Fact or fiction?
Contrary to
popular belief this is not a show for only freshmen but the proceeds of the
dinner and dessert auction support the freshman class activities throughout their
Upper School years.
Timeline:
1979 - James Ockerman started the dinner theatre for the Junior
Class at Collegiate to raise funds for their junior/senior prom and senior trip. The first show was “Edgar Allen Poe Trilogy,”performed in the Rounds Fine Arts Center, with the strolling Scheer Violins, a
clown with balloons, and a magician.
1982 - The
performance of Our Town heralded the
first dessert auction. Desserts were made by parents and auctioned off and
eaten during the intermission.
1984 - The
name changed to the Freshman Dinner Theatre with the freshman parents taking on
the responsibility for the dinner and dessert using the theme of the show to
decorate.
1989 -West Side Story saw the building of a
4-foot high stage in the center of Rounds with the audience seated in arena staging
for dinner and show.
!993 - The Sound of Music saw a big change with
the building of the Upper School and Galichia Auditorium. The dinner was in the
Commons followed by the dessert auction and the show in the auditorium.
The Freshman
Dinner Theater has remained in the same format for twenty years.Quite a tradition!
