MAINSTAGE EurydiceSTATE ONE ACT PLAY CHAMPIONS!!! 2012
In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story. Classen's entry into the 2012 OSSAA One Act Play Contest. FALL 2012
LAB THEATRE EAT: It's not about food!
EAT (It's Not About Food) dramatizes the dangerous and baffling world of eating disorders in girls and boys. Candidly exploring causes and warning signs, the play takes a hard look at the influences of society and the media and tells individual stories of young people struggling with this epidemic and too often tragic problem. FALL 2012
MAINSTAGE Unrinetown, The Musical
Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critic’s Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is an earnest tale of love, greed, and revolution. The show is set in a town plagued by a 20-year drought, where water has become so scarce that private toilets have become unthinkable. At the mercy of a single dominating corporation who maintains a monopoly on the town’s public amenities, the destitute citizens must pay towering taxes and fines to carry out their most private and basic of needs. Out of the mass of the pitiable, a hero rises to lead his fellow citizens against the tyrannical regime. Drawing from West Side Story, Chicago, and Les Misérables among others, the show irreverently pays witty homage to the great American musical theatre tradition. Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective of one of America’s greatest art forms. SPRING 2013
MAINSTAGE The Adding Machine
This comic, expressionistic masterpiece follows the exploits of Mr. Zero, a hard-working, psuedo-Everyman as he toils through his rather inconsequential existence working at a Macy's-like department store. When he discoveres that after 25 years of determined dedication on his job, he will be fired and replaced by a machine, Mr. Zero kills his boss. Mr. Zero is the perfect anti-hero - someone who is unable to understand the extent to which his inability to learn from the mistakes he himself has made. Mr. Zero's life consists of a litany of missed opportunities and disappointments. SPRING 2013
LAB THEATRE Open Stage
Open Stage celebrates the diverse world of theatre through presentations of Asian Shadow, Documentary Theatre, Wordless and Physical Theatre, Performance Art, Theatre of Cruelty, Avant Garde, Improvisation and evenings of scenes and monologues from classical to contemporary playwrights. Open Stage also gives advanced students an opportunity to explore directing and design. FALL/SPRING 2012-2013
An Evening of Documentary Theatre & Theatre of Fact 2012 I.B. Theatre HL Independent Project
Theatre that wholly or in part uses pre-existing documentary material (such as newspapers, government reports, interviews, etc.) as source material for the script, ideally without altering its wording. Documentary Theatre and Theatre of Fact is a movement to bring social issues to the stage by emphasizing factual information over aesthetic considerations. Documentary Theatre and Theatre of Fact is an outgrowth of the Living Newspaper technique employed in the 1930s by the WPA Federal Theatre Project in the U.S., the form became popular in the 1960s. This production was a part of the I.B. Theatre's Independent Project. Students researched and produced the final project.
Monologue Showcase for students in the 6th and 7th grade.