Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Fall 2013 | Page 10
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Breaking a leg
Aaron Lockman ’13 pens a play that hits the famous Monmouth stage
In this inaugural year of the Write On! contest at the
Theater at Monmouth, Aaron Lockman submitted his play,
The Ghost Boy, which went on to win the Grand Prize for
the best student-written play. This summer, the Theater at
Monmouth performed a workshop of Lockman’s play on
their famous stage (on the National Register of Historic
Places). The Ghost Boy is a lighthearted tragicomedy
about a girl, her mother, an obnoxious television
personality, and the clashes between childhood and
culture. There’s also a ghost.
“I’m obviously very excited and really grateful to Thornton
Academy. This past June, I directed a performance of The
Ghost Boy, along with several other student-written plays.
I was able to do that as an independent study for my last
semester as a high school student. And it’s really a
Aaron Lockman
‘13 (left) and
Hayleigh
McKechnie
‘15 (right) are
shown here in
the final scene
of Lockman’s
award-winning
play, “Ghost
Boy.”
“I was able to direct a performance in my
last semester as a high school student.
It’s really a testament to the kind of
opportunities available at Thornton.”
testament to the kind of opportunities that are available at
Thornton. If I hadn’t put on Student-Written Play Night, I
probably would never have finished writing The Ghost
Boy, and if I hadn’t been trying to publicize for it, I wouldn’t
have sent out the press statement to the Theater at
Monmouth. That’s how I learned about the contest. Plays
are meant to be performed, and I feel like I didn’t really
understand The Ghost Boy fully until AFTER rehearsing,
blocking, and discussing it with the actors. My friends and
I were really able to delve deeply into the play and create
new meaning out of it.”
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POSTSCRIPTS
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Monday, Dec. 16th & Tuesday, Dec. 17th
7:00 PM in Garland Auditorium.
The concert will feature the Jazz Band,
Concert Band, Orchestra, Treble Choir,
Chamber Singers, and the Concert Choir.
Box Office 602-4471