Play by Eric Coble
BULLETPROOF BACKPACK: WORLD PREMIERE
FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE, AUGUST 2021
Director: Kody C. Jones
The play Bulletproof Backpack was a collaboration between playwright Eric Coble and director Kody C. Jones with a team of students from South West Florida. They interviewed students in order to craft the play, getting firsthand accounts and beliefs regarding the higher frequencies of school shootings in today's generations. The play was published by Dramatic Publishing and won the AATE Distinguished Play Award in 2023.
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Photographer: Joe Dafeldecker
Musical by Heather Hach
LEGALLY BLONDE JR: JUNIOR THEATRE FESTIVAL
JUNIOR THEATRE FESTIVAL, JANUARY 2022
Director: Christina DeCarlo
"Florida Rep's presentation of 'Legally Blonde JR.' was by far my favorite performance that I have ever seen at JTF. The professionalism of the young performers would be something I would easily have mistaken for something on Broadway."
- Daniel Stoddart
The Junior Theatre Festival is a competition that occurs annually in Atlanta, Georgia. Theatre's from around the world come to participate. Each team is preforms a 15 minute cut from a Junior Show produced by Musical Theatre International. They had no costumes, props, or set pieces. In these 15 minutes the team is adjudicated based on General Performance, Music, Dance, and Acting.
Legally Blonde Jr. was given an almost perfect score of 165/166. This score nominated them for the title of Outstanding Production and gave them the opportunity to preform onstage in front of an audience of over 5,500 people.
During this production, Anna Collins served as the STAGE MANAGER and the SOUND BOARD OPERATOR. In order to score the most points in the competition, you cannot go more than 30 seconds over the time limit. Thus, she had to be sure each cue was perfect and there was not even a second of delay.
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Photographer(s): Marcus Woolen and Megan JL
Musical by Arthur Laurents
WEST SIDE STORY
FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE, NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2021
Director: Kody C. Jones
Florida Repatory Theatre's production of West Side Story was a collaboration between the Mainstage Season and the Eduction's Conservatory Program. Students were given the opportunity to work alongside with an equity cast and crew.
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Photographer: Nick Addams
