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T h e a t r e R o u n d u pdifferent scenes by Katie Bussey ’15, Whitney Sanford ’16 andAshley Allinson ’15) negotiates the topsy-turvy world into which shehas fallen, where characters believe “six impossible things before breakfast.”Of course, the central question Alice asks—“Who in the worldam I?—is a critical question for young adolescents. Through opportunitieslike acting in the Middle School play, Nobles students discover,as the White Rabbit said to Alice, “You are where you belong.”— Catherine O’Neill GraceEmma Kotfica ’16 and Kate Bussey ’15Christian Yeh ’16, Whitney Sandford ’16,Gabriela Ureña ’16 and Chase Haylon ’158 l the NobLES Bulletin l Spring 2011Student Directors StepIn early February, four Nobles students took tothe director’s chair to create the annual studentdirectedplays. Haley DeLuca, JeffreyFishman, Ava Geyer and Rosalind Watson,all Class of 2011, overseen by interim Head ofTheatre Todd Morton, presented a series ofdark, twisted and witty one-acts. The studentstook charge of selecting scripts, cast and costumes,conducting rehearsals and creating props.They provided support to one another and threedirectors performed in the others’ plays alongwith seven other cast members. (Ava, who bothwrote and directed her show, did not perform.)Within Reason, written and directed by Ava,depicts Lisa (Haley), a 1950s mother who attemptsto heal her emotionally distraught daughterwith everything from Western medicine toEastern mysticism. Roy (Ben Kent ’12) is a selflesscharacter in love with Lisa. Although Lisapushes Roy away, he remains loyal and standsby her and her daughter (Emily London ’13)during tough times. “It sends a bittersweetmessage,” says Ava. “You can give so muchand not get anything back in return.”In The Edge, directed by Rosalind, Sammy(Julia Brosseau ’12), a satirical character, teasesa teenager ( Jeffrey) who threatens to commitsuicide after seeing the girl of his dreams kissanother boy. Rather than trying to convincehim not to jump off a building, Sammy chaffshim for being melodramatic. “No wonder. Youtheatre people are weird,” she says to the boy.Tragedy strikes in Haley’s directorial debut,It’s Called the Sugar Plum when college studentWallace Zuckerman (Ben) hits and kills anotherstudent riding on a skateboard. The accidentsends an infuriated fiancée (Rosalind) to Zuckerman’shome. Ironically, they fall in love afterspending only a few hours together, erasingall sadness and guilt from the accident.The audience was dragged into a dream inThe Actor’s Nightmare, directed by Jeffrey. PuzzledGeorge (Nolan Thomas ’14) is mistaken for anactor’s understudy. Forced to perform, Georgedoesn’t know his lines and is confused aboutwhether he’s in Private Lives, Hamlet, Checkmate,