MAD Drama
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Theatre Arts at James Madison High School, Vienna, VA
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Deadwood Dick or A Game of Gold
November 9, 10, 11 2023
Here's the dramatization of those silly dime novels from the past! The lure of the Old Western world of heroes, of black hearted gamblers, and of the never ending "Game of Gold" is still with us. In 1876 Edward L. Wheeler started turning out novels about an American Robin Hood of the Dakota Black Hills whom he named Deadwood Dick. Overnight Dick became so popular that the series continued for fifteen years. Taking the most exciting situations, the most colorful characters and the most amusing dialogue from these novels, Taggart has fashioned a blood and thunder melodrama. Long lost daughters, stolen gold mines, kidnapped heroines and hairbreadth escapes abound!
Student Directed One Acts
February 15, 16, 17 2023
Every winter, MAD Drama presents a parcel of student directed (and often written) One Act Plays! Always weird, often profound, these plays will be sure to give you both and laugh and something to think about.
Pippin
May 1, 2, 4 2023
With an infectiously unforgettable score from four-time Grammy winner, three-time Oscar winner and musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz, Pippin is the story of one young man's journey to be extraordinary. Winner of four 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, this updated circus-inspired version of Pippin continues to captivate and appeal to the young at heart throughout the world.
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Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father, King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, though, Pippin finds that happiness lies not in extraordinary endeavors, but rather in the unextraordinary moments that happen every day.
