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The Allen Elizabethan Theatre set features a Victorian-style balcony with a pink lighting. Students watched "Much Ado About Nothing" as the final play in the trip.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival ignites community among Shakespeare devotees

by Lily Peng, Reporter October 14, 2024

Sleepy high school students board a bus at 5:15 a.m. A seven hour bus ride lulls them in and out of dreamland. The “Welcome to Oregon” sign whirls by in an instant. Off the bus. Eyelids are drooping...

Frosh Sofe Jalil, Anya Lu, Isabella Wong and Christina Ruan watch the High School 101 video during school meeting. Student leaders from the senior, junior and sophomore classes helped create the video.

School Meeting 8/26: Green Team, Shakespeare festival and Mock Trial

by Janam Chahal and Samuel Tong August 29, 2024

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the second school meeting of the year on Monday.  He encouraged students to present themselves in the best image daily. Additionally, he highlighted the importance...

Joel Morel (12), Esha Deokar (‘19), Richard Wang (‘19), Anjali Sheth (12), and Katrina Ipser (‘19) participate in a theater workshop led by cast members of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival on last year’s trip. This year, 23 students and three teachers from the upper school traveled to Ashland to visit the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and see plays like “Macbeth,” “As You Like It,” “All’s Well That Ends Well” and “La Comedia of Errors.”

Students travel to Ashland to watch performances of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

by Nicole Tian, Winged Post Co-Lifestyle Editor September 29, 2019

Against a background of paper notes strung between colorful beams dappled with blue light, two men dressed in blazers and trousers wheel a third cast member wearing a gray waistcoat across the stage on...

Nellie Tonev (11) and Maya Franz (10) discuss ideas for a storytelling exercise during a workshop at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this weekend. A group of 28 students and four teachers travelled to Ashland, Oregon, on Friday and returned to San Jose on Sunday night.

Weekend recap 9/24/18

by Eric Fang, News Editor September 24, 2018

The Guys' Gig club organized rehearsals that were open to all upper school students on Monday. Freshmen prepared for homecoming during the advisory period on Tuesday. They met in the Nichols atrium,...

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