Adolescents can find it difficult to express their emotions, and drama provides a great outlet for young people to explore a wide range of feelings including delight, anger and unhappiness. We hope to create a fun and safe space for our middle school students to collaborate with their peers, gain confidence in who they are, and develop empathy for others through games, exercises, writing and performance. Fifth and sixth graders each take a year long drama class and explore basic acting techniques through drama games and exercises before rehearsing and performing their class plays.
Two year long classes are offered to all upper school students. One is Drama, which culminates in a class play, and the other is Stagecraft, which is responsible for designing and creating costumes, props, and set pieces for all TNS productions.