CALTRAIN ACTIVITES
WHAT'S COOKIN'?
NUEVANS SHOULD VOTE
LAST-MINUTE COSTUMES
Ever wonder what to do on a Friday afternoon after school? Take a look at this guide for things to see and do as you ride Caltrain southbound. p. 4
Merix G. shares his love and passion for cooking, and provides a recipe that he created inspired by his multiracial heritage and experiences as a student. p. 7
Voting is important. Take it from an experienced campaigner. Many people think that one vote doesn't matter to the overall election, but Luke M. disagrees. p. 14
Haven't decided on a costume for Halloween yet? Here's a couple costumes you can DIY at home.
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The Nueva Current
Volume 2, Issue 2
131 E. 28th Ave. San Mateo, CA 94403 www.thenuevacurrent.com The Official Student Newspaper of The Nueva School
OCTOBER 26, 2018
a SWeet EMPtINess Willow C. Y.
instagram’s once-solely-digital trends are now manifesting themselves in reality. pop-up museums are the latest iteration. p. 10
Photo by Amy Shamblen from Unsplash
Let's visit Middletown
Student actors experiment with a technically challenging comedy Antonetta T.
Thalia R. (9) designed the poster for the fall production.
Inside the bustling classroom that houses the rehearsals of the fall production, loud laughter and cheerful shouts escape through the thin, fabric walls. This room has witnessed a diverse cast of characters who have visited through the years—filling it with drama, comedy, intensity, and joy. From The Government Inspector to Albert’s Bridge, all past productions have taken their form here. Since August, students in the fall production elective have begun to organize the upper school’s fourth fall production—playwright Will Eno's Middletown—preparing to perform Nov. 1-3. In the meantime, the actors have been hard at work close-reading
the text, understanding the complexities of their characters, and developing their comedic skills. This play is an updated version of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, which is a metatheatrical play that outlines the daily lives of the residents of a small American town. Middletown, similarly, offers nondescript roles and depicts the everyday lives of ordinary characters in their ordinary town. The play straddles the contradictions of daily life, intertwining both comedy and pensive gravity. With English teachers Jamie Biondi and Saya Jenks as directors, the cast has been carefully close-reading and analyzing the ambiguous script these past few months.
Louis B., who plays the "Mechanic," explained, “The play is about the little interactions we have in life…a lot of times we might think that the most significant parts in life are the giant things that happen, but this play shows the beauty of two people just having a conversation.” Biondi describes the play as “vague and nondescript,” but says that “the group is just been running with it. It’s a play that works really well with this gifted population because there are so many connections that aren’t obvious and that your average high schooler isn’t going to find.” p. 4