From the Director

Robbie Steiner, Director of Theatre Arts

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​Dear FCTA Community,

Welcome to a new normal!  As our world slowly makes its way towards something that resembles life before COVID-19, we are finding that we've learned a few things along the way and that, perhaps, a new normal could be even better than the old normal.  All of us in the Theatre Arts program here at Floyd Central are looking towards the 21-22 season as a chance to make the most of our time together, build our community even stronger than it was before, and implement fresh ways to bring quality theatre education to our students.

I'm thrilled to share that our new season is going to allow us to welcome lots of new students onto our stage, backstage, and in the audience.  With big family musicals like THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL and ANASTASIA, we will be shining the spotlight on up and coming thespians from our elementary and middle schools while cultivating the talents of our high schoolers and sharing fun performances with community members of all ages.  Check out our Auditions page for more information on the opportunities available for elementary and middle school performers this year. 

While our more experienced high schoolers will find this year's season to be filled with exciting creative challenges designed to help them hone their skills onstage and off, the season also has ample room for students who have little to no experience in theatre.  We look forward to offering a welcoming and inclusive environment for any student looking for community, creativity and a whole lot of fun this year.  There's room for you in our 2021-2022 season, so long as you are ready to discover new gifts you didn't know you had, embrace a positive "can-learn" attitude, follow through with the responsibilities you undertake, and have a lot of fun in the process!

Like many in our community, I have been anxiously awaiting the chance to gather together again in a crowded theatre.  In a time when our world is so divided both physically and ideologically, theatre in our slowly re-opening world can help to bring us back together in more ways than one.  For the past 16 months or so, we have all been stuck in our own echo chambers, taking comfort in the voices that make us feel reassured and turning down the volume on the voices that challenge our comfortable ways of thinking.  As we venture again into packed theatres and awkwardly negotiate armrest space with strangers, we have the opportunity to begin listening to each other again (or maybe, for the first time).  My mission this year will be to do my own listening while helping to facilitate a creative space in which my students and community can come together to share their stories, learn from a diverse range of storytellers, and step into the stories of strangers who can give us all a fresh set of eyes with which to see the world and each other.

I am especially excited to return to Floyd Central this year after being on sabbatical during the 20-21 school year.  I could not be more grateful to our amazing faculty, staff, parents, students, and community members who kept FCTA alive during the darkest days of the pandemic.  Mr. Willis and Ms. Chalfant are my heroes for doing everything they did to take good care of the students and the program in my absence.  I look forward to getting back to work with Mr. Willis this year and am thrilled to share that Ms. Chalfant will continue to be involved with our troupe, including as Director of our fall production of EURYDICE!

Looking forward to a new normal, a new togetherness, and a new season.  Hope you will join us.

Sincerely,

Robbie Steiner
Director of Theatre Arts
Floyd Central High School

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