A country in despair, a conniving plan, orphans hard at work, and one girl who beams with the optimism that everyone needs. These were all elements of Woodbridge Senior High School’s recent production of the classic, family tale Annie.
Aftermath II: The Silence Soldiers: Breaking the Appearance of Delicacy is an original play by students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts about the pain and suffering of women all around the world. What was produced was a stunning production that pushed both the actors and the audience far out of their comfort zone.
Everyone involved in Bishop Ireton High School’s Go-Go Beach truly exemplified the aura of the 60’s between the happy-go-lucky attitude and the more realistic, ominous side.
Abuse, suicide, murder, and neglect: these are dark and difficult themes for high schoolers to portray, but H-B Woodlawn proved that it is more than possible in their affecting student written and directed drama, Remembering Sarah Jane.
The Whitman production looked and sounded terrific, transporting the audience back in time and allowing them to truly experience the unique genius of Mozart and the obsessive nature of Salieri’s interest in him
In an age with movies like Pirates of the Caribbean, pirates are often portrayed as heartless cut-throats. The pirates of Penzance are nothing of the sort. St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance showed the audience how pirates can be a lovable and motley crew.
“Just because I’m telling you this doesn’t mean you can tell anyone.” It’s no secret that The New School of Northern Virginia’s Commedia dell’ Arte – Isabella’s Jealousy was sight to behold. It’s a tale of a strained long distance relationship that sours as Orazio is caught playing around which crushes the relationship. Their friends […]
The hand jive, the drive in, pajama parties, and summer lovin’! Dominion High School created a throw back to the 1950’s in their rendition of the widely known musical Grease.
Although some actors had trouble fully connecting with their characters, The Madeira School’s Little Women was truly delightful!
If anything, Episcopal High School’s production of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee spells out one thing: P-H-E-N-O-M-E-N-A-L.