no business like show business

[eudaimonikos]

WHO: DRAMA CLUB!
WHAT: It's the first club meeting of the year! Let's meet and greet, and then talk about the fall play and our New York trip!
WHEN: January 19th
WHERE: Whatever theatre space there is. Probably Theatre Lenormand?

"Welcome to drama club!"

Michael wait until everyone is present and settled before spreading his hands, creating a few illusory flashes of colored light. Things like this are why a teacher with no actual theatre experience ended up in charge of this club. The meeting is happening in one of the school's rehearsal spaces, which is empty save for a circle of chairs. "For those of you who haven't met me, I'm Michael, your faculty adviser. Now, we're going to start things off with a little warm-up. Two truths and a lie! You - " Michael points to the student to his right. " - start. We'll go around the circle. Should be fun."

This is what you get for having a daemon as your faculty adviser. Icebreakers.

When that's over - entirely without said daemon participating, he is above this - Michael claps his hands together. "So! Some of you know this already, but this year, we've secured funding to take a club trip! We're going to New York City. Gonna see the sights, go to a few shows, all that stuff. This'll be after mid-terms, so don't worry about it right now. You should be focusing on your schoolwork, and responsible things like that. But seriously, who wants to see what? Oh, and you should pick out the play you want to do in the fall. I do have veto power on that, but I also don't really care."

Comments

[playitagain]

I didn't either... it might be wrong? It's what I heard, but I don't know that much about Outland.

[Nana shakes her head.] But it's a really nice play, either way.

[prisoneroffate]

So the club did this one?

[playitagain]

Mm-hm! Oh, here—

[She points at the screen.] My part is coming up. I was the chancellor.

[prisoneroffate]

[Ren watches the part, suitable impressed]

You're very talented, Daiba-san.

[playitagain]

Ah, thank you! But... it's everyone who really brought it together, and the people who did the leads really made it worked.

[Nana sighs, fondly.]

Unfortunately, a couple of them have left the school. So... we'll need to find another play.

[prisoneroffate]

That's rough.

[ Ren won't probe further on that one, he knows how difficult those upheavals can be. ]

We'll just have to find a new show and do it as well as we can.

[playitagain]

Yeah...

[She hates it when people leave like that. Hates it. Her eyes are distant, for a moment.

But then she looks back up, and smiles.]

We'll do just that! Kano-san wrote a script. And we'll have a few plays to consider!

[prisoneroffate]

Oh was that the... uh...

[ How do you say this politely ]

The bee thing?

[ Nailed it ]

[playitagain]

That's the one!

[Welcome to being on the spot, Ren:]

What did you think of it?

[prisoneroffate]

It's very.

Unique.

[ Whyyyyy ]

[playitagain]

The costumes would be amazing!

And bees are cute!

[prisoneroffate]

I didn't know you were a fan of bees, Daiba-san.

[ Also time to divert this conversation ]

[playitagain]

They're among the cutest animals.

Not the cutest ever, but very close!

[prisoneroffate]

So what qualifies as the cutest?

[playitagain]

Frogs!

[prisoneroffate]

Didn't know you were a frog fan. Any major reason?

[playitagain]

They're round, they have big eyes, and the fruit flies will not eat the bananas when they are there.

[prisoneroffate]

Ah, I see.

[Of course]

Aside from Kano's submission, are there any other scripts we're looking at?

[playitagain]

[Nana shakes her head.]

No... not yet. I think there's time if someone wants to suggest one.

We'll have to check with Professor Michael, of course.

[prisoneroffate]

I'll have to review what we have. It'll be good to have options.

[playitagain]

And if you get an idea, you should submit it!

[prisoneroffate]

I'll be sure to do that. Is there an archive of past shows somewhere?

[playitagain]

Mm-hm! They're all in the back room--oh, and there's a book with a list of them, too, and whole played which parts.