Drama
Through the study of drama, boys learn lessons that go far beyond the stage. Young actors are expected to communicate to their audience with poise and clarity while working together with their fellow Marksmen both in front of and behind the scenes.
Drama begins in Lower School, where students explore fundamental elements through fables, myths, and Shakespeare. Each grade performs for students and parents.
Middle School offers courses in drama, production, and improv. Students broaden theater skills through improv, scriptwriting, stage combat, and technical theater, including lights, sound, scenery, and props. Seventh- and eighth-graders design and execute technical elements and serve as the crew for performances.
Upper School drama offers intensive acting and production studies through classwork and plays. Courses focus on acting techniques, theory, and performance, with exercises, scenes, and monologues emphasizing character development, speech, and physical expression.
Upper School Drama Productions
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Guys & Dolls -
Lower School Drama -
Technical theater students build sets for Spamalot. -
Romeo & Juliet -
Spamalot -
Lighting and sound crew -
Newsies -
The Return of Edwin Drood
Spring Play: THE 39 STEPS
- Friday, May 2, at 7 p.m.
- Saturday, May 3, at 7 p.m.
- Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m.
About the Play
The 39 Steps is a wild parody play adapted from the 1915 novel and 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock. A cast of 5 actors perform over 150 characters in this zany mix of film noir and Monty Python. An innocent man is accused of murder and must clear his name before the secret society of “The 39 Steps” catches up to him. This show is an action-packed whodunit with plane crashes, chase scenes, and romantic entanglements for an evening of theater you won’t soon forget!
Cast & Crew
Director: Katy Tye
Technical Director: Seth Magill
Lighting Designer: Kai Belvin
Tech Team: Frank Brown, Evan Kaufman, Charlie Perez, Logan Ziegler
Big thanks to the 7th and 8th grade tech class for all their help on the set and sounds.
Kai Belvin (Clown)
Kai Belvin is a Senior at St. Marks and has been part of the theater community since his sophomore year. He has taken positions both on and off stage, working as the lighting designer for several shows and as an actor. Kai plans on continuing to pursue his interest in theater in college. Kai would like to thank Mrs. Tye, Mr. Magill, and his brother Rowan for showing him the beauty that is theater and encouraging him to do more.
Blythe Beran (Clown)
Blythe is so excited to be here! She is a freshman at Hockaday, and this is her first play with the St. Mark’s Theater Company. Other than this, Blythe has been in her 8th Grade Musical and is a student in a drama class at Hockaday. Outside of school and theater, she loves to hang out with friends, read, play field hockey, ski, and travel! She would like to thank Ms. Tye for this experience!
Rocky Lancaster (Richard Hannay)
Rocky is a 16 year old sophomore at St. Mark’s School of Texas. This is Rocky’s 2nd show with St. Mark’s and 7th show overall. Previous credits include Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls, Deputy in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Henry in Damn Yankees, and Mysterious Man in Into the Woods. When not on stage, you can find him teaching kids to play chess or trying to solve the Collatz Conjecture. Finally, he would like to thank his great grandpa who was a sheriff, whom he never met, for helping him with this role.
Ellie Mano (Annabella, Margaret, Pamala)
Ellie is so excited to be in this incredible show! She is a freshman at Hockaday, and The 39 Steps is her first high school theater production. She has been acting since the age of 6 – some of her favorite roles include Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Annelle in Steel Magnolias, and Belinda Cratchit in Dallas Theater Center’s production of A Christmas Carol. Aside from acting, Ellie enjoys hanging out with her friends, reading, writing her novel, and hosting her weekly book review podcast, Hook of a Book. She would like to thank Ms. Tye for this amazing experience!
Aidan Moran (Clown)
Aidan Moran is a senior at St. Mark’s. He's enjoyed playing Tybalt Capulet in the 2023 Fall Play Romeo and Juliet and performing in the ensemble of the 2024 Fall Musical Guys and Dolls, and he’s excited to finish his St. Mark's acting career with The 39 Steps. Aidan’s had a blast working with everyone in the cast, and he'd like to thank Ms. Tye and Mr. Magill especially for their work in making this show a success! On top of theater, Aidan also enjoys intersecting arts and sciences and plans to continue pursuing theatre productions while majoring in Molecular & Cell Biology at UCSD.
Huge thanks to David Dini, John Ashton, and Marion Glorioso for their support of the St. Mark’s theater program, as well as the development team for putting together our programs and promotional material.
This show is dedicated to the memory of Nancy Schaffer, who touched the lives of hundreds of children in the Dallas area in her 40-year tenure at Dallas Children's Theatre. Her love for theater, dedication to education, and kind spirit drew people to her and helped them to share her love for theater arts.
Technical Director: Seth Magill
Lighting Designer: Kai Belvin
Tech Team: Frank Brown, Evan Kaufman, Charlie Perez, Logan Ziegler
Big thanks to the 7th and 8th grade tech class for all their help on the set and sounds.
Kai Belvin (Clown)
Kai Belvin is a Senior at St. Marks and has been part of the theater community since his sophomore year. He has taken positions both on and off stage, working as the lighting designer for several shows and as an actor. Kai plans on continuing to pursue his interest in theater in college. Kai would like to thank Mrs. Tye, Mr. Magill, and his brother Rowan for showing him the beauty that is theater and encouraging him to do more.
Blythe Beran (Clown)
Blythe is so excited to be here! She is a freshman at Hockaday, and this is her first play with the St. Mark’s Theater Company. Other than this, Blythe has been in her 8th Grade Musical and is a student in a drama class at Hockaday. Outside of school and theater, she loves to hang out with friends, read, play field hockey, ski, and travel! She would like to thank Ms. Tye for this experience!
Rocky Lancaster (Richard Hannay)
Rocky is a 16 year old sophomore at St. Mark’s School of Texas. This is Rocky’s 2nd show with St. Mark’s and 7th show overall. Previous credits include Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls, Deputy in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Henry in Damn Yankees, and Mysterious Man in Into the Woods. When not on stage, you can find him teaching kids to play chess or trying to solve the Collatz Conjecture. Finally, he would like to thank his great grandpa who was a sheriff, whom he never met, for helping him with this role.
Ellie Mano (Annabella, Margaret, Pamala)
Ellie is so excited to be in this incredible show! She is a freshman at Hockaday, and The 39 Steps is her first high school theater production. She has been acting since the age of 6 – some of her favorite roles include Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Annelle in Steel Magnolias, and Belinda Cratchit in Dallas Theater Center’s production of A Christmas Carol. Aside from acting, Ellie enjoys hanging out with her friends, reading, writing her novel, and hosting her weekly book review podcast, Hook of a Book. She would like to thank Ms. Tye for this amazing experience!
Aidan Moran (Clown)
Aidan Moran is a senior at St. Mark’s. He's enjoyed playing Tybalt Capulet in the 2023 Fall Play Romeo and Juliet and performing in the ensemble of the 2024 Fall Musical Guys and Dolls, and he’s excited to finish his St. Mark's acting career with The 39 Steps. Aidan’s had a blast working with everyone in the cast, and he'd like to thank Ms. Tye and Mr. Magill especially for their work in making this show a success! On top of theater, Aidan also enjoys intersecting arts and sciences and plans to continue pursuing theatre productions while majoring in Molecular & Cell Biology at UCSD.
Huge thanks to David Dini, John Ashton, and Marion Glorioso for their support of the St. Mark’s theater program, as well as the development team for putting together our programs and promotional material.
This show is dedicated to the memory of Nancy Schaffer, who touched the lives of hundreds of children in the Dallas area in her 40-year tenure at Dallas Children's Theatre. Her love for theater, dedication to education, and kind spirit drew people to her and helped them to share her love for theater arts.
St. Mark’s School of Texas
10600 Preston Road
Dallas, Texas 75230
214-346-8000
Dallas, Texas 75230
214-346-8000
About Us
St. Mark’s School of Texas is a private, nonsectarian college-preparatory boys’ day school for students in grades 1 through 12, located in Dallas, Texas. St. Mark’s aims to prepare young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
