Performing Arts

Join our TCCA Drama Club for three performances of The Big Bad Musical taking place Friday, May 9th at 7pm and Saturday, May 10th at 2pm & 7pm!

A courtroom has never been more lively and fun than in The Big Bad Musical! The jury — our audience — must decide the outcome of the biggest trial ever in the fairy-tale world! The notorious Big Bad Wolf (7th grader William H) is being slapped with a class-action lawsuit by storybooks of quirky characters who want to get even: Little Red Riding Hood (6th grader Samantha L), her Grandmother (8th grader Karissa G), the Three Little Pigs, and the Shepherd (8th grader Antonio F) in charge of the Boy Who Cried Wolf (5th grader Benjamin H). With Sydney Grimm (6th grader Liora M) as the commentator on live Court TV, the two greatest legal minds in the Enchanted Forest — the Evil Stepmother (10th grader Gillyan S) and the Fairy Godmother (10th grader Suzanna C) — clash in a trial that will be remembered forever after. As our wronged fairy tale characters testify, the wolf seems deserving of all that’s coming. Yet, even though the infamous Evil Stepmother resents doing pro-bono work on such an obviously futile defense, Mr. Wolf makes a good case for himself. Was he born a criminal, or made one? Come join us on May 9th and 10th to find out!

Students will learn the mechanics and techniques that go into performing a play. Emphasis will be on body language and non-verbal communication, speech and tonal qualities, enunciation, and projection. They will combine this with character study, makeup and blocking to complete a character. Some attention will be given to props, set design and lighting.

TCCA drama and musical productions, by their nature, will have a limited number of cast openings. Although all students auditioning for parts will receive some educational benefit from the experience, not every student can be actually selected for a part.

Casting selections must be made with primary consideration being the final success of the production. Hopefully, the number of students not selected for parts will be minimal. TCCA Drama productions are open to all current TCCA students as well as interested home schooling families.

Email our Theatre Directors for more information.