The Start of an Era

After years of wishing . . . NCS will finally launch its drama department!

It's kind of scary to "launch out" into the deep like this . . . uncharted waters for many of us. Students, I hope you feel the same excitement and anticipation that I do. Theater provides a rich opportunity to explore human nature while building relationships with your fellow actors / stage crew and having a blast all the while.

Why drama?
Well . . .
1. Actors must become keen observers of human nature. And that's a vital skill for any person, even if you never do another stage production in your life.

2. God created humans to love stories, to crave them. He paints a drama in our lives; we model His storytelling by creating and telling our own stories.

3. Theater allows you to get up and move. No sitting still for hours at a time, locked into a desk while an adult pours information into your head. Drama is a full-participation act. Embrace it!

4. Acting gives you a chance to experience the world through another person's eyes. For example, I hope you never know the horror of war. But you would gain deep insight into the human costs of war by acting a role in I Never Saw Another Butterfly (a story about children in a Nazi concentration camp).

So join me in this adventure -- a chance to build something at NCS that never existed before: a vibrant community of actors and crew who love and encourage one another, who become the school's "storytellers."