When Forrest Gao ’23 was five years old, his parents bought him a small electric keyboard. From there, his passion for the piano was sparked. He soon upgraded to a…
Deerfield’s plays and dance performances are some of the most attended events on campus, yet very few see what goes on behind the scenes. In theater, it takes an extreme…
Amassed over decades of productions, the Deerfield theater program’s prop room holds a priceless collection of relics from past plays and musicals. According to the Royal Shakespeare Company, a prop…
On Sunday, January 29, Deerfield musicians traveled to Choate Rosemary Hall to perform in a joint concert with Choate musicians. Deerfield’s orchestra, jazz band, advanced vocal ensemble, and pianists rehearsed…
The characters in the winter theater production of Fools were cursed with stupidity from Monday, February 20th to Saturday. Was Leon Tolchinsky, the main character, able to reverse the curse?…
Gavin Mariani ’22, like most children, began his acting career about 10-years-ago by making productions with his cousins in his basement during the summer hoping to make their family members…
Starting in the fall of 2022, the dance department rolled out a significant new policy requiring students performing in showcases to be enrolled in either academic or co-curricular dance in…
CC DesLauriers ’23 stands out in many ways. Despite her height of 4’11”, she is hard to miss on the path, characterized by a beaming smile and persistent, positive attitude.…
In the Hess basement, you might see a tall man walking around the practice rooms with his cello case — it’s black, with bright blue paint splatters all around. That’s…
On December 5th, 2022, Deerfield welcomed American writer and curator Ben Shattuck ’03 to campus. In the Elizabeth Wachsman Concert Hall, Shattuck read short excerpts from his book Six Walks:…