Mexico City. Five students, along
The 39 Steps: After participating
and decided that ISP had to put
with two mentors, attended,
in the terrific Fall theatre
it on. The problem, though, was
flying down on a fully sponsored
production of Tom Jones,
that Vicki Close, our incredible
trip this past August where they
a number of the cast and
Theatre teacher, already had too
placed 8th out of 161 teams, an
crew had had such a powerful
much on her plate and couldn’t
incredible achievement for the
experience and had formed such
take on another production. The
students, their mentors and the
a tight bond, that they decided
solution? The students decided to
entire ISP community that has
to continue working together.
do everything themselves!
supported them. Their success
Dimitri Maksimovic, an 11th
is proof of what students can
Grader at the time, had become
achieve when their curiosity and
fascinated with physical comedies
passion is allowed to flourish.
and theatrical farces and after reading a number of these plays, he came across The 39 Steps
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The result was a 100% student led, directed and designed school play. The older students recruited their friends and peers who had taken other