Theater

In Middle School, students learn the foundations of the theater. Movement, character development, and performance are the focal points of the program.  

Group V

All students attend drama classes twice a week. Curriculum work is presented in a class production by half of the grade in January. A second production is performed by the remaining half of the class in early May.

Group VI 

There are no formal drama classes, but there is an optional after-school play open to all who wish to participate.

Group VII 

Students have the opportunity to take part in two different productions: a large-cast girls-only play at Greenwich Academy and a co-ed musical in conjunction with Brunswick Middle School performed on the Brunswick campus.

Group VIII

Again, students have the opportunity to participate in a co-ed Brunswick musical, and they can also take a course at Greenwich Academy in Musical Theater, which culminates in a musical production performed exclusively by the members of the class.

Recent productions:

• Liza and the Riddling Cave
• High School Musical 2
• I Hate Shakespeare
• Still Life with Iris
• Dear Edwina Jr.
• Twelfth Night
• Comedy of Errors
• Hundred Dresses

In the Upper School, students have the opportunity to participate in a myriad of theater projects both in and out of the classroom. Through all of these experiences, the drama department aspires to help students develop confidence and poise while promoting cooperation and teamwork within the framework of the theater experience.

• Group IX students can elect to take an introductory acting course, which aims to hone performance skills while introducing students to a variety of different approaches to acting.
• Acting II and Honors acting courses delve into more advanced components of performance and scene work.
• A class in collaborative theater, offered to juniors and seniors, focuses on the creation and development of original student work.
• Opportunities to participate in after-school productions are numerous and varied. Both GA and Brunswick produce fall and winter coed fully staged productions, with a musical and straight play each season.

Recent productions include:

• Mean Girls
• Once Upon a Matress
• Into the Woods
• Mamma Mia!
• Hairspray

In addition to the productions and classwork, students may also participate in the English Speaking Union’s National Shakespeare Competition in the winter, or take part in our biannual trip to the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival in early August, where we present a play for performance.