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18 Hour Theatre Festival offers an opportunity for both beginners and experienced directors, writers, and actors to participate in theatrical performances. The students write and perform original plays in the duration of 18 hours. The productions are completely student run and are open to anyone who wants to participate. Ayla Dvoretzky, junior, participated in…
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On stage the members of Drama Club transform themselves into new personalities, travel around the world, and most importantly, entertain. However, they don’t solely do this at NPHS. They frequently perform in both on and off campus productions and have great ambitions for the future. In addition to preparing for the campus production Pippin,…
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In a perfect example of life imitating art, a group of musically talented teenagers from all over Ventura County united on stage to sing and dance in a show about a group of kids getting together to sing and dance. Camp Rock: the Musical, is a theatrical version of the 2008 Disney channel movie…
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“I’ve been stabbed!” Craig Hastings yelled out, as he wobbled across the room in character. The murder mystery had just begun, and the audience was hungry for more. The theater department hosted a fundraising dinner Friday, Feb. 26, and Saturday, Feb. 27, starting at six pm, featuring an interactive play revolving around the untimely…
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With their first play of the year, the theater department brought High Noonish, an original melodrama spinoff of the 1950’s western film High Noon, to the stage of the Performing Arts Center. “Because it’s an original we can kind of cater it towards our school,” Allison Martinez, freshman, said. “It’s super quirky and very…
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“You can run, you can walk, you can crawl. As long as you make it through.” These are the words of Emily Goldstein, junior and head of the committee in charge of coordinating the annual Zombie Run put on by the drama club. Zombie Run is a course set up around the school that…
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In an almost completely student run event, the theater class performed their annual set of One Acts. Despite having limited contact with theater teacher Marilyn Strange, who was on maternity leave, the show went on as planned. “Mrs. Strange isn’t involved (in the One Acts), so you really see the true talent that everyone…
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To most students, waking up at seven in the morning goes hand in hand with barely being able to function until finishing a Starbucks during second period. With this in mind, it’s hard to imagine choosing to wake up at 4 a.m. on a Saturday and staying awake until curtain call at 9 p.m.…
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Man of la Mancha has gone onstage as Marilyn Strange’s first full production with the theater class. Despite minor setbacks, the class has formed close bonds with each other, as well as with their new director. Strange has received a positive reaction to her teaching and directing styles from the cast members in her…