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Project Graduation
Samantha King
Reporter
Year of the Senior
Valentines Dance 2/13 at8-11pm
Meeting 2/17 at 6:30 pm
Meeting 4/21
at 6:30 pm
Prom 5/15
Graduation
Practice 6/5 at
2 pm
Graduation
6/7 at
4:30pm
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Ashley Hall
Reporter
It’s 2:50 on a Monday
afternoon and nonsense is
being yelled from every
which way as actors shuffle
to the stage for vocal warm
ups. A single voice booms,
“selfish shellfish”, and the
statement is quickly answered
by several other voices, all
strong in projecting the line,
“selfish shellfish.” The crew
is assembling in the front
rows of the auditorium and
preparing to make their way
to whatever room will hold
their project for the day and
Blanchard and Rodriguez
are scooting down the rows
of seats in the back of the
auditorium in search of a
comfortable spot that will
be theirs for the next two or
three hours. As the actors line
up down stage to recite the
line that best describes their
character(s), everyone begins
to sink into the working
mentality for the day, or, most
do.
“Everyday something
happens that I will never
forget,” says junior, Emily
Morris.
It’s agreed that the chemistry
that everyone shares with
one another is what keeps
us coming back, though the
chance of being reprimanded
by the all powerful Blanchard
is also something that we all
equally dread, along with
the understanding that we
will all inevitably graduate,
therefore, leaving behind what
most call, a second family.
(Zombies also fall under that
list of fears).
“I’ve never been able to see
myself being an actress, but
going to convention and all
the workshops, I was able to
imagine going to Broadway
and just throwing myself
into it, even if I do totally
embarrass myself,” said Erin
Valentine, freshman.
Though the hours seem to
be dragging by as rehearsal
progresses, there’s an
atmosphere that hangs over
most rehearsals that makes it
all bearable.
“The thing I love most
about Drama is being with
creative people in a creative
atmosphere,” said Marcus
Bush, Senior.
It seems that no matter the
day, month, year, season,
there is a freshness which
everyone outputs into a large
pot that unavoidably brews
the successfulness of the final
product of the play.
And as the final lines are
being read, the final stitches
being sewn, they hear it.
“Down Stage!”
Those two words resound
through the auditorium,
being hurled into the girls’
dressing room, boys’ dressing
room, back stage left and
right, black box and office;
peeling away the frustration
of a hard day’s work, picking
at the anxiety of a potential
“talking to”. Those words are
a whisper of relief and equally
a warning cry. But no matter
the circumstances, crew and
actors commence and form
a line across the edge of the
stage in anticipation of the
last words of the day.
The faces of the actors
and crew expose the
understanding that no matter
what will happen in their
world that was created long
ago; they will be alright
because they have each other
as well as the potential to
always better themselves
individually as well as a
group.