Performing Arts at the Cambridge School

In Spring 1999 the new Mugar Performing Arts Center at the Cambridge School of Weston was completed.  The music, dance and theater departments were finally under one roof in a facility designed specifically for performances.

The Theater Department

Under the direction of Robin BR Wood (MFA, School of Drama, Yale University), the theater department at the Cambridge School boasts the talents of Set and Lighting Designer and Instructor Lisa Hirsch, Scenic Painter Vanessa Mills (both MFA’s from Brandeis University), American Sign Language Instructor Ron Galliazzo, and Costumiere Gwenn Smaxwill.

This group of professionals leads cast and crew through every phase of preparing a production from set design and character development to costume detail.  In addition major productions Fall and Spring productions each year, there are numerous student written and/or directed productions.

The Israel J. Rosefsky American Sign Language Fund makes possible nterpreted performances of every major production and cross-fertilized projects between American Sign Language classes and Theater Department.The travelling Pocket Players take spoken-word and signed performances of international folk tales and children’s stories on tour.

Inside the Costume Shop

With the opening of the Mugar Center, the Costume Shop moved into a spacious suite.  The contrast between the new costume shop and the old couldn’t have been greater:. from dank subterranean rooms in the French Gymnasium to the bright, window-lined  workshop just across the corridor from the main stager.

The new shop permitted a natural flow of actors, both for fittings and informal visits to check on the progress of their costumes. Costumes became a more integral part of the production. 

Production History

Production Gallery

Costume Shop Photos

Once Upon a Mattress Photos

Boys from Syracuse Photos

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