PGIA's Ms. Sibyl Rolle Directs Virtual Play - July 10th

Our Ms. Sibyl Rolle is directing a virtual play with Four Walls Theater based in Brooklyn NY and is inviting the VIMSIA community to tune in.

“Michelle Tyrene Johnson’s timely play, “Rights of Passage”, directed by Sibyl Rolle, asks the question what happens when a white police officer comes to a law office to seek legal help after killing an unarmed black youth? Controversy and media attention hasn’t yet happened, but for the police officer, explaining what happened is more complicated than he bargained for.

The Livestream! performance is Friday, July 10 at 8pm EST/ 5pm PT.
The recording of the performance will only be available through July 24th.

Those who donate prior to the start of the livestream performance will receive a Zoom link for an exclusive talk-back with the artists after the show.”

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To find out more information you can visit the Four Walls Theater website or Facebook.

PGIA Theater Elective Presents Macbeth - Dec 13th and 14th

The PGIA’s Theater Elective class will be performing Macbeth this fall.

The show dates are Friday, December 13th and Saturday, December 14th at 7pm at the Solar Awning.

Admission is $10

Bon Voyage London End Session Trip

“This above all: to thine own self be true. ”

— Hamlet, Act I, Scene III

London Trip is off and running. How nice that they ran into Mrs. Gruber!

Global Context: Orientation in Space and Time - London End Session

Discover how the shared history of British-American relations translate to our modern relationships throughout the world.

Explore the ancient wonder of Stonehenge, the early Renaissance cultural explosion of Shakespeare’s time, and modern theater and innovation.

Wizard of Oz - Bravo!

Huge kudos to Ms. Bump and her Theater Elective group, Ms. Engle with her Montessori “munchkins”., Mr. Enright and his tech crew, Ms. Ferguson and her art students - The Wizard of Oz was a hit! A picture is worth a thousand words…..

Thursday Theater with Ms. Christensen

A note from Ms. Christensen:

I had a wonderful time with these students!!! They catch on really fast and are enthusiastic!

I did mention that there is optional homework this week. 

If appropriate for each individual family, I told them to watch one or all of the following:

• •Newsies (on Netflix) for the song “seize the day”

• •Annie for the song “it’s a hard knock life”

• •The greatest showman for the song “This is me”.

We’ll be working on those songs with scene work and choreography and hopefully present them in a final performance.

Shakespeare is Alive at VIMSIA

On Friday, April 15, VIMSIA was the location to be at for the annual Vento Shakespeare Workshops and Festival. This event, presented by Pistarkle Theatre, strives to educate, engage and entertain students on the literary works of Shakespeare. With over 130 students from schools around the islands the VIMSIA campus was filled with love, laughter, and dramatic deaths as each group brought their own spin to the Bard’s words.

VIMSIA entered three different acts for the festival – “Taming of the Shrew” performed by the 8th grade; another group consisted of our drama enrichment students under the direction of Ms. Pamela New presenting “King Lear”; and our third was an independent monologue by 10th grader Darby, “Edmund" in King Lear.

Our 8th graders won an award for best supporting ensemble and Darby won an award for her monologue. All our students worked for months to create their presentations and we are so proud of them all!

Preview of "The Gruffalo" for Montessori Students

Montessori students were treated to a preview of "The Gruffalo, wit' a Lil' Virgin Islands Seasoning....Me Son!"  The play will be presented by the UVI Theater Class at UVI's Little Theater over Thanksgiving.  The UVI students discussed theater and set design with VIMISA students and read the book, which is written by Julia Donaldson.

UVI professor and PGIA parent, Pamela New directs the production, which takes the original play and adds some great Caribbean flavor.  

Ms. Paul has tickets available for sale.  $5 children, $10 adults.  The play will be performed at UVI's Little Theater.

Spotlight: Marcus Norkaitis - Lead for "Rock of Ages"

PGIA senior Marcus Norkaitis and actress & TV2 reporter April Knight in "Rock of Ages"   Photo credit Noelle Olive Photography

Marcus Norkaitis as "Drew" -  Photo Credit Noelle Olive Photography

PGIA Senior Marcus Norkaitis plays the lead role of Drew in Pistarckle Theater's production of "Rock of Ages."  The play is a smash hit and will be adding extra shows to cover audience demands.  Marcus, by far the youngest performer, is a big hit with the fans as he portrays a rock star wannabe trying to win the girl.  Belting out rock classics including "I Wanna Rock" by Dee Snider and "Waiting for a Girl Like You" by Mick Jones - Marcus and the entire cast are bringing the audience to their feet.  Congratulations to Marcus, Director Frank Bartalucci, the entire cast and crew and to Pistarckle Theater.  

Bravo!

Karen Gauriloff - Lighting Technician,

Kudos also to PGIA 9th grader Karen Gauriloff, lighting technician for the production.