Through the dedication of IB Theater Arts teacher, Vicky Hargreaves, and some high school students including me, we offered up a delightful cultural treat to the ISK community. The Fringe Festival showcased the work of our IB Theater Arts students in six short works that were performed around the campus. These works were innovative and thought-provoking, exposing the wandering audience members to a wide range of theater styles and ideas to chew on.
I was in Gabriella Gross' play as one of the main actresses. She was an amazing director and the whole crew had lots of fun throughout the process. We started rehearsals in January 2012 and continued practicing until the two performance dates (Thursday 21 and Friday 22 of February 2012). We performed 4 times each day (8 times in total).
It was a very enjoyable experience, which i was proud to be part of. In our play "Breaking News", the audience can only see our shadows through a large white bed sheet. One actress was part of the audience as she played the role of the host. She was changing the Tv programs ( the white sheet was the Tv) as we often changed characters. I went from being a table to a journalist to an elderly woman to Kate Middleton to the statue of liberty and finally to being the victim of a car crash. We ended the play by the announcement of breaking news: the war had started ( we riped the sheet and pretended to attack our audience as we were armed) and finally we were dead. The message behind all of this is that what we see on Tv and often choose to ignore is actually a reality lived by others. So we should all feel concerned when hearing shocking news.
This also gave me some drama experience to use what I learned in the drama course I took the first semester of my junior year.
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