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THE LION’S TALE
| features | DECEMBER 8, 2011
Drama department
Shipwrecked
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all photos/COURTESY OF ALYSSA APPLEGET
WAVE GOODBYE. Senior Matt Plotts waves goodbye to the audience before the curtains closed.
‘WOE IS ME’ Senior Jon Poweski (Louis) realizes that he has been stranded on an island (above). Junior Justin Hall played Louis when in London. In this scene, Louis is trying to convince a magazine reporter, sophomore Sydney Garick, that his story about being stranded is true. Senior Taylor Schwarz holds a sign to publicize the magazine (left).
Storybook feeling enchants audience
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Junior Andrew Brown, playing the part of Queen Victoria, awards Junior Justin Hall a medal for his story about being stranded, while sophomore Anna Johnson watches.
three months of preparation paid off. fter three months of practice, the “I felt an overwhelming sense of pride in drama department put on it’s fall the cast and crew when the curtains closed. play, “Shipwrecked” on Dec. 3 and All of our hard work had finally paid off and Dec. 4. we had a very successful show,” sophomore “I feel as though the show went extremely Sydney Garick said. well. My preshow speech really got the cast Senior Emily Wood was a tech during the pumped and gave them the mental adrenaline play. they were lacking throughout the rehearsal “The hardest part was making sure we process. Without me, the show definitely brought stuff out on time. There were a lot of would’ve dragged, but I brought unique people on stage and some of the props were charisma and excitement to keep the audience heavy. It was hard to hear the actors when you entwined,” senior Jon Poweski said. were trying to hear your cues,” Wood said. The drama department wanted the show Woods built many relationships through to be open for the audience’s interpretation. the process. “We wanted a storybook-esque feeling “The most enjoyable part was being able that made people use their imagination. to hang out with my friends. I definitely So we created a simplistic set that allowed made a lot of friends through this play,” people to imagine the situation in the way Woods said. they wanted,” junior Maddi Flanders said. stephanieo@thelionstale.com Sophomore Sydney Garick felt like the