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Ivy Theatre Seniors present two student-directed shows at Rockville Centre schools
Summary
Students staged two student-directed productions credited to three student directors and the Drama Guild; producer Connor Stack opened the performance with acknowledgments to cast and crew.
Connor Stack, producer of the 2025 student-directed shows, opened the performance for the Ivy Theatre Seniors and the school Drama Guild at the Rockville Centre Union Free School District by thanking the lighting crew, cast, advisors and student directors and noting, “we have 2 pieces tonight.”
The two student-directed pieces presented a string of short, interlinked scenes that reworked familiar fairy-tale and children’s‑literature characters into darkly comic vignettes. The evening credited student directors Kaylee Ricchiuti, Kiera DeLuca and Connor Riley and named the district’s drama‑guild advisors as Dr. Freiling and Dr. Demben.
Why it matters: student-directed nights give high‑school performers and producers hands‑on experience in staging, technical support and direction. The producer’s opening remarks emphasized that the productions were a student-led effort and thanked the crews and advisors who supported the work.
The performances included reimagined versions of well-known stories and multiple short scenes that mixed elements of Cinderella, Snow White, Belle and Alice in Wonderland. Scenes ranged in tone from comic banter to intentionally theatrical violence and parody; the production used stylized stage effects and sound cues described in the dialogue (for example, a staged “blood” effect referenced onstage). Cast members performed a succession of scenes that included a king dividing a kingdom, rival princesses and an extended sequence drawing on Alice in Wonderland characters and episodes.
Crew and creative credits named during the opening: Connor Stack (producer), Kaylee Ricchiuti (student director), Kiera DeLuca (student director), Connor Riley (student director), and drama‑guild advisors Dr. Freiling and Dr. Demben. Stack’s opening remarks specifically thanked “the lighting crew” and the wider cast and crew for their work to prepare the productions.
No formal statements about ticketing, future performances, school funding or school board actions were made in the recorded remarks. Details about subsequent performances, ticket availability or school‑sponsored touring were not specified in the transcript.
