As many know, South has two theater productions each year, a fall play and a spring musical. For those who are unaware, Jennifer Rinaldi, a drama and English teacher at South, takes on these endeavors to expose the South community to theatrical productions. With a full cast consisting entirely of students, Rinaldi has her hands quite full. With these plays offered seasonally, students can anticipate a different performance with each change of temperature. This year, two plays have been announced so far, the Shakespearian play Midsummer Night’s Dream and Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias, which will be featured this winter. This year is unique because there is a winter play this year in addition to a fall play and spring musical, which will be announced later this year.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is about a love octagon that cannot seem to be resolved between a group of people afflicted by each other’s spells. As the ensuing chaos is happening, a supernatural being takes pity on the residents of Athens and attempts to help them set things straight. Unfortunately, the being sends an unreliable messenger to do her bidding, and he messes the conundrum up even further. This very well may be the most well known production among students at South High School. To see the result of the botched patch job, the play will be November 1-3.
The second school play coming in the winter is Steel Magnolias. This play is about six female friends who live in the south and trade gossip with each other at Truvy’s hair salon. They discuss everything from women’s rights to local love interests. Through good or bad, these companions stick together as the title suggests; they are tough as steel but as delicate and sweet as magnolias. The play highlights a time when they stick together and support their friend when disaster strikes her. The South Drama Club will open the curtains to this play on December 13-16.