Haunted Auditorium
I've been a part of every Haunted Auditorium since it began in 2010 with Beyond the Woods. In my Freshman year I was only an actor but since then, each year I took on the role of script writer, set design, set construction and actor. And as my last year I was ecstatic to find that the theme was Scary Movies. We send out a survey to ASB and all drama classes to vote on their top favorite horror movies and created the set based on the results. At the same time we were were building Haunted Auditorium, we were working on DTASC so our work time was limited. Every day I would say extra hours to build and set up rooms and make adjustments and even then we almost didn't have enough time. We got it done, however. On the nights of Haunted Auditorium, we all got into costume and places. It was sad touring my last group because I knew that would be the last year I would ever act in Haunted Auditorium. If I cam back it would be as a customer.
DTASC
This is the first year that Keppel has returned to DTASC in 5 years. Standing for Drama Teachers Association of Southern California, DTASC is a competition between highschools of all over socal in different categories. This year the categories were Large Group Serious, Large Group Comedy, Radio Show, AFI films, Monologue and Musical. I was in Large Group Comedy doing a piece from Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick. I played the character Annie, and overdramatic, catholic school girl.
Since it was the first year that any of us had ever been to DTASC, none of us knew what to expect. It was incredible. Everyone there was so talented. The musical portion was Broadway worthy. None of us compared. It is a bit sad as a senior to not have a second chance to redeem ourselves, but for the juniors and sophomores that went this year, I only hope they really learned from the experience and work hard next year.
Since it was the first year that any of us had ever been to DTASC, none of us knew what to expect. It was incredible. Everyone there was so talented. The musical portion was Broadway worthy. None of us compared. It is a bit sad as a senior to not have a second chance to redeem ourselves, but for the juniors and sophomores that went this year, I only hope they really learned from the experience and work hard next year.
One-Act Festival
Each year as a final goodbye, the seniors of Theatre put together a One-Act festival. This means that each of the seniors that wish to can direct a short one act of their choosing and on a single night, all the one acts are presented to anyone, free of charge. This year's One Act Festival, One-Act Wonders, takes place on Thursday, 24 April-- Two weeks. As my senior project, I chose the play Arabian Nights by David Ives; a comedy that shows what happens when a shop owner, a foreign businessman and a bad interpreter who all meet together in one place.
It's scary to direct people you've worked with for so long because on one hand you know exactly what you want something to look like but at the same time it never quite turns out that way and you have to work each actor in a certain way so that it fits your image as much as possible. And sometimes that doesn't work. There are constant adjustments and ordering around. As my final project I want to produce something that people will remember and like.
It's scary to direct people you've worked with for so long because on one hand you know exactly what you want something to look like but at the same time it never quite turns out that way and you have to work each actor in a certain way so that it fits your image as much as possible. And sometimes that doesn't work. There are constant adjustments and ordering around. As my final project I want to produce something that people will remember and like.