John Paul II's Drama Club put on an amazing performance of the Alan Haehnel play, One Hundred Lies.
The production was directed by Lindell Gateley and Gordon Znack, and the club spent four months practising.
The play followed the story of a girl named Liz, who was having a competition with the people in her life to see who lied most. Lies were counted on a scoreboard by the scorekeeper. One to three points were added to Liz's side of the board every time she told a lie, and one to three points were added to the other side of the board whenever someone in her life told her a lie. The play also involved many heavy topics, such as divorce and religion.
The production had 24 crew members, and their jobs included acting, sound effects and lighting and stage managing. For students who don't enjoy acting, but still want to be part of the club, there are plenty of jobs that don't involve going on stage. There are no small parts in a production, as the performance wouldn't play out properly without the backstage members. All jobs are equally appreciated.
March 28, the Drama Club attended a regional drama competition in Paradise Hill, and while they didn't win an award for their performance, three students received individual awards. Meghan Mercer received a certificate of merit for her role of Liz, Brianna Woloshyn earned a certificate of merit for excellence in stage management and Heather Leitner received the Spirit of the Festival Award.
"You all did an amazing job and should be very proud of yourselves" said Gateley to the drama club.
April 2, the club performed their production for students, staff and parents at John Paul II. Before the play began, the crowd was presented with live music and a short improvisation session from the John Paul II Improv Club.
The John Paul II staff, Crandleberry's and parents of the students in the production donated desserts for an auction that was held at the end of the play.
"Profits from the dessert auction are being put towards future productions" said Gateley.
As one can see, serious work was put into the production of One Hundred Lies, and it won't soon be forgotten.
Correction: It was stated in the article "Raising awareness of a proven killer" that a portion of the profits from the SADD bake sale went to the Turcotte family. After the article was printed, it was brought to my attention the Turcotte family actually donated all the cotton candy. SADD would like to thank the Turcottes for their generous donation." - Cole Degenstein
