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Kennadi Thomas, Bella Fox, Ivy Parker and Jacob Fritts in Much Ado About Nothing.
McNary mixes 70s
with Shakespeare
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary theatre students
spent the last weekend of April
bell-bottom shopping.
The drama department has
set its fi nal show of the 2017-
18 season, Shakespeare’s Much
Ado About Nothing, in the 1970s
after the Vietnam war.
The show features a disco
scene, choreographed by Zoe-
Lisa Banton, of City Dance
Theatre. During the masquer-
ade ball, one character attends
as Princess Leia.
“The kids have been chal-
lenged to do all of the home-
work they can do on ‘70s catch
phrases to sprinkle in,” Mc-
Nary drama director Tom Ca-
vanaugh said. “There will be as
many ‘70s references as we can
cram in there as possible.”
The play opens on Thursday,
May 17 at 7 p.m., followed by
an after school performance at
3 p.m. and evening show at 7
on May 18. A matinee is sched-
uled for 2 p.m. on May 19 with
a fi nal show at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for students
and seniors and $7 for adults.
Cavanaugh had planned to
do Twelfth Night as McNary’s
annual Shakespeare play but
decided to change course after
more than 40 students audi-
tioned.
“Twelfth Night is (a cast of) 16
or 17 and there’s not a lot of
room for expansion,” Cavana-
ugh said. “The base cast is kind
of what you’ve got. Much Ado I
believe starts at 25 but there’s
lots of room for party goers,
towns people, wedding guests.
I didn’t want to cut 30 when it
could be bigger.”
Cavanaugh ended up with
30 students in his cast of Much
Ado About Nothing.
In the show, Hero, played by
Ivy Parker, and her groom to
be, Claudio, played by Noah
Schnell, team up to play match-
maker to two people who ab-
solutely despise each other, Be-
atrice, played by Sydnie Gould,
and Benedick, played by Jacob
Fritts. Parker Kehret plays Bea-
trice’s father—Leonato.
Since only six boys are in
the show, Cavanaugh had to
do as much cross-gendering as
possible. Abrianna Feinauer had
turned Don Pedro into Donna
Pedro. Dogberry and Verges are
also females.
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Distinguished Young Women
take center stage Saturday
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Five high school juniors
who will take to the Ken Col-
lins Theatre stage on Saturday,
May 12 at 7 p.m. in the Dis-
tinguished Young Women of
Keizer competition for a shot
at college scholarship money.
The show will feature
four McNary juniors—Anni
Sykosky, Elisabeth Burleson,
Kate Bomar and Kaitlyn Dun-
canson, as well as Salem Acad-
emy junior Chloe Campbell.
The girls are judged on fi ve
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Kaitlyn Duncanson, Kate Bomar, Chloe Campbell, Anni Sykosky
and Elisabeth Burleson will compete for scholarship money in
the Distiguished Young Women of Keizer event Saturday.
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Two winners will be cho-
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compete for even more schol-
arship money.
Tickets to the show are $12
and fund the scholarships.