Speech is an act of defiance; when you commit to language with your body and mind, you are casting words out into the world never to be retrieved. It is this kind of ownership that I strive for in my class. 2nd Year Voice and Speech is primarily about harnessing the energizing power of words. I want our students to delight in the use of words, to inhabit the texture, color and muscularity of them; the very particularness of speech. Using a variety of physical exercises, we connect vocalization to deep impulses of breath. We work to make the mechanisms for vocal production and articulated speech habitual, so we can deliver language clearly, precisely and effectively. And our study of heightened texts such as poetry, rhetoric and oratory is designed to lead us to a greater command of the power of language to persuade a listener. Throughout this work, we seek not just to master language, but to re-experience it. We listen with a fresh ear. We understand that the actor’s job is to tell a story…to paint pictures for the blind.

It is your need to paint these pictures vividly and with detail that makes speech exciting – when you have a stake in the telling of them. Ask yourself, just how important is it to tell this story and to tell it well?From the Songwriting team of Kander and Ebb, creators of Cabaret and Chicago, CURTAINS mixes an Agatha-Christie-like mystery with the song and dance of a Broadway musical. Set in 1959 Boston, this twisty whodunit tracks the behind-the-scenes misadventures of police detective Lt. Frank Cioffi as he moonlights as a musical fan trying to save the show and solve the case of the opening night murder of a supremely untalented star.  The audience will be on the edge of their seats watching the detective tripping and tapping into a romantic love all before the show reopens, hopefully without getting himself killed. This entertaining musical scored eight Tony Award nominations in 2007 including Best Musical, Book and Original Score and will entertain audiences of all ages.

Runtime for the show is 2.5 hours. Anderson High School Fine Arts Department is proud to present CURTAINS  - the Musical  Comedy Whodunit as their 2017 annual musical.  miller curtains preston rod pocketDirected by Bobby Malone and Technical Director Katie Wilson along with Musical Direction by Karla Cruz, Orchestra Direction by Richard Fraizer and Choreography by Jill Urban.grey eyelet curtains 90x90 by John Kander, Fred Ebbsuzani rod pocket window curtain panels Anderson HS Theater Departmentikea eivor pair of curtains L.C. Anderson High Schoolcurtains se22

Prices and Times:  Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Box Office open 1 hour before each show time. January 26 Thursday 7:00 p.m. January 28 Saturday 7:00 p.m.eclipse blackout curtains turquoise January 29, Sunday 2:00 p.m.scary shower curtain urban outfittersThe Mintys 2016: Who won best high school theater awards? Click to view in our new gallery experience. Gallery: View 58 Images on June 05, 2016 at 11:35 AM, updated Watch: Highlights from the 2016 Minty Awards STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Minty Organization, the non-profit company which oversees The Minty Awards, held its sixth annual presentation ceremony Sunday at the historic St. George Theatre. More than 1,000 attended the event honoring excellence among the Staten Island Catholic High School's musical theatre productions.

"We are very excited to celebrate this year's Minty Awards with the students of Staten Island," said Michael Pinto, executive director of The Minty Organization. "For the Catholic High Schools, the honor of a Minty Award nomination is the culmination of their hard work in a high school musical. Many of our Minty Award nominees and winners are now working professionally." The seven nominated Catholic High Schools and students participating were judged in 13 categories including the evening's coveted St. Genesius Award for Outstanding Musical.  THE 2016 MINTY AWARD WINNERS: Note: The St. Genesius Award winner also receives $5,000 to the school's performing arts program; and the remaining schools each receive $1,000. The Wolf/Cinderella's Prince in St. Peter's Boys High School St. Peter's Boys HS St. John Villa Academy Annie Get Your Gun, St. Joseph Hill Academy "Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!" Msgr. Farrell High School Msgr. Farrell High School

The St. Genesius Award for Outstanding Musical The Theatre Player of the Year Award. The schools were asked to select one student who exemplified the spirit of that school's theater department. Each recipient below was presented with a special award: The 2016 Minty Awards were co-sponsored by Ben-Jo General Trucking, Senator Andrew J. Lanza, and Wagner College. Each school's cast also performed in a specially commissioned opening number medley, as well as a seven-minute performance from their show. The special "Meet Me at the Minty's" opening number was choreographed by Christina Moore and Lana Herzig, both Minty veterans. High Point's University > Events > HPU Theatre Presents: Curtains: A murder Mystery With a Book by Rupert Holmes This event has passed. Thursday, November 17 – Saturday, November 19 at 7:30 pm Sunday, November 20 at 2:00 pm Curtains is a send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959 Boston, Massachusetts and follows the fallout when the supremely untalented star of Robbin’ Hood of the Old West is murdered during her opening night curtain call.