The Urban Legend

Future of the Urban Theater Department

June 7, 2018

Fran After 41 years with the Urban Theater Department, Frances Evens is wrapping up her final show. Before she came to Urban, Evens describes her life as being “in line with the skill [she] needed for...

Seniors write, design, and direct mini plays for the annual One Act Festival

Lena Bianchi, Head of Illustration • May 22, 2018

The One Act Festival is just around the corner, but the senior directors have spent the last few months eagerly preparing for the spring performance. Comprised of short plays ranging from comedies to dramas,...

‘Sweeney Todd’ brings horror to the Gumption Theater

Lena Bianchi, Head of Illustration • November 16, 2017

Gory, creepy, and eerie are only a few of the words the audience might think of after watching The Urban School’s fall production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This horror musical...

Is Urban Educating Us?

Zachary Ngin, Book Critic • February 5, 2016

Each day at Urban, my peers leave me in awe. They have diverse interests, take advanced classes, speak multiple languages, and hold the future in their palms. They dance so quickly to the rhythm of the...

Urban transforms into fairytale world as Fall Production class puts on Into the Woods

Sam Johnson, Staff Writer • November 20, 2013

On Nov. 13, Urban transformed into the fairytale worlds of “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Rapunzel,” and “Cinderella” as the 2013 Fall Production class put on the...