In the Theater

This fall, the Upper School staged The Tempest Reimagined. This is a brilliant adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, filled with magic, romance, and revenge. Commissioned for Westtown by our former Theater Director, Alex Ates, this play by James Bartell dazzled audiences. From acting to set design and costuming, to light and sound, our students on and off stage put on an amazing production! Our thanks to new Theater Director Shawn Rowley who helped bring this show to life. Enjoy this gallery of photos from their dress rehearsal.

And, save the date for the Middle School play, The Edgar Allen Poe Afterlife Radio Show! A tap at a chamber door, and the beat of a hideous heart evoke the very best and creepiest of Edgar Allan Poe. So when Poe sets out to keep his stories alive from beyond the grave, an otherworldly radio studio proves just the thing. Wandering spirits gather to play the roles in Poe’s most classic works, from The Cask of the Amontillado to The Fall of the House of Usher. But the grim master of the macabre is a little new to radio. What’s all this about commercials? And why is a skeptical cemetery cat sticking around for all these stories?  Please join us on January 31 at 7:30 p.m. and February 1 at 2:00 p.m. to find out!

Finally, don’t miss the Upper School spring musical, The Addams Family! A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family—a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before—keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents. Coming to the Barton-Test Theater on May 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. and May 3 at 4:00 p.m.!