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PERSPECTIVE ON PERSECUTION 'ANTIGONE' STARTS PLAY PRESENTATIONS.


Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer

SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country,  - The new Golden Valley High School will stage its first show tonight - the Greek classic ``Antigone.''

This first endeavor by the drama department will be presented in the multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose  
adj.
Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software.


multipurpose
Adjective
 room at La Mesa La Mesa (lə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 52,931), San Diego co., S Calif., a suburb of San Diego; inc. 1912. It is a retail center and a popular residence for upper- and middle-income professionals in the San Diego area.  Junior High School.

Director and drama department head Janie Prucha said this version of the play, interpreted by French playwright Jean Anouilh, is set during the Nazi occupation of France, giving students a unique perspective on the story of persecution.

Sophomore Paige Carroll, who plays Antigone, says that the cast is working together well.

``I'm so excited,'' Carroll said, adding that this is her first experience on the stage. ``The thing I like best about my character is how she stands up for her beliefs totally and complete, even though she is going to die.''

Carroll is understudied by Donna Farag. Others in the cast include Zach Anderson Zach Anderson (born October 23, 1982) is an American football defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers.  as Creon; Amanda Hubbell as chorus; Ashley Spalding and Christina Reynolds as Ismene; Katrina Blanchard and Katherine Hulben as Nurse and Eurydice; Graham Walker as Haemon; Ben Stone as First Guard; Heather McElhaney as Second Guard; Andrees Castrellon as Third Guard; Sierra Plush as Page and Denise Diadyk as Messenger.

``They are the most supportive and genuinely committed group that I've ever worked with,'' Prucha said. ``There are no egos, no complaints. That's what I like "That's What I Like" was a popular single by Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers.

Father and son team Andy and John Pickles repeated the formula which had took their record Swing The Mood to number one a few months previously.
 about starting a new drama department.

Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. La Mesa Junior High School is at 26623 May Way, Canyon Country.

Nearby at Sierra Vista Junior High School, students will present ``Zombies Zombies

Companies that continue to operate even though they are insolvent. Also known as living dead.

Notes:
It's advisable to avoid investing in zombies at all costs their life expectancies are highly unpredictable.
 From The Beyond,'' a musical comedy that will play Thursday, Friday and Saturday on campus.

Directed by Jenni Helms, ``Zombies'' takes audiences back to a day when the Cold War and space race paranoia threaten the folks at the fictional Milwaukee Space Center, who are terrorized when a flying saucer piloted by alien aviatrix a·vi·a·trix  
n.
A woman who operates an aircraft; a woman pilot.

Noun 1. aviatrix - a woman aviator
airwoman, aviatress

aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier, flyer - someone who operates an aircraft
 Zombina lands in the Galaxy Beauty Salon. She's intent on procuring he-specimens to repopulate her planet.

The cast includes Blake Moore as Trenton Corbett, Rommell Rubio as Rick Jones, Adam Alonsagay as Billy Krutzik and Dylan Belardinelli as Major Malone. Playing Mary Malone is Amanda Larson-Dally (understudied by Katie Kelly), Charlene ``Charlie'' Osmanski is Kelly Ann Boardman (understudied by Nikki Yakel) and Jenni Perez plays Zombina (understudied by Kelly Davis). Zombina's followers, the Zombettes, are played by Nikki Yakel, Katie Kelley, Kelly Davis, Breanna McMains and Kaitlyn McGee. Providing voice-overs are Nikki Yakel and Josh Brailsford.

Curtain is 7 p.m. and tickets are $5. Sierra Vista Junior High School is at 19425 W. Stillmore St., Canyon Country.

Canyon High School's drama and music departments will present Jerome Robbins' ``West Side Story,'' Friday and Saturday in the Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
  • Hart High School — Newhall, California
  • Hart High School — Hart, Michigan
  • Hart County High School — Munfordville, Kentucky
  • Hart County High School — Hartwell, Georgia
 auditorium, 24825 N. Newhall Ave., Newhall. The show, backed by a professional orchestra, is directed by Marilyn Pilkey with vocal direction by Mary Purdy and choreography by Musette Caing and Ken Merckx.

The show, set in 1957, features rival gangs of teens - the Irish/Polish ``Jets'' and the Puerto Rican ``Sharks'' - battling for turf in western Manhattan. Based conceptually on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet

star-crossed lovers die as teenagers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet]

See : Death, Premature


Romeo and Juliet

archetypal star-crossed lovers. [Br. Lit.
, one of the Jets (Tony, played by senior Seth Thygesen) meets and falls in love with one of the Shark girls (Maria, played by Amanda Patt), who happens to be the sister of Shark leader Bernardo (played by Steven Lewis). Others in the 40-member cast include leads Sam Hyde as Riff, the current Jets leader and Rosa Ferreira as Anita, Bernardo's girlfriend.

The production features a professional orchestra and some of Jerome Robbins' original choreography. Curtain is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors. Hart High School is at 24825 N. Newhall Ave., Newhall. Seats are reserved but some tickets will be available at the door. Call (661) 252-6110, Ext. 449 for reservations and information.

``Children of a Lesser God,'' presented by the Valencia High School Valencia High School may refer to:
  • Valencia High School (Placentia, California), a public high school in Placentia, California.
  • Valencia High School (Santa Clarita, California), a public high school in Santa Clarita, California.
 drama department, plays at the school theater Wednesday through Saturday.

Directed by Stephen Whelan, the play tells the story of James, a young speech therapist speech therapist Speech pathologist, speech/language therapist A health professional trained to evaluate and treat voice, speech, language, or swallowing disorders–eg, hearing impairment, that affect communication. See Speech pathology.  on the faculty of a school for the deaf, who meets Sarah, a deaf school dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human  estranged es·trange  
tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es
1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate.

2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.
 from the world of the hearing and from those who would compromise to enter that world. Fluent in sign language, James tries, with little success, to help Sarah, but gradually the two fall in love and marry. Incorporating both speech and sign language, this romantic drama deals with the difficulties facing members of the deaf community forced to interact with the world of the hearing.

The production stars junior Michael Mullen as James, senior Jamie Clark as Sarah. Others in the cast include seniors Shannon Bouknight, Carlys Henderson, Patrick Pick and Cristina Pentecostes and junior Roey Kruvi.

Tickets are $7 general admission, $5 for students and seniors. Curtain is 7 p.m. Valencia High is at 27801 N. Dickason Drive, Valencia. For information and reservations, call (661) 294-1181, Ext. 528.

Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252

carol.rock(at)dailynews.com
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