Imaginative Acting: A Program for Future Playwrites!

Imaginative Acting class takes theatre to a new level. Students learn acting principles along with creative writing skills! Our theatre classes, workshops and camps always hold final productions however; this production was special as the students were primary playwrites! Instructor Angela Merrill guided the class through the elements of creative writing and acting basics. After reading and studying many examples, the class created a clever and witty play in three Acts, Holiday High. In Holiday High, Santa Claus is kidnapped, leaving two hopeful kids and Sherlock Holmes to solve the caper using clues found in his forgotten high school year book (Holiday High).

 

 Imaginative Acting class reveals their play, Holiday High.

Act I opens with three elves preparing for Christmas. They finish decorating and loading Santa's sleigh when they hear Santa is missing!

 

Mrs Claus calls investigates the disappearance!

But first, news breaks and two kids find out Santa is missing and decide to help.

So they call Sherlock Holmes to help solve the mystery!

The trio roots through old magazines, news clippings and an old Holiday High year book looking for clues. They discover Santa attended Holiday high and had many jealous frenimies.

So they meet with several characters...

And they discovered Cupid did it (as let slip by the Leprechaun)

The most interesting part of the program was taking kids from different backgrounds, ages, abilities, acting and writing experiences and focusing them to work together on a complex project. The result was fantastic, and the credit goes to Angela Merrill and the cast of Imaginative Acting!