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Milton Theatre Company is a dynamic, award-winning, public high school theatre company that produces several shows throughout the year.
Each season the company produces one or two One Act productions, a Musical production, a Cirque production, Improv shows, and several Senior Directed One Acts.
The Directors are committed to excellence in the theatre arts, and work tirelessly to educate their students while producing the highest quality productions.
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DRAMA
Advanced Drama is a performance/participation class in which each student will participate in theatre both as a performer and technician. Students will study acting techniques such as character development, audition preparation, scene work, and more! Additionally, students will participate in devised theatre, ensemble building, improvisation, voice/diction, and movement. In the class, students will rehearse and tech a show for the GHSA One Act competition and the Georgia Theatre Conference (GTC).
Auditions for the Advanced Drama classes are held in the spring. There are after school and weekend time commitments.
CIRQUE
Students will work as a cohesive team to develop, produce and present a Cirque performance. As a production class, each student will contribute to the creation of storyline, act development, character development, specific and general tasks attributed to production as well as take on various leadership roles and technical duties. In addition, students are expected to participate fully in extensive physical conditioning, training on aerial and ground apparatus, acting, clowning, miming, juggling, dance, creative movement, along with other aspects associated with circus arts. Performance in the Cirque production is expected.
Auditions are held in the spring. Students will rotate through various Cirque skill stations. There are after-school and weekend time commitments.
TECH
This is a hand’s on course where students learn about all of the technical aspects of the theatre. Set construction, props lighting, sound, costumes and much more will be covered. The students will work actively on current productions, building sets, painting scenery, hanging and focusing lights, designing sound effects, etc. Additionally, students will study the Principles of Design, jobs in the theatre, power-tool management, and more!
There are afterschool and weekend time commitments.
MUSICAL THEATRE
A Musical is produced in the spring and auditions are open to the entire student body of Milton High School. Once cast, the students will rehearse the show after school. There will be several performances in March. The spring musical is submitted for the Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards (Shulers); there is potential for the musical to be selected for live performance on television in April.
Auditions for the MUSICAL are held in November. Students will be asked to read scenes, sing and possibly do choreography for the audition.
IMPROV
The Milton Improv Troupe is a student run group which performs several times per year in the Black Box Theatre. This group of talented students use skills such as acting, singing, creating comical unscripted scenes while incorporating props, lines and suggestions from the audience.
The Improv Troupe holds auditions twice per year, once in the fall and once in the spring.
Improv is a student run organization. For further information, see the Improv Troupe page HERE.