Our 2008-2009 Season!

Speech Tournaments
national & local, Sept - May

Improv Show
October 2-4, 2008
Lab Theater

The Miracle Worker
October 23-25, 2008
Seasholes Auditorium

Freshman Play
November 20-22, 2008
Lab Theater

Guys and Dolls
February 7-9, 2009
Auditorium

South Stage Cabaret
March 19-21, 2009
Lab Theater

Student Directed One-Acts
April 30-May 3, 2009
Lab Theater

Shakespeare
has been cut by the School
Department, but a challenge grant has made it possible
if we fundraise

Stop Kiss
June 4-6, 2009
Lab Theatre

 

NEWTON SOUTH SPEECH TEAM

SOUTH TRIUMPHS AT SPEECH NATIONALS!
Congratulations to Becca Goldstein, Alex Tolkin, Antonia Lassar and Justine Lassar who just returned from NFL Nationals in Las Vegas - the largest and most competitive tournament in the country. The results:

Becca - National Champion in US Extemp
Alex - National Champion in Extemp Commentary
Antonia - National Champion in Storytelling
Justine - National Semi-finalist in Prose(top 15 in the US),
quarter finalist in Poetry, octa finalist in Dramatic Interp
(We believe Justine competed in more rounds than anyone
else at the tournament.)

No other New England speakers advanced past quarter finals.
What a stunning conclusion to a great season!

South Stage is extremely proud to be formally affiliated with the Newton South Speech Team, home to 11 National Finalists and 5 National Champions in the last five years. Speech offers challenging performance opportunities well beyond the South Stage schedule. Actors, improvisers, debaters, novices and veterans routinely try their hand at Speech Tournaments every year. The friendships are fantastic, and the team works hard to help everyone raise the bar on their own performance.

www.southspeech.org

Events available for performance and competition include:

Dramatic Interpretation - memorized solo performance, serious, 8-10 minutes
Humerous Interpretation - memorized solo performance, comic, 8-10 minutes
Duo Interpretation - memorized pair performance, serious or comic, 8-10 minutes

Play Reading - solo performance of a play with script, 8-10 minutes
Poetry Reading - solo performance of one or more poems with script, 8-10 minutes
Prose Reading - solo performance of prose with script, 8-10 minutes
Children's Literature - solo performance with script, 8-10 minutes
Multiple Reading - 3 to 8 readers, staged reading, 8-12 minutes

Oratorical Declamation - memorized performance of a published speech, 8-10 min.
Original Oratory* - memorized performance of a speech you write yourself, 8-10 min.

Extemporaneous Speaking - current events, 30 minutes prep, no notes
Impromptu Speaking - 5 minute speech on a creative topic, 2-5 min prep
Student Congress - simulates a working session of the US Congress. Students debate legislation they have written and later vote on the resolutions. Students do not pretend to be members of the real US Congress, but instead speak for themselves and debate each other.

Radio Broadcasting - organize, edit, & read provided material, 30 min prep
Improv - usually 2 person teams, no prep time, only 2 tournaments a year.