Warrior One Act: 2017 Capitol Conference Runners-Up!
Community performance of "Life of Riley" scheduled for Tues., Nov. 28 @ 8 p.m. in P-LC.
Launch the media gallery 1 playerThe 2017 Wahoo High School One Act Play Production team took the runner-up trophy at the Nebraska Capitol Conference competition on Monday, November 20 at Platteview High School! Receiving Outstanding Performance Awards were Kristin Callan, Cheyenne Moore, Isaac Redding, Aaron Redding, and Caleb Groff.
The Warrior One Act team opened their season by winning 3rd place in the Large Division at the York "K-Dub" Play Production Competition on Nov. 11!
The team's 2017 selection is "The Life of Riley 1929," an original play written by Anne Bowman of Wahoo. Mrs. Bowman is a former drama and speech teacher at Bruning-Davenport, where her speech and one act play production teams won several state championships.
"The Life of Riley" follows the final day of Riley Muldoon's life. Muldoon gets the opportunity to reflect on his life during the stock market crash of 1929. In his final days, Muldoon loses both his fortune and the love of his life.
The team will compete at Conference at Platteview on Monday, Nov. 20, and at Districts in Milford on Friday, Dec. 1. There will be a community show on Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 8:00 p.m. in the Performance-Learning Center at Wahoo High School.
2017 WHS One Act Cast, standing (from left): Aby Lowther, Cheyenne Moore, Sam DuBois, Kris Kochner, Rachel Myers, Mary Privett, Emma Bruce, Sydney Holdsworth, Aaron Redding, Zoe Christenson, Kahleb Elliott, Benny Krivanek, Payton Ricks, Caleb Obert, Austin Schneider, Haydin Krivanek, Natalie Franklin, Sydney Stuchlik, Director John Minnick, Assistant Director Anne Bowman. Kneeling: Julianne Van t’Hul, Emily Obert, Kristin Callan, Kylee Edmonds, Isaac Redding, Lara Celesky, Noah Polacek, Gabi Girmus, Caleb Groff, Hunter Celesky, Zach Sanderson.
Students in the cast include:
Maggie Muldoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sydney Holdsworth
Narrator Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Redding
Riley Muldoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isaac Redding
Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Schneider
Daniel Malone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kahleb Elliott
Charlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caleb Obert
Michael Meegan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caleb Groff
Temperance Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheyenne Moore
Molly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristin Callan
Sally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Obert
Newspaper Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam DuBois
Flappers/Dancers: Lara Celesky, Kylee Edmonds, Gabi Girmus
Temperance League: Emma Bruce, Zoe Christenson, Aby Lowther, Rachel Myers, Mary Privett, Julianne van t'Hul
"Gopher Gang": Kris Kochner, Benny Krivanek, Haydin Krivanek, Noah Polacek, Payton Ricks
Crew: Hunter Celesky, Matthew Fiscus, Natalie Franklin, Avery Spicka, Sydney Stuchlik, Zach Sanderson, Mat Wolf
The play is directed by WHS English teacher John Minnick. He is assisted by Mrs. Bowman.
Warrior One Act: 2017 Capitol Conference Runners-Up!
Judy Stukenholtz | Dec 08, 2017 | I went to the performance of this play last night and it was fabulous!! Thanks to everyone who had a hand in this production-Ann Bowman wrote a perfect script for the perfect actors! Very Impressed! Good luck at districts!! |