O'Connell Sophomore Francesca Pastore of Springfield Participates in Summer Theater Production

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ARLINGTON, VA (09/10/2012)(readMedia)-- Bishop O'Connell High School sophomore Francesca Pastore participated in the Summer Acting Institute for Teens at the Theatre Lab – School of the Dramatic Arts in Washington, D.C.

Earlier in the year, Pastore auditioned and was selected (among 17 other teens) for this intensive four-week training program that ended with a full production of the play Off a Broken Road written by Stephen Spotswood and directed by Jessica Burgess. Pastore played the part of Christine Laska.

As a part of this program, she participated in drama and auditioning workshops, voice and speech classes, movement classes, and scene study. For more on the production and program, visit the Theatre Lab web site at  www.theatrelab.org/SAITbrochure.asp.

About Bishop O'Connell High School

Bishop O'Connell High School is a faith-filled community of learning, rooted in a 55-year tradition of service and academic excellence. Founded by six local Catholic parishes in 1957, the school was built to serve the rapidly growing suburban Catholic population in the Washington, D.C. area. Today, Bishop O'Connell is one of four diocesan high schools in the Arlington Diocese and its faculty and staff are enriched by the presence of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. For more information, visit www.bishopoconnell.org.