{"id":47240,"date":"2025-03-14T09:16:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/?p=47240"},"modified":"2025-03-14T09:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:17:59","slug":"theatre-in-our-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/student-life\/2025\/03\/14\/theatre-in-our-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre in our schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

For most students, March is just a long month that they trudge through, waiting for spring break. For the theatre department, March is prime time for <\/span>Theatre in Our Schools (TIOS) <\/span><\/i>to celebrate all things Theatre<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cTheater in our schools is a time to really recognize the importance of theatre education not only within the theatre community but as a whole,\u201d North Penn senior Haruka Weir explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sponsored by the <\/span>Educational Theatre Association <\/span><\/i>and the <\/span>American Alliance for Theatre and Education. <\/span><\/i>EdTA is the \u201cumbrella\u201d for all chapters of thespians including NPHS\u2019s chapter.<\/span><\/p>\n

The whole point of TIOS, as per <\/span>EdTA<\/span><\/a>, is to raise awareness and support for theatre at schools as well as help students develop various skills.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt really helps to develop students in their public speaking skills, and also focuses on the need to fund theatre education because oftentimes when school districts are making budget cuts, it\u2019s usually first to go,\u201d Weir said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The advocacy and outreach coordinators, Haruka Weir (Senior) and Ella Robinson (Junior), explained how North Penn has been a part of TIOS for a longtime. For Weir and Robinson themselves, this is their first year being the coordinators.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTheatre really shows you how to be expressive and captivate your audience,\u201d Weir said\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

TIOS is so important because it helps students in theatre build connections between the unlikely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt really teaches you how to interact with other people that you wouldn\u2019t find yourself interacting with,\u201d Robinson explained, \u201cIt builds a big community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Theatre has provided students a community where students can be themselves while learning important skills such as teamwork, self expression, and public speaking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Students can help the theatre department at our school by showing up to their spring musical, <\/span>Children of Eden, <\/span><\/i>and if they want to get involved, join the google classroom for thespians!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur general membership meetings, you can come to those things, but if you’re not coming to that, just recognizing that we have spirit days especially this month [every Friday],\u201d Weir said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The NPHS thespians chapter holds a birthday party for Thespis to commence at the end of TIOS month. Thespis was an ancient Greek poet who was considered \u201cthe first actor.\u201d His birthday party is being held on the 18th of March where the thespians will have fun activities planned<\/span><\/p>\n

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Birthday cake made for Thespis, also known as “the first actor”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Back in the early ages, goats were given as \u201cawards\u201d to the best actors. NPHS has kept this tradition going in their own way! They have a fluffy stuffed statue of a goat named Thes\u201dPete\u201d and gave out little goats last year to the most \u2018Thespis\u2019 Enthusiastic thespians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you are thinking of joining theatre, like you\u2019re in 10th grade and you might want to join next year, just do it and see if you like it! It\u2019s really fun, it\u2019s really cool, and it\u2019s a really great way of meeting new people and getting new experiences,\u201d Robinson urged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The coordinators unfortunately missed their third coordinator, 11th grader Tanvi Iyengar, who couldn\u2019t make the interview.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To stay up to date with important events and spirit days, go follow their instagram <\/span>@nphsthespians <\/span><\/i>and join their google classroom!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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