Little Theater returns to roots

Tabitha Parent, Managing Editor

September 24, 2020

Originally a ballroom when the Floods first occupied the mansion, the Little Theatre is returning to its roots in stages of renovations that will bring about additional space and design features for the music department, theater program and all-school assemblies.  “Any renovations that we do in any o...

Cast and crew prepare for fall play

Alina Kushner, Reporter

November 11, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE The cast and crew of “She Kills Monsters” prepare for upcoming performances as the final tech rehearsals continue through Wed. Nov. 13.  The cast and crew finish setting scenes, lighting, sound, props and costumes for the production during tech week. This week allows for everyone to ...

Dance on

Cassie Eskicioglu, City Life Editor

March 27, 2019

From late night dance classes to play and musical practices nearly all year round, “Love’s Labour’s Lost” marks the last high school play for one student choreographer and actor. Delaney Tobin began acting in theater in middle school and since then has been in 13 shows ranging from “The ...

Crew prepares for spring musical

Grace Krumplitsch, Reporter

February 14, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE As actors rehearse for the spring musical, Love’s Labour’s Lost, crew members actively work backstage to sew costumes, build sets, and make props. “My job is to find and make all of the costumes in the show,” costume designer Sarah El Qadah said. “I add my own personal touch t...

Fall play announced

Gray Timberlake, Reporter

September 4, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE New Theater Program Director Margaret Hee and students interested in joining the cast or participating in the stage crew for the fall play gathered to discuss this year’s production, Metamorphoses. Metamorphoses is a modern adaptation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses by American playwrigh...

Theater perfect for movie and a milkshake, not dinner

Julia-Rose Kibben, Managing Editor

February 1, 2017

The Alamo Drafthouse looks like a deserted concert venue or a long-lost cousin of The Warfield at 4 p.m. on a Tuesday. Two-story ceilings and brand-new red-patterned carpeted stairs lead moviegoers down narrow hallways to a series of six theaters that seat 35 to 325 audience members. Shelves of VHS and DVD...

Beach Blanket Babylon celebrates four decades of glitz and glamour

April 8, 2014

Six foot dancing male poodles, Italian cooks holding meat- balls the size of shoe boxes and President Barack Obama rap- ping are among the whacky, satiri- cal acts crossing the stage at Club Fugazi seven times a week. The musical revue Beach Blan- ket Babylon is in its 40th year per- forming spoofs o...