Monthly Archives: May 2015

One-Act Play by Gabrielle Poisson ’17: Feedback Requested!

Gabrielle Poisson ’17 would like your feedback regarding the order of the scenes in this play, as well as the title. Please be generous with your thoughtful, helpful suggestions in the comment section below. Thank you! THE BLUE DRESS CHARACTERS: … Continue reading

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“It Begins Here” Poetry by Karina Mehta ’16

Here is where the road begins and where adolescence ends. Here the weeds die, breathless and expired and here the moon melts, a powdery grey and here the sundog awakens from his rest away from the sweltering cinnamon glow. Where … Continue reading

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“Gaps and Gashes” A One-Act Play by Steve Bonsall ’16

This is one of a series of interrelated one-act plays written by Stephen Bonsall ’16 for his Creative Writing Workshop spring project. The plays include overlapping characters depicted at different moments in their lives. GAPS AND GASHES CHARACTERS DAISY, girlfriend … Continue reading

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“Blinded” Poetry & Photography by Chloe Kent ’17

I wish I could blind you with my brilliance, vanish after I explode like dynamite, leave your ears ringing for years so that your music can’t escape me because I cannot forget you the way you forgot me. I want … Continue reading

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“Fracture” a film by Brendan James ’14, starring Bailey Galvin-Scott ’14 & David Yaroshevsky ’14

The following short film, written, directed, filmed and edited by Brendan James ’14 and starring Bailey Galvin-Scott ’14 and David Yaroshevsky ’14 has an all-star crew of NA students and alumni, including Aiden Fox ’16, Erin Garinger ’14, Flannery James … Continue reading

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“The Best Damn Mailman in Northwest Minnesota” A One-Act Play by Andrew Hutchinson ’17

CHARACTERS: ROBIN, older mailman, has outdated ways of doing his job but has never missed a package, drives an environmentally safe mail truck. TYSON, young mailman who wants to do everything his way, environmentally neutral, confident. MR. SANDERS, boss, about … Continue reading

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“Ingrained” Poetry & Photography by Anurima Sharma ’15

We are told to never forget, never forget the tragedies that led us to where we are today. All the pain and suffering felt, all the time and money spent, all the regret and bravery is passed down from generation … Continue reading

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Six Poems by Elizabeth Merrigan ’16

Persephone Long ago you poured the orange juice with both hands. Your knuckles turned white from a weight too heavy for your songbird wrists. Someone called you honey. The carpet tickled the skin between your toes and cereal took you … Continue reading

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“Broken You Fall” Poetry by Rose Parker ’17

Broken You Fall                                  (After “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou) I cannot tell you the future without my candied, fraudulent truths. I cannot halt your isolation, so broken, deserted, you’ll fall. When has your silence ever comforted me? When am … Continue reading

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“Intimacy and Disequilibrium” an Essay by Claudia Lu ’15

The following essay by Claudia Lu ’15, written for the Film Studies class taught by Ms. Acquadro, won a 2015 Scholastic Silver Key Writing Award in the “Critical Essay” category. Intimacy and Disequilibrium: A Film Study on On the Waterfront … Continue reading

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Three Poems by Amani Garvin ’15

The Second Law of Thermodynamics When I write over this poem, I will cross out every word but time. repeating time time passing passing time passing You can never go back if you drop a glass you will never pick … Continue reading

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Green Committee Film by Aidan Fox ’16 & Matt Thekkethala ’15

This video, created by Aidan Fox ’16 and Matt Thekkethala ‘15 and shown at Morning Meeting on April 20, 2015, pins Matt against the principal of Kushner Academy, (played by Aditya Srivatsan ’15),  and his own inimitable psyche.

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