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Max Budnick’s New Role as Technical Theatre Director

Max Budnick’s New Role as Technical Theatre Director

October 21, 2019

Max Budnick has become the face of technical theater at Friends Select, but when he began at Friends Select, he wasn't involved in the program at all. In fact, the technical theater program wasn't even...

Featured Artist: Poli Sotnik-Platt

Featured Artist: Poli Sotnik-Platt

Gabe Tarini October 21, 2019

Poli Sotnik-Platt is a senior at Friends Select with a passion for just about everything creative. "I honestly enjoy every type of art; if I’m creating something then I’m happy," she says. Some of...

Heightened Security at Theaters Across Country Due to Joker Movie Threats

Heightened Security at Theaters Across Country Due to Joker Movie Threats

Jeremy Cohen October 16, 2019

At the Roxy Theater in Philadelphia, signs are displayed restricting face paint and masks inside the establishment in preparation for Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker. Photo ID is required at the ticket booth...

Technology, Science, and Art come Together in New Fall Elective

Sophie Olah October 16, 2019

Mike Primo may be known by students as only a computer science or engineering teacher. However, he is much more multifaceted and has skills in all sorts of different areas. Mike is that he is actually...

The Ensemble of "Chicago"

The Ensemble of “Chicago”

Max Vlam, Staff Writer May 23, 2019

The ensemble is an important yet overlooked part of every theater production. They play multiple roles, provide entertainment and comedic aspects for the audience, and provide support to the leads as well....

Film Modes Explored in Filmmaking

Film Modes Explored in Filmmaking

Chloe Zhang, Staff Writer May 22, 2019

  For this assignment in our filmmaking class, we were given the choice of what kind of movie to make. There are generally three modes of filmmaking: narrative, documentary and experimental. Allura chose...

Eli and Avery Make Music Video

Eli and Avery Make Music Video

Avery Johnson and Peter Ryan May 15, 2019

Over the past two years, I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to work with Eli Luchak ('18) on two video projects. I met Eli during my time at Friends Select. He was in the class above me....

Five Stars for Chicago!

Five Stars for Chicago!

Peter Ryan, Staff Writer April 24, 2019

In Friends Select's 2019 Spring musical, the cast of Chicago transported the opening night audience to the roaring 1920's with ease using hand fans, double breasted suits, and flapper dresses. Closing...

Pending Podcast Episode I: The College Process

Pending Podcast Episode I: The College Process

April 17, 2019

College Process Final (temp) from Friends Select School on Vimeo. Hi, and welcome to the first episode of Pending Podcast: the podcast where people who aren’t experts discuss things we have experience...

Faces of BSU

Faces of BSU

Angelica Scotto, Staff Writer April 4, 2019

For this piece, I have chosen to photograph different people in the Black Student Union to show how people in the club behave out in the halls and around their friends. In this series, I have chosen photographs...

An example of art done on the iPad by Kitty Holder ('19).

New Tech in Art Department

Maxwell Vlam, Staff Writer March 14, 2019

The art department at Friends Select is introducing new technology to its classes. This year, the art department received 8 sets of iPads and Apple Pens. Kitty Holder ('19) and many other students are...

Filmmaking Class Rolling at FSS

Allura Tarrant, Contributor February 26, 2019

The first project Logan, Dean, Chloe and I were assigned in Filmmaking class was to make documentaries on one another. This project was designed to teach us how to set exposure on the cameras, use various...