New Design High School

Playwrights In Residence: Session 1

13 Mar 2010, 7:53 PM by Juliagrob, Life Stories

Our first session was a blast, kicking off what is sure to be an exciting collaboration. 

1st order of business: Casts Announced!

After much anticipation we announced the five casts for the 2010 Playwrights in Residence Program.  Drum roll please...

Jon Kern will have the daunting cast of writing for 4 talented Life Stories members: Brittany Guisintanner (12th grade), Diogenes Martinez (11th grade, Heritage HS), Josh Ramos (12th grade, City As), and Isaiah Alicea (10th grade)

Josh Koenigsberg will write for the talented Anthony Naranjo (11th grade, Beacon HS), Petra Wilmer (9th grade), Chris Patterson (12th grade, East Side Community HS)

Dominique Morisseau will write for female powerhouse cast: Shekeyva Edwards (11th grade), Juanise Allen (11th grade, New Design HS), Cyndia LaFontant (12th grade, New Design HS).

Natalia Naman will write for the delightful Maxine Batchler (10th grade, New Design HS), Taylor Morrison (New Design HS), and Devante Williams (12th grade).

Harrison Rivers will write for the powerful Sydney White (10th grade, New Design HS), Eric McKenzie (12th grade, Boys and Girls HS), Lerone Savage (12th grade).

2nd order of business: Getting To Know You

After a brief intro, the teams set off to work quickly, forming a natural rapport in every case.  Check out pictures of this exciting collaboration.  Makes you wanna be in Life Stories, huh?

Josh K. and his cast are bonding already.

Jon and Brittany demonstrate the power of collaboration.

Natalia learns from her cast.

Dominique proposes an idea to her lovely actresses.

Harrison and his cast kick it off with some hard work.

I cannot wait to read the plays!  I think we're off to a great start, don't you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 3 :: February 4th

Its the final day of rehearsal before the big show at 2pm.  That means there are only 4 hours of rehearsal till our tech run through at 2pm!  Avi and I have spent the last 2 days converting room 416 into a black box theater, complete with lights donated from ABT to a school downstairs.  Seems like everything is working in our favor to make this culminating event a success!  Check out the photos to watch the casts prepare for show time.
 

Its rehearsal time for Michael Kenneth Williams and the cast of "She Can't Eat Cheese if She is Lactose Intolerant," written by Maynor Alas. 


Gabby Hoffman shows the cast of Sydney White's "Flight to the Future" how its done.  
 

Rosie Perez and the cast of Maxine Batchler's "The Interview" take advantage of their last hour of rehearsal in Black Box 416, our brand new black box theater!

Taylor Morrison, our wonderful tech student, prepares the lights before the big show.

 

Power to the People Intercessions

04 Mar 2009, 1:33 PM by UrbanArtsAdmin, High School

 

 

A few weeks ago Urban Arts Partnership and New Design High School produced a series of 4 Day intensive Workshops with students in grades 9-12. Teachers formed groups of 2 or 3 to co-teach a unique curriculum formulated on their artistic background and education background. I teamed up with Laura Rubin to teach a special Power to the People Poster Project.

The Project consisted of 3 case studies the students performed on Assata Shakur, Black Panther/Young Lords, and The Chicano Walkouts. A person, organization and event. Out of these case studies students were able to create inspirational posters. We created screens of the their designs and silkscreened posters in the class. We used the technique of Wheat pasting to take over a wall in the school.

Here are the flix from the Workshop.










Freshman Sound Design Studio

17 Dec 2008, 1:28 PM by UrbanArtsAdmin, High School

In the Freshman Year, New Design High School students focus on identity, how they can express themselves through the aesthetic of design and how do others use art to communicate idea’s and/or feelings.
In the Sound Design Studio taught by Mtume Gant students final project is to compose a piece of music only with sound describing an aspect of there personality. These are some of the examples.

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