The Rashi School | Classroom Blog

 On Wednesday, December 7th at 8:15 the First Grade will be presenting "The Mitten".  The script is based on the book by Jan Brett and adapted by Bonny Parlee for the Rashi First Grade.   Progression is built into the Rashi grade level performances and the first graders will be saying a line by themselves for the first time on stage.  They have been working in the theater this past week and learning where to stand to say their lines, how to project their lines by using a big voice, the importance of facial expressions and body language and how to become a storyteller on stage.  The production is a collaboration with the Classroom Teachers, Music and Hebrew Departments.

 The Middle School After School Drama Elective will be presenting "A Wrinkle in Time" on Wednesday, Nov. 16th at 1:15 and Thursday, Nov. 17th at 7PM.  The students have been hard a work over the last seven weeks working on auditioning for parts,  technical designs for scenery, sound and costumes, staging the scenes and working on lots of tongue twisters as well as focusing and acting exercises. Students in the tech program afterschool start their rehearsals with the cast doing the warm-ups and exercises together.  Many of the MS students work tech for one show and then act on stage for another during the season.  This way everyone has a chance to gain some acting skills as well as building team cooperative skills. " This week in tech we did a lot with the help and supervision of Mike and we built set pieces." - Arlo Rogloff - 8th Grade.  Students work with Tech Director, Mike Finke on the proper and safe use of power tools and use these tools to build many scenery p