October 2024 Drama Update by FAC Drama Rep, Molly Danko
In early September I had the joy and privilege of hosting the Fine Arts Council’s first social event of the school year- a teacher's night out at Rapid Fire Theatre. We were so warmly welcomed in by Rapid Fire Theatre and got to chat with the cast and Executive Director, Matt Schurmann (after a hilarious double feature improv show) to learn about all the opportunities Rapid Fire has to offer us teachers and our students. See information below and look out for our next Teacher Night with Rapid Fire in the New Year!
Improv Leagues & Tournaments:
NAIL occurs on Wednesday nights throughout the school year and features various Improv teams from high schools around Northern Alberta. It is a playfully competitive improv league where students get to show off their skills and learn from the other schools and students. Buy your tickets online through Rapid Fire Theatre, or inquire within to sign up your school Improv Team!
The Wildfire festival runs in February each year and is comprised of three different events: Wildfire Jr., CIG, and the Nosebowl:
February 3-9, 2025: High School Students get to compete in a Theatresports competition to win over the judges!
February 3-13, 2025: Wildfire Jr. Is an introduction to the world of Improv for junior high students. A fun and friendly competition between schools that runs for two weeks in early February
February 10-16, 2025: Rapid Fire hosts the Alberta Regional competition of the Nation-wide Canadian Improv Games. The winning team from this high school improv event gets to represent Alberta at the C.I.G. in Ottawa!
Workshops, Performances, & Residencies:
Residencies are available for your classes to help build strong improvising (and life) skills, while covering various outcomes from the Alberta Programs of Study. The Residencies take place at least four hours a day for 1-2 weeks, but Rapid Fire can be flexible with their time- just reach out and see what they can offer!
You can hire Rapid Fire Theatre to come perform at your school. This may be a whole school event, or a performance after a week-long residency with one of your classes. An innovative, engaging and easy way to get your whole school involved!
An engaging and interactive improvised science performance and demonstration for grades 1-9
Teacher Opportunities:
Bring in Rapid Fire to play with your staff for your next PD Day!
Take a class with Rapid Fire! Improve your own improv skills so you can confidently teach it to your students. Have some fun and take time to feed the artist inside the teacher.
Joleen Ballendine (joleen@rapidfiretheatre.com ) and Dill Prusko (dill@rapidfiretheatre.com), two of the cast members we had the pleasure of talking with after the show, so happen to be the Director of Education and Youth Director with Rapid Fire Theatre respectively. You may contact them with questions about programming or use the general inquiry form on the Rapid Fire Website.
I have a quick survey for you to complete to get some more information on what our members would like to see for Drama PD: https://forms.office.com/r/BKvSX6wZq4 . All members who complete the form will be entered to win one of five $10 Gift Cards! Deadline for the draw is October 15, 2024.
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