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Sophia upstages her dream

Sophia Lo Piccolo from St John’s Regional College was selected for a scholarship program at the Melbourne Theatre Company. Sophia Lo Piccolo from St John’s Regional College was selected for a scholarship program at the Melbourne Theatre Company.

YEAR nine student at St John’s Regional College Sophia Lo Piccolo was given a chance to live her dream when she spent a week with the Melbourne Theatre Company.
She was one of just 24 students from throughout Victoria to be selected for a fiveday youth scholarship course during the September school holidays.
The course looked at ways to create a groupdevised performance and also focused on developing and understanding dramatic structure, tension and characterisation.

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