STRATEGIC VISION
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PROGRAM • TEACHING
Shining Through on Camera With live performances temporarily on pause during the covid-19 pandemic, this year’s Upper School musical took on the form of a video revue comprised of a half-dozen songs and a few short scenes. The show, which premiered on penncharter.com in May, featured a
selecting a wide range of musical styles was important, as was including
from home. Theater teacher Michael Roche directed and edited the
sketches to break up the songs.
production with support from Upper School faculty members Ari Baker, Joe Fitzmartin and Liz Jones.
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“You can’t just give people the same thing for 25 minutes,” he said, so
cast of 12 students who recorded much of their own video and audio
Song choices ran the gamut from contemporary musical theater favorites (“Opening Up” from 2015’s Waitress), Broadway classics
Roche’s approach to developing the musical was all about “variety,
(“You’re the One That I Want” from 1971’s Grease) and Top-40 hits by
variety, variety.”
the Jackson 5 and ABBA.
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SPRING 2021
