Category: Blue Stockings
HHS’s Blue Stocking Review
It is Spring time here at Homestead High School which means that social media is exploding with posts from seniors excitedly sharing the news on which university they are going to next year. Around the world, hundreds of thousands of young people around the world are talking excitedly about their imminent move to university. Today, … More HHS’s Blue Stocking Review
Meet the Artist: Lizzie Wilkerson
Thank you for telling people about yourself and the current production at HHS this weekend. What is your name and what exactly do you do for Blue Stockings? Hi, my name is Lizzie Wilkerson and I am currently a freshman. In Blue Stockings I play Professor Radleigh, the cranky librarian, a waiter, as well as … More Meet the Artist: Lizzie Wilkerson
Meet the Artist: Will Slawson
We have new perform to the HHS stage, a senior. He thought he’d try out acting before he graduated. So, what is your name and who do you play? My name is Will “Shaquille O’Neal” Slawson, and I play Will Bennett in this play. This play is about going to college, what are your plans … More Meet the Artist: Will Slawson
Meet the Artist: Katrina Liberman
Before Homestead’s spring play Blue Stockings, I asked the cast and crew about the play and their role in the production. On Wednesday night Katrina told me about her thoughts on the show and her character. Hey!! My name is Katrina Liberman and I play Lloyd, the spiteful, rude antagonist of the show. Lloyd is such … More Meet the Artist: Katrina Liberman
History behind the play “Bluestockings”
“Inferior to us God made you, and our inferiors to the end of time you will remain.” Dean Burgon of Chichester Cathedral made this observation in a sermon to the academic women of Oxford in 1884. He would have been appalled to learn that British women have now overtaken men at all levels of educational … More History behind the play “Bluestockings”
HHS Drama Club supports Malala Fund
We believe the future is female. Homestead High School is presenting “Blue Stockings” a play is about women fighting for the right to graduate from Cambridge in 1897. It’s based on the true events of the time. The women in the story are scientists, brilliant scientists fighting for recognition with their work. Girls’ education is the … More HHS Drama Club supports Malala Fund
Spring Play Cast List
Read Through Friday, March 2nd 3-5pm Rehearsal Calendar
Blue Stockings Callbacks
Thank you to all who auditioned! You were all amazing, please audition next year, we really want to work with you. Maisie Allen Silma Berrada David Blatz Gwen Cain Bella Cicero Carla Ferrer Caroline Ferrero Elizabeth Foster Marie Frede Bella Gabor Caitlin Geurts Ben Griffin Rebecca Helmstetter Josh Kloss Katrina Liberman Claire Looker Sam … More Blue Stockings Callbacks
Spring Play Auditions
Come audition for Blue Stockings Friday, February 23rd 3-6pm ‘People like us don’t get buffeted by the wind. We change its course.’ So says Celia Willbond, one of the four female scholars attending Cambridge University in Jessica Swale’s Blue Stockings. The “people” to whom Celia refers are four brave, intelligent and witty young women attending Cambridge’s … More Spring Play Auditions