Advanced Theater Arts Students Present Monologues

On October 24, ninth grade students in Sarah Carlin's Advanced Theater Arts course held the Upper School riveted as they presented their sometimes funny, sometimes heartfelt monologues in the Trustey Family Theatre.

"These solo pieces are their first big challenge of the year," explains Carlin. "The ninth graders go into the project doubtful about whether they will be able to pull it off, but with consistent effort, disciplined preparation, and a lot of support and constructive feedback from their peers, they are ready when performance time arrives."

The polished results of the students' hard work—and, indeed, their unmistakable talent—was on clear display as each of the six young actors stood alone on the stage. First to present was Charles Hoffman, who had the audience giggling along as his over-confident, high school-age narrator experienced an epic embarassment in front of his class. Next, Alex Oder captured viewers' imaginations with an evocative graveside soliloquy about the death of a mountain-climbing father, and Ava D'Ambrosio took a daring tack with her surreal and darkly comic portrayal of a woman's session with a psychiatrist, during which she recounts a traumatic childhood theater-going experience.

In the second half of the show, Kealan Biebesheimer kept the audience on edge as he confessed a young man's feelings of uncertainty and grief about his parents' divorce. Laughs returned as Linden Adamson's aging and comically inept Walmart stockboy, a 28-year store veteran trying to earn a promotion with a personals-like video.

"What my students learn through the monologue experience is that they can trust theselves," says Sarah Carlin. "When they hear the applause from their fellow students, they are elated at what they've accomplished. These young actors deserve all of our congratulations."


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