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This past Sunday after the last Middle School performance of "Once Upon a Mattress", nine Middle School Students were inducted in the International Thespian Society.  This organization recognizes excellence in theater for both Middle and High School Students.  Rashi has been a member of this organization for nineteen years.  To become a member students must be in at least two full length productions in the areas of acting and technical work.  Many students earn their membership participating in their sixth grade year by participating in the Fall Play, State Drama Festival and Spring Musical.  Students are eligible to use all three years of Middle School to earn their membership.  Students in Grade 8 are eligible to become officers of the Rashi Theater Troupe and are elected by the outgoing slate of officers.  The officers plan the theater trip, invite alumni back to shows and help to oversee the running of the drama festival.  A few years ago the ...

  The Rashi Middle School won a Gold medal this weekend at the State Drama Festival.  The cast and crew of "Skidmarks, A Play about Driving" performed at Dover Sherborn Middle School on Sunday with five other schools from around the State.  The judging is done with professional adjudicators with a rubric and Rashi finished with a high score in the Gold medal Category.  Rashi also walked away with the Stage Manager's Award, a coveted award that is presented by the Stage manager of the Host school to the school that showed excellence in management of their backstage during the performance as well as the technical rehearsal.  This is the 2nd year in a row that Rashi has earned this award. Congrats!! There were also three All-Star Acting awards presented to Oliver L, Nate P and Stella S for their strong character work as well as their ability to play multiple characters during the show.   The students had a great day watching all the other shows as well as...

Eleven Rashi Middle School students will be participating in the Massachusetts State Middle School Drama Festival this weekend.  The Festival is held at 6 different sites across Eastern MA.  We will be at the Dover Sherborn Middle School site on Sunday, May 7th at 2PM.  Our one Act Play, "Skidmarks, A Play About Driving" by Lindsey Price was chosen by the Middle School Festival Elective as one of three possible choices.  The entire elective is student run with Bonny, the Director and Mike, the Tech Director acting as advisors on the process. The students choose the show, cast the show, design the show and stage the show.  The students have learned how difficult it is to a choose a show that has enough to do for all the actors, designers and technicians.  Many of the Grade 8 students have leadership positions such as the Stage Manager or the Student Stage Director, but even some of the Grade 6 or 7 students have taken on the job of coordinating costumes and ...