SPRING PLAY - Twelve Incompetent Jurors!​

Cast A: April 15-17 / Cast B: April 22-24*

When a man is accused of abducting half a dozen cats, it's a simple open-and-shut case, even for a jury that's filled with oddballs like a dim-witted PR flack, a bickering couple, and a creep obsessed with french fries. After all, every scrap of evidence indicts the accused. (I mean so clearly. The man is very, very guilty of stealing cats. Case closed.) And yet, Juror #8, a wannabe lawyer, believes that the "Cat Burglar" is innocent. Will he be able to sway the other jury members? Or will they side with Juror #3, the only sane one in the room? A hilarious parody of 12 Angry Men. 

*IMPORTANT UPDATE*

We have some exciting news. We are officially able to perform the show in front of a live audience! Wake County Public is allowing spectators, at a limited capacity, for school events.  Therefore our scheduled performances will be live.  We are limiting the audience to 100 people per performance.  Tickets must be purchased at least 24 hours in advance.  All audience members will go through a health screening, required to properly wear a mask, and then seated in reserved seats that will be spaced apart to provide social distancing. If you want to sit with someone, you will need to purchase tickets all together. 
The dress rehearsals for each cast will be filmed in order to have a streaming performance.  If you, or friends/family, do not feel comfortable attending a live show the streaming performance will be the best option.  This is also a great option for relatives who do not live in the area.

*CAST A will perform live April 15th-17th.  Streaming performance will be streamed all day on demand the following Wednesday, April 21st.

*CAST B will perform live April 22nd-24th.  Streaming performance will be streamed all day on demand the following Wednesday, April 28th.

PLEASE READ LIVE AUDIENCE SHOW PROTOCOLS BEFORE PURCHASING A LIVE TICKET!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

ITS Application!

Want to join our Theatre Honors Society, the International Thespian Society? Then go ahead and fill out an application! Usually you'd require a certain amount of points from participating in events and that would determine eligibility, but since this is a bizarre year, application will be considered individually! So go ahead and apply, whether you believe you could make it or not! What's the harm?
ITS Application!

Virtual Cabaret Night!

Life is a Cabaret! Come join us on February 18th to support our students as we experience a night of entertainment! Come to see all sorts of acts, including (but not limited to) songs, monologues, and maybe even some comedy!

We will be using Cabaret Night to help fundraise for our Senior Scholarship! This is not required, but it would be greatly appreciated! This is the link to our PayPal to help donate!

Click Here! - www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9GV6LA3QL4Q8L

​Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83034330555?pwd=dnlhNnV2SEhoVGwyYWNQU1hNY0FaUT09
​Passcode: 411823

10 Minute Plays!

As we end our first semester of this bizarre year, we celebrate the achievements that our members have done throughout this year! Four our Theatre IV class, they persevered and ended up creating their own original 10-Minute Plays. Give them a watch!

Kerfuffle

Sidney Crouse
Ava Kline
Sarabeth Peachey
Gia Soltesz
Camden Trimmer

God Rest Our Souls

Xander Barnes
Morgan Mears
Anna Stutts
Chrisoula Theodorou
Joan Wagner

Family Matters​

Jessie Andrews
Jack Floyd
Lily Harper
Ethan Kring
Alex Wright

Dear Santa

Anna Hofelt
Sutton Jones
Alex Miley
Ethan Page
​Martie Surasky

​For Worse Or For Better

Nathan Lund
Kenneth Nava Fabian
Amelie Van Deth
Mary Frances Vincent

Almost, Maine - A Staged Reading!

Open Reading will Occur via Zoom on
Thursday, December 10th at 5pm

Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States. It’s almost in Canada. And it’s not quite a town, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it almost doesn’t exist. One cold, clear, winter night, as the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, the residents of Almost, Maine, find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend—almost—in this delightful midwinter night’s dream.

Bread and Circuses
​ November 19th and 20th, 7pm!

"Bread and Circuses" is an original devised virtual production by the Sanderson Advanced Theatre Ensemble. It is a documentary play that was written from interviews from all the members of the class and chronicles their lives from before the COVID 19 pandemic to today and how they view the future. It is a raw, honest look at how teenagers lives, relationships and world views have been effected by these unprecedented times. ​

STE October Film Festival - October 28th, 7pm!

Sanderson Theatre Ensemble is proud to announce its October event: A Film Festival! On October 28th at 7pm, STE will showcase short films by Sanderson Students in a movie format on Zoom. Grab some popcorn, turn off the lights, and join us as we view the wonderful shows created for this Festival!
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The Rimers of Eldritch, A Staged Reading!

Open Reading will Occur via Zoom on
​Wednesday, September 23rd at 3:00PM

In the fictional very small rural town of Eldritch Iowa, a man has been murdered. The mystery is, who he is, who murdered him and what were the circumstances? And to solve it, Wilson looks at the outsides and insides of his tiny, Middle Western town. He looks at a middle-aging woman who falls in love with the young man who comes to work in her café. He looks at a coarse, nasty woman mistreating her senile mother, who is obsessed with visions of Eldritch being evil and headed for blood-spilling. He looks at a tender relationship between a young man and a dreamy, crippled girl. But Wilson sees far more than this. He is grasping the very fabric of small town America, with its catchword morality and its capability for the vicious. He senses the rhythm of its life and the cruelty it can impose.

2020 - 2021 Sanderson Theatre Season

A message from Mr. C:

Dear Parents, Students and Patrons of STE,

We thank you for your continued patience and support as we adjust to everything that is new about our situation. As school started, and we looked at the volume of work that would be thrust on our staff and students in this virtual teaching and learning world, we decided to suspend our planned fall production of "The Tempest".

We will be working to bring content to our students and audience during this semester. The Advanced Theatre Ensemble is devising a new work about the social effects of the pandemic on young people. We will present that to you after we submit it to the NCTC Virtual High School Play Festival in November. ITS will also be producing 4 special events over the fall semester, 2 staged readings, an "at home film festival" and a virtual cabaret night. Please keep checking the website and our social media pages for updated information.

Peter Comperatore
Theatre Arts Teacher
Sanderson High School

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