GREENFIELD — After a four-year hiatus, the Greenfield High School Drama Club will return to the stage for its production of “Myth Adventures: Five Greek Classics.”

Sporting laurel wreaths, crowns and togas, the young actors maneuvered the stage performing comedic renditions of five Greek myths at rehearsals this week, two weeks before the March 22 and 23 productions at the Greenfield High School Auditorium.

Written by American playwright and screenwriter Eric Coble, “Myth Adventures” is a five-act dramatic comedy spotlighting classic Greek tales such as that of Icarus, King Midas and Orpheus. The production will serve as the Drama Club’s revival show, bringing it back from its dissolution at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Greenfield High School French teacher Anna Hartmann and adjustment counselor Deborah Potee decided to bring the program back in the fall after results from a survey sent to students last spring showed significant interest in the club’s revival. Meeting weekly at the auditorium, the club, Hartmann said, has grown to become a tight-knit community of talented teen performers.

“This fall, we ran some meetings before we selected a play or held auditions or anything, just to get the kids used to each other and used to inhabiting the space. Now it kind of feels like we own this space. This is Drama Club space,” Hartmann said. “We played games, we did improv, we were goofy and we got to know each other really well. We got really comfortable together and soon it started to feel a little bit more like a theater family.”

Hartmann said since the show is fragmented into five 15-minute acts — each portraying a separate plot — it serves as a less intimidating alternative to having one actor play a lead in a feature-length play. Nonetheless, Hartmann said the students have been “killing it” on stage.

“These kids have blown me away with how excited they are to show up every day and the amount of emotion and dedication that they bring to their characters. They really, really care about getting into character, conveying what they want to convey and feeling the things that their character is feeling in the moment. Even though it’s just a little 15-to-20-minute story for each of the actors,” Hartmann said.

Faced with a limited budget, the club found creative ways to ensure the show went on as planned, recruiting the help of the school’s life skills program workers to sew curtains from the Salvation Army into robes and togas. Potee, holding up one of the hand-sewn robes being used as a prop, said co-directing the play has helped her build relationships with new students and give students an outlet to express themselves.

“I’ve encouraged some of my students that I see regularly to participate because I think theater is good for everybody. It’s an opportunity to be something you are not normally able to be. Being a teenager is all about trying to figure out your identity and trying on different hats. For a lot of kids the theater is a chance to do that,” Potee said. “The best part is just seeing them play and be brave. It takes a lot of courage to get up in front of your peers as a teenager. … I’m very impressed by their willingness to go up there, especially when I think that culture at GHS has not been really focused on drama for a long time.”

Greenfield High School senior Alice Menko, who will play Orpheus’ mother Calliope, said she wanted to join the club as a freshman, but was not able to because of the pandemic. She said since the club includes students in grades eight through 12, it helps underclassmen and upperclassmen bond through art.

“Theater is a great way for people to meet more people, especially the younger grades. I feel like this show is going to be a stepping stone to bigger things in the future,” Menko said. “Now that it’s back, I think that Drama Club is going to continue to grow.”

“Myth Adventures” premieres Friday, March 22, at 7 p.m. and will also be performed Saturday, March 23, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for students and $10 for adults. Children under the age of 5 will be admitted for free.

Anthony Cammalleri can be reached at acammalleri@recorder.com or 413-930-4429.