Day 3 :: Feb 4th, 2PM...SHOWTIME!
After a couple glitches during our final tech run, its Showtime at Black Box 416. Thanks to the support of HBO, New Design High School, and Urban Arts Partnership, the students are ready to rock the house. 24 Hour Plays Intersession 2010 rocks my world!
Check out the program for this phenomenal show:
The theater is packed to the brim. Sit back and relax and get ready for the magic...
New Design Principal, Scott Conti welcomes the audience and guests.
The singing and songwriting intersession group warms up the house. Amazing all the talent in this school!
It's SHOWTIME! Watch our actors in action.
The full cast and writers of the 2010 24 Hour Plays Intersession takes questions from the audience.
Post show joy as teachers and director, Michael Kenneth Williams, congratulate writer, Maynor Alas, on his work and brilliance.
Congrats to all who made this 3 day intersession a success!!! So proud to have been a part of it.
Stay tuned for the Life Stories 24 Hour Plays in July 2010!
Day 2 :: Feb 3
In the morning the ensemble gathered for bonding and theater games. Focusing on techniques to prepare them for the 24 Hour Plays, the group played games, which build character skills, focus, listening and responding, and creating physical environments.
Writers hand in their scripts; do a critique and revision session with New Design English Teacher Avi Kline; rewrite and print.
Urban Arts Teaching Artist Julia Grob leads actors through character building exercises designed to prepare them for the daunting task ahead. Students create character profiles.
Guest Directors Rosie Perez, Michael Kenneth Williams and Gaby Hoffman work on scripts with their casts focusing on character breakdowns, conflicts, and exploration & memorization techniques with actors.
Students go home to memorize scripts and come in for DAY 3: blocking and rehearsal.
GOOD LUCK TEAM 
Day 1 :: February 2
3 writers, 10 actors and the production staff gather for orientation.
Each participant writes a descriptive bio, selects a prop & then shares these and their hidden talents with the group.
Writers and actors split up for day long workshops in their respective discipline.
Guest Playwright Harrison Rivers leads a short-form writing workshop and then each writer (using material from Orientation) is tasked with composing a 10 minute play by the end of the day.
Harrison Rivers leads playwrights in a workshop.
Actors observe a scene study class with Acting Coach James Tripp at Stella Adler. (Check out our actors bonded and ready to read their scripts after our master class at Stella Adler!)
The 24 Hour Plays at New Design High School in a Nutshell
13 dedicated students hone acting and writing skills through a series of rigorous workshops where they conceive of, write, rehearse and perform 3 original works in the span of 24 hours.
This is our second year working during Intersession at NDHS and this year our program runs over the course of three days. Part-master class, part-production workshop, part-zanny ass-kicking adrenaline high, the 24 Hour Plays in the Schools is an experience not to be forgotten.
Joining forces for the 2nd year in a row, New Design English teacher Avi Kline and I are working with Sydney White and Maxine Batchler, 2 sophomore Life Stories writers, Maynor Alas, Life Stories alumni 2009, and nine New Design seniors with very little acting experience. Playwright Harrison Rivers, who received his Broadway debut at the 2009 24 Hour plays on Broadway, joins us as playwright in residence. Our guest directors and master artists are Rosie Perez, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Gabby Hoffman, all of whom have acted in the 24 Hour Plays on Broadway!
No one really knows what they are getting into. But over the course of the next 3 days, they will be transformed from ordinary HS students, into seasoned actors and writers, and complete their first 24 Hour Plays...all in the span of 24 hours! Lets go!!
