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It's just like really being here,
but without all the rain
‘Up the Down Staircase’
to have weekend shows
‘Staircase’ is the story of
one teacher’s struggle to
win her student's respect
By Tammy Salman
Freelance Reporter
Sylvia’s First teaching job out of
college had to be at a high school
in a Bronx neighborhood. Undis
ciplined students, a shortage of
school supplies and general frus
tration greet her at Calvin
Coolidge High School.
Today and Saturday Churchill
High School will present "Up the
Down Staircase,” a play set in
1964 and based on Bel Kauf
man’s novel about a young
teacher’s struggle to win the re
spect of her students despite
their lives. Along the way she be
comes deeply involved in her
students’ problems and the prob
lems plaguing the high school.
The play may seem somewhat
dramatic, but Muellner said
some parts are more lighthearted.
He believes the audience will
find certain moments humorous
ly realistic.
“This is one of those ‘I’ve been
there’ plays,” he said. “It appeals
to instructors; it appeals to stu
dents. Everybody can identify
with this at one time or another.”
Muellner, who said this is his
first year at Churchill, believes
the play not only entertains the
audience, but also serves as a
good opportunity for high school
their lack of in
terest in school
and resistance
to authority.
According to
John Muellner,
the play’s direc
tor, “Up the
Down Stair
case" symboli
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acting. I'm teaching
them about life.
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learn about
discipline.
He encour
ages his stu
dent actors to
have fun, but
at the same
time they
must adhere
cally represents Sylvia s meta
morphosis from a tentative
newcomer to someone who be
comes passionately involved in
her job.
Going up the down staircase
means she is going against the
current to fight the nonsensical
authority, he said. She receives
mixed signals from faculty mem
bers and finds herself fighting
with a discipline-over-everything
administration.
Though getting through to the
students challenges the inexperi
enced Sylvia, she eventually
earns their trust and inspires
them to take responsibility for
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garding schoolwork. If students
are failing a class, they have one
week to raise their grade to pass
ing or they cannot be part of the
production.
“This is more than just acting.
I’m teaching them about life,” he
said.
After some grueling rehearsals
and rewriting the script six times,
Muellner feels the cast is out
standing.
“These kids are damn good,”
he said.
Tickets for the two shows run
ning on Feb. 13 and 14 are $3 for
students, $4 for adults. Both
showings will begin at 7:30 p.m.
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