PETER FREW ’75
AROUND THE POND
Vintage Comedy
Students and their families were treated to performances of Moss Hart’s and George Kaufman’s well-loved comedy You Can’t Take It With You on the February Parents Weekend. Directed by Helena Fifer, the play’s fabulous set sent audiences back to 1936, at the Manhattan home of patriarch Martin Vanderhof, played by Javier Garcia ’05. The cast also included seniors Lily Cowles and Mac Morris (at left) as well as Nell Maltman, Spenta Kutar, Camden Flath, Donald Molosi, Madeleine Dubus, Eric Roper, Alexandra Kelly, Monica Raymunt, and Mike Negron; upper mids Michael Davis, Brian Romaine, John Ale, Matt Nelsen, and Skye Priestley; middler Sara Partridge, and lower mid Charlie Fraker. Support for the production was provided by the James G. Franciscus ’53 and James Hollyday Webb ’92 theater funds.
Postcard from Watertown
To:
JANA DRAPER
Mr. MacMullen surprised us all by declaring Friday, February 25, a Headmaster’s Holiday. The day gave upper mids a chance to work on their term papers, and the school also offered students the opportunity to go to New York City and see “The Gates” by artists Christo and Jean-Claude. I was one of the 31 Tafties who went to see it. We had about four hours in the city. The bus dropped us off at The Met, and we walked south through the park. After ending up around 61st Street, a group of about ten of us ate lunch at the Italian restaurant Serafina. After lunch, we woefully boarded the bus to come back to campus for classes the next day. —Sam Dangremond ’05
Taft Bulletin Spring 2005
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