BROKEN-PENCILS
Memories of High School Theatre.
Welcome to Broken-Pencils.ca in which you can share my memories of my more than 50 years of working in high school theatre on over 100 productions with 10 different theatre groups.
St. Stephen High School, New Brunswick: 1962-66, 1969-72, 1975-89
Purley High School For Boys, Old Coulsdon, England: 1972-1975
Yale Secondary School, Abbotsford B.C.: 1990-2011; 2017-20
Abbotsford Traditional Secondary School, Abbotsford, B.C.: 2004-2010
D.W.Poppy Secondary School, Langley, B.C.: 2010-12 and 2016-18
Robert Bateman Sec. Sch., Abbotsford, B.C. 2012-16 and 2018-19
SMASH THEATRE SCHOOL, White Rock, B.C. 2017-21
Groove Force Productions, Abbotsford, B.C. 2018 - 2021
Clayburn Middle School, Abbotsford, B.C. 2019
Mountain Elementary School, Abbotsford, B.C. 2019
NAVIGATING THIS WEBSITE: You can read about my memories of each school theatre program by clicking on the school’s name. Select the name of the school from the list above This will reveal a list of all the productions I did at that school. Now select from the list from the productions on the right-hand side of the screen to reveal some brief comments about the production and the “memorabilia” associated with that particular production.
Please Note: the photos, newspaper articles, yearbook articles, and other memorabilia that are included in this website are from various sources.... many of them are from a scrapbook collection that dates back over 50 years ..... as a result, the condition of them is not necessarily the best but I hope they will bring back as many memories for you as they do for me. If you have photos, newspaper articles etc. that could be included in this collection, please send them to me in jpg format to rdencer@shaw.ca I also welcome your “personal reflections”, comments, and memories of your days in High school Theatre.....please email them to me at rdencer@shaw.ca
Recent Updates:
2019
Into The Woods (Timberwolf Musical Theatre (RBSS)
Peter Pan (Yale Secondary School)
Seussical TYA (Clayburn Middle School)
Peter Pan (SMASH) - Week 1
Peter Pan (SMASH) - Week 2
Beauty & The Beast Jr. (Mountain Elementary School)
Legally Blonde Jr. (SMASH)
West Side Story (Yale) - additional photos (rehearsal and candid photos not previously published) and the production program page with group photos of "The Jets", "The Jet Girls" and "The Adults"
2020
- article entitled "The Theatres" (brief descriptions, photos and comments on the main theatres in which I have been involved in "High School Theatre")
- Annie 2020 (Yale Secondary School)
- Broken Links repaired - please report any broken links. I suggest that you create a new bookmark before using the website - if you use an old bookmark, the broken links will appear on the screen again.
- new website theme design
- additional anecdotes and notes for a number of productions
- additional pictures of "West Side Story" (Yale)
- "Beauty & The Beast Jr." 2020 (SMASH)
- additional photos for "Fiddler On The Roof" (2000) and "Show Boat" (1999) (Yale Secondary School Musical Theatre) - photos contributed by Woosang Lee, cast member.
2021
- additional photos: "Peter Pan", "Seussical", "Legally Blonde" (SMASH Musical Theatre
- additional photos: "Seussical", "Little Mermaid", "Beauty & The Beast" (Timberwolf Musical Theatre - Robert Bateman Secondary School) - rehearsal photos provided by our production costumier, Beth (Mrs. Anderson)
- additional photos: "Cats" (Yale Secondary School) - backstage and Rehearsal photos provided by our production costumier, Beth (Mrs. Anderson)
- articles and photos on SMASH Theatre production of "Frozen Jr."
2022
- Groove Force Productions "Believe"
- photo updates - Yale Secondary School:"Annie get Your Gun","AllShook Up", "Grease","Sound of Music" (2), "West Side Story", "Music Man"
The content of this website is copyright by Ray Dencer 2011- 2022
