Angorisis: a moment of recognition in a play. Eutrapely: pleasantness in conversation. Flagitation: act of begging. Dramaturg: a position in theater that deals mainly with research and development. Out of those four words, I bet none of them were recognizable. Unless, that is, you are in one of Miss Ross’s theater arts classes. Each year, the Pittsburgh City Theater has a contest: students may submit any play that they themselves have written, and the winning plays will be produced onstage by the theater’s professional actors. In order to help further develop each show and make sure all aspects of it can be accurately transferred from paper to stage, the playwrights are each assigned a dramaturg. Their dramaturg works with them one-on-one in order to ensure that there are no loose ends in the play, and that the play is fully developed. Because of a workshop Miss Ross completed over the summer, blocks six and eight have spent the year getting visits from their very own dramaturg, Tyson, from Pittsburgh City Theater. Due to Rebecca Flemings’s senior project (the murder mystery), Tyson wasn’t able to actively work with block six until last month. Block eight has had the opportunity to get more in depth and thorough with him. Tyson’s first visit came at the beginning of the year; while he did not participate in class, he sat in the center of the auditorium and observed students working onstage. That visit ended with students lining up on stage and delivering one fact for him: what their favorite colors were. After that visit, he began shortly working with block eight on the components of a play and many short exercises onstage. Block six had a long break before they got these lessons, and have only met with Tyson three times this year. Most students didn’t know what to expect when they walked in and saw a Smart Board with large paper taped to it, like a large notebook. A better understanding came about when each student was handed a journal and class notes began. While taking notes is not a sight to be frequently seen in Miss Ross’ theater arts class, Tyson feels that without the core knowledge of plays and the stage, no one can reach their full capability. Tyson will continue to visit the classes bimonthly. His visits will conclude with each student writing their own one-act play and submitting it to the contest at the Pittsburgh City Theater.