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Twentieth Century Broadway

One of the nice things about having a son who likes to act is the lack of competition. Four boys tried out compared to 20+ girls. Needless to say, almost half the girls play male roles and my son gets lots of lines.

Ashland Middle School play

A few weeks back the Ashland Middle School put on a play called “Twentieth Century Broadway” which was actually about five mini-plays including The Grapes of Wrath, The Crucible, Hair, and others. It was a musical.

I’ll post some more photos from the show tomorrow.

Ashland Middle School Play

Ashland is perhaps best known for its theatrical arts. Besides the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, there are countless plays going on in and around town. On most nights you have your choice of between 3 and 8 or so different plays to see. Not bad for a town of just over 20,000 people.

With all of these professional actors, directors, etc. in town it’s no surprise that the schools have amazing drama programs. The middle school plays are as good or better than high school plays elsewhere. The high school plays are as good or better than university plays elsewhere. And the SOU plays are better than professional plays elsewhere.

Unfortunately, I can’t stand plays. So I only go when I have to. Unfortunately, that is very often as my son loves to attend and participate in them.

The above photo is from the curtain call of Ashland Middle School’s rendition of “This is a Test.” They also performed “Small Actors” on the same night a few weeks back.