman, Adam White
• Best Technician:  Haydn Wells
• Best Audience Member:  Marisa Rosner
• Most Devoted Thespian:  Kenzie Daniels
• Most Improved:  Brian O'Reilly
• Best All Around:  Adam White
• Jennifer Murrell Service Award:  Haydn Wells & Corbin Mauro
  

We also inducted 24 students into Troupe 1316 of the International Thespian Society and honored recently 7 students who achieved Honor Thespian status,  and 1 student who achieved National Honor Thespian status.

If you'd like to participate in our Friends of Davidson Theatre - STARS program...

If you would like to provide additional financial assistance to our theatre program, you can participate in our patron program at the Star, Director, Producer, or Angel levels.  For more information, e-mail diana_vance@hboe.org [1] and we'll mail you out a brochure.

JOIN BOOSTERS!

If you'd like to support our program, consider joining the Davidson Drama Boosters! These parents and interested community members help us in countless ways from fundraising and bake sales to chaperoning trips to promoting our shows to staffing our events. More information can be found on our Drama Boosters page; just click on the "Drama Booster" line to the left.