Last High School Play

I don't normally create blog posts about school plays, but this one was so unique I wanted to share it with you.

With school closed for the rest of the year, Diane, our drama teacher, realized she missed putting on the spring play as much as the students missed having it. She made the decision to take it virtual. Casting was done based on who was in last year's spring play, which naturally meant a smaller cast since freshmen were excluded, and last year had a lot of seniors in the cast. A decision had to be made, and this one was as fair as others.

It also meant Ashley's friend Bridget could claim the prize for being one of the few people to be cast in all 12 productions during her high school career. Well, there isn't an actual prize, only bragging rights.

Rehearsals took place through Zoom.

The four stage managers were enlisted to read stage directions.

The show was: Metamorpheses. Enjoy the link to the performance. It was under an hour. They did a great job all things considering. There were very few rehearsals, and one was taken over by a talking session when a beloved teacher died suddenly (not related to COVID).

Very limited costumes. They were asked to wear tee-shirts from Spring productions at Notre Dame.

One person who refused to mute himself yet had the TV on behind him and his name was "iPad" instead of something you could identify him by.

Some usual 2020 Zoom glitches.

They learned Zoom has a 100 person limit, and we had invited family from all over the country, so the tech person quickly added a link to the YouTube channel. Oops.

Certainly a memory none of us will ever forget.

May theater come back in time for Ashley to start her major as a Set Design major, though it seems not very likely.

A highlight for Ashley was when she realized she was finally cast in a Notre Dame production.

Here are some pictures from the show. 

Each Senior had a bio

Ashley was in the show, but never looked up

Some of the cast, including Ashley

Before the show Diane stopped by each of the nine seniors homes -- a trek that took her several hours because people live in Pennsylvania and South Jersey, but which was warmly received by everyone.

While I am enjoying the creativity Coronovirus has brought out, I am looking forward to seeing shows in theaters again.