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EVENTS
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 One of the richest experiences for a high school student at Whitefield Academy is participation in our yearly full-length Shakespeare production. All students in grades 9-12 participate in some way, whether it is to audition for a speaking role or to help with backstage props and sets. We have observed that this experience opens new dimensions for the students as they immerse themselves in the extraordinary beauty of these works written by the greatest master of the English language. It also helps to give the entire high school a chance to work together as a community to produce something beautiful that can be shared with the larger community of those who attend the play.
2010 - The Tempest
Do you recognize this line? " We are such stuff as dreams are made on." You may already know versions of many lines of Shakespeare's plays because of their influence on our language use every day.
Our 9-12 grade students are working diligently at rehearsals for this year's Shakespeare production of The Tempest. Plan on attending WA's production of The Tempest on the evening of April 15,16 and 17 at 7 pm or the matinee' on Thursday at 9:00 am.
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The Taming of the Shrew
opens with an Induction in which we meet Christopher Sly, a tinker by trade and a drunk by avocation. Drunken, he falls asleep before a nearby Lord’s house. The Lord spies Sly and immediately concocts a plan to convince the beggar that he is a nobleman. The Lord orders Sly to be taken into the house, bathed, and placed in the estate’s nicest bed. He also orders his servants to wait on Sly and treat him as if he were the lord of the manor. In the midst of this merry planning, a troupe of actors appears and is enlisted for a performance that evening.
The story of The Taming of the Shrew then begins.
This controversial comedy was one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, and one of Whitefield’s most successful productions to date.
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Antonio, a wealthy Christian merchant, offers to help his young friend, Bassanio, with a loan of money to enable him to court a fair lady named Portia. Unfortunately, Antonio's wealth is scattered in vessels on the high seas, and he must seek a loan from a notoriously greedy Jewish moneylender named Shylock. Shylock agrees to the loan but demands a pound of flesh from Antonio should he default. Antonio agrees, despite the protests of his friend Bassanio, feeling certain that at least one or two of his ships will have landed before the loan comes due.
With his borrowed money, Bassanio is able to win the hand of Portia by choosing correctly from three caskets of gold, silver and lead. Immediately upon choosing, he learns that Antonio's bond is due, and none of his ships have come in. Shylock is demanding his pound of flesh. Portia urges Bassanio to marry her quickly and return in haste with thrice what is due, to pay off the bond. After his departure, Portia and her handmaid, Nerissa, (also newly married to Bassanio's friend, Gratiano,) secretly meet with her cousin, a judicial expert. Disguised as lawyers, Portia and Nerissa arrive at the court of Venice where Portia rules on Antonio's case.
Meanwhile, Shylock demands the law be fulfilled so that he may have revenge on Antonio. His bitterness has been fueled by the elopement of his daughter, Jessica, with Lorenzo, another of Bassanio's friends. Nothing will satisfy Shylock but the flesh of Antonio. In her guise as lawyer, Portia turns the tables on Shylock and restores Antonio. In the final scene at Belmont, all is revealed, including Bassanio's indiscretion with the ring his wife gave him, and all is made right, as only Shakespeare can do. |
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| Twelfth Night
is the story of a pair of fraternal twins, Sebastian and Viola, who are separated by a shipwreck. In order to protect herself, Viola dresses as a boy, and there follows a long and hilarious series of misunderstandings and misplaced love, all of which are resolved at the end of the play.
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| Viola |
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Heather Sullivan |
| Feste |
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Collin Kessler |
| Olivia |
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Rachael Tompkins |
| Sir Toby Belch |
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Brian Morsman |
| Sir Andrew Aguecheek |
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Phil Royston |
| Maria |
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Megan Dodd |
| Malviolio |
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Mark Dodd |
| Sebastian |
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Joel Reed |
| Antonio |
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Gabe Reed |
| Duke Orsino |
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Brad Herman |
| Fabian |
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Nathan Rice |
| Sea Captian |
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Taylor Kohn |
| Sailor |
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Mario Marciel |
| Priest |
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Zach Ross |
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