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G O O D Speed M U Sic a Ls GOODSPEED MUSICALS TEACHER’S INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE The Max Showalter Centerfor Education inMusical Theatre GOOD NEWS! Goodspeed Opera House April 12 - June 22, 2013 _________ MUSIC AND LYRICS BY B.G. DeSYLVA, LEW BROWN & RAY HENDERSON BOOK BY LAWRENCE SCHWAB, B.G. DESYLVA & FRANK MANDEL Teacher’s Instructional Guide ADAPTED BY TABLE OF CONTENTS JEREMY DESMON How to Use the Guides..........................................................................................3 LIGHTING DESIGN BY CHARLIE MORRISON ABOUT THE SHOW: Show Synopsis............................................................................................4 COSTUME DESIGN BY TRACY CHRISTENSEN Character Summary..............................……….…………………………...6 Meet the Writers..........................................…...………………………..…..7 SCENIC DESIGN BY COURT WATSON Behind the Scenes: Set Design...............................................................9 Behind the Scenes: Costume Design...................................................10 DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY BACKGROUND AND THEMATIC MATERIAL: VINCE PESCE Football in the 1920s................................................................................11 PRODUCED FOR GOODSPEED Sororities and Fraternities in the 1920s....................................................13 MUSICALS BY MICHAEL P. PRICE The Roaring ‘20s: Youth in Society..........................................................14 Presenting a Timeless Trope....................................................................15 LESSONS: Middle School Language Arts...............................................................16 Middle School History..............................................................................19 High School English..................................................................................21 High School History..................................................................................24 Handout..................................................................................26 Good News! Lyrics....................................................................................32 Resources..................................................………...…………....……………..…39 Theatre Etiquette.................................................................................................40 TIG updated 04.15.13 HOW TO USE THE GUIDES THE TEACHER’S INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE (TIG) is intended for use by teachers who will bring their school groups to attend performances at Goodspeed Musicals. The TIG provides background information, teaching ideas, and prompts to facilitate students’ knowledge and appreciation of the show’s themes and characters. The TIG activities are influenced by state and national standards associated with the arts, language arts, social studies, and science. THE STUDENT GUIDE TO THE THEATRE serves as a companion to the Teacher’s Instructional Guide (TIG). It includes a plot and character summary, accessible historical and thematic background information to support the lessons in the TIG, and a behind-the-scenes look at the production. It also includes fun facts, theatre terms, and activities. Each lesson in the TIG corresponds to a specific section in the Student Guide. Reading the Student Guide before attending a Goodspeed production will increase the likelihood that students will take active, critical roles as audience members, which will then lead to valuable classroom discussions. The chart below maps the connection between the TIG’s lessons and supporting material with the corresponding pages in the Student Guide. (Click page numbers to jump to section.) LEVEL/SUBJECT LEARNING PHASE LESSON TOPIC TIG STUDENT GUIDE Middle School Before the Show Character Study Lesson: p. 16 Student Material: p. 3-5 Language Arts Support Material: p. 4-6, 26-31 Middle School Understanding A Popular Boy Meets a Lesson: p. 16 Student Material: p. 14 Language Arts Nerdy Girl Support Material: p. 15 Middle School After the Show Bullying Prevention Lesson: p. 17 Student Material: p. 12-13 Language Arts and Awareness Support Material: p. 13 Middle School Before the Show Paul Robeson and Lesson: p. 19 Student Material: p. 10-11 History 1920s Football Support Material: p. 11-12 Middle School Understanding Youth in the ‘20s Lesson: p. 19 Student Material: p.3-5, 15 History Support Material: p. 4-6, 14 Middle School After the Show DeSylva, Brown & Lesson: p. 20 Student Material: p. 15 History Henderson Support Material: p. 32-38 High School Before the Show Character Study Lesson: p. 21 Student Material: p. 3-5 English Support Material: p. 4-6, 26-31 High School Understanding A Popular Boy Meets a Lesson: p. 21 Student Material: p. 14 English Nerdy Girl Support Material: p. 15 High School After the Show Bullying Prevention Lesson: p. 22 Student Material: p. 12-13 English and Awareness Support Material: p. 13 High School Before the Show Paul Robeson and Lesson: p. 24 Student Material: p. 10-11 History 1920s Football Support Material: p. 11-12 High School Understanding Youth in the ‘20s Lesson: p. 24 Student Material: p.3-5, 15 History Support Material: p. 4-6, 14 High School After the Show DeSylva, Brown & Lesson: p. 25 Student Material: p. 15 History Henderson Support Material: p. 32-38 3 SHOW SYNOPSIS ACT ONE It’s 1927, Tait College’s students are gathered on their declines but once she hears that she will be tutoring New England campus to cheer on the football squad Tom Marlowe she agrees. as they practice for an upcoming game. The school newspaper, the Tait Gazette, claims that Tait can’t During their first session, Tom disappoints Connie when lose due to the skills of star football team member he suggests that she should just slip him the answers Tom Marlowe. to the test the next day. After Connie threatens to leave, Tom apologizes and agrees to learn whatever With the blow of a whistle, Coach ends practice and she can teach him. explains to the team that they need to play better in order to win. Coach reminds the Tait players about Meanwhile, to ensure that Tom passes, Coach and what their priorities should be: 1) football, 2) girls, and Pooch devise a plan to steal the astronomy test from 3) studying. The team is released but Coach asks Professor Kenyon. Later that day, Coach successfully Marlowe to hang back at which time he explains to distracts the Professor with a poem in which he Marlowe, once again, that he is essential to winning confesses he still loves her. Meanwhile, Pooch sneaks the game. Marlowe happily accepts the responsibility behind her desk and steals the test. As Pooch exists and welcomes the pressure. with the test Coach and Kenyon lock eyes on each other. Meanwhile, Connie, a studious and dedicated student with no interest in football, is in the observatory with The next day, the team and Pat wish Tom the best her eye glued to a telescope. Connie is approached of luck on his test. His teammates offer him assorted by Professor Kenyon who commends Connie for her good luck charms and Pat gives him a small ring box dedication to her studies. Professor Kenyon also notes but instructs him not to open it until after the test. Tom that Connie seems to be looking the wrong way with is clearly taken aback by Pat’s gift but puts it in his the telescope—she is peering down at the campus pocket. rather than up at the sky. Connie confesses that although she doesn’t care about the dance and the Pat announces that Tom has passed the test and then football game, she does care for Tom Marlowe. But exclaims to the team and their her affections can only be from afar as Marlowe is friends that after Tom leads dating her cousin, Pat Bingham. the Tait Vikings to victory, he is going to propose to her. Tom Back on the field, Pooch, the wisecracking trainer for is perplexed and searches for the Tait College football team, frantically shows up Connie in the chaos but at practice. He explains to Coach that Marlowe is cannot find her. The failing astronomy. As per the Dean’s new policy “any crowd lifts Tom and student with a failing grade in one or more classes exits joyfully. may not partake in athletics, no exceptions.” Coach and Pooch go to the observatory to speak with Professor Kenyon. Seeing them coming, the Professor instantly becomes a nervous wreck and goes off to check her appearance. When Professor Kenyon returns, she and Coach speak reluctantly at first about Marlowe’s situation. We then learn that they have a lot in common – both are alumni of the school, they graduated the same year, and were in a relationship while students at Tait – and after some discussion, they agree that Tom Marlowe can play in the upcoming football game if he passes an astronomy retest. Jessi Trauth and Andrew Roubal in Goodspeed’s Everyone is overjoyed until they realize that Tom is Good News!. Photo by going to need a great deal of assistance to pass the Diane Sobolewski. retest. Pat comes to the conclusion that they need to get Tom a brainy, whiz-kid tutor and realizes that her cousin, Connie, is the perfect person! At first, Connie 4 SHOW SYNOPSIS ACT TWO Coach for encouraging Tom to cheat. Connie leaves as well, disappointed with Tom. It’s the day of the big game! The Tait Vikings are preparing and the campus has joined together on At the game it’s halftime and the Tait Vikings are losing. the quad for an energetic pep rally. Coach tries to revive his team but is too distracted by what happened with Professor Kenyon. After his Later, the girls gather at the Pi Beta Phi sorority house underwhelming pep talk, Connie shows up,
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