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...
In their promotional video, Jesuit’s Winter One Acts directors act out a battle royale between the two directing troupes that took the stage in last week’s performances. “Prepare to be upstaged,” warns director Colin Taylor ’12. “Winner take all, theater rules apply,” retorts fellow director David Smith ’12. As both sides dig in to their positions and prepare to...
Often times, a serious social justice issue can be hard to explain to the young, developing minds of teenage boys. Jesuit Theater, in conjunction with the Diversity Department did explain a number of serious social issues with their performance of the melancholy play “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Their portrayal of these issues successfully enthralled the minds of the Jesuit...
Jesuit Theater carries a long tradition of exceptional performances. In recent years, Jesuit’s young thespians have delighted audiences with renditions of Twelve Angry Men, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Death of a Salesman, to name a few. However, this year’s fall production takes on added importance for both its subject matter and its connection to Jesuit’s Diversity program.
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On September 20, 2011, Jesuit thespians and other young actors from a multitude of schools in Dallas including Booker T. Washington High School, Ursuline Academy, and Hockaday, congregated in the Lecture Hall for the chance of being cast in one of the nine Winter One-Act plays.
Each student trying out was given one minute to do just about whatever they...
The fall drama at Jesuit is always an excellent pick, with this year’s selection being no exception. Jesuit Theater will put on Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, an emotionally rigorous drama that touches on broad societal problems.
This drama, written in 1947 and set in 1920’s New Orleans, presents the mental disintegration of a southern belle, Blanche, the victim...
“My father is on his way HERE!? And he intends for me to MARRY!?” Luc Johnson cries in anguish in a trailer which itself serves as a comedic hors d'oeuvres before the full-fledged upcoming Jesuit comedy, the French play Scapino. Playing Octave, Luc Johnson fears the impending arrival of his seemingly domineering father.
For two nights only, April 8 and 9, 2011,...
This past weekend, January 13-15, Jesuit Theater presented the first round of Jesuit Senior One Acts, the winter set of shows. The plays, keeping up with previous years of One Acts, had the audience roaring in laughter.Providing an interesting stage atmosphere, the technical centerpiece of the show was the “Green Monster,” an enormous wooden platform in the center of...
