Thank you to all the parents who contributed to the concessions at The Drew and the end of the year banquet! The kids did a great job packing away the theater for the season and we had a beautiful dinner on an exquisite evening outside. Hula hooping, a trivia game with prizes, and unbelievable desserts were shared by all. Thank you for the gorgeous sunflowers. This was a memorable year and we will all miss the students moving on to new schools and adventures. We wish them  good fortune and hope they will return as alumni to visit often.

Ms. B.

 

We had a very successful weekend shooting our narrative films on campus. Thank you to Mrs. Benner for letting us use the lab for a location and to staff and faculty for allowing us to film in Albright over the weekend. We are almost finished shooting and getting excited about the editing process. Costumes, wigs, props, and makeup were flying in and out of locations on Saturday. Bloopers and laughter rang across campus as well as some darn nice footage of the creative scripts. From ‘mock’umentary to the surreal, the films are original and ambitious. Lookout Sundance…here we come!

 

 

 

We are off and running. Dr. Parrish and I are tickled pink with our ten film students. We welcome William Benner, BCD alumni, as our intern from Pittsfield High School. We are working on music videos right now and getting to know the cameras. Below is the film schedule for your reference, though hard copies went home with the kids and another copy was attached to an email. The Drew is May 18th at 7PM and May 19th at 3PM. We are inviting a few BCD alumni to submit again this year and are looking forward to showing all of our work from the trimester.

 

 

 

 

 

FILM CO-CURRICULAR SCHEDULE

Apr 5     Thur 2:30-4:30PM

Apr 9   Mon 3:00-4:30PM

Apr 10   Tue               2:30-4:30PM

Apr 12   Thur 2:30-4:30PM

Apr 16   Mon             10AM-4PM (No School)

Apr  17  Tue 2:30-4:30PM

Apr  19  Thur 2:30-4:30PM

Apr  23  Mon 3:00-4:30PM

Apr  24  Tue 2:30-4:30PM

Apr  26   Thur            2:30-4:30PM

Apr  27   Fri 3:00-6PM

Apr 28    Sat              10:00-4:00PM

Apr  30    Mon 3:00-4:30PM

May 1     Tue 2:30-4:30PM

May 3    Thur 2:30-4:30PM

May 7   Mon 3:00-4:30PM

May 8    Tue 2:30-4:30PM

May 10  Thur 2:30-4:30PM

May 12  Sat 10:00-4:00PM

May 14 Mon              3:00-4:30PM

May 15 Tue               2:30-4:30PM

May 16 Wed 3:00-6:00PM

May 17 Thur             2:30-4:30PM

May 18th 7PM Film Festival

May 19st 3PM Film Festival

May 20th Film/Theater Strike and picnic 2-7PM

We opened with a fantastic audience last night. The cast was simply glowing. Please spread the word…..the show is a hit. Come see the fruits of our labors! Buy a raffle ticket for the board game The Road to Canterbury….be served treats at intermission by holy pilgrims…..check out some gorgeous photos by Edward Acker on www.collages.net

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GO BCD THEATER ENSEMBLE!!!!!!!!!

 

We had a marathon rehearsal yesterday with great success. Thank you to Ms. Gratz and Kyle’s mom for a most delicious and nutritious dinner to keep us all going. This was the best cue to cue tech rehearsal ever. The cast was quiet and cooperative. Very professional. Then we had a blast running Act One in costume. A motley crew indeed!!!!!!!! Pass the word, our opening is Thursday night and we want a crowd.

 

Thank you to the parents and students who painted, built, sorted, hauled, and gave their time and creativity to our production yesterday. With all of our busy lives, giving up an entire Saturday to work toward our production is not only appreciated but inspiring. We had a delicious lunch and cookies provided by generous parents and accomplished all our goals and more by the end of the day.

Baba Brinkman is currently performing The Canterbury Tales Remixed at the Soho Playhouse in New York City.

Associate Director, ninth grader Isabelle, leads a warm up for our rehearsal this week.

Thanks to all who attended our productive set build. The prop room is organized, the wood and platforms tidy, Sera Daemi is working miracles with costumes using pieces from our collection, Doria Polinger is working her magic creating period hats and shoes, alum Helena Bruggeman returned and helped inventory lighting, parents Adam Weinberg, Nigel Hinds,Tom Butler, Diane Ciaburri, and Richard Beaven helped the cast build set pieces, rehang the commando cloth, and paint. The Beavens generously provided everyone with a tasty lunch. And Claire Raposo and Maya Sakharov pitched in to make the day successful. Special thanks to our technical director J.D. Falotico who organized and kept us all on track.

DID YOU KNOW IN THE MIDDLE AGES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

-Female dress was especially geared so that a woman who was not used to the behavior of the clothing would either injure herself, or behave in a manner not considered ladylike. They were not allowed to touch their hands to their skirts which dragged along the ground and needed to be pushed aside by a particular movement of their feet when walking.

-Forks were exotic. People mostly ate with their hands, which they washed before every meal.

-Women sometimes plucked the hair from their foreheads to give themselves very high foreheads which people thought were beautiful.

-Chaucer died before Canterbury Tales was completed.

Cindy Parrish kindly shared this link with still photos from Rhinocerous. The DVD is in and will be available to go home Friday with all students who paid. There is still time to order a DVD if you are interested. $20.00 for one and $30.00 for two. Checks should be made out to BCD and given to Ms.Brentano.

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