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The Mousetrap -
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Love, Loss, and What I Wore -
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The Bad Seed -
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Tech Crew: Lights & Sounds -
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The Man Who Came to Dinner -
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Arsenic and Old Lace -
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The Mousetrap -
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The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)
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Acting and public speaking can help build confidence, improve verbal communication, sharpen memorization skills, foster cooperation, and so much more. Grier provides many opportunities for students at all levels to get involved with acting and drama, both through classes and through cast or crew roles in stage productions.
Courses
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Acting I
Through written and performance activities like improvisation and theatre games, students will be exposed to voice training, diction training, mind and body training for stage acting. Students will have beginning make-up training. Students will perform monologues and scenes and at the end of this semester, students will have a head shot and resume so they can audition anywhere. -
Acting II
A continuation of Acting I, in the second semester students will be introduced to character development, scene development and analysis, dialects, physicality of characters. Students will continue to be introduced to make-up techniques. Students will perform skits and scenes for student assemblies. At the end of the semester, students will perform in front of faculty judges. Students will have a notebook of valuable information and exercises at the end of this class.
Past stage plays have included:
- Little Women - Fall 2023
- Pippin - Fall 2022
- Love, Loss, and What I Wore - Fall 2021
- 12 Angry Women - Fall 2018
- Murder on the Nile - Winter 2018
- Bad Seed - Fall 2017
- Arsenic and Old Lace - Winter 2016
- The Complete Works of Shakespeare - Winter 2016
- The Diary of Anne Frank - Fall 2015
- The Mousetrap - Winter 2015
- The Man Who Came to Dinner - Fall 2014
- The Odd Couple - Fall 2013
Drama News
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The Verdict is In: Grier's Adaptation of a Stage Classic is Great!
Grier presented the play 12 Angry Women on Tuesday, November 27th at 3:30pm in the Auditorium under the direction of drama teacher Mrs. Kim Silverman.The play was an adaptation of the 1957 courtroom drama 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose and featured a cast of twelve Grier students who auditioned for their roles.The play was originally scheduled for a two-day run on Thursday, November 15th at 7:00pm and on Friday, November 16th at 1:00pm but winter weather disrupted the plan. The cast and crew really rallied to execute a great production even with a week's delay. Well done!Read More -
Actors Prepare for Fall Play
Grier actors have been preparing for this year's Fall Play: 12 Angry Women. The play is an adaptation of the 1957 courtroom drama 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose. Grier is presenting this play on Thursday, November 15th at 7:00pm and on Friday, November 16th at 1:00pm in the Auditorium. Come see for yourself exactly what these jurors are so angry about!Read More -
Practicing Stage Make-up Techniques in Acting Class
Students in acting classes use lab days to practice stage make-up techniques in Mrs. Silverman's classroom. In this unique space, students experience what it is like to be back-stage in a dressing room. When the actors rehearse and perform, they use the Grier Auditorium stage. Grier offers three acting courses that include Introduction to Acting I, Acting II, and Acting for the Camera.Read More -
Grier Thespians Perform an Agatha Christie Murder Mystery!
Grier actors entertained audiences for a two-night run of the murder mystery play Muder on the Nile. The play is based on British mystery writer Agatha Christie's 1937 novel Death on the Nile. In the play, newlyweds Kay and Simon are enjoying their idyllic honeymoon aboard a ship on the Nile River when their bliss is interrupted by a brutal murder. All passengers aboard have plausible motive to kill, but who did?Read More
The set, designed to look like a luxury Egyptian cruiseliner, the glittering costumes, sound and lights, and of course, the acting delivered the high-tension muder mystery to the Grier audience. -
Grier's "Bad Seed" is a Good Apple!
Read MoreAudiences enjoyed Grier School's production of The Bad Seed, a chilling story of a seemingly perfect little girl in a small Southern town. The acclaimed play was written in 1954 by Maxwell Anderson, based on a novel by William March and was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film. -
Dark Comedy Arsenic & Old Lace Brings Laughs
Audiences enjoyed Grier School's production of Arsenic and Old Lace, a classic dark comedic play about the murderous lifestyle of the insane Brewster family. The play was written by John Kettering and was made famous by the 1944 film adaptation starring Cary Grant.Read More -
Students deliver a moving performance of The Diary of Anne Frank
Students performed the play titled "The Diary of Anne Frank" in Grier's Auditorium on Thursday evening, November 19th and Friday afternoon, November 20th. The play was directed by the head of the Drama Department, Kim Silverman.Read More
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Grier School
2522 Grier School Rd. | P.O. Box 308; Birmingham, PA 16686-0308
Phone: 814-684-3000 | Fax: 814-684-2177
Phone: 814-684-3000 | Fax: 814-684-2177
