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Actors Lauren White, Jaxson Crigger, Jorden Whitley, and Alyson Fernandez blocking the closing scene.

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Students doing some work on our upcoming production of She Kills Monsters.

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Day 6: Still. 1930's props.

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Day 5: Inspire. Junior Kenny Bernisky's quote.

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"The cold never bothered us anyway!" We're still kicking with an early rehearsal this morning!

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MCVTS Theatre will be participating in the #mccarter31 photo challenge! Here are our first 4 entries, left to right, top to bottom: Color, On Stage, Black and White, and Upside Down!

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Part of our "Tech Squad" and director Maria Aladren (center) take over the Measure for Measure set!

Students from left to right:

Anyah Perry (Sophomore): Assistant Director

Irina Perera (Sophomore): Assistant Light Design

Rowen Clarke (Junior): Stage Manager/Prop Manager

Ashley Harsanyi (Junior): Technical Director/Assistant Production Manager/Light Op

Aubree Roser (Sophomore): Assistant Costume Design

Bri Egri (Junior): Company Manager/Backstage Manager

Jillian Silva (Sophomore): Front of House Manager/Assistant Sound Engineer

Riley Stein (Senior): Assistant Sound Design, Sound Engineer, Sound Op

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Come see Measure for Measure to support your local theatre students! All proceeds of this show go towards the MCVTS School of the Arts, and the expansion of young minds.

MCVTS Theatre program at the East Brunswick Vocational and Technical school present Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, directed by Maria Aladren. The show will be held on March 19-21 and 26-28 at 7 PM at the East Brunswick Vocational and Technical School Auditorium, 112 Rues Lane, East Brunswick. Pre-sale tickets can be purchased by contacting mcvtstheatre@gmail.com or going to http://bpt.me/1348626, $15 for adults and $5 for students. Teachers and administrators K-college are free. Tickets at the door are $17 for adults and $7 for students. Free parking at the venue.

Students in the program are thrilled to explore the world of Shakespeare.  This play--considered one of Shakespeare’s problem plays--presents a wonderful challenge for young actors.  The play deals with issues of hypocrisy, religious fervor, politics, and the abuse of power.  In Measure for Measure, Shakespeare sends a benign (but clueless) ruler, Duke Vincentio, into a quest to find out the true nature of her domain by giving her power to Angelo, her most law-abiding advisor, and disguising herself as a friar to observe the consequences.  Hilarity, betrayal, confusion and death ensue.  Angelo decides to rule with an iron fist until a young soon-to-be nun becomes his undoing.

For this production, director Maria Aladren has decided to set this world in the sophisticated glamour of a 1930’s Vienna, just before the Nazi invasion. The duke has become a duchess, and the joie-de-vivre of the Art Deco movement permeates the set and costumes.

“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall”, the duchess’ right-hand woman says. And students in the program are challenged to find the dark humor in the all-too-human foibles of morality and law.  

“When I first thought about Shakespeare I would picture Victorian era styles. But now I know what they don’t always teach in class, that Shakespeare is more relevant than I would have originally thought. Hypocrisy is something I don’t like now, so think about it in the context of this play. Heads roll, fights break out, people are tattooed, and go undercover like spies.“

“If I try to explain this show to you it might just sound like a Shakespearean tragedy, but its a comedy. And thats where the fun begins. All I have to say is Shakespeare is one clever dude.

“The Grand Budapest hotel man. A Shakespeare Grand Budapest inspired hypocritical show.”

In the MCVTS Theatre conservatory, young artists pursue their love of acting, playwriting, and  technical production; providing a practical and theoretical foundation for students seeking excellence in the performing arts.

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About 3.3 million students are expected to graduate from high school in 2013—14, Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the US, which now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries The national dropout rate appears to be between 22 and 25 percent.  In these next 4 years, 208 weeks, 1,460 days, 35,040 hours, 2,102,400 minutes, 126,144,000 seconds, you will be here in these seats becoming small fractions of these percentiles.

So what is education to you?

The Education Project- A devised theatre piece created and performed by the Sophomore/Junior Class of 2013-2014

Director- Maria Aladren

Set Design- Mary Elizabeth O’Haire

Light Design- Vicki J Myers 

Sound Design- Hayley Trachtenberg

Technical Director- Dan Baker

Stage Manager- Rowen Clarke

May 22, 23, 24 at 7:00 PM

Student matinees: May 22 & 23

112 Rues Lane, East Brunswick NJ

Tickets:

General Public: $15 ($17 at the door)

Students K-College $5 ($7 at door)

Free for MCVTS Performing Arts students, alumni and K-college teachers and administrators.

Contact mcvtstheatre@gmail.com for tickets and more information.

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About 3.3 million students are expected to graduate from high school in 2013—14, Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the US, which now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries The national dropout rate appears to be between 22 and 25 percent.  In these next 4 years, 208 weeks, 1,460 days, 35,040 hours, 2,102,400 minutes, 126,144,000 seconds, you will be here in these seats becoming small fractions of these percentiles.

So what is education to you?

The Education Project- A devised theatre piece created and performed by the Sophomore/Junior Class of 2013-2014

Director- Maria Aladren

Set Design- Mary Elizabeth O’Haire

Light Design- Vicki J Myers 

Sound Design- Hayley Trachtenberg

Technical Director- Dan Baker

Stage Manager- Rowen Clarke

May 22, 23, 24 at 7:00 PM

Student matinees: May 22 & 23

112 Rues Lane, East Brunswick NJ

Tickets:

General Public: $15 ($17 at the door)

Students K-College $5 ($7 at door)

Free for MCVTS Performing Arts students, alumni and K-college teachers and administrators.

Contact mcvtstheatre@gmail.com for tickets and more information.

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Few other subjects raise more controversy and diverse opinions than the state of education in the USA. Yet no other topic is more relevant to students currently in the educational system. For the past few months, MCVTS Theatre students have taken upon themselves to explore, investigate, and express their views on their experience of the process of education. The final result of their work, The Education Project--a totally original, collaborative play--will premiere May 22, 23, 24 at 7 PM at the East Brunswick Tech Auditorium. For tickets email mcvtstheatre@gmail.com or go to TheEducationProject.bpt.me. Tickets are $15 for general public ($17 at the door) and $5 ($7 at door) for students K through college. All teachers and administrators free of charge.

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Giving witnesses of our educational system a chance to tell their stories and add to the never-ending question that is, "What is 'getting an education?'"

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About 3.3 million students are expected to graduate from high school in 2013—14, Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the US, which now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries The national dropout rate appears to be between 22 and 25 percent.  In these next 4 years, 208 weeks, 1,460 days, 35,040 hours, 2,102,400 minutes, 126,144,000 seconds, you will be here in these seats becoming small fractions of these percentiles.

So what is education to you?

The Education Project- A devised theatre piece created and performed by the Sophomore/Junior Class of 2013-2014

Director- Maria Aladren

Set Design- Mary Elizabeth O’Haire

Light Design- Vicki J Myers 

Sound Design- Hayley Trachtenberg

Technical Director- Dan Baker

Stage Manager- Rowen Clarke

May 22, 23, 24 at 7:00 PM

Student matinees: May 22 & 23

112 Rues Lane, East Brunswick NJ

Tickets:

General Public: $15 ($17 at the door)

Students K-College $5 ($7 at door)

Free for MCVTS Performing Arts students, alumni and K-college teachers and administrators.

Contact mcvtstheatre@gmail.com for tickets and more information.

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About 3.3 million students are expected to graduate from high school in 2013—14, Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the US, which now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries The national dropout rate appears to be between 22 and 25 percent.  In these next 4 years, 208 weeks, 1,460 days, 35,040 hours, 2,102,400 minutes, 126,144,000 seconds, you will be here in these seats becoming small fractions of these percentiles.

So what is education to you?

The Education Project- A devised theatre piece created and performed by the Sophomore/Junior Class of 2013-2014

Director- Maria Aladren

Set Design- Mary Elizabeth O'Haire

Light Design- Vicki J Myers 

Sound Design- Hayley Trachtenberg

Technical Director- Dan Baker

Stage Manager- Rowen Clarke

May 22, 23, 24 at 7:00 PM

Student matinees: May 22 & 23

112 Rues Lane, East Brunswick NJ

Tickets:

General Public: $15 ($17 at the door)

Students K-College $5 ($7 at door)

Free for MCVTS Performing Arts students, alumni and K-college teachers and administrators.

Contact mcvtstheatre@gmail.com for tickets and more information.

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About 3.3 million students are expected to graduate from high school in 2013—14, Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the US, which now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries The national dropout rate appears to be between 22 and 25 percent.  In these next 4 years, 208 weeks, 1,460 days, 35,040 hours, 2,102,400 minutes, 126,144,000 seconds, you will be here in these seats becoming small fractions of these percentiles.

So what is education to you?

The Education Project- A devised theatre piece created and performed by the Sophomore/Junior Class of 2013-2014

Director- Maria Aladren

Set Design- Mary Elizabeth O’Haire

Light Design- Vicki J Myers 

Sound Design- Hayley Trachtenberg

Technical Director- Dan Baker

Stage Manager- Rowen Clarke

May 22, 23, 24 at 7:00 PM

Student matinees: May 22 & 23

112 Rues Lane, East Brunswick NJ

Tickets:

General Public: $15 ($17 at the door)

Students K-College $5 ($7 at door)

Free for MCVTS Performing Arts students, alumni and K-college teachers and administrators.

Contact mcvtstheatre@gmail.com for tickets and more information.

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About 3.3 million students are expected to graduate from high school in 2013—14, Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the US, which now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries The national dropout rate appears to be between 22 and 25 percent.  In these next 4 years, 208 weeks, 1,460 days, 35,040 hours, 2,102,400 minutes, 126,144,000 seconds, you will be here in these seats becoming small fractions of these percentiles.

So what is education to you?

The Education Project- A devised theatre piece created and performed by the Sophomore/Junior Class of 2013-2014

Director- Maria Aladren

Set Design- Mary Elizabeth O’Haire

Light Design- Vicki J Myers 

Sound Design- Hayley Trachtenberg

Technical Director- Dan Baker

Stage Manager- Rowen Clarke

May 22, 23, 24 at 7:00 PM

Student matinees: May 22 & 23

112 Rues Lane, East Brunswick NJ

Tickets:

General Public: $15 ($17 at the door)

Students K-College $5 ($7 at door)

Free for MCVTS Performing Arts students, alumni and K-college teachers and administrators.

Contact mcvtstheatre@gmail.com for tickets and more information.

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About 3.3 million students are expected to graduate from high school in 2013—14, Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the US, which now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries The national dropout rate appears to be between 22 and 25 percent.  In these next 4 years, 208 weeks, 1,460 days, 35,040 hours, 2,102,400 minutes, 126,144,000 seconds, you will be here in these seats becoming small fractions of these percentiles.

So what is education to you?

The Education Project- A devised theatre piece created and performed by the Sophomore/Junior Class of 2013-2014

Director- Maria Aladren

Set Design- Mary Elizabeth O’Haire

Light Design- Vicki J Myers 

Sound Design- Hayley Trachtenberg

Technical Director- Dan Baker

Stage Manager- Rowen Clarke

May 22, 23, 24 at 7:00 PM

Student matinees: May 22 & 23

112 Rues Lane, East Brunswick NJ

Tickets:

General Public: $15 ($17 at the door)

Students K-College $5 ($7 at door)

Free for MCVTS Performing Arts students, alumni and K-college teachers and administrators.

Contact mcvtstheatre@gmail.com for tickets and more information.