Last month, the school play, Ghostlight, came to a close, with a packed audience and loud applause. The stage came alive with powerful acting and the moment that made people laugh and cry. But more than just an entertaining night, the play held deeper meaning—especially for the students who made it happen.
School plays are more than just performances. They help students learn to work as a team, take responsibility, and express themselves creatively. Whether you’re acting under the spotlight or working the lights behind the scenes, there’s a role for everyone—and each one matters. It is also helpful to develop your empathy. Acting provide the experience understanding other’s feeling. It’s also a chance to grow, build confidence, and discover new interests even future career paths.
“We all appreciate each other everyone in that theater building all play a small or big part of making the show work we mostly all appreciate our director Ms. Drake she’s the one that we highly appreciate and the one that helped us through all our highs and lows in this show.”
Ashlee Herrera, one of the drama club members said. “The most impressive character in the show had to be no other then Garbiela aka Vivian Pharris not because she was the main character but because she had so much potential and so many lines to remember in such short time she had her character straight and she gave it her all every night of all 3 plays and the impressive scene there is was when she’s in act 2 when herself & her friend both find out they are actually sisters, the raw emotion that she gave in that scene was beautiful.” she added.
At rehearsals we faced a few challenges here and there but most of the time we flew through it everyday when we would get into the theater room you could just feel the energy of everyone’s positive vibes and feel safe right there, everyone is so nice in the theater building we’re all family to each other and at rehearsal everyone would pump you up before your part comes up, everyone sets you up for success.”
It seems like the audience found the final scene especially touching. It was the last performance for our seniors before graduation, so it meant a lot to all of them.
” I really enjoyed the play. I laughed a lot because it was genuinely funny. The ending part especially made me laugh so hard. Everyone did a great job, and I had a really good time watching it.” Freshmen Princess Lokossou who watched the play said.
