2004-2005 WBHS Theatre Season
Season Theme: THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE- PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
"The life which is unexamined is not worth living." - Plato, Dialogues, Apology
Fall Production: Brave New World
Brave New World, a dramatic play by David Rogers based on the novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley, vividly displays a freightening future dystopia. Production tagline: "In a world ruled by conformity and an endless pursuit of pleasure, a new morality has been defined." The play is set in the future where mindless happiness is universal; where babies are not born but decanted from bottles; where human frustrations are eliminated by happiness drugs. Into this society comes John, a sensitive, human throwback. His relationships with the inhabitants provide a provocative and pertinent questioning of modern values. For complete production information, visit the Brave New World Production Gallery Page. Synopsis provided by Dramatists Publishing Company. Production Tagline: "In a world ruled by conformity and an endless pursuit of pleasure, a new morality has been defined."
Children's Show: Which Witch?
Which Witch? was a student-written children's show that featured many zany characters. The show was performed before a lively audience of children from several of West Bloomfield's elementary schools. For complete production information, visit theWhich Witch? Production Gallery Page. Synopsis and show information available at Samuel French, Inc.
MIFA One-Act Festival: Anybody Out There?
A comedy by John Patrick. Poor Oliver Pankey is a born loser; his landlady charges him when someone else breaks his window; his fiancee leaves him for a married man; his boss at the bank cuts his pay when he asks for a riase; and a thief takes everything he has-including his only suit. And, as the last straw, when he visits a doctor to check on the results of a blood test the files get switched, and he is told that he'll be dead within six months. Fed up, and conciled to his fate, Oliver turns tino a raging lion, performing feats of dazzling bravery and ending up as the new branch manager of the bank. He even agrees to help the FBI by becoming a sitting duck for a gangland shoot-out-only to learn, at the eleventh hour, of the doctor's horrendous error. Needless to say out stalwart hero's knees turn suddenly to jelly, buy the action spins zanily on, deftly finding its way to a happy-and hilarious-conclusion. For complete production information, visit the Anybody Out There? Production Gallery Page. Synopsis and show information available at Samuel French, Inc.Winter Production: WB Film Festival Featuring Paper Dolls
During the second season of the WB Film Festival students were given the chance to write, produce, direct and act in a feature-length film. Beginning in early October, 2004, a group of three student writers were selected to write a screenplay from scratch. Following the conclusion of the writing process, a production staff was selected and WBHS's very first feature-lenght film was brought to life. For complete production information, visit the Paper Dolls Production Gallery Page.
Spring Musical: Pippin
Once upon a time, the young prince Pippin longed to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment. he sought it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father, King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, he found lasting fulfillment in the simple pleasures of home and family. For complete production information, visit the Pippin Production Gallery Page. Complete synopsis and show information available at Music Theatre International.