“Raising the Stakes” benefit honors Mr. Sims

Ruby Rosenthal and Morgan Scott • 7 Views

June 3, 2016

(L-R) Theatre alumnus Matthew Paszkiet, theatre teacher Bradley Barfield, and theatre alumnus Justin Sims perform an improv skit. Mr. Barfield asked the audience to produce a word that was a household item, and once learning the word, the trio proceeded play a game called “Freeze,” in which they were required to do a skit with that word as their starting point. The word was “spatula.”

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(L-R) Theatre sophomores Jacquez Linder-Long , Emma Macavoy, Darah Frade-Abrams, and Skyler Sajewski perform “Opening” from “A Chorus Line.”

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(L-R) Theatre sophomores Emily Bett, Kimberly Cohen, Skyler Sajewski, and Zoey Burger perform “I Got Rhythm” from “Crazy For You.”

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Dreyfoos alumni Matthew Paszkiet and Justin Sims perform a scene from “The Diviners.”

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Theatre teacher Bradley Barfield introduces the event. After learning about his former teacher’s lung cancer, Mr. Barfield decided to honor Dennis Sims with a benefit.

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Meyer Hall was ripe with emotion as students, friends, and colleagues filled its seats on May 27. They were there for Dennis Sims, a former Dreyfoos theatre teacher who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Upon hearing of his illness, theatre teacher and past student of Mr. Sims, Bradley Barfield, decided it would be best to honor him with a benefit called “Raising the Stakes,” named after one of Mr. Sims’ widely used phrases. Dreyfoos students and alumni performed pieces from plays Mr. Sims had directed, colleagues and friends gave speeches, and Mr. Sims was thanked endlessly for his lasting contributions on people he has touched.
To donate to Dennis Sims’ lung cancer fund, visit https://www.gofundme.com/dennissimsbenefit

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Ruby Rosenthal is a third-year staffer and co-Editor-in-Chief of The Muse. She's obsessed with learning new things, whether it be through reading articles in her favorite publications or dropping everything at 7:30 to watch Jeopardy on weeknights. If she had ample free time, she'd probably be reading, but for now, her spare hours are spent studying for too many AP classes for her own good. She is unsure what the future holds, but she hopes to work in a field that gives her the opportunity to give people a voice whose voices usually go unheard. Rosenthal hopes to attend college up north, where there are four seasons a year.

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