June 18, 2013

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Teachers upstage students

Most students in backstage roles for Ironwood Ridge’s ‘Sweeney Todd’

Teachers upstage students

Teachers upstage students

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Matt Scrivner, a literature teacher, will play the title role in a joint student/faculty production of “Sweeney Todd” at Ironwood Ridge High School.

Teachers upstage students

Teachers upstage students

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Ironwood Ridge High School drama teacher Joe Borunda studies the script for “Sweeney Todd” during rehearsals last week. In a twist, teachers were cast in most of the roles in the gory play. “I wanted more community with the teachers,” Borunda said of his choice to cast teachers in the production.

Teachers upstage students

Teachers upstage students

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Beth May, left, the only student in Ironwood Ridge’s production of “Sweeney Todd,” runs through her lines with math teacher Trish Ambrosio last week. The school’s drama director, Joe Borunda, chose to cast teachers in most of the roles of the ultra-violent play. The move should ward off any controversy about students playing violent characters as well as build community among teachers, according to Borunda.

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