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Our Town: A layman's perspective

Our Town: A layman’s perspective

David Henri, Print News Editor Nov 18, 2024

  When I arrived at the MVHS theater to see the fall play Our Town, I wasn’t completely sure what to expect – it was my first time going to a school play. In no time at all, Elizabeth Wheeler...

Drama Llamas presents "Firebringers": an entirely student-led production

Drama Llamas presents “Firebringers”: an entirely student-led production

Hayes Duenow, Photo and Podcast Editor May 24, 2022

While the theater seats filled with guests excited to see the Drama Llamas' student-run production of "Firebringers," performers gathered backstage in a candle circle. The candle circle is a tradition...

Theatre concludes its third and final showing of Radium Girls

Theatre concludes its third and final showing of Radium Girls

Jackson Cummings, Web Sports Editor Mar 16, 2022

By licking their radium-tipped paint brushes a hundred times each day, many factory workers unknowingly died from excessive radium exposure in the 1920s. The Spartan Theater Company recently performed...

Photo courtesy of Allison Huang

Lights, camera, action: Berg leads her students to the stage

Ella Persky Jan 27, 2022

After two years, The Spartan Theatre Company returned to the stage with two sold- out performances of “Sense and Sensibility.” Elizabeth Berg, the director behind it all, said she was delighted with...

MVHS theatre returns to live performances after two years with Sense and Sensibility

MVHS theatre returns to live performances after two years with Sense and Sensibility

Naina Srivastava Nov 11, 2021

Actors excitedly scramble to their places as the audience stares at the stage in anticipation. Lights, camera, action. Spotlights turn to the stage to reveal a cast straight out of 18th century England...

Rehearsing alone, performing together: theatre produces its first virtual play, “Alone, Together”

Rehearsing alone, performing together: theatre produces its first virtual play, “Alone, Together”

Angelina Ma Dec 11, 2020

Through vibrant monologues and the enactment of impacted relationships, theatre’s “Alone, Together” lit up the virtual stage on the nights of Nov. 19 - 21st with relatable and heartfelt sentiments...

Theatre department decides on a smaller cast for the first production of the year

Theatre department decides on a smaller cast for the first production of the year

Claire Anderson Sep 20, 2019

With only 12 cast members, the upcoming play, The Servant of Two Masters, is a unique performance enhanced by a smaller production.  Theatre teacher, Emily Peña-Thornber, who has been teaching for...

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