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New Haircut Caused By Twelve Angry Men

For at least a year and a half, my husband's hair has been pretty long. He had grown it out because of different parts he played on the stage, such as Harpagon in "The Miser", and his character for "Godspell" last fall.

Well, in his upcoming Kellogg High School production of "Twelve Angry Men", PKR needs to step in and take over as Juror Number 11. This juror is an Eastern European, and PKR felt like this character would probably have short hair.

So, here is the new look:

If you are interested in seeing the upcoming Kellogg High School play, it will be performed next week.
The KHS Drama Department will soon be performing the classic jury room drama “Twelve Angry Men”, but with two separate casts. February 6^th and 9^th (Friday and Monday) our all male cast will take the stage. The 7^th and 10^th (Saturday and Tuesday) the ladies take on the challenge of staging “Twelve Angry Women.” Audiences are encouraged to attend both performances and see how the dynamics of the play may change when performed by a female cast. All performances begin at 7:00 pm on the KHS stage. Cost is $5.00. Keep your ticket and come back another night for half price.

Here are some pictures of the two casts practicing.

Here is the all male cast on the KHS stage during practice this week, preparing for the opening of "Twelve Angry Men".
Here is the all female cast practicing for "Twelve Angry Women". Z2 is Juror Number Five. She is second from the left in this picture.

I have been assisting PKR in this production, and it has been fun to see the students work on their character development. I look forward to next weekend, and opening night for both casts.

A Midsummer Night's Dream...or The Night They Missed The Forest For the Trees--Performance #3

This weekend, PKR was involved in his Kellogg High School spring play. It is called "A Midsummer Night's Dream...or The Night They Missed The Forest for the Trees.

It basically tells the story of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", but also uses modern characters and story tellers to help tell the story and how it relates to teenagers today.

I was so proud of this cast. I had gone and watched the play the Monday before it opened to give the cast notes. It was amazing how far they came in five days.

PKR is very proud of these students, and the great job they did on the show.

Oberon, King of the Fairies, was portrayed by Kalvin Pemberton. Tim Wentland did a fabulous job as "Puck".
Here are the "rude-mechanicals" getting ready to rehearse their play within a play.
They are Brittany Reed, Zack Whitfield, David Carey, Bridget Cannaday, Lance Claflin and Nathan Gravelle. Ah, the two Athenian couples, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena, played by Mariah Schlepp, Ryan Griffin, Erik Fink and Dori Liddicoat.
Alexa Mitten was Titania, Queen of the Fairies, who awakens to find she is in love with Nick Bottom, who Puck has turned into an ass.
Ally Evans , Pamela Reed and Danae Johnson were the three story tellers, and also played Duke Theseus, Hippolyta and Egeus, Hermia's father.

Some of the other fairies flitting about the forest included Corinne Estabrook, Alex Serrell, Anton Ferraro and Julia Wenzel.

Opening Night--The Curious Savage

PKR made his directorial debut tonight in his first Kellogg High School production as the new Drama Instructor. He came out to introduce the play. Tonight was opening night for "The Curious Savage."
The Princess played the part of Fairy May, one of the residents at "The Cloisters", a sanitorium. Here are some of the other residents of "The Cloistures."
“The Curious Savage,” by John Patrick, is the warm-hearted tale of Mrs. Ethel Savage, a slightly eccentric, extremely wealthy widow. Being the recipient of her deceased husband’s estate, she wants to make the best use of it, despite her greedy stepchildren’s selfish attempts to get their hands on it. Mrs. Savage, however, has put her wealth into negotiable bonds in the hopes of establishing a fund to help others realize their hopes and dreams, much to the siblings’ chagrin. They then commit her to a “sanitorium” in the hopes of shocking her to her senses. There she meets a variety of social misfits, all needing exactly the kind of help Mrs. Savage can provide and who eventually appear more sane that those outside the walls of the institution. These wonderful individuals run the gamut of characterization possibilities, and immediately endear themselves to Mrs. Savage (and to the audience as well). With the help of her new-found friends, Mrs. Savage leads her stepchildren on a merry chase which eventually brings them to the pits of humiliation and despair even as Mrs. Savage obtains her freedom. The dominant mood is comedy with plots, plans, and hi-jinx, however the philosophy is far from laughable. The audience is left with a feeling that the neglected virtues of kindness and affection have not been entirely lost in a world that seems motivated at times only by greed and dishonesty.!
Here are the stepchildren, Lilly Belle, Titus and Samuel Savage.

I was so proud of these students tonight. They did such a good job, and provided a wonderful evening of entertainment. I saw them in rehearsal about 3 weeks ago, and they have come so far. PKR was very proud of them. Reaction from the audience was very positive.

In case you want to come and see, there will be performances Friday and Saturday night, Nov. 2 and Nov. 3, and Monday night, Nov. 5.

Happiness Is...Performing in a KHS Musical

I was in charge of this week’s sibling assignment. It goes like this: Is there one single thing you performed or achieved while attending Kellogg High School that stands out above the rest? Pick one and write about it. Inland Empire Girl's is here, and Raymond Pert's is here.

I grew up listening to Broadway musical soundtracks. From the time I could remember, I would sit upstairs in the “hall” and put the soundtracks to many popular musicals. I can still sing all the songs from “The Music Man” and “Oklahoma” and “The Sound of Music” by heart.

As I grew older, my dream was to be a performer on Broadway. I loved to sing, and I loved to act, and I loved to perform.

My last year in high school, I came close to fulfilling that dream. (Okay, so the stage at Kellogg High School is quite a ways from Broadway, but this is my dream we’re talking about, and I’ll take whatever I can get!!)

The achievement I am most proud of from attending Kellogg High School was being a part of the production “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown” my senior year. I got to play the part of Lucy Van Pelt, and it was one of the greatest experiences I had in high school, and definitely on my top ten list of performances I have given in my life.

There had not been a musical performed at KHS since “The Music Man” in 1974. (I think that is right). But two of my friends and I had performed in plays with the drama teacher Mrs. Faraca all through high school, and so I think she knew this may be a good year to attempt this production.

As I look back on this experience, it seemed like we performed it for weeks, but, as I look at my scrapbook, it was just two weekends in February of 1981. We did seven productions at KHS, but I also remember, because of how popular it was, I think we took the show on the road and performed it at KJHS, too.

One of the parts I performed was called “Queen Lucy”, and I still get people today, after 26 years, who still remember me performing that part today.

The cast was so fun, with Jim Boyd as Charlie Brown, Eric Benson as Linus, (I remember getting to punch him in the mouth every night), John Brower as Schroeder, and Lisa Ruff as Violet. The role of Snoopy was pretty demanding, and Mrs. Faraca didn’t feel like any students were up to the part, so she got Randy Brooks to play Snoopy. Randy had done some Community Theater, and was the program manager at KWAL, the valley’s local radio station.

Musical theater is a special art form for me, that tells a story in a way no other art form can.

I am proud to have been a part of this musical tradition at Kellogg High School, and hope to perform in many more musicals in my lifetime.