Open to Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth Formers. From eco-friendly upcycled projects to traditional costume-making projects, students will have hands-on experience with the costume shop in terms of how to design and construct costumes from characters in various plays we read throughout the course. Through the process of fully realizing their vision, students will sketch, hand sew, embroider, knit/crochet, and machine sew. We will focus on how these various crafts can tell stories. The purpose is to collaborate as a team on an installation piece to create an experience for an audience. Students may take the class for more than one term.

Open to Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth Formers. From eco-friendly upcycled projects to traditional costume-making projects, students will have hands-on experience with the costume shop in terms of how to design and construct costumes from characters in various plays we read throughout the course. Through the process of fully realizing their vision, students will sketch, hand sew, embroider, knit/crochet, and machine sew. We will focus on how these various crafts can tell stories. The purpose is to collaborate as a team on an installation piece to create an experience for an audience. Students may take the class for more than one term.

Open to Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth Formers. From eco-friendly upcycled projects to traditional costume-making projects, students will have hands-on experience with the costume shop in terms of how to design and construct costumes for characters in various plays we read throughout the course. Through the process of fully realizing their vision, students will sketch, hand sew, embroider, knit/crochet, and machine sew. We will focus on how these various crafts can tell stories. The purpose is to collaborate as a team on an installation piece to create an experience for an audience. Students may take the class for more than one term.

Open to Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth Formers. Creative Theater Ensemble is a three-course sequence, with each term able to stand alone as an individual course. Over the term, students will learn a variety of approaches to character development and performance craft. Students will learn how to actively research a role and work with others to perform an entire script. All students will work toward mastery in vocal and physical techniques as well as collaborative storytelling. Students will walk away with a toolkit of practical skills that will enable them to see a piece of dramatic literature through to fruition. The final in this course will be a performance that will travel to Scotland in the summer of 2024 as part of the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. Students who take this class will be invited to be a part of the summer GEO but will not be required to travel as part of the class. This course will integrate with the Third Form theater class, allowing students the opportunity to collaborate with younger theater students.

Open to Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth Formers. Creative Theater Ensemble is a three-course sequence, with each term able to stand alone as an individual course. In this course, students will develop an understanding of the creative process and will practice skills and methods to bring about an original piece of theater. This course will offer an interdisciplinary approach to theater-making, integrating into artistic form disciplines such as psychology, history, classics, journalism, and world languages. Students will start with a series of essential questions and will use a variety of theatrical techniques to build scenes in response to these questions. Students will learn skills for creating individually, as well as in small and large groups. The final in this course will be a piece of theater that will travel to Scotland in the summer of 2024 as part of the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. Students who take this class will be invited to be a part of the summer GEO but will not be required to travel as part of the class. This course will integrate with the Third Form theater class, allowing students the opportunity to collaborate with younger theater students.

Open to Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth Formers. Creative Theater Ensemble is a three-course sequence, with each term able to stand alone as an individual course. In this course, students will learn how to take a scripted piece through the various stages that culminate in a performance. Lessons will focus on realizing the theatrical vision and implementing design ideas, understanding staging and basic directing principles, and working through the final stages of the technical process and dress rehearsal specific to the challenges of a festival piece of theater. In preparation for international travel, this class will explore performing in spaces within our local community throughout the term. The final in this course will be a performance that will travel to Scotland in the summer of 2024 as part of the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. Students who take this class will be invited to be a part of the summer GEO but will not be required to travel as part of the class. This course will integrate with the Third Form theater class, allowing students the chance to collaborate with younger theater students.

Open to Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth Formers. This course will focus on telling stories without words. Before we learn to speak, we communicate through body language, so connecting through movement is already something we do every day. Through daily improvisation exercises, students will explore tools from a range of theater styles to broaden and enhance their communication and storytelling skills. The class will be both physical and collaborative, with the option to offer a final performance at the end of the term.

Theater is a performing art form that brings a story to life. In this course, students learn how to engage in storytelling through expressive elements such as lighting, set, costumes, acting, directing, and sound. Working as a team, they will find their creative role and produce a performance at the end to demonstrate their understanding of the audience’s perspective and how to create a sensory experience from their imagination. Given the resources to explore global theater methods such as shadow puppetry, students will have the opportunity to express themselves through a universal language.

Open to Third Form only. This course will offer an interdisciplinary approach to theater-making, integrating into artistic form disciplines such as psychology, history, classics, journalism, and world languages. Students will learn the skills of storytelling, writing, acting, and designing. This course will focus on the process of theatrical creation and will culminate in an original work that is created, designed, and performed by the students. This new piece of theater will travel to local community venues and finally to Scotland in the summer of 2024 as part of the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. Students who take this class will be invited to be a part of the summer GEO but will not be required to travel as part of the class. This course will integrate with an upper school elective each term, allowing Third Form theater makers the opportunity to collaborate with older theater students.