"We're not computers, we're physical. I think, therefore I am." These words are spoken in the famous movie Blade Runner by a Replicant, a synthetically created humanoid designed to replicate human behavior, thought, and action. Those words, rooted in philosophical thought on human life and its characteristics, pose a fundamental question in Blade Runner: what does it mean to be human?
Blade Runner...
For the first time in 10 years, Jesuit Dallas Theater will perform a musical as a part of its Theater program. With a talented cast of Jesuit and Ursuline students and aspirations to start a new tradition at Jesuit with singing in theater, Jesuit Dallas presents Grease the Musical!
Grease the Musical
Grease the Musical is essentially about teens in love...
Last month, nine Jesuit and Ursuline seniors debuted eight originally written and directed one acts on the Jesuit stage. For years, I've heard the stories of creativity and chaos surrounding Jesuit’s Senior One Acts—this year, I got to experience the fun myself as a first-time co-director. From the hodgepodge of thrift-store paintings drilled to the fragile wooden set to...
Recently, The Roundup had the privilege to sit down with Mrs. Miki Bone Melsheimer. A teacher, theatre arts pundit, and mother of two Jesuit Dallas alumni, she also inspired the new Melsheimer Family Theatre.
Along with Owen Brown '22 and Nathan Carley '22, two performers in Jesuit Dallas' most recent production, Of Mice and Men, I asked Mrs. Melsheimer about...
(*Note: The following article was written last May, but with some website issues it has not been published until now. However, hopefully, this will help students who are interested in theater to see what Jesuit's stage and film process is like.)
With the oddities of the past year involving Covid, as well as the reconstruction of the theatre, Jesuit's Stage...
As a result of the dreadful coronavirus, many large gatherings have been canceled. One of Jesuit’s most prominent gatherings was its theatre. With lots of changes in place as a result of COVID-19, Jesuit’s Stage and Film department is going through a peculiar time.
The coronavirus has halted our way of life, and, as a result, I asked Mr. Acevedo...
All photographs provided by Mr. Joe Howard of The Last Roundup
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a self made millionaire, who passionately pursues Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway, a young newcomer to long island, is...
From behind came whispers of chatter among the actors from Jesuit and Ursuline. Awaiting for the show to begin, his chest began beating more rapid and louder as the curtains drawback and the lights flood the stage. Remembering his queue, and taking his first few steps, his heel echos against the stage. Watching for the actor’s first move, the...
