Bell Schedule 2011/2012
7:00 a.m. - FIrst Bell
7:05 to 7:55 a.m. - First Period
8:01 to 8:51 a.m. - Second Period
8:57 to 9:47 a.m. - Third Period
9:53 to 10:43 a.m. - Fourth Period
10:49 to 12:09 p.m. - Fifth Period (A & B Lunch)
12:15 to 1:05 p.m. - Sixth Period
1:11 to 2:01 p.m. - Seventh Period
Holiday Monday May 27, 2013
Senior Meeting Wednesday May 29, 2013 at 08:00 AM
Senior Breakfast Wednesday May 29, 2013 at 09:30 AM
The box office will open one hour and thirty minutes prior to curtain on the dates of the performances. The house will open approximately thirty minutes prior to curtain. If you purchase tickets at the box office, only cash and checks are accepted. Credit cards are only accepted on-line and not accepted at the box office. The box office does not accept cash denominations of $50 or more due to county policy. Harrison performance start promptly at 7:30 p.m. for evening performances and 2:00 p.m. for matinees regardless of a line at the box office window. If you wish to purchase tickets the day of the performance, please plan on arriving no later than 7:00 p.m. for evening performances and 1:30 p.m. for matinees in order to park, get tickets, and see the entire performance.
Inquire about becoming a sponsor! In addition to sponsorship opportunities there are other ways you can help: • Join the Harrison Parents’ Association (HPA) and volunteer for your child's program/department. • Get involved in the (HPA) Annual Fundraiser: Roll Out the Red Carpet for Harrison. • Give to the Harrison Annual Giving Fund, made payable directly to the school. • Consider a contribution to the Harrison Endowment within the Community Foundation of Greater Lakeland. Email us to learn more.
February 8, 2013 - Movie and lecture by Bruce Graham. For more information click here.
Harrison Theatre Fundraiser-Yule Tell Tales-
Copies are available for purchase at the Polk Museum of Art gift store.
The Theatre Arts program is designed to develop the talented students to their full potential and encourage professionalism in all levels of theatre work. The curriculum includes theatre performance, with emphasis on acting technique, improvisation, creative playwriting, and directing.
The Theatre Department provides opportunities for talented students to develop their artistic and academic abilities to the fullest extent, instilling in each student a working knowledge of the theatre arts and a greater appreciation for all the arts.
The Harrison School for the Arts Theatre Department consists of two tracks of study. A student may choose to focus on either performance or technical theater. Courses are offered in acting, design, stagecraft, theatre history, dramatic theory, directing, and playwriting. Emphasis is placed on the development of self-discipline, group participation, research and writing, and time management skills.
Each term all theatre students are required to participate in juries. The purpose of the jury is to monitor each student's progress. Jury scores are calculated on a point basis, with probation and warning determined by a score that is an average of the theatre faculty's individual scores. Students are also required to log additional production hours each term outside of the regular school day. Considered part of the jury process, these hours are co-curricular.
If a student does not pass his or her jury, he or she will be placed on either artistic warning or artistic probation for the following term. The student will then have until the next jury to make up the deficiency in their progress.
The Theatre Department Handbook can be accessed here.
The Harrison Theatre Department curriculum
Year I Acting I This course is an introduction for Acting and Technical Theatre majors. There are four units involved: Pantomime, Improvisation, Movement Stories, Commedia del Arte and Sonnets. Each unit contains one performance piece with specific criteria, in-class work with exercises, and the study of acting techniques. In addition, students will learn how to write a formal critique of a performance, a plot summary of a play read and analyzed for class, and cover vocabulary basic to theatre and acting. Stagecraft I The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop fundamental skills in stagecraft and apply them through practical experiences. The primary focus of this course will relate proper terminology, recognition and proper usage of common theatrical tools, and most importantly, safety in the theatre.
Year II Acting 2 The objective of this class is to comprehend and develop good technical acting techniques that can be used in creating a character for a performance. This includes knowledge of vocabulary, sense memory, emotional memory, working with various actions, the development of clear acting goals, and memorization of scenes and monologues. Theatre History 1 The focus of this class is to comprehend the cultural development of theatre from its beginnings through the Elizabethan period. We will also discover how to experience, analyze, and critique a play. This class will serve you well as you create characters, direct plays, write plays, design scenery and costumes, and reflect on the society around you through the art of drama.
Year III Acting III This class focuses on classical text (Moliere and Shakespeare) analysis and performance, vocal production, and audition techniques and packaging. Performance pieces include monologues (4 total), stage combat and one scene. Course assignments also include critiques, research papers, creative presentations and plot summaries. Comprehensive Theatre III - Playwriting Students learn the fundamentals of writing a monologue, scene, and one act play. Students are exposed to a variety of story-generating techniques including The Viewpoints and adaptation processes. Students will also participate in a 10-Minute Play Festival. Theatre History II The focus of this class is to comprehend the cultural development of theatre from the End of the Renaissance through the twentieth century. We will also discover how to research theatrical topics. This class will serve you well as you perform, write plays, manage a theatre, publish an article, and even sing.
Year IV Acting IV This class focuses on Modern Drama and Contemporary Drama (Shaw and Ibsen to Hellman, Mamet and Cruz) analysis and performance. Performance pieces include monologues (4 total) and one scene. Students read plays aloud and write response papers, including critiques, research papers, and plot summaries. Directing Students learn the fundamentals of directing (researching a play, casting, and staging the performance). Students will produce, act and design the Senior Production; this may be an original work or a published play or musical and may be student or faculty directed. Comprehensive Theatre IV - Senior Production The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop and synthesize advanced elements of theatre arts into final production using varied media, techniques, and processes. Students will work as a class to develop an original work or a published play that they will produce, publicize, design, build, and perform for a paying audience.
Supplies All Students must have a flash drive and a day planner/agenda (not electronic) Freshmen • A 3-ring binder for Acting 1 and Stagecraft 1. This binder must have class syllabi, grading rubrics, dividers, and pockets for multiple handouts and papers dedicated to only the specified class work. (no math in the acting folder) • Full length black pants for movement and run crew (solid color sweat pants would work for both) and solid black t-shirt, closed-toe shoes, NO FLIP FLOPS • Pencil and paper. • A pair of their own safety goggles for work in the shop that MEET OR EXCEED ANSI STANDARD Z87.1. STUDENTS SHOULD ALWAYS WEAR HEARING PROTECTION WITH A DECIBEL RATING OF 20dB OR HIGHER.We strongly recommend the glasses style as opposed to the science goggles (They are much more comfortable, last longer, and are approved for shop use). All goggles should be marked with the students name, placed in the storage drawers in the shop, and labeled with that drawer's number. • A copy of Seattle Children's Theatre: Six Plays for Young Audiences Vol.2. Acting III and IV • Cloth handkerchief (males and females) • Full length rehearsal skirt (must be below knee, females) • High heeled shoes, 1 ½ to 2 ½ inches (females) • Hard soled dress shoes (males) • At least 20 note cards
Playwriting • A 500-sheet notebook with multiple pockets for handouts and papers • At least 20 note cards Faculty
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- Stagecraft and Senior Production Instructor Elizabeth Rothan - BA - Undergraduate Program Linfield College; MFA - Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts
Alumni Harrison Theatre Department Alumni have attended many prestigious post secondary schools, such as Carnegie Mellon University, Cincinnati Conservatory, Tisch School of the Arts - NYU, Columbia University, Boston Conservatory, Florida State University, Meadows School of the Arts - SMU, and Ithaca College. Alumni have appeared in numerous stage productions in New York and throughout the United States and Canada, as well as national commercials, television shows, film work, national tours of Ragtime, The Lion King and Rent, and the Broadway production of Rent.
