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A One-Act Movement-Based High School Drama: Backspace

Writing may be a struggle but tackling Backspaceby Lindsay Price definitely is not. This movement-based high school drama explores personification in a unique and vivid manner. Where else can you bring a typewriter to life? The drama students at Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, VA, under the direction of Dr. Shelley Nowacek, performed this one-act production with award-winning results:

We won conference for VHSL (Virginia High School League) with this show!

Congratulations, Great Bridge High School!

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