The Sweetest Supervillain

Written by Madeleine Homer

Photos by: Ms. Goncalves

Contributors: Gautam Patel, Alessia De Leo, Serena Chaudhary, and Debbie Xu

One of the longest TAB traditions is the grade 10 children's theatre. Every semester, Blakelock’s feeder schools are invited to attend a theatre production created by the semester’s grade 10 drama students. Over the span of one month, the class writes, rehearses, and performs the play. Directed by Ms. Goncalves and Sawyer Rutledge, The Sweetest Supervillain follows the story of Bobby Fartzvader, a young boy with a passion for dance. 

“It was a high-energy performance,” one of the parents commented. 

“I was impressed by how the actors interacted with the audience,” another parent added.

Overall, the show was a hit amongst the children, teachers, and parents alike. Over 500 students from Eastview, Gladys Speers, Pinegrove, Brookdale, and the TAB Community Pathways Program students attended the show.

“We always look forward to coming to these performances, we’re always really impressed with what an amazing job the students do and to see how many students we teachers can recognize,” a teacher from Brookdale commented about the show.

Over the span of four weeks spent creating the show, the cast was assigned backstage roles such as designing costumes, building set pieces, creating props, and promoting the play. This was done to create what is known as collective creation, a method of theatre which uses collaborative work by the performing group. 

The grade 10 drama class put on a spectacular performance that charmed its audience. In just one month, they were able to write and rehearse this one of a kind show five times for over 500 audience members. This will be an experience remembered by the cast and crew for a long time, and is something that the TAB community can look forward to putting on again next semester.