Thanks to a burgeoning drama club, audiences in Middleton High School's Performing Arts Center this week will be treated to two performances each night, not one.
The double bill exemplifies the drama program under Lynda Sharpe, who recently received the John C. Barner Teacher of the Year award from the American Alliance of Theater in Education.
With 87 students in the drama club, drama director Sharpe needed two productions so more students could take part.
"She (Sharpe) works to get us all involved as individuals as well as the whole circle," said junior Katy Dallman, secretary of the drama club.
Sharpe has all of those involved in a production stand in a circle before and after each rehearsal and before each show.
"I use a circle because we are all equal," said Sharpe, who also teaches at Middleton High.
"Live Broadcast," a 1940s-style live radio drama, will kick off the evening Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. Written by former Middleton students Charles Stone and Timothy Wendorff, who are now students at UW-Madison, the performance will include live entertainment and live commercials.
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