On January 25 and 26, Student Directed Scenes (SDS), an annual stage production created by students in Directing, was put on in Gelb Theater. Those involved in the show recently reflected on the performance. Ethan Luk ’20, director of a scene from Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, is very proud of howRead More

I’ve always been mesmerized by the idea of joy: why do pops of color on a painting seem to invoke more smiles than a grey, overcast sky? Or why do we never fail to laugh when standing at the crash of a wave? One of the books I return toRead More

Poetry is one of the forms of literature embodying the most creative freedom. In Choate’s diverse community, teachers and students engage in this form of literature both inside and outside the classroom, finding their connection with it and sharing it with others. Poetry, like many other art forms, can beRead More

Student Directed Scenes (SDS) is an annual winter theater event in which students from the two-term Directing, Honors class display the skills they have learned through individual, independent pieces. Student directors cover all the responsibilities of a theater production manager, including casting actors, selecting music, and managing lights. Four ofRead More

Around this time of year, tensions are high as tech week begins: when Student Directed Scenes and the winter production rehearse with the various technology needed to put on a show. “Tech week is typically for the big school productions as well as for the smaller ones such as SDS,”Read More

  Representing climate change, social barriers, and judicial discrimination, Movement Art Is (M.A.I.) performed an awe-inspiring piece with vivid imagery and symbolism last Friday, January 11, on the PMAC stage. Co-founded by renowned dancers Jon Boogz and Lil Buck (Charles Riley), M.A.I. is an organization that seeks change in theRead More

Anyone who has been in the PMAC in the past few weeks may have noticed a strange occurrence: dead birds lying on the sides of the building.         Questions regarding these sightings have permeated campus. Ms. Kalya Yannatos, Director of the Arts, has been able to pinpoint the cause ofRead More

As Deerfield Day approaches and the rivalry between Choate and Deerfield reaches its annual high spot, students of each school begin to sharpen their own identities by distancing themselves from the other. This often involves seeking different ways look at students of the other school as “unlike us,” a divisiveRead More

Choate has a sprawling campus that occupies around 458 acres of land, all of which is home to hundreds of classrooms, studios, study rooms, and more. Yet, there seems to be much of campus that many students, even seniors, have yet to see. One of these more mysterious rooms isRead More