Spokane’s Lewis and Clark High will perform fairy tale ‘Into the Woods’
The Lewis and Clark High School Tiger Drama Department’s production of “Into the Woods” premieres tonight.
“Into the Woods” tells the stories of classic fairy tale characters as they interact with a childless baker and his wife.
The play features Melina Palmoba as Witch, Brie Cole as Cinderella, Ilan Hernandez as Jack, Brittany Mendoza-Pena as Little Red Riding Hood, Anna Maguire as Baker’s Wife, Theo Mynka as Baker, Will Petro as Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf and Liam Schaaf as Narrator.
“Into the Woods” is directed by Greg Pschirrer and Suzanne Maguire, with costumes by Lisa Caryl-Vukas and musical direction by Caryssa Murphy.
The department is holding a book drive for local charities as part of its Page to Stage season and will give anyone who donates a book a coupon for half off a concession item.
Showings are today-Saturday and March 5-7 at Lewis and Clark, 521 W. Fourth Ave. All shows are at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Student-directed plays open at NC
North Central High School will present “Honestly, I Love You,” a collection of student-directed plays, beginning tonight.
NC students worked together on the following pieces: “I Thought I Liked Girls,” directed by Logan McHenry Kroetch, “The Last Woman on Earth,” directed by Carver Bain, “Hurry,” directed by Alycia Linton, “Check Please,” directed by Britanny Filmore and Natalia Bawden, “Every Man,” directed by Kyle Sogge and “Always,” directed by Naomi Hippauf and Clare Fairbanks.
Showings are today-Sunday and March 5-7 at North Central, 1600 N. Howard St. All shows are at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5/NC GSL card holders and senior citizens, $6/general admission and can be purchased at the school’s business office or at the door.
For more information, call NC drama teacher Tom Armitage at (509) 354-6219 or LuAnn Griffith at the school’s business office at (509) 354-6240.
Ferris plans night of theater improv
Ferris Theatre Arts presents an evening of improv with the Thesperados on Friday.
The show starts at 7 p.m. at the school, 3020 E. 37th Ave. Tickets are $3.
More students selected for Act Six
More area students have been awarded an Act Six scholarship, a full-ride scholarship to Gonzaga or Whitworth universities. Jeff Louissaint (Ferris High School), RaSasha Montgomery (Central Valley High School) and Bao Tran (Rogers High School) will attend Whitworth.
Siniva Areta (Ferris), Kathy Au (Rogers), Henadz Krukovich (Rogers) and Jennifer Phan (Gonzaga Preparatory School) will attend Gonzaga.
The students competed against applicants from 24 area high schools in a three-phase selection process.
Phase 1 involved completing an application, which consists of four essays, two letters of recommendation, test scores, transcripts and a FAFSA forecaster. Students were brought together in Phase 2 so evaluators could see how they worked in groups.
In Phase 3, semifinalists were admitted to the university they were in the running for and stayed on campus for two-and-a-half days, wrote another essay and completed one-on-one interviews, group activities and faculty discussions.
St. Clair Cheney’s employee of year
The Cheney School District recently named Cissy St. Clair, head custodian at Betz Elementary School, its Classified Employee of the Year.
The Classified School Employee of the Year program honors one classified employee from each of the state’s educational service districts each year. One of those regional finalists is then named state Classified Employee of the Year.