Play to raise money for youth with leukemia.Byline: The Register-Guard To raise money for a former South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. student with leukemia leukemia (l  kē`mēə), cancerous disorder of the blood-forming tissues (bone marrow, lymphatics, liver, spleen) characterized by excessive production of immature or mature , former and current students will present Shakespeare's
``Henry V'' three times this week.
T.J. Reed, 21, a former South High student and athlete, has been diagnosed with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, and friends of the family are trying to raise $50,000 to cover the projected cost of transplant donor testing that is not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. by insurance. South Eugene graduate Paul Terzenbach will play the title role, with junior Liza Burns as the French princess, Katherine. Terzenbach will leave Eugene soon to enter the professional actors training program at Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. . Burns recently played Queen Gertrude in the South Eugene production of "Hamlet Hamlet Tragic hero who tarries and broods over revenge and suicide. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet] See : Indecision Hamlet introspective, vacillating Prince of Denmark. [Br. Lit. ." The cast also includes Rory Pattison as Pistol, Ryan Good as the French king and Celina Hess as Nell Quickly, and two-time state showcase winner Samantha Demboski as Captain Fluellen Fluellen pedantic Welsh captain and know-it-all. [Br. Lit.: Henry V] See : Pedantry . Others in the cast are Alex Huntsberger, Mical Lewis, Aaron Kimball, Sarah Berkley, Ryan Hanson, Nate Greenley, Jaclyn Bovee, Rachel Rothgery, Devin Page, Cullen Page, Ezra Lebank, Jonathan Chancey, Lucian Chase, Mischa Meyer, Julianne Graper and Dylan Evanston. South Eugene Theater director Pat Avery, who designed the show and is directing it, will play the chorus. Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the school auditorium. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at the school's main office on Tuesday and Thursday. More than 95 percent of the ticket receipts will go to help Reed. |
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