On Thursday, December 19, Skyline's Professional Drama students will perform Lockdown: Await Further Instructions, a timely play co-written by teenagers in New York City and Oakland that reminds us about just how vulnerable schools are to gun violence and how vulnerable teens are to acute stress in their daily lives. The play takes us into…
Continue reading ➞ “Lockdown: Await Further Instructions” directed by Ms. Awele
For the last 3 years, Drama students and Ms. Awele have offered creative work to our community that explores school culture and climate, the importance of healthy relationships and communication to building trust, standing up against intolerance, repairing harm and making amends, restoring balance and trying to heal as best as possible for all to…
Continue reading ➞ Highlight: “Romeo & Juliet” directed by Ms. Awele
On Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Professional Drama students Tessa, Sahara and Avelina stepped on the SHN Theater Hamilton stage to perform their original spoken word piece, History Unwritten, in front of more than 2000 of their peers. History Unwritten was created in the Professional Drama class as part of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American…
Preview night was a great success yesterday, October 2. Audience members were treated to a survey of performances by students from their drama, dance, and music classes. Dance students performed a dance synthesizing traditional African movements with other modern choreography. Drama students performed their original pieces created as part of the Hamilton Education Project. Sophomore…
Continue reading ➞ 2019-20 Fall Performing Arts Preview Night
Drama students, accompanied by OUSD music teacher Helena Jack, were invited to perform a monologue from Black Odyssey on the Green Stage at the 2019 Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Juneteenth Variety Show. Our Skyline students were the only performers in the variety show that were not in the OSF company. The opportunity to join the accomplished…
Continue reading ➞ Ensemble Performance at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Juneteenth Variety Show
