Titanic East Coweta Middle School's first drama

[Andrew Clarkson]

Three years ago teachers, Diana Harper and Tammy Hyder, decided they wanted to share the love of theatre and began the East Coweta Middle School (ECMS) Theatre Company.

The goal of the theatre company was simple: to foster the love of drama and allow students to perform. The theatre company was opened to sixth, seventh and eighth graders. The first two years the company performed one act comedies in a dessert theatre setting. Students from the first two theatre companies have gone on to EchoStage at ECHS.

ECMS is the only middle school in Coweta County with a theatre company that meets monthly during the school year to study theatre techniques, learn improvisation, and learn character development.

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