Ashland End of Year Trip
We have the pleasure of traveling to Ashland, Oregon for three days of theater and fun. On Monday, the 25th of June we will meet at school at 12:00 PM. We will load the bus and head out by 1. When we reach Eugene, which takes approximately two hours, we'll stop at the Dexter State Recreation Site for frisbee golf, a bbq dinner, and swimming. After a few hours of fun, we'll reload the bus and head for Ashland. We're staying the night in the dorms at Southern Oregon University. We'll get checked in and then play some group games in the commons. Bedtime will be fairly early because we have a big day on Tuesday.
Tuesday morning we will be up and dressed early so we can eat breakfast in the cafeteria. At 10:30 we will load the bus to head to our first workshop, Exploring Design.
"What inspires the designs for this season's production? What factors influenced the designers' choices? These questions and more are answered in a one-hour exploration of the creative process. Students discover how the words of the script are turned into a production on stage by investigating visual research, drawings, photos from previous productions and fabric samples. "
After the workshop we'll go back for a quick lunch and change of clothes before heading back to our first play, Much Ado About Nothing. The attire will be slightly less formal, but still dressy. Polo shirts, button up shirt sans tie, skirts, or dresses would be fine. No jeans, shorts, sweats, t shirts, etc.
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Love’s in the air when Don Pedro’s army, drunk with victory from the war, descends upon Leonato’s country estate in Messina. Traveling with him is Claudio, who wants to marry Leonato’s daughter Hero. Meanwhile, Claudio’s friend Benedick and Leonato’s lively niece Beatrice hide their mutual attraction behind a volley of witty insults. But their world is shattered when Claudio, influenced by a scheming malcontent, levels a shocking accusation at Hero. A linguistically challenged guard and his sidekicks uncover the plot, casting a beam of hopefulness in this tempestuous landscape of love."
The play is 2 hours and 45 minutes, so we'll get out just in time for a few minutes in the park before heading to dinner. After dinner we will get ready for the evening performance of Guys and Dolls. Expected attire is dressy. That means either skirts and blouses with nice shoes or slacks with a button up shirt and tie. No jeans, sweats, shorts, t shirts, bare legs, etc.
"Nathan Detroit runs the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York. There are well-heeled shooters everywhere, but it’s no dice unless they have a place to gamble—and that takes dough. Nathan’s got a bet that high roller Sky Masterson can't land a date with a straight-laced Salvation Army doll, but love is never a sure thing. And his fiancée Miss Adelaide will walk out if she doesn’t walk down the aisle soon. What’s a poor guy to do? Put your money on this hilarious musical classic directed by Mary Zimmerman, who created OSF's 2012 smash hit The White Snake."
The play will get out at 10:30, so we'll head right to bed.
Wednesday morning we will get up early so we can eat before heading to our workshop at 9:30. "Two hours of on-your-feet exercises, led by one or two company members, designed to explore the themes, characters and language of the plays your students will see on their visit to OSF. " The workshop will be followed by a quick lunch and dressing for the afternoon play. The attire will be slightly less formal, but still dressy. Polo shirts, button up shirt sans tie, skirts, or dresses would be fine. No jeans, shorts, sweats, t shirts, etc.
The matinee of Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land runs 2.5 hours.
"A contemporary delight of Chinese drama
Two plays—one a retelling of a classic Chinese fable, the other a poignant story of a couple separated in the wake of China’s 1949 revolution—collide onstage when two acting troupes accidentally book the same theatre for rehearsals. Amid the chaos, squabbles and comical jabs at theatre life, the two plays begin to mysteriously intertwine, their epic themes calling to each other across the centuries in a blend of modern realism and Peking opera. Internationally acclaimed Taiwanese playwright Stan Lai directs his 1986 meditation on love, loss and memory, regarded as a masterwork of modern theatre in China."
Immediately following the play we will load the bus and head for home. We should arrive back at school by 9:00 PM. I will be sending out an email when we hit Salem, so parents know to head for school. Please be sure you on are checking your email that night.
Monday
12:00 – Meet at school and load BUS (note change of transportation type)
12:30 – Drive to Ashland
4:00 – Dinner and recreation at the lake in Eugene
7:00 – Arrive in Ashland and check in to rooms
Tuesday
7:30 – Wake up and breakfast in the dining hall
10:30 – Exploring Design Workshop
12:00 – Lunch in the dining hall
1:30 – Much Ado About Nothing (Business Casual)
5:00 – Dinner in the dining hall
6:30 – Return to dorm to get ready for evening show
8:00 – Guys and Dolls (Formal)
Wednesday
7:30 – Wake up and breakfast in the dining hall
9:30 – Workshop
11:30 – Lunch in the dining hall
12:30 – Prologue
1:30 – Secret Love in Peach Blossom (Business Casual)
3:30 – Load cars and head for home
9:00 – Arrive at Cascade
Monday - Hobby Day 
Thursday - Superhero Day