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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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The Making of West Potomac Theater’s Billy Elliot

Jordan Nixon, Journalist May 9, 2017

  West Potomac Theater’s production of the play Billy Elliot was one for the books. With complex mechanics and the lead role being a non high school student, the theater program expanded their creativity in a new and exciting way. Billy Elliot...

Beyond the Page Wraps Up "Theatre in Our Schools" Month

Beyond the Page Wraps Up “Theatre in Our Schools” Month

Amanda Ghiloni, Reporter Apr 6, 2017

For the month of March, the Beyond the Page Theatre Company participated in “Theatre in our Schools Month” for the first time in years. “We’re at a place where we have enough energy and time to take on an initiative like this," theatre teacher...

Photo Credit: Lily Vita of Beyond the Page Theatre Company

“Night of the Living Dead” Review

Shahtaj Ali and Kristina Gulczewski Jan 31, 2017

It was a chilly autumn evening in rural Pennsylvania. Scattered leaves covered the ground. The setting sun imparted a crimson and violet hue upon the rows of tombstones as Barbara (Kat Amato) and her brother Johnny (Tony Lemus) entered the cemetery and...

Courtesy Beyond the Page Theatre Company

West Potomac Theater Rises to the Occasion for “Night of the Living Dead”

The TypeRIGHTers Jan 10, 2017

As the opening night quickly approaches West Potomac theater is perfecting and polishing their production of Night of the Living Dead. With hopes of terrifying the audience with this classic thriller, the theater program has dedicated themselves to providing...

Beyond the Page Theatre Company Earns Nine Cappie Nominations for Starlight Express

Beyond the Page Theatre Company Earns Nine Cappie Nominations for Starlight Express

Jenni Wheaton, Sports Editor May 22, 2016

Last week, Beyond the Page Theatre Company won nine Cappie nominations for their spring musical, Starlight Express. The Cappies is a “critics and awards program” for high school theater departments, and at the end of the year the awards are presented...

Courtesy of The National Society of Arts and Letters

Frankie Mananzan and Ella Moore Honored by the NSAL

Jenni Wheaton, Sports Editor May 8, 2016

Last week, two very talented juniors from West Potomac received recognition from The National Society of Arts and Letters, an awards program that recognizes the most promising junior-level talent from more than 30 Washington DC-area high schools. Frankie...

The Opening Weekend of Starlight Express Hits Off as a Success

The Opening Weekend of Starlight Express Hits Off as a Success

Jenni Wheaton, Sports Editor May 1, 2016

This past weekend Beyond The Page Theater Company has once again amazed the community with the premier of their spring musical, Starlight Express. With the entire show on rollerskates, the fast-paced dance sequences and  high energy songs led to well...

(Courtesy @Westpotheatre on Twitter) The Starlight Express Cast on their opening night.

West Potomac Gears Up for First Weekend of Starlight Express

Duncan Hoag, Co-Editor in Chief May 1, 2016

Beyond The Page Theater Company will be performing their rendition of Starlight Express this week. Philip Clark, theater director, talked about how the cast has grown into the challenge of putting on such a large-scale show over the past few years. “I...

"Don’t Wanna Be an American Idiot"

“Don’t Wanna Be an American Idiot”

Brian Cash, Reporter Nov 20, 2015

Beyond the Page Theatre Company’s rendition of rock musical “American Idiot” was a very well done performance that captured many elements right to fit the bill of the punk genre. It portrayed the central story straight forward so that it was easy...