Catching Up

Completely forgot to blog last week. Last week at the DMPH was Audition Workshop. Kids in grade 4-12 spent the week learning about auditioning and what that entails. I had the 5th and 6th graders. It was a unique week for me, my teacher became ill with pneumonia (he is recovering well). As a result, the last three days of the class were taught by me. I really enjoyed it. I got to work with the kids on things I find important, reflect what I learned in ISU classes last year. The kids I had were at that age where what I was teaching could either work well for them or be above their heads, but they were a very intelligent group, and handled the activities we did not only well, but applied them well. On their last day of class they did a mock audition for three of the playhouse directors, and were more than prepared. So overall a successful week, it was a bit daunting at first, having to take over teaching a  class the final three days, but it went very well and I got paid twice as much as I normally do, so works for me! This coming week is the final week of my internship, it is also the third week this summer where I am not an intern, but a teacher. I and two other teachers have 50 kids. With these kids we have the next five days to direct a 35 minute play about a time traveler who goes back in time to Arthurian Legend, Aladdin and his Lamp, and Aeschylus at the Dionysus festival. More to follow.