The Show Goes On

Upper School students delivered a fast-paced, funny and at times haunting performance of The Trial at the Vineyard Theater in December. Based on the novel by Kafka, it tells the story of Joseph K., who is arrested and prosecuted by an unknown authority for a crime that is never revealed to him or the reader. Head of the Performing Arts and the director of the play, Steve Borowka comments, “We set out to perform a socially relevant play. The fact that you can get arrested and not know why, through a lense of absurdity, resonates.”

One challenge was not having enough parts for everyone who auditioned. But because the work is in the public domain, Steve used original source material to write in new characters to suit the abilities of students and increased the cast to 24 from 14. Steve comments, “Performing this play was a total joy. Some of our students had never done a live show and they were super excited. I hope the audience enjoyed it!” This spring Middle and Upper School students will present Pippin. The book for the musical was written by Roger Hirson ’43.