BHS Theatre Arts Booster Club Newsletter 1

BHS THEATRE NEWS

A BHS Theatre Arts Booster Club.Publication

March/April 2010 Vol. 2 Issue 4

UIL One-Act Play…

Radium Girls

Birdville High School

Stage Hawks

WELCOME

This edition of our newsletter is combined for March and April. Our students are preparing for UIL One-Act Play com-petition. We wish the cast and crew of Radium Girls the best of luck as they begin the One-Act Play competition! See more on the play on page 2 of our newsletter.

Zone—Thursday, March 25, in Saginaw. District—Thursday, April 1 Area—Friday, April 9 Region—Friday, April 23 State—Friday, May 7

Break a leg, Stage Hawks!

Congratulations on terrific performances by the casts of Steel Magnolias, Dearly Departed, and The Twits! All were won-derful shows. Picture slide shows are available on our web site. Please click on the Spring Shows tab and follow the links. Page 2 of the newsletter includes a few pictures as well. There are still more show to come in April and Stu-dioFest in May!

Senior Thespian Scholarship applications are available on our web site www.stagehawks.org on the Thespian Page. Senior Thespians be sure to download your application and place in the folder or give to Mr. Williamson. DUE DATE is APRIL 2. Remember ~ no late applications accepted.

May dates to remember:

Theatre Banquet, May 14th at the FAAC

10th Annual Betty Lynn Buckley Awards, May 20.

StudioFest, May 21

In May the Booster club will begin its membership drive for 2010-11. Membership is $20. We will have forms available at StudioFest and will include a form for download on the web page.

Keep up with BHS Theatre happenings by visiting our Web site (www.stagehawks.org), our Facebook Fan Page (www.facebook.com/birdvillehighschooltheatre); our Face-book Group—search Birdville High School Theatre; and Twit-ter (www.twitter.com/bhstheatre).

As always, we appreciate your support of BHS Theatre’s Stage Hawks! Read on for more ... Lynn Matherly Vice President, BHS Theatre Arts Booster Club

Table of Contents:

Welcome

UIL One-Act Play—Radium Girls

Spring Show Pictures & Links

A Note from the Booster President

Stage Hawk News

Senior Thespian Scholarship Info

Booster Club Volunteer In-formation

Season Sponsor/Golden Patron

BHS Theatre Calendar

BHS Theatre Communica-tion & Social Networking on Facebook, Twitter, You-Tube...

STAGE HAWKS

BHS Theatre students are now Stage Hawks. Visit www.stagehawks.org, GO STAGE HAWKS!!!

http://www.stagehawks.orghttp://www.facebook.com/birdvillehighschooltheatrehttp://www.twitter.com/bhstheatrehttp://www.stagehawks.org

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Radium Girls: In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.

Grace Fyer: Kathryn Schaub:

Irene Rudolf: Mrs. MacNeil / Drinker:

Mr. Roeder: Mr. Von Sochocky:

Lee: Mrs. Fryer:

Tom: Mrs. Roeder: Mr. Markley:

Dr. Knef: Dr. Flinn:

Katherine Wiley: Reporter:

Clerk / Society Woman: Understudies:

Tori Smith Mandy Foster Alex Eddins Kaitlyn Hankins Chris Hurt John Wenzel Ryan Eleopoulos Shelby Langford Baylor Morrison Skyler Stone Rodney Lindsey Josh Holbrook John Wenzel Amy McKinney Matt Matherly Hannah Newman Emily Abdo Chris Coyle Leah Beth Etheredge

Cast List

The True Story of the Radium Girls: The Radium Girls were a group of female factory workers who contracted radia-tion poisoning from painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint at the United States Radium factory in Orange, New Jersey around 1917. The women, who had been told the paint was harmless, ingested deadly amounts of radium by licking their paintbrushes to sharpen them; some also painted their fingernails with the glowing substance.

Five of the women challenged their employer in a court case that established the right of individual workers who contract occupational diseases to sue their employers

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BHS Theatre Studio Class pro-duction Directed by Mr. Stacy Schronk Link to Video Slideshow accom-panied by music on Facebook Link to picture only slideshow

BHS Theatre II production Directed by Misty Foster-Venters Link to picture slideshow

BHS Theatre Studio Class Production Directed by Mr. Christopher Williamson

Link to picture slideshow

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1218362784799http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhstheatre/sets/72157623422417248/show/http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhstheatre/sets/72157623462675713/show/http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhstheatre/sets/72157623654807616/show/

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A Note From Our Booster Club President:

As we enter into the spring, BHS Theatre has not slowed down. We are in the middle of all our Studio and Theatre II class shows. We had a great turn out for our first group of shows—Studio class productions of Steel Magnolias and Dearly Departed, and The Twits one of Theatre II’s shows. Congratulation to the Cast, Crew and Directors for all of the shows, all were incredible. Watch for details on the final three shows coming this month. This year has been very successful. Our students entertained us and our boosters and parents made our club efforts rewarding. As a booster club we will finalize our year by electing our board for the 2010-2011 school year. It is our desire to add some new members to our team. I can person-ally say that working with the Theatre Boosters has been a tremendous ex-perience and consider it an honor to work with such a great group of indi-viduals. If you are interested in serving our Theatre students through a po-sition on our board or as a committee member, please contact me via email at genagf@yahoo.com. Go Stage Hawks! Gena Foster President BHS Theatre Arts Booster Club

Season Sponsors and Golden Patrons

Season Sponsors are donations in excess of $300 and sponsors are recognized on all printed show material including programs and lobby posters. Golden Patron donor are recognized at three level: Artist (25-49), Director (50-99), and Producer ($100-299). Producer level donors also receive 2 general admission tickets to the musical in January. Interested? Please contact us for more information.

The BHS Theatre Arts Booster Club supports the theatre program and activities at Birdville High School. We sell cookies during lunches every Friday and Chick-fil-A chicken biscuits every Tuesday and Thursday morning. We sell conces-sions and manage ticket sales for productions, provide meals for the cast and crew during long rehearsal days, etc. We assist with the Theatre Banquet in May and help the kids manage front of house operations for other productions. We need help and encourage parents to help in any way they can. If you would like to volunteer to assist with any of our activities, please email us at bhsthea-treboosters@gmail.com.

Booster Club Volunteer Opportunities:

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Happy Spring! Theatre students remember to turn in your Thespian Points! New members of the BHS Chapter of the International Thespian Society will be inducted at the Theatre Banquet in May. Senior Thespians remember to apply for the Senior Thes-pian Scholarship. Applications are available on our web site: www.stagehawks.org. Click Thespians page and click on the links to download the eligibility information and appli-cation. Applications are due April 2, 2010 and no late appli-cations will be accepted. Senior Thespian Scholarships will be announced at the Theatre Banquet on May 14.

Eligibility Requirements 2009-2010 Senior Thespian Scholarship Application

Theatre officers are working hard on the Theatre Banquet. Theme and ticket information to be announced soon. Stay tuned! Picture slideshows from Steel Magnolias, Dearly Departed, and The Twits are available at www.stagehawks.org. Click on the Spring Productions page and follow the links.

BHS Theatre Booster Club Communication & Social Networking

We have joined the technical age of communication...and how! Our Web page: www.stagehawks.org. Our ultimate communication tool. See up to date informa-tion, pictures, and other information on BHS Theatre and its activities.

Join our Fan Page on Facebook—www.facebook.com/birdvillehighschooltheatre. You can also join our Group of the same name. Parents, students, alumni, and our supportive community can post pictures and comments on Theatre related activi-ties. We hope to see you there.

BHS Theatre (along with Birdville High School, BISD, and other school organiza-tions) uses Twitter to communicate. www.twitter.com/bhstheatre is our link. You can request to follow us and have text messages sent to your phone when we up-date or you can check the twitter page at your leisure. Standard texting rates apply if you choose the text option. BHS also uses this forum for updates. We encour-age you to sign up and keep current on the latest BHS Theatre news!

All BHS Theatre and Booster Club activities and events are posted to our calendar. We try to keep this calendar as current as possible, but understand that rehearsal schedules and other activities sometimes change at the last minute. You can access our calendar on Google by clicking on the Calendar link on the left side of our Web page at www.stagehawks.org. You can also bookmark it for quick access. If you have questions, please email us at bhstheatreboosters@gmail.com or contact our directors, Mr. Williamson or Miss Evans, for more information.

BHS Theatre Calendar:

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