Upper school students and alumni pursue interests that stemmed from their time at the school at a professional level.
Allegra Drago, Assistant Features Editor November 18, 2021
Overwhelmed by the chatter of his childhood friend and the cacophony of cicadas, alumnus Nick Lee quietly sat at the breakfast table. Jaw agape, he stared in disbelief at the Instagram notification that...
The upper school Performing Arts Department opened the fall play, “J.B.,” to audiences in Rugby Theater on Oct. 29, 30 and 31. The show marked the first large-scale in-person Performing...
Bev Meyer entered the Upper School Performing Arts Department as an acting teacher this school year. In addition to teaching sections of The Actor and the Stage I and The Actor and the Stage II courses,...
Students spent their summers attending programs to help further develop their skills in various art forms.
Lilah Weisman ’20 spent her summer studying theater at the National High School Institute Theater...
Students performed a redesigned version of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Feb. 8-10 including LGBTQ characters.
In directing the show, performing arts teacher Rees Pugh decided...
Ginette (Caroline Cook ’19) is sitting next to Pete (Erick Gredonia ’17) when the two reveal that they love each other. However, Pete explains that by sitting directly next him, Ginette is...
Jackanapes mentor Lisa Fredrickson led improv workshops for students in the Actor and the Stage I class Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 3 and 7.
Fredrickson led the class in activities in learning to develop characters...
Students in The Actor and the Stage I will participate in multiple acting workshops led by specialized teachers this September.
Each workshop will focus on a specific area of acting, such as having confidence...
Rugby Theater will showcase 13 student-written plays Thursday to Saturday for the annual Playwrights Festival.
The plays were chosen by a committee led by performing arts teacher Christopher Moore, the...
On a typical school day, while all of her friends begin their homework, Anya Andrews ’17 runs down Hollywood Boulevard in pajamas and slippers, receiving strange looks from those who pass by her.
Soon...
Actor Masi Oka ‘92 taught an Unconventional Leadership workshop on improvisational skills in the Drama Lab last Friday.
Oka, who starred in NBC’s "Heroes," has a background in improv that includes...
