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| The Cast of Ruby of Elsinore |
Salisbury’s theatre program mounts two productions each year – one in the Fall Trimester, the other in the Winter Trimester. Production schedules typically parallel the fall and winter athletic seasons. There are opportunities for experienced performers to tackle challenging roles as well as for beginners to try something they may never have done before. In addition, the technical program is largely student-run. Students on the tech crew design and run the lights, build and paint the sets, record soundtracks, and assist with costumes, make-up, and props. Both performers and technicians can fulfill Salisbury’s graduation requirement for arts credits by logging sufficient hours in their work on a production.
Recent fall productions have included Stalag 17, You Can’t Take It With You, and an evening of one-act plays (such as The Real Inspector Hound, The Indian Wants the Bronx, The Lottery, and The Rising of the Moon). The recent tradition has been to produce a musical in the winter. Recent winters have brought Guys and Dolls, The Fantasticks, HONK!, and Godspell to Salisbury’s Seifert Theatre.
During the Spring Trimester, the theatre is available for interested VI Formers – and an occasional V Former – to do a student production. This process involves submitting a detailed proposal to members of the Academic Committee and, to earn credit, fulfilling the goals agreed to by the Committee and the student. In recent years, these independent projects have tended to culminate in filmed, rather than staged, presentations.
Procter Smith, III
Director, Theatre Program