She’s the Man

Times Reporter    

 

Strathmore High School (SHS) drama students, and their teacher Paula Richardson, strive to bring fun, new and exciting productions to the SHS stage. This upcoming production is no different. ‘She’s the Man’, the popular movie from 2006, has been transformed and will be shown on the SHS stage starting June 5.  

“It was the student’s idea to do this play, I actually wanted to do Shakespeare and they said no we don’t want to do Shakespeare, but how about if we do a modern Shakespeare. Our choices were ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ and ‘She’s the Man’,” said SHS Drama teacher Paula Richardson. 

‘She’s the Man’ is modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘The Twelfth Night.’ One of the students, Brontë Weissig, has taken all of the drama classes, including the advanced acting class, and will be listed as the assistant director on the program. She is currently helping Richardson this year with the directing and editing of the script. 

“It has been a lot of work, probably a little more than I thought it would be, we had to do a lot of editing and that took us a lot of time. The students have really bought into it, they’re having a really good time with it, I think it is going to be a really funny show,” said Richardson. 

“This is honestly what I would call almost a collective in that the students have contributed so many ideas, they have brought in their own costumes, their own props from home, everyone has thrown in an idea or two.”

There is some mild language and content that parents may be concerned about, but Richardson said she hopes that anyone with questions about the content will contact her to find out more. 

“It’s based on a movie that the kids know, it’s a recognizable title, I’m hoping that will draw in audience members because it is a recognized title,” said Richardson.

She said it will be fun, and that the script has a lot of humour in it that the students especially get a kick out of.

The show runs June 5-8 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through a cast member, or by calling the school at 403-934-3135.