Princeton High School Theatre To Stage ‘Bethel Park Falls’

PRINCETON, NJ — Staging a play during the pandemic can be really tough. But the Princeton High School Drama Department adapted to changes and is now ready to stage a play for Fall 2021. They will be staging “Bethel Park Falls” this weekend. The community is invited to attend the opening.

"For the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, our PHS artists, technicians, and actors lost their collaborative space and everything about rehearsing and producing our productions had to change as we worked remotely and reimagined our process," said Princeton High School (PHS) Drama Teacher Julianna Krawiecki.

"At the end of the day, theatre and art are about community — the shared experience and meaningful collaboration. While we are still facing many COVID-19 restrictions, we are overjoyed that we were able to restore much of this process for our students this fall," she said.

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Over 150 Princeton High School students from all grades collaborated in creating the production of “Bethel Park Falls,” the school district said.

Art and tech crew students created 145 hexagons on stage. There are 60 wood panels that make up the tree, 50 ceramic tiles are embedded in the rolling hill, 21 painted fabric flowers and 14 embroidered badges.

"Each hexagon seen represents one person from the PHS Community that added something of themselves to make this production unique," said Technical Director Jeff Van Velsor. "They are a population of the school that is finally able to be in the same space, creating and sharing ourselves, our talents, our joy, our commonality."

The show will be streamed and will air on Friday, Nov. 19, and Saturday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. on ShowShare by Broadway On Demand. Each evening's performance features different actors.

Tickets are priced at $5.To purchase tickets and stream the show, click here.

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