Ninth Grade Theatre

The Ninth Grade Play

The ninth grade play focuses on commedia dell’arte or other playwrights that showcase commedia-like themes. This type of comedy works with exaggerated human characteristics, perfectly meeting the ninth graders’ state of being. Embodying these larger-than-life characters, acting out the extremes that they feel inside themselves, helps to bring students into inner balance as they discover the precision and hard work that comedy requires.