Gregory Bittick:
CLASS OF 1971
Lincoln High SchoolClass of 1971
Bloomington, MN
Moorhead State UniversityClass of 1978
Moorhead, MN
Jefferson High SchoolClass of 1971
Bloomington, MN
Gregory's Story
Jan 2009
Well who says dreams never come true? After 30 years of waiting, I had given up hope of ever finding a HS theater program to teach in. Then lo and behold out of no where came an offer from the HS in my district down here in AZ, where I had come to teach Soc Studies, to begin a theater program from scratch.
Well that was spring 2007. Our first year, 07-08, we had a great season with four productions including: "And Then They Came for me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, The Timid Dragon, my own adaptation of A Christmas Carol, and the musical Godspell.
This year I have pulled out all the stops and so far we have already had four shows on our stage, taken two of them on the road, and we still have half a year to go!
We took the female version of Odd Couple on the road the first week of Jan to perform at a senior center here for all the snowbirds that missed it's show dates back in Septem...Expand for more
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Four months between performances meant nothing to my cast as they blew them away with perhaps their best performance yet!
We had our first evening of dinner theater this last week, (1/24/09) and are now rushing towards our next show, Broadway Comes to Florence; an evening of Broadway music sung by our theater and choir kids while the audience enjoy a catered Italian dinner.
On the horizon is You're a Good Man Charlie Brown in May as well as a night of classic theater and our 2nd annual Oscar Party to wrap up the year.
If all that wasn't enough to make this old theater guy smile like a banshee, I am in the glorious position of not only helping my district plan, build and equip a new theater for my HS, (we perform on a raised stage in the corner of our cafeteria at present), but I am also helping them plan and build a theater at our brand new HS due to open this summer.
Isn't life great!!!
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