METG Final Round -
to be held March 22nd - March 24th in Boston at the Boston Back Bay Events Center (John Hancock Hall). NRHS Masquers will be performing ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at 8:00pm on Friday, March 23
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State Final Forms and Details
Transportation
We will take a bus on Thursday, March 22 and Friday Mach 23. This will be paid for through the funds we raise Tuesday, March 21. So no out of pocket cost. If we don't have enough drivers for Saturday, we will need to take a bus and there might be cost. Please fill in the permission slip and return it no later than Friday, March 16. |
Tickets go on sale to the public March 16 at 12:00am
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North Reading Hosts Semi'sSaturday, March 10, 20187:30 All Masquers members meet at NRHS to set up
7:45-8:00 Schools Arrive, get name tags, report to homebase 8:15 Directors meeting 9:15 Greetings/ Opening Ceremonies 9:30 One Man, Two Guvnors a comedy by Richard Bean 10:30 Legend of Sleepy Hollow - drama Marblehead 11:30 Anatomy of Gray - drama Wakefield LUNCH BREAK (lunch is not open to the public/parents/family or friends) 1:20 Greetings back in the PAC 1:30 Wiley and the Hairy Man - childrens tale N. Andover 2:30 Punk Rock - drama Shrewsbury +note this is a very intense show with mature themes and subject matter + 3:30 Faustus - drama Winthrop 4:30 Town hall discussion in theatre - (for cast and crew only - not open to the public/parents/family or friends) 5:15 Pizza Dinner in the cafe (for cast and crew only - not open to the public/parents/family or friends)/ Dance in the PAC - (for cast and crew only - not open to the public/parents/family or friends) 7:30pm Awards - this IS open to the public/parents/family and friends and is FREE Questions
What Is One Man, Two Guvnors Like? A fresh take on the classic farce A Servant of Two Masters, One Man, Two Guvnors presents slapstick at its finest, with actors falling down stairs, slamming doors, making double entendre and interacting with the audience. This is not a particularly highbrow brand of comedy, full of silly alliteration and yes, poop jokes. The play is a tour-de-comic-force for the actor playing Francis Henshall, who has free rein to chat with and enlist help from the audience. Is One Man, Two Guvnors Good for Kids? There is a bit of blue humor in this show, but nothing goes past a PG-13 rating, and most of the jokes would go over youngsters’ heads. There is some adult language, situations and themes- there is a four-letter word or two, but the objectionable content is pretty mild, and couched in comedy. A lot of the intricate mistaken-identity comedy would be lost on very young kids, but tweens and older would love the broad humor. |
One Man, Two Guvnors' by Richard Bean
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Form for Parent & Alumni VolunteersIn order to run Dramafest, we need all hands on deck. Parents, alumni and Masquers members are asked to sign up and join us for a great day of theatre!
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FOODFood for all student volunteers who are NOT already in the cast and crew.
Lunch is $5 for NR students. Cold Cut sandwich, cookie, chips and milk/water. Please bring money with you Dinner is pizza ($5) and water and dessert. Please bring money with you |
Cast and Crew Medical FormsMETG requires all students to register their medical information via family id. This is an online sign up. ALL NRHS students need to fill in the link below. Please fill in all necessary information. Alumni and volunteers NOT attending NRHS do not need to do this.
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Signup Genius for Food Donations for all Masquers membersWe ask all Masquers members, including those not involved in this show, to help out by donating food items for our volunteers and for concessions to help defray costs. Sign up for as much or as little as you'd like - but please sign up for something.
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Character conversions A Servant of Two Masters / Commedia One Man, Two Guvnors
Truffaldino / Harlequin or Zanni - Tricky servant
Pantalone / Pantaloon Old, rich man, motivated by money Brighella An upbeat, enterprising servant Il Capitano - Blaggart, slightly cowardly Smeraldina / Columbina -Intelligent servant Dr Lombardi / Il Dottore (Doctor) Old academic |
Francis Henshall - A chancer, juggling two masters
Charlie Clench - Gangster, tight with money Lloyd Boateng - Black ex-con, now runs a pub Florindo Stanley Stubbers - Public school nitwit Dolly - Feminist bookkeeper Harry Dangle - Latin-speaking solicitor to the Clenches |
The remaining three characters are all examples of commedia Innamorati (lovers) whose main objective is to overcome obstacles to their love. They had many different character names.
Beatrice / various names
Silvio / various names Clarice / various names |
Rachel Crabbe - dresses as twin (dead) brother Roscoe
Alan (orlando) Dangle - A wannabe actor Pauline Clench - Pretty and stupid |
Coded Cast List:
The list is coded based on character name rather than cast name. Unless you crack the code, you will find out your character tomorrow at read through at 2:30 in A-12.
If your name is not listed, thank you very much for your audition. It was wonderful to see the turnout. You are welcome to join tech crew for the duration of the production. All tech crew and cast members are called tomorrow for the first read through.
Billy Shaw-Lloyd
Christina Lasdin-Kathryn
Maddy Alter-Rachel
Mateo Florez-Alan
Owen DeCleene-Charlie/Alfie
Sam Barrette-Stanley
Sam Giunta-Francis
Seren Ventullo-Pauline
Stewart Garniss-Gareth
The list is coded based on character name rather than cast name. Unless you crack the code, you will find out your character tomorrow at read through at 2:30 in A-12.
If your name is not listed, thank you very much for your audition. It was wonderful to see the turnout. You are welcome to join tech crew for the duration of the production. All tech crew and cast members are called tomorrow for the first read through.
Billy Shaw-Lloyd
Christina Lasdin-Kathryn
Maddy Alter-Rachel
Mateo Florez-Alan
Owen DeCleene-Charlie/Alfie
Sam Barrette-Stanley
Sam Giunta-Francis
Seren Ventullo-Pauline
Stewart Garniss-Gareth
Chelmsford High School Preliminary Round
8:55 -Opening Ceremonies
9:00 - North Reading - One Man, Two Guv'nors (comedy) 10:00- Quabbin- Lock Down (drama) 11:15 -Triton-Something's Rotten in the State of Denmark (comedy) 12:15 - Fitchberg - Rain (drama) 1:30 LUNCH 2:00 Chelmsford - Ahead of the Class (original comedy) 3:00 Methuen - Tracks (drama) 4:15 -Bradford Christian Academy-White Roses? (original drama) 5:15 - The Sizer School - Men on a Boat (comedy) 6:15 - Clean classrooms and prepared awards 6:30 - Festival Forum (circle time) 7:00 - Dinner, dance and open mic 8:30 - Awards |