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May 8, 2020 • No Comments
Although COVID-19 has forced many Atlantans to change how they live, go to school and work, the City of Atlanta has tried to utilize its resources in order to minimize the...
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May 20, 2020 • No Comments
Student homelessness is at an all-time high in the United States. According to findings in the New York Times, the number of students living in “unsheltered places” --...
The cast of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" runs Act I during vocal rehearsal.
Freshman Virginia Maguire uses a drill to construct the set for “Sweeney Todd,“ her first Grady Drama production. Students learn technical, mathematical and artistic skills on crew.
Art teacher John Brandhorst and crew members construct a Sicilian caravan for “Sweeney Todd”. Brandhorst believes having everything in the set in order is a challenging yet integral part of planning a show. “Getting the complexity of the set in place so that everything is functioning properly is becoming our number one priority,” Brandhorst said.
Junior Inaya Abdul-Haqq (left), who plays Bird Seller, and Madison Ford, who plays Tobias, run through their scenes during vocal rehearsal with Mr. Hill.
Senior Kai Mehra, who plays Sweeney Todd, performs “My Friends” during vocal rehearsal. “It’s interesting to keep track of the changing character motivations and multiple levels of deception,” Mehra said.
Freshman Isabel Newman (left) and Haven Li review sheet music for “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” after school.
The main set for “Sweeney Todd” was under construction in the Vincent Murray Auditorium before the show was postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19.
Junior Nicky Taylor (left) and senior Sam Toole rehearse Scene 8: "Johanna's Room" in the Black Box Theater. Taylor plays Judge Turpin, and Toole plays Anthony in the show.
Art teacher John Brandhorst and crew construct a wooden set piece. The scenery is intended to resemble 1846 industrial London, around Fleet Street.
Senior Elise Livius screws two wood planks together for a set structure using an electric screwdriver. Livius is master carpenter on the crew.
Senior Maddie Thorpe, senior Bradley Colburn-Stanger, senior Sam Toole, sophomore Brady Stroppel and senior Jaden Petee rehearse with chorus teacher Kevin Hill after school.
Senior Elise Livius uses a miter saw to cut a plank of wood for the set.
Freshman Naiomi Partridge and freshman Quavion Turner screw in a wood piece to construct a platform.
Sophomore Anna Rackwalski operates a software called Sinfonia, which performs live orchestra via users tapping the tempo.
Junior Inaya Abdul-Haqq (left), who plays Bird Seller, and Madison Ford, who plays Tobias, run through their scenes during vocal rehearsal with Mr. Hill.
