Drama
From playful kindergarten role-playing to the full-scale 8th Grade musical, drama enriches the Krieger Schechter Day School experience. Each year, every grade performs a play in Hebrew and one in English. Plays are an opportunity for parents, siblings, grandparents and friends to share in some of the most precious, and some of the most impressive, showcases of talent and creativity.
The 2022 8th Grade Play will be announced soon!
Performance Highlights
Class | Performance |
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Kindergarten | Graduation Ceremony |
Grade 1 | Siyyum Hasefer (Siddur Play) |
Grade 2 | Famous Person Biography Presentations |
Grade 3 | Humash Play |
Judy Chicago Dinner Party | |
Grade 4 | Yom HaZikaron Program |
Grade 5 | |
Grade 6 | Great Fruit Debate |
Grade 7 | Purim Shpiels – Skits on the Book of Esther
Yom HaZikaron Program |
Grade 8 | Eighth Grade Play – A full-scale musical production in Hebrew |
Drama in the Curriculum
Students in the Lower School perform each year for one another and for parents and grandparents. Formal drama study is introduced in Middle School. Students in Grade 5 rotate through three trimesters of the arts, which include drama, visual art and music. Students in 6th-8th Grades can choose drama as their arts elective, of which each student must choose one per year. Drama classes run twice a week on a semester-basis.
Middle School Drama Electives
Class | Elective |
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Grade 5 | Creative Movement / Pantomime |
Creative Drama / Improvisation | |
Grade 6 | Theater games/ Improvisation and Character Development / Intro to Shakespeare |
Grade 7 | Scene Study |
Grade 8 | Art/Drama Collaborative: Shadow Puppetry |
Browse the Middle School curriculum for more grade-by-grade information on arts electives.
The Eighth Grade Play
A culmination of their years at KSDS, the 8th Grade Play is a huge event for the entire KSDS community. Parents and alumni join us to watch students perform a musical entirely in Hebrew. Recent productions have included “Annie,” “Mulan,” “High School Musical” “Into the Woods” and “Fiddler on the Roof”.