SHS ONSTAGE to Perform at METG High School Drama Festival Saturday
SHS to perform “This Girls Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing”
SALEM (Feb. 28, 2025) – O*N*S*T*A*G*E, the Salem High School Drama Club, will perform at the 2025 Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild (METG) High School Drama Festival preliminary round Saturday at Saugus High School.
Admission is $10, which covers the entire day.
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SHS is one of eight schools performing at Saugus H.S., and will take the stage at 11:15 with a performance of its original one-act play “This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing.”
The Festival lineup is as follows:
- 9:00 AM | Boston Latin School | Wojtek: The Happy Warrior
- 10:00 AM | North Reading High School | Cyrano de Bergerac
- 11:15 AM | Salem High School | This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing
- 12:15 PM | Swampscott High School | How to Get Away With A Murder Mystery
- 2:00 PM | Saugus High School | Woyzeck (Re-Imagined)
- 3:00 PM | Manchester-Essex Regional High School | Advice For Astronauts
- 4:15 PM | Lynn English High School | Two by Durang: DMV Tyrant and Funeral Parlor
- 5:15 PM | The Clark School | 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
Saturday’s lineup is one of 13 preliminary rounds taking place statewide. Of the 112 one-act plays that enter the festival, fourteen will be selected to advance to the state finals, of which three will be named winners.
Two schools chosen from the state finalists will represent Massachusetts in the New England Drama Festival May 1-3 at Kingswood Regional High School in Wolfeboro, N.H.
About Salem Public Schools
Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district in Salem, Massachusetts. Salem is a small, diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Our leaders and our teachers are all passionate about education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement with equity and social-emotional needs as the lens we view all of our work through. We respect and value the racial, cultural, and linguistic diversity of our students and their families, and have a strong commitment to the Salem community. Salem Public Schools staff serve all of our students, regardless of ability or language. Salem Public Schools enrolls approximately 4,000 students across its eleven schools.
