Making Your Own: Sword, Cutlass or Knife

Alrighty, here comes the really fun homework: making your character a homemade sword, cutlass or knife. Which you make will depend on your character. What do you use in the stage fights? What has the script called for? What would you carry for work and survival each day?

- Lost Boys and Pirates: need a sword for the sword fight on the pirate ship. Peter and Hook do not need to provide a sword for this fight.

- Lost Boys: many of you need a knife to carry at your belt.

- Pirates: the iconic pirate weapon is the curved cutlass.

- Peter: carries a knife at all times.

- Indians: some need weapons.

Step 1: research costume cutlasses, swords and knives online and in productions of Peter Pan.
Step 2: determine what your character needs.
Step 3: create your own design or use the following link to get started. This link shows a sword that looks more Medieval than Peter Pan, but you could curve yours to create a cutlass, make it smaller to create a knife, leave off the tin foil, and personalize yours with craft paint or spray paint.

http://video.about.com/familycrafts/How-to-Make-a-Costume-Sword.htm

Have fun!
Happy Holidays!

Dye Fabric With Tea

Hi guys! I hope your holiday has been happy and restful so far.

Here is a short and sweet video showing tea dyeing. This one shows a fabric that has been dyed DARKER than what we're hoping for. We just want our shirts to look aged like those you've seen in the Peter Pan movies, but not fully brown. So, while this video recommends steeping 10-20 teabags and soaking the fabric for 8 hrs., you could begin with 5 teabags for 8hrs. If the shirt does not seem dark enough, steep more teabags in boiling water and add this to your first batch.

http://www.ehow.com/video_4987242_dye-fabric-tea.html

January 2012: The Final Stretch

Important Dates for January:

Thursday January 5th noon to 4:00 at the Pinnacle Playhouse- rehearsal with karaoke CD

Monday January 9th- after school rehearsal 2:40 until 5 with the band

Finish program

Tuesday January 10th- set move rehearsal Andrew and Steven begin to work with Alex on lights

Sunday January 15th- Final dress rehearsal all day 10 to 6 all sound, lights, props, costume,etc.

Friday January 20th- Opening Night- All actors in for makeup by 4:30 or 5:00; curtain 7:00

Saturday January 21st- show at 2:00 and 7:00- actors should arrive 2 hours before curtain

Sunday January 22nd- final show at 2:00 PM. All arrive at noon.

Production party after clean up.

Reminder: Bring t-shirt money!

THIS WEEK: Set, Props and Costumes

- Painting Party, Wed. Dec. 21, 2:45-8:30

- Bring all costume pieces and prop weapons to rehearsal Monday and Thursday

Coming Events FOR THIS WEEK

PAINTING PARTY IN AUD WEDNESDAY December 14th.... 2:45 to 8:30
REHEARSAL WITH BAND & POSSIBLY FENCING THURSDAY December 15th 2:40 to 5:00

ALL DAY REHEARSAL December 18th 10:00 to 6:00
Schedule: 10:00 to 11:00 Peter, Hook, Starkey, Smee, Cecco, Wendy and Tiger Lily
11:00 to noon Darlings and Peter
Noon to 12:30 All Pirates
12:30 to 1:30 lunch and getting into costume
1:30 warm ups for run starting at 2:00 sharp
2:00 to 5:30 RUN SHOW
5:30 to 6:00 NOTES & CLEAN UP

Mary Trip December 7th

Toronto at Night

Week of December 5 to 11th

T-shirt Money due this week

Raffle ticket money

This week's reminders:

Monday rehearsal: fight choreography for lost boys and pirates

Wednesday: Mary Poppins Trip leaves at noon

Thursday rehearsal: stand and sing with the band

Sunday rehearsal:

10 AM selected scenes with Peter, Darlings

11 AM selected scenes with the lost boys

11:30- run ACT ONE
12:30 lunch
1:30 get ready for full run

begin run soon after

5:30 notes and cleanup