Agatha Christie - 2008- Directed by Davida Wolfson The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman - 2007- Directed by Doron Bloomfield Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig - 2006- Directed by Ross Eisenberg Noises Off by Michael Frayn - 2005 Rumors by Neil Simon - 2004 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by the Reduced Shakespeare Company - 2003 Directed by Chanan Berkovits A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Don't Drink the Water (1995) Directed by Eliav Bock The Man who Came to Dinner (1994) Directed by Avi Weiss Arsenic and Old Lace (1993) Directed by David Galper The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - 1985 Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring - 1984 In 2006, the school Drama Club introduced the Secondary play (renamed The S.P.O.T.Y, or The Second Play Of The Year), a short play directed by the next year's producer of the Primary production. The one-acts, which are considerably shorter and of lower budget than the main production, bring drama to students who have no prior experience acting, or who cannot commit the time to the full-length play. Past short plays: Sorry, Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher -Directed by Stephanie Guedalia 2009 Plaza Suite by Neil Simon - Directed by Jesse Turk 2008 (only the third act) Act III, Scene V by Terry Ortwein - Directed by Jessica Kasmer-Jacobs 2007 The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang - Directed by Doron Bloomfield 2006 Purim Shpiel Each year the Shpiel is performed by the Senior Class as a series of comedy skits with the intent of poking fun at faculty members. Shpiels have traditionally featured only stage performances, but recent spiels include multimedia comedy. The Purim Shpiel is an annual source of tension between administrators, who review drafts for defamatory and unsavory material, and students, who often sneak in inappropriate material. The Purim Shpiel was shut down mid-performance by the faculty in 1996 and 2006. In light of certain teachers taking particular offense to the 2009 Shpiel, though it was reviewed by the administration, the administration took further precautionary measures and watched a full run-through of the 2010 shpiel before granting full approval. The 2012 Shpiel ended in a suspension for one of the students. The 2013 Shpiel involved controversy over content that was barred by the administrators and inappropriate distribution of censored material. The 2014 shpiel, though initially canceled by the administration due