Performing Arts
Vermont Commons School annually produces a play. We began with A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the spring of 1998, and since then we have performed a variety of dramas, comedies and musicals. With the annual play as its centerpiece, our performing arts program offers professional instruction in acting, choreography and set design. Through the rehearsal, production and performance of each play, students strengthen their creative, social and intellectual confidence -- and have fun!
Plays produced by VCS have included:
- The Foreigner (2009)
- Romeo & Juliet: Pirates vs Ninjas (2008)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (2007)
- Love Is Contagious (2006)
- The Mousetrap (2005)
- The Crucible (2004)
- You Can't Take It With You (2003)
- Much Ado About Nothing (2002)
- Crazy For You (2001)
- An Ideal Husband (2000)
- Harvey (1999)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1998)
In addition to the annual school play, students develop social and performing confidence in other forums during the school year. Every school day, students attend morning meeting where students volunteer to play instruments, read poetry, or discuss contemporary issues in front of the entire school. Encounter Week offerings during the school year often center around acting, directing, set design and dance. Finally, all students contribute to the “Evening of Readings” each spring, when students read selections from their writing from their English classes with poise, grace and confidence.