Designing and Acting for The Stage Door Project

This post is the fifth in a series of guest posts from our 2016 Stage Door Project students at Rochester’s own School of the Arts! In case you missed the Stage Door Project: To Kill a Mockingbird introductory post that explains the exciting details of this year’s Stage Door Project and what all the students involved in this partnership … Continue reading Designing and Acting for The Stage Door Project

Backstage Guests…and More! #Mockingbird

A special treat today - Maggie Symington, a member of Geva's Board of Trustees, wrote on her own blog about her experience seeing our production of To Kill a Mockingbird not once, but three times - in a row. Maggie was an audience member at an evening performance, attended a student matinee and also watched the … Continue reading Backstage Guests…and More! #Mockingbird

Roses and Newspapers

This post is the fourth in a series of guest posts from our 2016 Stage Door Project students at Rochester’s own School of the Arts! In case you missed the Stage Door Project: To Kill a Mockingbird introductory post that explains the exciting details of this year’s Stage Door Project and what all the students involved in this partnership … Continue reading Roses and Newspapers

Stage Door Graphic Design

This post is the third in a series of guest posts from our 2016 Stage Door Project students at Rochester’s own School of the Arts! In case you missed the Stage Door Project: To Kill a Mockingbird introductory post that explains the exciting details of this year’s Stage Door Project and what all the students involved in this partnership … Continue reading Stage Door Graphic Design

Monday [or, A Ham’s Work Is Never Done]

This article is by guest author, Jessica Pautler, Geva’s resident Costume Crafts Artist. Costume Crafts are the non-clothing costume pieces, including neckwear, shoes, hats, jewelry & other accessories, as well as armor, helmets, & wings. Additionally the Costume Crafts include fabric modification, such as dyeing, painting, & distressing; and the use of non-fabric materials, such as … Continue reading Monday [or, A Ham’s Work Is Never Done]

Cast-to-Cast

This post is the second in a series of guest posts from our 2016 Stage Door Project students at Rochester’s own School of the Arts! In case you missed the Stage Door Project: To Kill a Mockingbird introductory post that explains the exciting details of this year’s Stage Door Project and what all the students involved in this … Continue reading Cast-to-Cast

Watching Characters Develop

This post is the first in a series of guest posts from our 2016 Stage Door Project students at Rochester's own School of the Arts! In case you missed the Stage Door Project: To Kill a Mockingbird introductory post that explains the exciting details of this year's Stage Door Project and what all the students involved in … Continue reading Watching Characters Develop

The Stage Door Project: To Kill a Mockingbird

One eagerly anticipated highlight of Geva’s season this year is our upcoming production of To Kill a Mockingbird. As one of the many ways in which we are choosing to involve the Rochester community in this production, we have invited high school students and educators from Rochester’s own School of the Arts (SOTA) to participate in The Stage … Continue reading The Stage Door Project: To Kill a Mockingbird

Witnessing the Mockingbird

According to Cuddy, "The Teen Chorus was inspired by the fact that we're producing this play in 2016 - I didn't want the production to feel like a slice of history. It's really related to so much happening in our world today."