Spring into the Arts Festival

Ashley Ramynke, Copy/Music Editor
May 7, 2018
Filed under El Mo News, Media&Arts, Showcase
The 2018 Spring into the Arts Festival occurring on May 30 in the Nature Center during periods one through four and after school beginning at 4 p.m., is a collaboration between the different branches of the performing and visual arts department. Integrating the themes of rebirth and the jubilation of spr...
Coming Soon to an El Modena Theater Near You
Toni Hernandez, Staff Writer
September 19, 2017
Filed under Media&Arts
The drama program at El Modena high school has produced a large number of wonderful productions. The past school year there was The Importance of Being Earnest and Once Upon a Mattress. Each play featured a wonderful cast chosen by Deborah Gillen, the drama teacher at El Modena. Similar to last year,...
El Modena’s First Fall Festival

Abby Sheppard, Advertising
October 15, 2016
Filed under Media&Arts, Showcase
DRAMA Students participating in drama on campus had the honors of performing at the first ever, fall festival. With the topic of Urban Legends, drama students excitingly fulfilled a captivating show. Their performances were broken down into five categories. All five acts consisted of humor-like a...
High School Drama with James

Markus Albihn, Front Page Editor
September 5, 2016
Filed under El Mo News, Showcase
Since there was recently try-outs for the upcoming drama performance, Frontline decided to get the rundown on what's in store for the upcoming year from senior James Rice, who was one of the many that tried out for a part in the play, that didn't make the cut. Frontline: "What is the name of the...
A Closer Look into Drama’s Senior Acts

Sarah Davenport, Staff Writer
May 10, 2016
Filed under El Mo News, Showcase
During the last few weeks of April 2016, El Modena's Drama Department gave outstanding performances in their three-act musical titled "The Apple Tree." The musical was mostly student based, with assistant directors such as freshman Nicole Richmond directing "Adam and Eve", junior Carmen Gurrola directing "The ...
Into the World of the Labyrinth

Celia Janes, Op/Ed Editor
April 20, 2016
Filed under El Mo News, Showcase
Junior Amanda Remy first joined Speech and Debate as a freshman. That year, she competed at Nationals with her humorous interpretation of “Almost the Bride of Dracula”. This year, Remy will compete at Nationals again in the same event, but with a new piece based on the 1986 film, “The Laby...
Bringing Shakespeare into the Modern World

Christina Davenport, Media & Arts Editor
February 24, 2016
Filed under Media&Arts
Shakespeare has remained timeless throughout the ages. Readers are still shocked by the villainy of Iago, the star-crossed love of Romeo and Juliet, the vengeful nature of Hamlet. Although, reading Shakespeare's writing allows analysis of the Elizabethan language, drama was meant to be performed and...
Introducing “The Apple Tree”

Fatima Shamsi, Online Manager
February 23, 2016
Filed under El Mo News, Media&Arts
Mrs. Gillen: Frontline: As the director of the play, why did you decide to do this musical? Mrs. Gillen: I decided to direct this musical because it is not as well-known as others and does not contain many big music productions. It does, however, contain three separate stories with dif...
Holy Musical [email protected]

Alexandra Christensen, Staff Writer
January 27, 2016
Filed under El Mo News, Showcase
El Modena’s Theater Arts class put together a hilarious production of “Holy Musical [email protected]”. The original show had a cast of about six to eight members, but in this student lead production, primarily directed by Savannah Pabst (11), was an expanded cast to diversify it. “Holy Musical [email protected]
Broadway Bound

Francesca Sarmiento, Staff Writer
January 23, 2016
Filed under Feature, Focus, Humans of El Modena (HOEM), Media&Arts, Showcase, Uncategorized
All the world is senior Jessica Lentz’s stage, and she merely a player... Frontline: How long have you been in drama? Lentz: I have been in drama for 2 years. FL: How many plays have you been in? Lentz: So far I have been in 6 plays, and they have all been super fun. FL: What was ...
Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Celia Janes, Op/Ed Editor
November 18, 2015
Filed under El Mo News, Feature, Showcase
Drama’s fall production, “12 Angry Jurors,” is a fresh take on Reginald Rose’s “12 Angry Men.” The plot revolves around a jury trying to decide whether a young man is guilty of murdering his father. The play tackles social issues that are just as relevant as they were when it was written...
A Star On and Off the Stage

Alexandra Christensen, Staff Writer
October 27, 2015
Frontline -"Last year, you went above and beyond, taking in an exchange student into your home. What are you doing now outside of school within activities and at home?" Brooklyn Peters- "I mean family is kind of different now that Marta is gone, I really miss her. So I don't get to go places with ...