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In March of 2020, PYA was forced to close in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, limiting our ability to gather and create theatre together. We couldn't go too long without art, though - So we created our "Duet Roulettes" as a virtual option to continue working and singing together!
Students selected from a list of songs/parts that they felt comfortable singing, and were assigned a mystery partner. Each person practiced and recorded their part of the song in isolation, then submitted them to advisors who spliced the videos together to create duets! No one knew who they were partnered with until the videos premiered on Social Media. Even some of our adults got involved and got the rare opportunity to sing with students!
Students selected from a list of songs/parts that they felt comfortable singing, and were assigned a mystery partner. Each person practiced and recorded their part of the song in isolation, then submitted them to advisors who spliced the videos together to create duets! No one knew who they were partnered with until the videos premiered on Social Media. Even some of our adults got involved and got the rare opportunity to sing with students!
Duet Roulettes: Round one!
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Bonus!
As we all found ourselves isolated and away from school, the adults in our program wanted to remind the students that we cared about them, and that we were still there. A group of adults from the drama club family (parents, production team, advisors, and friends) got together and created a rendition of "You Will Be Found" from the musical Dear Evan Hansen in the hopes of lifting students' sprits during a difficult time!