Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School has a rather unique way of running the musical theatre program - it's actually a two credit course offered to senior students, rather than an extra-curricular activity. Of course, there are pros and cons to running the program this way, but one of the major pros is that the students really do run the whole show, both onstage and behind the scenes! Semester two is gearing up to begin in February 6th, and both staff and students are looking forward to getting started with the Musical Theatre courses (one is focused on Music, and the other on Drama - taught by Mr. Jackson and Ms. Tye respectively). And are we ever jumping in quickly! We will be spending a couple of days getting to know each other and go over how the semester will be working, then the first set of auditions will be happening that first week! Ms. Tye and Mr. Jackson want to see what each of the students can do, and learn what their strengths and interests are before finalizing the choice of musical for this year.
After that first set of auditions, students will be working with their teachers to learn all kinds of skills - vocals, acting, and dancing - and improve upon the skills that they already have in each area. A guest panel of last years musical theatre students will talk to this years class about their production roles, advice and more, to help this years students decide what they want to do during the courses. Once the show has been announced, students will be able to start preparing for the show-specific auditions, where they will learn a song from our show and work on scenes and characters from the show that's been chosen. They will also look into the production roles that they are most interested in and decide which department(s) they would like to work in (such as stage management, props, tech, box office, make-up or marketing - just to name a few options!) The first section of the course will finish up with those show-specific auditions and callbacks, the cast announcement and our first read through of the script! Exciting times are coming up ahead! Keep an eye on this website and on social media so that you are always up to date with the latest news!
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