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Up the Down StaircaseBy Christopher Sergel, adapted from the book by Bel Kauffman
"Hi, Teach!" are the first words to greet attractive Sylvia Barrett. There's a special happiness in walking into the still-empty classroom and for the first time writing her name on the blackboard. Students pour into the classroom—cautious, testing, challenging. Simultaneously, there's a blizzard of paperwork, warnings, contradictory orders, indecipherable instructions. Frantic, Sylvia begins to fear she doesn't even understand the language. An experienced teacher translates: "Keep on file in numerical order" means throw in wastebasket. "Let it be a challenge" means you're stuck with it. "Interpersonal relationships" means a fight between kids. And "It has come to my attention" means you're in trouble. Soon Sylvia finds herself the most involved person in the school—involved in the start of a romance and in a near war with a discipline-over-everything administrator, but, most of all, involved in the unexpected, sometimes heartbreaking problems of her students. One critic said, "Seldom has a humorous work been at the same time so important."
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Cast List
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Sylvia Barrett…………………………...……………………………..Lindsey Hefty
Bea Schrater………………………………….……………………………..Boo Meyers JJ McHabe……………………………………...…………………………….Tristen Bruns Paul Barringer……………………………..………………………….Michael Pedraza Jo Ferone……………………………………...............…...……………………….….Emily Bial Alice Blake………………………………………….……...........……………..Amelia Lang Ellen……………………………………………….……..........……………………...Olivia Evans Lou Martin………………………………………...……………...Beckett Hutchinson Lennie Newmark………………………………………….………………...Kevin Wyle Jill Norris……………………………………………………………...……...Maxine Finch Rachel Gordon………………………………….…………………………….….Lily Otter Heidi Kagan………………………….………………….…………………...MK Shultz Eliana Williams……………………..………………………………….Gabriela Carttar Carol Blanca………………………...…………………….…………….Elsie Murrgarra Elizabeth Ellis………………………...……………………..…………………….Ava Ayla Rustie O’Brien…………………...…………………………...………….Shannon Dahl Linda Rosen…………………………..…………………………...……………….Liz Wyle Carrie Blaine…………………………….………………………………..……….Leah Rule Vivian Paine……………………………...………………..…………..Tea Elliot Jose Rodriguez…………………………….………………………………...Raul Duenas Charles Arrons……………………………..……………………………...Ethan Sanger Helen Arbuzzi…………………………………...………………………….Alicia Narum Fran Gardner…………..…….……………………..…………………….Caroline Börk Dr. Maxine Clarke………………………….……………….…………..Mrs. Mullenix Charlotte Wolfe…………………………………...………………….……….Mrs. Wright Samuel Bester………………………………………..……………..………..Mr. Rabiola Frances Edgan……………………………………..……………………….Mrs. Woolfolk Ella Freidenberg………………………………..………………………...Mrs. Johnston Saul Finch………………………………………..………………………...Mr. Greenwood |
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