Second Stage
Content updated 3/5/08.
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?
Since its inception, whether innovatively staging classic works like Much Ado About Nothing, creating student-written works like Summer Shorts, or commissioning new works like Pandora’s Box, Second Stage brings young artists fully into the creative process with 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 is an exciting chance to work with dramatic literature, typically unavailable to high school students.
TPAS is proud to continue its collaboration with Theatre B, one of Fargo’s newest 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 for 2008 This season Second Stage participants will work as an ensemble to stage Good ‘N’ Plenty, by Jeffrey Hatcher. An idealistic young teacher in Wintersville, Ohio embarks on a bold experiment with his 1976 civics class: he plans to teach the constitution by having the class model the American judicial system through a mock drug war, using Good and Plenty candies as the contraband of choice. The students—who reflect every high school type—play pushers, buyers, narcs, cops, lawyers and judges. The classroom execise gets out of hand, however, and the game takes students, teachers and administratiors through a series of chaotic twists. This unconventional comedy reflects the craziness of high school and provids a unique look at our legal system.
Second Stage Important Notes
Open to students who have completed grades 8-12.
Program Dates: June 5 through July 20, 2008
Auditions: Sunday, May 18 and Monday, May 19, 2008—7:00-9:00 pm, The Main Avenue Theatre, 716 Main Ave, Fargo.
Call backs: Tuesday, May 20, 2007—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 TPAS Information Session or call (701) 241-4799.
Perusal Scripts available for a 3-day check-out from the TPAS Main Office beginning Monday, April 28.
Firup Jump Start Event: Thursday, June 5, 2008, 6:00-9:00 pm, Trollwood Park
Location/Rehearsals: Trollwood Park, Fargo
Location/Performances: The Main Avenue Theatre, 716 Main Ave, Fargo
Rehearsals: June 6, 6-9 pm; June 9-July 3, Monday-Friday, 4:20-9:00 pm (tentative) with dinner break, possibly some Saturdays.
Construction/Tech Rehearsals: July 4, Time TBA; July 5-9, 1:00-5:00 pm & 6:00-9:00 pm.
Performances: July 10-12 and 17-19, 2008 at 7:30 pm.
Strike & Celebration Party: Sunday, July 20, 1:00-5:00 pm.
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, May 28.