ArtsGreenwich Academy
UPPER SCHOOL DRAMA

Upper School Plays
Each fall and spring, a large cast play is produced with many students from Greenwich Academy and Brunswick School. Students must participate in set or costume construction as well.


Drama Club

The Drama Club at Greenwich Academy allows students who are interested in theater to explore performing by acting in scenes in the fall cabaret. In Drama Club, students are exposed to improvisational exercises, scene study, Shakespearean style and dramatic writing. The cabarets are student produced as well, so that students who are interested in the backstage element of theater can learn directing, stage management, lighting and set design.


Winterfest

Winterfest is the annual Upper School holiday program of drama and dance.


Group IX Shakespeare

Each winter Group IX students from Brunswick and GA rehearse and perform a different Shakespearen play. The drama and English departments work together, so that the performances occur as the play is being read and discussed in English class. Performing Shakespeare enables students to live the poetry, wisdom, humor and mores of Renaissance England and to understand Shakespeare's work on a far deeper level than they could experience from a reading. Past productions have included Othello, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It and The Tempest.


Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Every two years, a carefully selected group of Upper School students travel to Edinburgh, Scotland, for two weeks where they experience the Edinburgh Fringe Festival--one of the largest performing arts festivals of its kind. The students perform in their own production, hawk their flyers on High Street, see numerous shows, serve as technicians for other productions and explore the city. Their last two productions have won Fringe First awards which single out productions of special merit from among the 1600 shows performing. Click here for information on past productions LARAMIE 2002 and BANG 2004.


Senior Project
Every two years, a special senior project is produced that is selected based upon the special abilities of that particular year's seniors. Rehearsals run two days a week five months--the extended rehearsal time allows for intense exploration and in-depth understanding of the play. Past productions have included Quilters, The Laramie Project and A Chorus Line.