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The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

The Oracle
The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

The Oracle
Members of the seventh grade Improv Team Sofia Micelli, Ellie Epstein, Delainy Lloyd and Elle Brutocao improvise a scene during their lunchtime performance Monday, Oct. 27. Their scenes were randomly selected by audience participants, and were all Halloween-themed.

Spooky scenes: Seventh grade improv team hosts Halloween-themed performance

By Siena Ferraro, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
November 3, 2024
Seventh graders Anika Jain and Lily Bishton Kraus rehearse a "Hetty Feather" scene ahead of auditions Sept. 12. "I saw people rehearsing their monologues in the RBG courtyard, and they all sounded amazing," Jain said. "I'm really excited to get to do the show with them. "

Into the spotlight: Middle school students audition for play, expand comfort zones

By Vivianne Arnold, Senior Reporter
September 20, 2024
Musical theater director Samara Kelly leads her Theater Arts: Introduction class through an improv game as freshman Lena Sakhnini holds out a hairbrush as a makeshift microphone. Kelly said her own high school theater community helped her explore her identity. "I loved the making something out of nothing," Kelly said.

An explosion of color and life: Through the eyes of Archer’s musical theater director

By Vivianne Arnold, Senior Reporter
December 10, 2023
Senior Megan Kelley performs a scene from "Yoga Play." The Drama Queens held their first performance of the school year Thursday, Oct. 19, during lunch in the Blackbox, and featured a collection of scenes and monologues from contemporary plays.

Drama Queens steal the show in first performance of year, present contemporary monologues, scenes

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
October 25, 2023
Azel Al-Kadiri ('23), portraying Elinor Dashwood, and Ella Gray ('24), portraying Marianne Dashwood, hold hands during a technical rehearsal of "Sense and Sensibility." Rehearsals for the upper school play began in January and spanned over three months.

From script to stage: Making ‘Sense and Sensibility’

By Siena Ferraro, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
May 22, 2023
Andrew Ruiz sits at his desk in the media space. He is one of the new art teachers this year and teaches film.

2 new arts teachers

By Ella Chang, Staff Reporter
May 10, 2023
Ella Poon (’23) takes a breath outside the Zeller Student Center while the middle school choir rehearses behind her. Moments before, Poon had been taping up the windows behind her with black paper in preparation for "Kaleidoscope," the 2022 Winter Concert. "This is my arm workout for the day," Poon said.

Bringing it backstage: Ella Poon shares experience stage managing upper school productions

By Siena Ferraro, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
January 7, 2023
The witch reveals their spell to the Baker and his wife in a scene from the upper school musical, "Into the Woods." Senior Grace Delossa played the Baker, Bryce Collis (’25) played the Baker’s wife and Anaiya Asomugha (’24) played the witch. The musical was performed in the Blackbox theater Nov. 11, 12 and 13.

Upper school presents ‘Into the Woods,’ an interwoven musical journey

By Rose Sarner, Culture Editor
December 16, 2022
Actor Keith David speaks to upper school students about his career and what inspired him to become an actor. The panel was moderated by English teacher Jennifer Dohr. "My dance teacher said, 'Any fool can be happy all the time. Happiness is the result of your hard work,'" David said. "When you work hard, and you have earned where you are, there's cause to be happy, and no one can shake that."

Actor Keith David visits Archer for ‘inspiring’ panel about career, Shakespeare

By Nina Sperling, Senior Reporter
May 15, 2022
Play Director and arts teacher Tracy Poverstein cut down the script of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to have a more manageable runtime. This script includes a modern-English translation so students can better understand the Shakespearean language they're using. After returning to in-person learning, these scripts were handed out to the cast.

‘A creative outlet’: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ kicks off with virtual auditions

By Alexis David, Columnist
January 31, 2022
Upper school students split up into groups based on their particular art disciplines and interests to brainstorm ideas for the Visual Arts Festival and how art can be better represented at Archer. The ACA had their first meeting of the second semester Jan. 12 in the photography room during lunch.

‘A place where every single art has the ability to shine’: Archer Council of Artists highlights creativity in community

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
January 21, 2022
Archer middle school performed "School of Rock" on March 11 and 12. The play was previously adapted from the Richard Linklater movie released in 2003.

‘I just loved every moment’: Middle school performs ‘School of Rock’

By Ella Frey, News & Features Editor
May 30, 2019
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