So at the end of the 2009-2010 school year (1 and half weeks to go!) I will have taught high school Theatre, Film Studies and Stage Crew for 10 years. Here are some things I've learned:
1- For every awesome bus driver (and they are out there) there are many crazy ones:
a. The bus driver that ran into a lamp post at Olympus High causing it to crash down on the roof of the bus. I remember students grabbing stuff covered with broken glass on it.
b. Our naked bus driver Clay at Shakespeare Competition. Enough said.
c. Our bus driver that tried to take the bus through the Carl's Jr. drive through. It didn't work.
d. Our bus driver that stood up and covered a students mouth while he was talking "too loudly".
2- Student teachers (for the most part) are fun:
a. Celeste Ballio having a mouse run up her pant leg in the drama office.
b. Celeste telling students about forms and shapes found in film- and talking about breasts.
c. Glen and his Shakespeare birthday party
d. Celeste and Glen going up to Pioneer Theatre Company- and a student barfing all over the bus (at least it wasn't Jackie- she's vomited on many bus rides).
3- Trips
a. driving the Uhaul to Dixie State in January with The Crucible set in the back.
b. Sending a student home from UTA on the Greyhound bus for breaking curfew.
c. a food fight at Golden Corral
d. Students getting ticketed for turn style jumping in a NYC subway
e. Student getting almost arrested for shoplifting in NYC- only to be saved by a cashier that recognized him by his orange shirt.
f. Students almost getting into a Hummer limo in Times Square- and then thinking probably not.
g. Having a travel agency go bankrupt 2 days before your trip to NYC- leaving you 48 hours to put a trip together.
4- School stuff
a. Accidentally erasing the district substitute line with the message: This is Clin Eaton from Riverton High and I don't think I'm doing this right...
b. Using the bathroom in the Men's Dressing room (and locking the door) only to have the door opened on you by a Vice Principal bringing a local pastor around to show him the facilities.
c. Having a student take off their pants in the middle of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window in film Studies.
and many many more...
Shows I've Directed
ST- Shakespeare Team
MD- Music Director/Accompanist
1999-2000
All's Well That Ends Well (ST)
Guys and Dolls (MD)
2000-2001
Fiddler on the Roof (MD)
The Curious Savage
Quilters
2001-2002
Once Upon a Mattress
The Diviners
2002-2003
Titus Andronicus (ST)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (MD)
Lend Me A Tenor
2003-2004
How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Working
2004-2005
King Lear (ST)
Me and My Girl (MD)
10 Little Indians
Once on This Island
2005-2006
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Soap Opera
Secrets Every Smart Traveller Should Know
2006-2007
12th Night (ST)
Seussical (MD)
Cash on Delivery
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
2007-2008
Anything Goes
The Arabian Nights
Disney Review
2008-2009
The Taming of the Shrew (ST)
No No Nanette (MD)
Rumors
Back to the 80's
2009-2010
Les Miserables
The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza
Lucky Stiff
