A big thank you to Dr. Rodriguea and the administrative team. Mr. Buffano, Ms. Bogue, Mr. Osario, Ms. Edwards, and Ms. Hamilton.
The fine arts department at BSHS - Ms. Lange (chorus), Mr. Rosado-Mendez (orchestra), Mr. Fraze (band) who welcomed me in and helped share our gorgeous theater for rehearsals and performances.
Or BSHS theatre leadership - Aleena Lopez (president), Jazlynn Ramirez (VP Tech), Alesya Enyart (VP Acting), Mariana Caballero (Secretary), Evan Valencia (Volunteer Coordinator), Trinity Walton (Troupe Manager).
Ms. Brown and the helpers in the Media Center for being so grascious when I needed to print large posters.
Ms. Freeman and Ms. O'Dell and the entire ELA/Literacy team has been such a support for a new theatre teacher - THANK YOU!
Ms. Sarah Lloyd built and maintains the theatre website at www.bloomingdaletheatr.org
Ms. Jane Owen and the entire staff at the Osprey Observe have been tremmendously gracious to our program this year.
Jon DeMarco was a great addition, coming in to work with casts of the fall play and one act.
Ms. Schnur who took our amazing headshots and photos.
Brent Cooper was such a help with set materials, making runs from Home Depot and Lowes to BSHS.
Ms. Pathania and Ms. Lopez, who chaperoned our students to the USF Day of Theatre on October 1. This was a tremmendous day of education and a show ("Alice by Heart" if you can get away, go see a show at USF).
Mr. Enyart for the help and encouragement all along the way.
The very talended cast and crew who gave so much to bring this story to you.
*!*!*! Our theatre students and one act cast were blessed to have Jeff Grove, one of the brilliant playwrights with us on Monday, December 1 for a series of workshops for theatre students and an intensive work session with the one act cast. Jeff Grove teaches theatre, directs school productions, and chairs the aesthetics department at Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville, Florida, where he recently celebrated his 40th anniversary on the job. He serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Florida Association for Theatre Education. He has presented workshops at conferences for theatre teachers and has adjudicated at many high-school theatre festivals. He holds a B.A. and an M.A.T. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also proudly pleads guilty to having coached, directed, taught, and otherwise encouraged all of Playscripts' Rand siblings. Jeff will always be grateful to his late co-author, Chris Sheppard.
