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McNary theatre season starts in Oz
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By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary drama de-
partment’s fi rst show of the
2017-18 season will be its big-
gest.
The Wizard of Oz, a musical
based on the 1939 fi lm, will
open in the Ken Collins The-
ater on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7
p.m. and run Nov. 10, 11, 16,
17 and 18. Additional mati-
nees are Nov. 11 and 18 at 2
p.m.
With new drama direc-
tor Tom Cavanaugh fi nishing
up at Parkrose High School,
McNary choir teacher Joshua
Rist and choreographer Zoe
Banton held auditions in June.
The three then met to pick a
musical.
“We thought it would be
something everyone could
get behind and really turn out
for,” Cavanaugh said of the
Wizard of Oz.
“I really just deferred to
Josh and Zoe for the casting
decisions. They were really ex-
cited and put a really great cast
together. It’s been neat to get
to know the kids. I’ve never
directed a show somebody
else has cast before.”
About 100 McNary stu-
dents will be involved in the
musical, including 50 in the
cast, 30 backstage and 15-20
in the orchestra pit.
“It’s going to be a huge,
huge set, lots of stuff fl ying,
big set pieces, lots and lots of
green everywhere,” Cavana-
ugh said. “There’s a couple of
additional numbers that aren’t
in the movie. A big dance
number that they’ve added
called the Jitterbug. If you’ve
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
LEFT: McNary students Matthew Albright and Avery Smith sing with an ensemble during rehersals for the Wizard of Oz . Madison Munro, one of the members of the
stage managment team, talks with drama director Tom Cavanaugh.
never seen the play but you’ve
seen the movie, there’s some
new stuff for you to see.”
Grace Condello is play-
ing Dorothy. The rest of the
main cast includes Camryn
Ronnow as the Wicked Witch
of the West, Syndie Gould as
Glinda, Matthew Albright as
the Tin Man, Steven Cum-
mings as the Scarecrow, Brian
Gragg as the Cowardly Lion,
Jacob Fritts as Wizard of Oz,
Kennadi Thomas as Emer-
ald Guard, Madelyn Hurst as
Aunt Em and Ricky Galvan as
Uncle Henry.
When Cavanaugh met with
the McNary Thespian Board
over the summer to plan the
rest of the season, the students
made their love for the One
Act Festival clear.
“It was very important to
the kids that it was something
that kept going,” Cavanaugh
said. “I think it’s a cool tradi-
tion to have and to make that
a thing that is completely stu-
dent generated.”
The One Act Festival is Jan.
18-20.
McNary wants to make the
audience laugh with its third
show—Lend Me a Tenor (Feb.
22-24, March 1-3).
“It’s a smaller cast, single
set, typical door slamming,
mistaken identity farce type
stuff,” Cavanaugh said. “I think
it’s one of the better farces
just because so many farces
the fi rst act is only set up for
punch lines in the second act
but this is actually really funny
all the way through and you
still get the setup in the sec-
ond act.”
McNary will close the
season with William Shake-
speare’s Twelfth Night on May
23-26.
ServeFest Sunday, Sept 24
Canceling Sunday church is
a radical move, but that is ex-
actly what the leaders of Lake-
point Community Church
will do on Sept. 24.
In place of traditional ser-
vices, the church will host
ServeFest 2017 at the Keiz-
er Civic Center, to provide
needed services from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. This event is free and
open to the public.
ServeFest is an annual min-
istry that encourages Chris-
tians to mobilize and “be the
church” by practicing their
faith in a way that serves criti-
cal needs within their com-
munity.
Some 200-plus members
of Lakepoint Community
Church will host ServeFest.
Lakepoint will provide lunch-
es, family photos, haircuts,
manicures, wellness clinic, in-
cluding vaccinations (those
being vaccinated will need to
bring their medical insurance
cards with them), bicycle re-
pair, a children’s carnival and
many other free services for
the community.
In addition to these ser-
vices, Lakepoint will be giving
away free school supplies, per-
sonal care items, clothing for
people of all ages and surprise
raffl e items.
All are welcome to join the
members of Lakepoint Com-
munity Church as they help
serve the community.
Keizer Civic Center is lo-
cated at 930 Chemawa Road
N.E. in Keizer.
Inspired by Oregon Shake-
speare Festival’s 1980s adap-
tation of Merry Wives of Windor,
Twelfth Night will feature pop
songs from the 1980s and 90s.
“All of the characters will
have their theme song that
they pick that they’ll sing
at some point throughout
the show to help fl ush out
what the characters motiva-
tions are,” Cavanaugh said. It’s
something that will let the
kids have fun with the cos-
tumes they put together and
some music as well.”
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