Students to perform original plays inspired by Shakespeare
TRENTON » William Shakespeare’s work is about to be Trenton-infused.
Original plays written by Trenton Central High School’s Visual & Performing Arts Academy drama students will be performed at the Mill Hill Playhouse this Thursday and Friday. The short plays were inspired by William Shakespeare and will be set in present day Trenton.
Trenton’s Midsummer Magic Play Festival will feature original plays written by TCHS Drama 1 students:
June 15, 2017 at 7p.m.
• Love Aid
• Suicidal
• J+J Murder
• The Good Daughter
June 16, 2017 at 7 p.m.
• American Fondness Trigon
• Suite Tragedy
• Average School Day
• Veins of the Forest
• Love Triangle
• Both night will also feature Dream by the Aesthetics, which was adopted by TCHS drama teacher Christina Forshey and directed by Rodney Gilbert.
TCHS Principal Hope Grant recognized the accomplishments of the students.
“The Visual and Performing Arts Small Learning Community is dedicated to creating an artistic community where creative expression leads to college and career opportunities,” Grant said Wednesday in an email. “In just this year, we have students who have been accepted to study the arts at Rutgers University
- Mason Gross School of The Arts, Pomona College - School of Dance, Westminster College of the Arts, the Art Institute of Philadelphia, Pitzer College, Seton Hall University and Philadelphia University. Additionally, students in this Small Learning Community earned Superiors and Best Ensemble at the NJ Thespians Festival, our orchestra students performed Lady Marmalade with Sarah Dash at the TPEF fundraiser for the Kennedy Center’s Any Given Child Program in Trenton Public Schools, our dance students received the highest marks at the State Teen Arts Festival at Ocean County College and our student actors performed in McCarter Theatre’s A Christmas Carol.”
The principal said there is a lot to high-
light at TCHS.
“We have many things to celebrate including our rising graduation rate, the $155 million dollar construction of the new stateof-the art high school and our expanding Small Learning Communities,” Grant said. “The Career Focused Small Learning Communities at Trenton Central High School encourage students to explore their interests, pursue their passions and hone their skills. Together, all stakeholders provide a rigorous learning experience that begins the moment students walk into the building and lasts the rest of their lives.”
Trenton’s Midsummer Magic Play is being presented in partnership with McCarter Theatre and Passage Theatre’s State Street Project. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. All proceeds will support Passage Theatre’s partnership with the TCHS Drama Program.
The Mill Hill Playhouse is located at 205 E. Front St.
For tickets, call 609-3920766 or visit www.passagetheatre.org.