Overview

Hindsight Is
Written and performed by the Teen Performance Company
Streaming on demand April 16 – May 31, 2021
Digital Access is free, but tickets are required

After the entire world shifted last year, how did high school students navigate their new lives? From Zoom school to election night and social media to BLM protests, 2020 was full of unprecedented stories. Now, the Round House Teen Performance Company is ready to share theirs. Featuring mockumentaries, radio plays, spoken word performances, and more, the 19th Annual Sarah Metzger Memorial Play is a digital collage of experiences. Hindsight Is explores the past year through the eyes of the 19 Company members, who worked collaboratively to create a series of virtual theatrical experiences—all while having never met in person.

This virtual production is FREE, but to view the show we ask that you please click the "Buy Tickets" button above or click here to reserve your ticket. You will receive an email with detailed instructions on how to watch the show.

The Round House Theatre Teen Performance Company is a pre-professional program for the next generation of theatre artists. Round House gathers the region’s most creative young theatre artists and provides mentorship to them as they work on a play at our theatre.

The program culminates in The Sarah Metzger Memorial Play, which is directed, designed, stage managed, and performed by high school students. The Sarah Play Metzger Memorial Play was established by the Metzger family and friends to celebrate the memory of Sarah Metzger, an inspiring and active member of the theatre community, who was killed in an automobile accident during her freshman year of college.

Round House Theatre is grateful to the Metzger family and all donors who have supported the Teen Performance Company, Play It Forward, and Round House Education, who together make this program possible year after year.

Support for Round House Theatre Education programs is provided by: Robert Lewicki and Edna Boyle; Bruce J. Heim Foundation; Clark-Winchole Foundation; Lorraine S. Dreyfuss Theatre Education Foundation; Clare Evans; Robert Lewicki and Edna Boyle; Maryland State Department of Education; Maureen and Michael McMurphy and the Patrick Michael McMurphy Memorial Foundation; Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.; City of Rockville; Dian and Steve Seidel; Ian and Marcia Solomon; Somerset Elementary School PTA; and The Venable Foundation

Company Members

Anna Brosowsky

Anna Brosowsky is a senior at DC International School. She is thrilled to be in her fourth season with the Teen Performance Company, having directed last year's shows Freak and How the Moon Would Talk and stage managing for both Sloppy Firsts and Hear. Eye. Stand. In addition to her work with Round House, Anna has studied at the Studio Theater Acting Conservatory, was a Teen Critic with the Shakespeare Theatre Company, and exercises her type-A chops in Student Government and Model UN. She's also an avid consumer of theatre, music, and news; a cracker-jack fantasy baseball manager; and hosts her own podcast called Spike Tape. Anna is eternally grateful to her awesome parents and equally awesome siblings, as well as the incredible RHT and TPC community, for their love and support.

Hank Harris

Hank Harris is a senior at Washington International School. Hank is thrilled to be returning to the Teen Performance Company after a wonderful (albeit very different) first year in 2020. Hank has performed on stage and screen in the DMV as much as possible since moving here from Australia three years ago. Pre-pandemic, Hank appeared in Freak with TPC and Cahoot’s Macbeth at WIS, as well as in several student-produced short films with the Tryka Film Coalition at Imagination Stage. Since the pandemic began, Hank featured in a Drive Thru play at the Alden Theatre and taught Shakespeare to middle schoolers! Hank wants to thank the wonderful cast and crew of this magnificent production and Round House Theatre's dedication to supporting the DMV's future theatre artists.

Elia Mimikakis

Elia Mimikakis is a monkey trapped inside the body of an incredibly attractive freshman at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. He is happy to be performing in a play during COVID-19 and is learning so much about what it means to produce a play. Having spent two years here after living in Singapore, Maryland has been the start of his theatre career. Next year he will be heading off to Interlochen and trying to achieve new heights wherever he goes. For now, he is learning as much as he can and trying not to be a general disturbance to the public. His favorite productions he has appeared in have been include The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet, Two Noble Kinsmen, I Hate Shakespeare, It's a Wonderful Life, Juliet and Romeo, and The Roundlings Show. Elia is in the DC national rowing club and loves watching comedy shows. And of course, where would this boy be without help from his family? They were the ones who had the idea to sign me up for theatre class in the first place. On top of all that it's very important that you know this: Elia considers dumplings to be the ultimate creation of humanity. Also he loves theatre (duh).

Fiona Smith

Fiona Smith is a junior at Walt Whitman High School (WWHS). She is thrilled to have joined the
Teen Performance Company and be performing her first TPC show! Fiona has been active in
the theatre community since the age of 7—plays, musicals, short films, pit orchestra, set
building, you name it!—and has taken classes and been in shows at Imagination Stage and
Adventure Theatre, in addition to Round House. She will be attending the Interlochen Center of
the Performing Arts in Michigan for a summer program in June. Past shows include Pippin
(Catherine), The Tempest (Adrian), 4 a. m. (Simon), and The Drowsy Chaperone (Gangster).
Outside of theatre, Fiona enjoys philosophical debates, listening to unhealthy amounts of classic
rock, and appearing on the podcast History Hecklers with her friends. Thanks a million and
much love to Mom, Dad, Gillian, and everyone involved with this show!

Alyssa Taylor

Alyssa Taylor is a senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (B-CC). She is so excited to be back at Round House Theatre for her fourth year with the Teen Performance Company! Previously at Round House she performed in Freak and How the Moon Would Talk, assistant stage managed for Hear. Eye. Stand., and props designed for Sloppy Firsts. She appeared in The Good Doctor at Imagination Stage, and has performed in many shows at B-CC, including The Little Mermaid and It’s a Wonderful Life. Alyssa has also been a member of B-CC’s props crew, working on shows such as Legally Blonde. In addition to theatre, she enjoys songwriting, competitive speaking, and trying to predict the endings of crime shows. She would like to thank her family for their support, and the TPC and Round House for giving her the best four years a person could ask for.

Hindsight Is

Overview

Company Members

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