Last updated March 27, 2012

Index:

Show Schedule
Overview
Individual Monologue Coaching
Ticket Information
Other Show Details
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Introduction

Act One’s teaching philosophy is to give its students a range of performance opportunities over the course of the year. This allows them to try out new skills and gain experience and understanding in how all the individual techniques, “rules” and stage work can come together both individually and in a collaborative manner.

The second event of the year is the Weekend of Monologues. It takes place on the last weekend in March. We schedule at least three nights of performances over the Friday to Sunday period.

Weekend of Monologues 2012 Schedule
Day	Date	Show Start/End Time*	Student Call Time
Confirmed Performance Nights
Friday	March 30, 2012	8:00-10:00pm	6:30pm
Saturday	March 31, 2012	7:30-9:30pm	6:00pm
Sunday	April 1, 2012	7:00-9:00pm	5:30pm

* Please note - Show end times are approximate.

Weekend of Monologues Overview:

The Weekend of Monologues consists of a series of evening performances where students have the opportunity to present material of their choosing that they have worked on in class. Unlike the year-end performances where each class presents its own, independent show, but similar to the earlier Winter Cabaret, students from most classes come together as one ensemble for this event. Students of all ages and focus (ie. stage, film, musical theatre, improvisation, vocal students, etc) get a second opportunity to discover just how inter-related all the different dramatic areas are.

The Weekend of Monologues differs from the Winter Cabaret in that, while the latter focused on providing stduents with an opportunity to practise collaborative scene performance, Act One's Monologue Weekend gives students the chance to gain experience and confidence in solo performance and the art of "story-telling".

Each show will  run between 90 and 120 minutes, with a 15 minute intermission halfway through. While students of all classes will take part in each show and be intermixed with each other, we do try to take into account student ages and the most complimentary show order that allows each student performance to have its own moment “in the lights”.

In general, families of students aged 8-11 can expect that their children will perform in the first half of an evening. Act One strongly encourages students to stay for the entire show due to the educational value of watching a wide variety of performance types. We also understand family schedules and other commitments have to be considered.  If families do have to leave before the end of a show, we ask that they plan to leave at intermission out of respect for and to avoid undo distraction of the other student performers and their audience members.

Extra Monologue One-on-One Coaching:

I realize that it can be difficult in a 90 minute class room environment for any instructor to give each student all the individual attention that they may need or want when working on their monologues, in order to be confident enough to perform them. I also believe very strongly in the benefits of the monologue experience. I do not wnat to deprive the students of it, either by removing it from the course plans or not helping the students reach a level of preparedness that allows them to make their own honest performance decision.

As a result, each year in March, I make myself available throughout the month for individual, 45-minute coaching sessions. Act One students are free to reserve up to two (2) sessions initially. They can then come into the school outside of regular class time and I will work individually with them to help them better understand and prepare the monologue of their choice. If by March 21st, there are still slots open, I will then allow students to reserve additional slots if they want. I initially limit students to two sessions each in order to make sure I can assist as many students as possible over the month in the limited time I have.

You can review my availability in March for coaching sessions by going to the following web page:

View the Monologue Coaching Session Availability Schedule

To reserve one or more sessions, please just send me an e-mail to info@actonedrama.com. I ask that everyone follow these guidelines:

1. Please include the student's name and their monologue title in the e-mail
2. When requesting sessions that you would like, please identify at least four or five that would work for you. Even though I will only reserve two, if I haven't had time to update the website, sessions shown as open may already have been reserved. Having additional options to choose from allows us to avoid back and forth e-mails.
3. If you later realize you can not make a session, please let me know ASAP as quite frequently I will have others asking about certain days and times. I would really like to not deprive a fellow student of any opportunity simply because someone forgot to mention they would not be able to show up.
4. When the student comes to the session, please have them bring two (2) copies of the monologue we will be working on.

If you have any other questions about the coaching sessions, please feel free to contact me at the school. Please note that there is no charge for these sessions. I offer my time free of charge because I strongly believe in the benefits of this section of the year.

Ticket Information:

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 21, 2012. They will be available from the class instructors or the school office.They can be reserved in advance via e-mail for class pick-up.

Due to the studio’s audience capacity and number of participating students, families are initially allocated four tickets for each night a student performs (ie. students performing on multiple nights are allocated four tickets per show night). Those who would like more are welcome to put their names and quantity required on the show waiting list. If there are unclaimed tickets from the initial four-ticket allotments by Wednesday, March 28th, these are initially offered to those students on the waiting list. If, after everyone on the waiting list has been consulted, there are still spare tickets, these will be made available on a first come basis. Please note that in past years, most Weekend of Monologue shows have sold out. Rarely are tickets available at the door on show nights. 

Weekend of Monologue 2012 Ticket Prices:

• Adult: $5

• Child (13 and under): $3
  

Important Note: 2011-12 Act One Students, 2012 March Break Campers and 2011 Summer Campers do not have to pay to attend Weekend of Monologue performances

Act One considers the Weekend of Monologues to be an important educational opportunity for all its students and campers. It is a chance to not only gain valuable experience and confidence with solo performance but also to broaden one's ability to think and communicate creatively while applying the power of one's imagination.

For families with more than one child at the school and students who may want to watch their friends on nights when they themselves are not performing, please be aware that current students and those who attended the 2011 theatre summer camp or 2012 March Break Theatre camp can attend the shows for free. Other friends and/or family would still have to pay. The only conditions are the shows not being sold out and student/camper free admissions must wait until just before show start to be seated.

Other Key Weekend of Monologue Details:

1. All Act One students are invited to participate in the Weekend of Monologues.

2. Participation is encouraged, but voluntary. Act One recognizes that busy winter schedules may conflict with show dates and/or the ability of students to prepare themselves sufficiently to be comfortable performing by themselves.

3. All students will recieve a Student Availability form in early March via e-mail. Students who wish to participate in the Weekend of Monologues must complete and submit this form back to the school no later than Wednesday, March 21, 2012. If you have not received a form by March 10th, please contact the school.

4. Participating students will have the opportunity to perform the monologue or Broadway musical number that they work on during the Feb/March period. The intent is to allow students to better understand how one performer can take simple words on a page and create a "world" in which to communicate them to an audience.

5. Participating students will perform on at least one night. Depending on numbers participating and student availability, students may be able to perform their monologue on multiple nights. It is important that students let the school know if they can and/or want to perform on which one or multiple evenings. (Note: It is not mandatory that parents attend on all nights that their children perform so long as they can get the students to the school by the required drop-off time and pick them up by show end.).

6. The exception to the above are students in the On Camera and Improvisation classes. On Camera students have the option of performing live and also screening their monologue videos. Improvisation students can participate in the class Improv event each evening and still perform a monologue is they want. If On Camera students do choose both options, the live performance will be scheduled on a different night from the video screening. This means that On Camera students wishing to do this will need to be available on at least two of the evenings. Improv students can perform their monologue on the same night as they perform with their Improv class if they want.

7. Students performing in Act I of any show will be required to be at the school at least 90 minutes prior to show start time. Act II performers must be at school no later than 60 minutes before show start  This is to allow all students to properly prepare and warm up for the evening performance and to permit the studio to open on time for parent and guest convenience and comfort.

8. Act One teachers will be present on most nights their students perform. They will be happy to meet with parents to answer questions or discuss a student’s progress. Please check with your child’s instructor to confirm schedules.

Show Photography and Videotaping

Act One's philosophy is that all audience members have every opportunity to enjoy and support the students' performances. We recognize that this can often be difficult if one spends their entire evening watching events through a small viewfinder. For the convenience of those parents who would rather just enjoy watching their children perform, Act One makes every effort to make photography and/or videotaping entirely optional. Audience members are more than welcome to photograph and/or video tape any or all of the evening's performances but please be aware that for most, if not all performance evenings, Act One will have both a photographer and videographer available to record the evening's events.

After the Weekend of Monologues is over (usually by late April), photographs are published on-line for students and their families to view and download if they choose. For those who want higher quality digital originals for further reproduction, photo CDs can be ordered for $3 each. Samples of previous year Weekend of Monologues photographs can be viewed in the Photo Gallery section of the school website. Please note that the photos displayed in the school gallery is only a small subset of the range of photographs usually available after each show. These are posted to a seperate, on-line photo album that is private to Act One students and their families.

For those who are interested in a DVD of one or more of the Weekend of Monologues shows, these can be ordered for $6 for the first disc and $5 for any additional discs (whether the same or different show evenings). Videos are usually available by early May.

Photo CD and DVD fees go entirely towards covering the required materials costs (ie. discs, labels, cases, etc) and to help offset the costs of providing the photographer and videographers.

By March 28, 2012, we will update the following table to let everyone know which nights we can confirm photographer/videographer availability.

Weekend of Monologues 2012 Photography / Videography Availability (as of March 27/12)
Show Night	Photographer Available	Videographer Available
March 30, 2012	TBA	Yes
March 31, 2012	TBA	Yes
April 1, 2012	TBA	Yes

While Act One makes every effort to schedule these services, circumstances do sometimes prevent us having one or the other service available for a specific show night. If photographer/videographer availability is important to you, please contact the school before the performance to confirm the presence of either or both of the photographer and videographer.

Weekend of Monologues 2012 Student Performance Schedule v5
Table Notes: Students are listed in alphabetical order for ease of name identification. This is not performance order. Students may be scheduled for multiple nights. Please review all three show nights to ensure full awareness of all performances. Every student entry has a code listed to the right. This indicates the type of performance that evening (for students in multiple classes and doing multiple pieces), as well as the performance number (ie. students may appear on just one or on multiple nights). Student Codes: I - Improvisation M -Monologue D - Duologue F - On Camera Class Video Monologue S - Song (Broadway Musical Solo Number) Note: if a number appears after the letter code, it refers to the fact the student will be performing multiple times. If no number appears, that night is the only night the student will be performing that specific piece (they may be performing other pieces on different nights however).
Friday, March 30th			Saturday, March 31st
Renee Bastien	M1		Jacob Babiak	F
Emma Bailey	M1		Emma Bailey	M2
Taiya Bailey	S1		Taiya Bailey	S2
Jordan Blodgett	D		Victoria Barrett	M1
Cailyn Carpenter	F,I1		Cailyn Carpenter	S,I2
Kate Clark	F		Hannah Caruana	F
Jenna Cox	M		Richard Davis	M1
Sierra D'Souza	M1		Emily Doucette	M
Jayden Gurr	M		Sierra D'Souza	M2
Elena Gorgevska	I1		CJ Dube	M
Micah Kalisch	M		Elena Gorgevska	I2
Ayush Kapur	M		Alexa Guerra	M
Haneefa Khan	M1		Bradley Hoskins	F
Caleigh MacInnis	M		Alyssa Kaddie	M1
Ryan MacIntosh	M1		Haneefa Khan	M2
Jennifer McGouran	M		Lindsay Lloyd	M
Jake McEldon	I1		Bryn McNeill	F
Sapphire Mendonca	M		Promise LaFrance	M
Miranda Morris	M		Daimen Landori-Hoffman	M
Andrew Murphy	M1, I1		Jarek Landori-Hoffman	M
Zanti Murray	M		Rachael Madore	D, I2
Serena Noronha	M		Zoe Mowbray	F
Lauren Nunes	M		Andrew Murphy	D, I2
Isabelle Oke	I1		Isabelle Oke	I2
Grace Rajballie	M1		Jennifer Owen	M
Ethan Ralph	I		Grace Rajballie	M2
Colin Riddoch	I1		Colin Riddoch	I2
Mark Rittinger	M		Emily Rocha	M
Daimee Rosales	M		Mackenzie Russell	M
Sarah Simpson	M		Leanna Shoniker	I1
Benjamin Skoczylas	M		Tiana Stanley-Grier	D
Jamie Smith	M1		Cayden Sutherland	M
Ashley Stevens	F		Jessica Tilley	M
Erin Walsh	D		Arianna Tsimidis	M
Melana Zullo	M, I		Evan Tsimidis	M
			Austin Trochanowski	M
			Elke Whitney	M
Sunday, April 1st			Quinn Willard	M
Victoria Barrett	M2		Kobe Woo	M
Renee Bastien	M2
Ryan Bertoia	I
Jordan Blodgett	M
Richard Davis	M2
Elena Gorgevska	F,I3
Brendyn Greene	M
Kayleigh Halfyard	M
Chloe Harkenss	M
Alyssa Kaddie	M2
Ryan MacIntosh	M2
Victoria Mazzara	M
Jake McEldon	I2
Andrew Murphy	M2, I3
Olivia Mercier	M
Isabelle Oke	I3
Julianna Paul	S
Colin Riddoch	I3
Mark Rittinger	M
Sebastian Rodriguez	M
Leanna Shoniker	I2
Jamie Smith	M2
Ashley Stevens	M
Mitchell Vigh-Mogyorossy	M
Elke Whitney	F
Sariah Wilson	F
Vincent Wilson	F,I

Weekend of Monologues 2012 Show Bill (v2)
Friday March 30th	Saturday March 31st	Sunday April 1st
Act I	Act I	Act I
Junior Improv Cailyn Carpenter Ethan Ralph Colin Riddoch Melana Zullo	Junior Improv Cailyn Carpenter Leanna Shoniker Colin Riddoch Rachael Madore	Junior Improv Leanna Shoniker Colin Riddoch Vincent Wilson
Micah Kalisch How I Got That Part	Sierra D'Souza My Research Project	Richard Davis The Babysitter
Ryan MacIntosh Late Pass	Quinn Willard Fishing With Dad	Brendyn Greene Jail Break
Renee Bastien Math Drama	Jessica Tilley The Babysitter	Renee Bastien Math Drama
Caleigh MacInnis Tomboy	Promise LaFrance Fuming	Victoria Mazzara First Day Jitters
Sierra D'Souza My Research Project	Lindsay Lloyd Annoying Little Sister	Alyssa Kaddie Let Me Try
Emma Bailey Annoying Little Sister	Daimen Landori-Hoffman Moms	Chloe Harkness Grandma's House
Sapphire Mendonca The Best Way To Trick Your Parents	Alyssa Kaddie Let Me Try	Kayleigh Halfyard Annoying Little Sister
Zanti Murray The School Dance	Evan Tsimidis Grounded Again	Mitchell Vigh-Mogyorossy The Cereal Thief
Ayush Kapur Whoa Baby!	Haneefa Khan The Dream	Julianna Paul My New Philosophy (Song)
Haneefa Khan The Dream	Kobe Woo Fuming	Senior Improv Ryan Bertoia Elena Gorgevska Isabelle Oke Jake McEldon Andrew Murphy
Sereena Noronha One Of The Guys	Elke Whitney TBA
Benjamin Skoczylas Circus Boy	CJ Dube A Dog's Life
Lauren Nunes Overenthusiastic	Jarek Landori-Hoffman Things I Wonder
Jayden Gurr Outside Dad's Footsteps	Arianna Tsimidis Hair
Miranda Morris The Importance Of Telling Frogs From Toads	Cayden Sutherland The Price Of Growing Up
	Taiya Bailey Maybe (Song)
Act II	Act II	Act II
Cailyn Carpenter Memories (Video)	Hannah Caruana Kindergarten Mom (Video)	Vincent Wilson Say Anyhing (Video)
Kate Clark Mockingjay (Video)	Jacob Babiak Ferris Bueller (Video)	Elke Whitney TBA (Video)
Ashley Stevens The Hope Slide (Video	Bryn McNeill Clueless (Video)	Sariah Wilson What If They See Me (Video)
Elena Gorgevska Incarceron (Video)	Zoe Mowbray The Shape Of A Girl (Video)	Elena Gorgevska Incarceron (Video)
Grace Rajballie TBA	Bradley Hoskins The Princess Bride (Video)	Junior Improv Leanna Shoniker Colin Riddoch Vincent Wilson
Daimee Rosales Sticks And Stones	Emma Bailey Annoying Little Sister	Ryan MacIntosh Late Pass
Sarah Simpson Brown Bag Blues	Richard Davis The Babysitter	Olivia Mercier TBA
Melana Zullo Telephone Triangle	Kobe Woo Fuming	Victoria Barrett Alone
Taiya Bailey Maybe (Song)	Grace Rajballie TBA	Andrew Murphy Overprotective Dad
Jenna Cox Look My Way	Emily Doucette One Of The Guys	Jordan Blodgett Crash Test Dummy
Jamie Smith TBA	Mackenzie Russell Fun	Jamie Smith TBA
Jennifer McGouran TBA	Emily Rocha Overenthusiastic	Ashley Stevens The Hope Slide
Andrew Murphy Overprotective Dad	Austin Trochanowski I Swear	Mark Rittinger Endangered Species
Jordan Blodgett / Erin Walsh Crash Test Dummy	Victoria Barrett Alone	Senior Improv Ryan Bertoia Elena Gorgevska Isabelle Oke Jake McEldon Andrew Murphy
Mark Rittinger Endangered Species	Alexa Guerra Shaping Up
Senior Improv Elena Gorgevska Isabelle Oke Jake McEldon Andrew Murphy	Andrew Murphy/Tiana Stanley-Grier Overprotective Dad
	Jennifer Owen The Birds
	Senior Improv Elena Gorgevska Isabelle Oke Jake McEldon Andrew Murphy

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