Dina Cataldi

You know the story: five high school students from different cliques stuck in Saturday detention must confront their fears, unmask their hidden selves, and form an unlikely bond. Now see it the way it was meant to be seen: as a stage play, starring adults, rewritten in Shakespearean verse!

Two high school students, Billy and Destiny, rehearse Romeo and Juliet under the watchful eye of their director Ms. Fleming. Their world gets upended by the arrival of Sarah—an ex-Juliet with a vendetta against Fleming and Shakespeare himself! An absurd battle between love, literature and rebellion.

Small-town neighbors gather to tell their best, fantastical love stories. In these tales an angel falls in love, a woman searches a desert party full of monsters for her ghost boyfriend, an 80s slasher flick final girl makes the ultimate sacrifice, and small town lovers race to escape a falling sky.

Created from an experimental workshop in Narradrama, a form of Dramatherapy created by Dr. Pam Dunne— this fairytale-like adventure follows a brooding artist, Satya, determined to disentangle herself from everything she knows about art, her lineage and the silent forces that guide her fate.

Teaching is performance, but it usually takes place in a classroom so people don’t notice. MS499: Advertising and the Social Construction of Gender takes this concept to a new level. The theatre becomes a classroom infused with magical realism. This is more than a play, it's a learning experience.