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...
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...
From June 10 to June 28, Jesuit will be hosting a co-ed Summer Theater program which will foster 40 students, ranging from 6th grade to 12th grade.
The three week program is designed to refurbish the basic aspects of theater arts among experienced actors and actresses, and it will instruct students on how to become a well-rounded actor.
"The program will...
Jesuit Stage & Film, known for its many exciting one-act plays, had to make a very hard decision this past year. They have decided to replace the Spring One Acts with the first-annual Jesuit Film Festival, which will take place over two weekends in the month of May. They believe that in the future, they will completely remove stage acting from...
As I sat down to take in my first viewing of the Jesuit Senior One Acts last Friday night, I was overcome with a sense of community. When I saw parents, friends, teachers, alumni (recent and not so recent) enter the Lecture Hall and interact with one another, it became extremely apparent that the theater participants, theater alumni, and...
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...
More than two months ago, on March 4th, over sixty actors and actresses from Jesuit, Ursuline Academy, Bishop Lynch, and Booker T. Washington auditioned with hopes of being cast in the Jesuit Spring One Acts.
The group of talented individuals was narrowed down in a draft between directors. They worked hard rehearsing for hours after school in order to prepare...
A long standing tradition amongst the Jesuit Community, the fall brought with it a slew of nine Jesuit Senior-directed one acts. Crowds packed the theatre for four nights spread out across two Fridays and Saturdays respectively. Beginning in October, the Senior directors, working in partners, chose their casts and began rehearsing. As the seniors worked with the groups, they...
