Photo: Class of 2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Showtimes:
June 2 & June 3 11:15am and 6:30pm
One of the highlights of the Grade 8 year is the class play, a production larger than those done in earlier grades and much anticipated by the school community.  The material is chosen by the teacher with input from the class.  Costumes, sets and lighting are typically quite involved, taking the audience deeply into the play as well as offering students the opportunity to engage in roles beyond acting.  This opportunity typically engages some students in the offstage work of stage management and lighting, an interest they can pursue in High School Drama.

The material for the play is chosen to meet the class’s interests and needs.  Plays in recent years have included: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Hamlet and Dicken's Great Expectations.  

The play is typically presented to the Lower School students at a matinee, and to parents and the broader community at two evening performances.

Parental support is very important to the successful mounting of the Grade 8 play.  From supporting students to learn lines at home, to helping produce costumes, sets and in many cases direct.