Second Stage
Content updated 3/3/09.
Second Stage gives a voice to young artists who have questioning minds, and a desire to explore and respond to issues that touch their lives through theatre. Is that you?
Second Stage brings young artists fully into the creative process alongside accomplished professionals, involving them not only as performers, but as individuals whose personal ideas and insights are woven into the final product. Students come away from the experience with a better understanding of the power and relevance that art can have in shaping society, and in their own potential as artists.
This program is an exciting chance to work with dramatic literature, typically otherwise unavailable to high school students. Second Stage seeks to provide new challenges for student performers by bringing contemporary plays to the stage. These productions take a variety of forms, from student-developed short pieces to award-winning full-length plays.
In addition to actors, the Second Stage ensemble will include a student crew, which will work with a professional production designer to produce the show’s design elements and run technical aspects of the production.
SECOND STAGE 2010: We present Shipwrecked! An Entertainment—The Amazing Adventures of Louis De Rougemont (As told by himself) by Pulizer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies. This show is about the true heart of theatre—a story about the very nature of storytelling. Based on the real 1898 high seas exploits and life-threatening adventures of De Rougemont, the audience is left to judge whether he is an inspirational figure, or simply a good con man.
TPAS is proud to continue its collaboration with Theatre B, one of Fargo’s finest theatre companies. Theatre B is dedicated to bringing socially relevant issues to the stage through thought-provoking, character-driven theatre—a perfect match with TPAS’s Second Stage.
Second Stage Important Notes
Open to students who have completed grades 8-12.
Program Dates: June 1-July 18
Auditions: Monday, May 17, and Tuesday, May 18, 7:00-9:00 pm, Main Avenue Theatre, 716 Main Ave, Fargo.
Call backs: Wednesday, May 19, 7:00-9:00 pm.
Audition Instructions: Students may prepare a one-minute monologue, or plan to do cold readings from the script. Students will also audition in pairs, reading scenes from the play. Sign up for an audition session at the Trollwood Information Open House or by contacting Trollwood at 218.477.6500.
Jump Start Event: Tuesday, June 1, 7:00 pm, Trollwood’s South Moorhead Campus. Attendance by entire Second Stage Ensemble and parent/guardian REQUIRED!
Location/Rehearsals: Trollwood’s South Moorhead Campus and Main Avenue Theatre, 716 Main Avenue, Fargo
Location/Performances: The Main Avenue Theatre, 716 Main Ave, Fargo
Location/Rehearsals: Trollwood’s South Moorhead Campus and Main Avenue Theatre, 716 Main Ave, Fargo
Rehearsals: June 2, 6:00 pm; June 3-July 2, Monday-Friday,
4:20-9:00 pm (tentative) with dinner break, possibly some Saturdays
Poster Distribution Day: Participation REQUIRED! Tuesday, June 15, 2:15-6:00 pm
Construction/Tech Rehearsals: July 2, Time TBA; July 5-7, 1:00-5:00 pm &
6:00-9:00 pm
Performances: Parent Preview, July 7, 7:30 pm; July 8-10, 14-17; 7:30 pm;
Private Performance for mainstage Students, July 18, 2:00 pm
Strike & Celebration Party: Sunday, July 1, after performance
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, May 26. NOTE: Registration remains open after this deadline. However, a $25 late fee will be assessed.
Fees: See page 7 of the Performer (program catalog) or Registration Form
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