Walking into the Lecture Hall, an eager student sees the stage lit up with a solitary chair resting in the middle of the stage. His name is called, and as he nervously climbs up the wooden steps, he goes over his audition piece one last time before he begins to recite it to the audience, filled with directors and...
There is no such saying as "Lights! Camera! Action!" when one auditions for a play or film. Although there may be lights or a camera, the only action taking place is that of an actor or actress attempting to impress the directors with their ability to fill a part in a play. On the stage, they have one chance...
"Oh, I loved the butterfly!" a guest exclaims at the end of the tour as the docent's palm slams her forehead. "Damn pests!" the farmer would try to shout over the muffling biplane engine coating the cornfield with pesticides. "Is that a beetle?" I silently asked myself when the painting entered my field of vision. The simple answer to all...
Smoke billows from the twisted molten carnage in an opaque deluge, ashy tendrils leaking toxic rubble into the first responder’s lungs. Jarring sirens pierce the terse silence enshrouding New York City. Firefighters weave through the crumpled stairwells, braving each onslaught of fiery waves to reach the stranded civilians. Throngs of onlookers wait outside anxiously and yearn for their loved...
Over the past two years there has been a transition in the Arts Department from the old monicker "Jesuit Theater" to "Jesuit Stage and Film." Along with the change in name came a vast change in funding, funding that led to the purchase of elite film shooting and editing equipment as well as an upgrade in space. The film...
In the school’s first year of offering an organized film class, Jesuit also introduced an inaugural film festival. Few people expected such high quality films and judges as the ones that were attracted.
However, the judges’ task was far from easy. Not only did they have to whittle down a group of 74 films to 21 for presentation at the...
As some of the unsung heroes of the Masses at Jesuit, Men's Chorus members, along with practicing on many mornings and afternoons every week, arrive early in the morning, one Friday out of every month to help get the ball rolling before the Mass. About an hour and thirty minutes prior to the event, the boys gather in the...
Familiar with the glare of the bright lights, the pair of directors take the stage, their heads already playing back the melodies which are about to commence. The two part ways at the top of the stairs, one going to sit down, the other calmly pacing toward the podium, each knowing the next few minutes will prove if all the hours...
