{"id":5017,"date":"2026-05-01T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2026-05-03T19:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:24:37","slug":"vpms-spring-play-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/5017\/student-life\/vpms-spring-play-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"VPM&#8217;s Spring Play Announcement!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memorial&#8217;s Spring play this year has been announced! The VPM drama department is doing the play:<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Greg Allen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This production will include<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the performance of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">45 plays in 80 minutes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, instead of the normal <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30 plays in 60 minutes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it usually contains. This is a fun play where the audience chooses a number to \u2018play\u2019 off of a \u2018menu\u2019, which features comedies, heavier, emotional pieces, poetry, and political commentary. The shows will be on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May 15th and 16th<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, featuring two shows during the evening, and possibly a Saturday matinee. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s filled with fun moments, audience interaction, and, most importantly, a talented cast! All of the plays are set on the stage (although sometimes in the audience), and all the actors are more or less themselves the entire time. It\u2019s a work of the Neo-futurism movement, which started in the 60s and 70s. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The show will be pulled together with the amazing amount of props headed by Skye Andrews, a fantastic set designed by Frank Schneeberger, costumes designed by Maggie Benton, makeup by Shira Heifetz, and lighting by Nev Weismer. Our cast of twelve has started rehearsal, which is going strong! My unbiased opinion is that it\u2019s super fun, and I wish I could be the audience in so many of these scenes. It\u2019s fun for all, and I can\u2019t wait to see everyone there!<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial&#8217;s Spring play this year has been announced! The VPM drama department is doing the play: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind by Greg Allen. This production will include the performance of 45 plays in 80 minutes, instead of the normal 30 plays in 60 minutes it usually contains. This is a fun&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[353],"staff_name":[287],"class_list":["post-5017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-life","tag-may-26","staff_name-emmaline-van-wyk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5017"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5133,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5017\/revisions\/5133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5017"},{"taxonomy":"staff_name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff_name?post=5017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}