Pingry School Stages Fall Play 'The Grapes of Wrath'

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — The Pingry School’s Dramatic Arts Department staged the Upper School Fall Play, “The Grapes of Wrath”, in early November, directed by Dramatic Arts Chair Stephanie Romankow (Gillette) and featuring the talents of 40 students onstage and behind the scenes.

John Steinbeck’s novel was reimagined for the stage in this production of Frank Galati’s award-winning adaptation, with an original score and songs helping tell the story in Pingry’s original staging. Pictured in the cast photo:

Front row: Hannah Castiglione ’26 (Bedminster), Tanya Puranik ’26 (Livingston), Ashley Gao ’26 (Bridgewater), Riya Prabhu ’27 (Gillette), Sophie Schachter ’27 (Morristown), Durga Menon ’26 (Warren), Amara Obaray ’27 (Westfield), Aanya Subbiah ’26 (Short Hills), Lola Irwin ’29 (Westfield), Karla Pye ’29 (Bridgewater), Sabine Winell ’29 (Skillman), Evelyn Ouyang ’29 (Warren), and Madeline Ahn ’29 (Branchburg)

Middle row: Eli Lash ’26 (Warren), Anna Ojo ’27 (Boonton), Olivia Li ’27 (Short Hills), Fiona Rovito ’27 (Scotch Plains), Somdeep Nath ’28 (Summit), Ziyad Ali ’28 (Springfield), Rian Chadha ’28 (Short Hills), Leo Lvoff ’29 (Chatham), Audrey Flood ’29 (Fanwood), Alex Soultanian ’28 (Basking Ridge), Catherine Ramesh ’28 (Warren), Anne Siy ’28 (Bridgewater), Corinne Wilson ’29 (New Providence), and Olivia Xu ’29 (Warren)

Back row: Marc Gautier ’26 (Irvington), Precious Anyanwu ’26 (Elizabeth), Izzy Berger ’27 (Kinnelon), Lulu Brennan ’27 (Far Hills), Emanuel Masache ’27 (Newark), Alex DeLorenzo ’27 (Short Hills), Saige Smith ’28 (Basking Ridge), Aadi Stewart ’26 (Maplewood), Jay Rosa ’26 (Newark), Willem Thomas ’28 (New Vernon), Skye Nicoll ’27 (Short Hills), Yulia Gavrylak ’29 (New Vernon), and Carlyx Miller ’28 (South Orange)

—Submitted by Pingry School