DIRECTOR'S NOTE There is nothing like a putting on a play, and putting on high school play - that's a whole other experience! A brilliant one. I tell people that what I do for a living is make memories. Sure, there is the actual show, but then there are all the hours and hours spent after school tripping over lines, moving blocks around where 'the couch will be' or the 'whiskey set will be'. There are the weekends of costume shopping, purchasing yards of fabric in dusty Spadina shops, digging in my basement storage for the red velvet curtains I never did toss out, because I knew, being the director of high school plays, that one day it would be perfect for a King's robe. There is the scouring for props and set pieces, pulling out a chair from a garbage day toss out and asking friends if I could possibly borrow that couch hidden away in the garage for the last several years. And then waking up at 3AM with an a-ha moment that my grandmother's childhood night-table is the perfect piece (knowing that she, who directed her village community youth theatre troupe, would be pleased her night table dawned a new life). But that is not all...miracles also happen during high school plays, like York mom Tania Ivaniouchkina, who offhandedly at parent-teacher interview said she would be able to sew the Inspector Cape which turned into sewing the Shakespearean robes, stitching shawls, cumber-buns and...and...and. The show is indebted to many, many people, who have donated their time and talent (dummy building, menu designing) and family heirlooms (rotary phone) and technical expertise, above and beyond any possible job description could imagine. And so, we ask you to sit back and experience this beautifully chaotic show, from British Mystery to Avant-Garde. Remember, all these actors entering, exiting, yelling, crying - they have created characters amidst IAs, tests, basketball and volleyball games. There may be glitches, but this show goes on! - Ms. Mary B. Wood
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