High School Theatre DayFriday, November 8, 2024 | 2-6 p.m.
Schaefer Fine Arts Center | Free Admission
The Department of Theatre & Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College is offering a FREE theatre day for high school students (grades 9-12) the afternoon of Friday, November 8. Students may choose from a variety of workshops taught by theatre faculty, including performance, scenic design, costumes, and special effects. Students will receive free dinner on campus and a free ticket to that evening’s performance of Our Town by Thornton Wilder.
Cost is $10, and registration is required. Space is limited, so please register early.
Fee includes workshops, dinner on campus and tickets to the play for the student and one parent/guardian.
Schedule - Friday, November 8
2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
- Check-In and Admission Presentation
2:20 - 2:35 p.m.
- Welcome
2:40-3:30 p.m.
- Workshops (details coming in October!)
3:35-4:25 p.m.
- Workshops (details coming in October!)
4:30-5:00 p.m.
- Q&A with the director and cast of Our Town
5:00-5:45 p.m.
- Tour of Theatre & Dance Spaces
6:00 p.m.
- Dinner at the Jackson Campus Center Marketplace dining hall. The Marketplace has excellent food and a variety of options, including choices for those with food allergies.
Link to menu for the day.
8:00 p.m.
- Performance of Our Town by Thornton Wilder in the Rob and Judy Gardner Laboratory Theatre
Our Town description
Workshops
Workshop choices will be posted in October and participants will receive an email with information and the opportunity to make selections.
MEISA: Movement - Exploration - Imagination - Sensation - Awareness with Professor Melissa Rolnick
This workshop will introduce the student to the MEISA form. Directed, sustained movement practice will encourage mobility, physical expression, creativity and a deepening of embodied knowing. MEISA provides an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in moving with less tension, increased range, and enhanced physical expression.
Arrival and Parking
Please arrive between 1:30 and 1:45 so we can get you checked in before the event starts at 2:00.
- Gustavus Adolphus College is located at 800 West College Avenue in St. Peter, Minnesota. Here is a link to the location on Google Maps. You can also find a campus map here, and the building is located at the intersection of E-4, where it says Theatre and Dance Wing.
- There is free visitor parking in the Arboretum parking lots (lots M or N). If that is full, you can park in the Norelius Hall visitor parking lot near the Jackson Campus Center, but you will have a five minute walk to the Fine Arts building.
- After parking in the Arboretum lot, there will be signs and people to bring you to the registration area in the Schaefer Fine Arts Center, near Anderson Theatre.
- If you will be bringing a school bus, drivers can drop students off near the Arboretum parking lots and students will enter the Schaefer Fine Arts Center. There will be signs and people to bring your group to the registration area. Following drop-off, bus drivers can park along the road near the baseball fields (map link). If the drivers don't intend to stay with the buses, our Campus Safety officers can offer them a ride back to the Fine Arts Building (or other area) after drop off.
Parents/Guardians
Parents/guardians are welcome to explore the campus during the workshops, have dinner with their student, and attend the performance in the evening. Downtown St. Peter has various shops, an arts center, and coffee shops/restaurants to visit.
Contact
If you have any questions or need more information about the day, please contact Kristi Borowy at kborowy@gustavus.edu or Miguel Sousa at msousa@gustavus.edu.