Photo by Will Scott '15
As the cramped hallway fills with students from all over the Dallas area, time slows to a halt and seconds begin to feel like hours. Until a name breaks the anxious silence, only nervous chatter can be heard from the other skittish students. Once auditions finish and directors praise your performance, the next three hours comprise...
June 24, notable Jesuit Alumnus Christopher Cantwell '00, the co-creator, executive producer, and writer for the new show Halt and Catch Fire, spoke to Jesuit students who were enrolled in the Film summer course. He recounted his interesting and unique  journey from being a Jesuit theater kid to becoming Hollywood writer and producer.
Cantwell explained to the audience that the best way...
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...
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...
The first two weekends of April showcased the impressive talents of the Jesuit and Ursuline theater departments as the lecture hall housed both a series of show tunes, the second annual Musical Revue, and a hilarious play, Black Comedy.
As the lights dimmed in the gallery, and the actors, all dressed in black garb, emerged from the dark hallways, Love,...
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...
November 18-20, the Jesuit theater season began with Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. Like all Jesuit theater shows, it was filled with both technical merit and acting talent, thanks to the long hours worked by the thriving technical theater workers, led by Mr. Brooks Oliver, the dedicated actors, director, and assistant directors.
Over the past few years, the...
