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=Current Student Board Members: =

**Troupe Meeting Sch****edule:**

 * All meetings will take place in the Theatre unless otherwise posted. They begin at 2:50 and should be completed by 3:30. Please be on time, be good audience members and limit the side conversations so we can use our time productively, take notes and reserve your questions until the Officer asks if clarification is needed. Be patient and listen. Many of your questions will be answered in the presentation of the material if you give the presenter time. Other people may have the same question so please listen to what is asked when it is time.**

**Apr. 18th**
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**January 4th through the 7th of 2012**.
Information and consent forms are available through Mr. Little.


 * Paperwork and deposits are due September 23rd.**
 * There are 23 seats for us on the bus.**

Students are eligible to attend In this order:
 * Who can go?**
 * 1) **ITS Members**: Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores
 * 2) **Non-ITS members** who are active in the department: Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores
 * 3) **Freshmen Junior Thespians**
 * 4) **Freshmen who are active** in the department but not yet ITS members.
 * 5) **Rarely Active members of the department**


 * Parental/Guardian Consent forms:**
 * MO Thespians Consent/Approval form:**

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Every October PNH ITS Troupe 4551 joins forces with the other Parkway High School ITS Troupes to help local food pantries fill their shelves. Our goal is to keep kids from going hungry this holiday season. We will be hosting a number of events around the North area of the district and possibly some just outside.=====


 * Neighborhood Door to Door collections on Saturdays and Halloween Monday!
 * Collecting at all Home Football Games in October!
 * A Big Box Store is being pinned down for a Saturday
 * Teams are being formed to create a little internal competition
 * We have a goal of 2,500 lbs of canned goods to be collected at North
 * Student Government has offered their assistance
 * Aclab involvement is crucial - 1 or 2 cans per student will help us exceed our goal - 15oz can x 1,500 students = ??? lbs

Dinner and a Show:
Anyone is welcome to join us on our trips to support theatre in the St. Louis area and other ITS Troupes. We will generally meet at North and carpool to a resturant near the theatre where we are seeing the production. You must sign up in advance if you want to go so that we can reserve the tickets and get our seats. We also need to know who can drive to make sure we can transport everyone who signed up. These events are not necessarily attended by a sponsor/troupe director. These do count as production hours if you are in a theatre class!

Dates and Productions being attended:
Oct. 1st - The Odd Couple - West High Oct. 7th - The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Meramec Community College Nov. 3rd - Proof - South High Nov. 18th - Seussical The Musical - Northeast Middle Feb. 10th - Almost, Maine - South High Feb. 11th - Thoroughly Modern Millie - West High Mar. 2nd - TBD - Northeast Middle

**Friday, May 4th - 6:00 PM**

 * A catered banquet is held in the commons of PNH. After dinner we adjourn to the theatre for awards, inductions of new ITS members and the installation of new board members.**

= = =**International Thespian Festival - ITF 2012**=

June 25th - 30th, 2012

 * This is very similar to the Missouri State Thespian Conference, only its on Steroids! Students from across the country as well as troupes from a number of other countries attend this festival held on the campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Students live in a campus dorms for the week of the festival, attend workshops, see some really good theatre each night, participate in friendly competitions, attend dances after the evening productions, and audition for scholarships. They meet and learn from professionals and college professors and get to meet new friends.**