Theatre Arts
Village Christian High School Theatre Arts Presents
KENDALL PAVILION | NOVEMBER 11-14
Village Christian High School Theater Arts presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. It has become one of the most beloved musicals of all time. Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including "Climb Every Mountain," "My Favorite Things," and "Do Re Mi." The Sound of Music is the inspirational story which follows an ebullient postulate, Maria, who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp. She brings music and joy to this broken family. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria and the entire von Trapp family must make a moral decision. This show is perfect for the entire family.
PLEASE NOTE: The use of any recording device either audio, video, camera or phone during the performance is strictly prohibited. This show will be performed without masks. All audience members will be required to wear masks during the performance.
ALL TICKETS SALES ARE FINAL. No refunds. Exchanges may be made if replacement tickets are available.
Village Christian’s Theatre Arts is a comprehensive curriculum based on the foundation of Uta Hagen’s “Respect for Acting” and “A Challenge for the Actor.” It is a performance-centered program which strives to develop critical thinking skills in which the actor finds Biblical truth in secular work.
The High School Theatre Arts class gives students an overview of theater performance including monologues, improv, script analysis, scene work, acting for the camera, and how to score a role.
In Theatre 2, students explore classical theater from the ancient Greeks through Shakespeare. Students learn sword fighting and stage combat, theatrical makeup techniques, voice and speech, intro to the Suzuki Method, and perform scene work from Shakespeare and Eugene O’Neill plays.
In the two-year Honors Theatre Production course, which requires the completion of High School Theatre Arts and Theatre 2 with a B or better, students focus on auditioning for the theatre, self-taping auditions for film and television, Uta Hagen Intensive, ensemble building, and Technical Theatre: producing, lighting design, set design, costume design, culminating in producing a full student-led production in the Black Box Theater. This class is for the serious student and is by invitation only.
The Village campus features three performance spaces (the Kendall Pavilion, Auditorium, and the Black Box Theater). Theatre Arts produces two main stage shows every year. The program brings in a production team of working professionals to mentor our students as they participate in high quality, award-winning productions.
MEET THE INSTRUCTOR | THOM BABBES
Thom Babbes, Director of Theatre Arts, has worked as a professional actor and director
since 1979, having trained at The Pacific Conservatory for the Performing
Arts and The Professional Actor Training Program at UWM-Milwaukee. Mr.
Babbes has worked from New York to Los Angeles acting and directing in
regional theater and feature films. At Actors Co-op in Hollywood, he directed
award winning productions of AH, WILDERNESS, SUMMER AND SMOKE, and A MAN
FOR ALL SEASONS.
A screenwriter as well, his scripts have been produced by Roger Corman’s
Concorde New Horizons and others have sold to Samuelson Productions, Apollo
Pictures, and Kings Road Entertainment.
He finds teaching and directing high school students rewarding beyond anything
he could have imagined. His goal is to inspire his students to be at their
creative best by developing their acting techniques and critical thinking
skills and to find Biblical truth in secular work.
At Village Christian, Mr. Babbes has created an environment that brings
together a production team of working professionals that mentor students
and gives them the experience of striving to be excellent in everything
they do, because God deserves nothing less than our best.
Theater is fun. Theater is work. Theater is life changing.
Email | thomb@villagechristian.org
