While many schools still haven't brought back their theater program, Fort Morgan High School in Fort Morgan, Colorado is not only doing shows, they're letting their students direct them.
Nothing helps you learn a subject as much as teaching it, and nothing helps you become a better actor, set designer, stagehand, as directing. But it can be a challenge, as reported in today's Fort Morgan Times--and not just for technical reasons.
"You can be your actors' friends outside of rehearsal," says director Rayne Weiler, "but during rehearsal you have to learn how to be in charge."
The students will be performing my one-act western Long Tall Lester with two other Pioneer Drama plays, After Hours and In Memoriam, tomorrow night. They originally planned on doing only two shows, but they had so much interest from aspiring directors that they decided to add a third show.
Smart kids.
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