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Stage & Film

News Coverage of Jesuit Stage & Film

Do you want to see Jesuit, Ursuline and other schools’ students sing, dance and have a blast on the stage? Then come out and see “Crazy for You” by the Ursuline Theatre Program next week! The students have rehearsed constantly since winter break, learning their lines, songs, dances and the story of the show so that you can enjoy...
Do you find yourself unable to sit through a typical play lasting multiple hours? Is your attention span too short for these dragged out productions? If so, the Jesuit One Acts may be for you!   The Jesuit Theater Department recently completed the One Acts, one of their largest productions of the fall semester. The series of short, one act plays...
If you happened to walk by the Lecture Hall last Wednesday, January 16, 2013, you might’ve seen many students nervously pacing with scripts in their hands reciting lines. You might’ve even heard some students singing together, trying to warm up their voices. What’s going on, you ask? It’s that time of year again. Last week, Jesuit Theater held their...
On the opening night of the Winter One Acts, January 9th, an exhibit commemorating a legacy that dates back to the founding years of Jesuit Dallas will be unveiled. To be displayed outside the new Jesuit Theater box office, on the east side of the Lecture Hall, are six frames, each a snapshot of a decade of Jesuit Theater dating...
The birds truly have flown south for the winter as Jesuit Theater finished their fall production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest this past weekend. Overall, over 800 people attended the productions throughout the four nights the show premiered. The play is based off the novel written by Ken Kesey which also became a film in 1975. The play,...
Students rehearsing their lines, the set being constructed, and the curtain opening back up, Jesuit Theatre prepares to kick off the 2012-2013 school year.  The Jesuit Theatre program has been working hard to make 2012 the best year of theatre yet. Led by Mr. Myers, actors and actresses from Jesuit and Ursuline have been working since the first day of...
The lecture hall, full of excited, intrigued parents and high schoolers, falls silent as the lights dim. This is always the scene when Jesuit Theatre Productions come around. In the past, these productions have managed to please hundreds of Jesuit students, faculty, and parents, while also drawing plenty more visitors from Ursuline, Hockaday, and plenty of schools in the...
Over the past few years, high schools and grade schools across the country have adapted to federal funding cuts and donation decreases by slashing spending on extracurricular activities. Thanks to cuts, young students across the country have missed out on physical education, visual arts, and theater classes previously afforded to them. Jesuit’s theater department, which frequently promotes social issues through...

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