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Rose sold for cast members in the play

Aaron Park February 13, 2016

Students purchased roses for cast members in the play, “The Madwoman of Chaillot.” Social Commitee announced the rose sale during the First and Third Wednesday assembly last week, and roses were for...

SCENES FROM CHAILLOT: Jared Gentile ’16 (left in tan) demands that Natalie Musicant ’17 (left) allow Ari Yaron ’18 (left in stripes) to leave the cafe that Musicant owns. Credit: Pavan Tuh/Chronicle

Actors present winter play ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’

Katie Plotkin February 11, 2016

Twenty-four actors performed in the winter play, “The Madwoman of Chaillot,” Feb. 5, 6 and 7. The show focuses on the story of Madame Aurelia, played by Natalie Musicant ’17, who attempts to work...

SCENES FROM CHAILLOT: Jared Gentile ’16 (left in tan) demands that Natalie Musicant ’17 (left) allow Ari Yaron ’18 (left in stripes) to leave the cafe that Musicant owns. Credit: Pavan Tuh/Chronicle

Actors perform play ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’

Katie Plotkin February 7, 2016

Twenty-four actors performed in the winter play, “The Madwoman of Chaillot,” Feb. 5, 6 and 7. The show focuses on the story of Madame Aurelia, played by Natalie Musicant ’17, who attempts to work...

Daniel Lesh18 spends a lot of time backstage moving equipment or setting up speakers. He even has his own office on campus.  Credit: Alena Rubin/Chronicle

DJ Lesh ’18 works in sound technology

Alena Rubin January 15, 2016

It was opening night. Daniel "DJ" Lesh '18 went through his checklist for the last time. Turn on the speakers; turn on the sound board- check. Backstage, he had put each of the 23 mics onto the actors...

Students to showcase ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’

Tiffany Kim January 14, 2016

Students will perform “The Madwoman of Chaillot” Feb. 5-7. “The play was written at the end of the Second World War in France by a man who had grown up during the glorious ‘fin de siècle’ period...

STAGE FRIGHT: Actors perform The Exceptional Childhood Center by Dylan Schifrin 16 at the Blank Theater in Santa Monica. Schifrin was chosen as a 2016 YoungArts winner for his play. He was one of the 819 winners chosen out of a pool of 12,000 applicants. The play was also performed at the Playwrights festival. Printed with permission of Anne McGrath

Actors perform one-act play

Josie Abugov November 24, 2015

Youth Plays published the one-act play “The Exceptional Childhood Center” by Dylan Schifrin ’16. After the Harvard-Westlake Playwrights Festival chose his work last year, the Los Angeles Blank Theatre...

Justyn Chang 18 and Henry Zumbrunnen 16 work on writing exercises for a playwrights workshop after school. Credit Ellis Becker/Chronicle

Alum hosts playwrights workshops after school

Ellis Becker October 1, 2015

Alex Lewin ’94 hosted afternoon playwriting workshops for students Sept. 24-26. The Perry S. Goldman Playwriting Workshop taught students playwriting skills as a part of preparing for the Harvard-Westlake...

Faculty and alumni perform in Assassins in the Pico Playhouse. Upper School Dean Adam Howard (third from right) plays Leon Czolgosz. Photograph used with permission of Adam Howard.

Critics praise alumni revival of musical ‘Assassins’

Sabrina de Brito September 10, 2015

Alumni are involved in the revival of the five-time Tony award winning musical “Assassins," which opened on Aug. 21 to positive critical reviews. The show runs to Sept. 27 at The Pico Playhouse in Los...

‘It’s everything you can’t see…’

Rebecca Katz November 7, 2012

In a Rugby auditorium dimly lit by the tiny lights in the tech booth and the spotlights on the stage, Performing Arts Department Head Rees Pugh was up to his hands and knees in sawdust on a freshly painted...

Sophomore performs in Fringe Festival play

Sara Evall September 30, 2012

Covi Brannan ’15 took a step toward her dream of professional acting when she performed at the world famous Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland this summer. The play “The Smoking Boy,” written...

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