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PAGE2A10,2KEIZERTIMES,2OCTOBER212,22018 KeizerCommunity KEIZERTIMES.COM McNary opens drama season Oct. 18 By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes The McNary drama de- partment will have a guest director when it opens its 2018-19 season with Death by Design on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Ken Collins Theater. McNary English teacher Laura Reid serves on the Keizer Homegrown Theatre Board of Directors but hasn’t directed a show at the high school since Linda Baker was the drama teacher. “I really enjoy directing and it’s great to be back,” Reid said. “This is a really good bunch of kids and it’s been really fun to interpret the script and see what the kids bring to it. It’s kind of an artistic party.” Death by Design: A Com- edy with Murder, written by Rob Urbinati, is set during a weekend in an English coun- try manor in 1932. Edward, a playwright played by Connor McCor- mack, and his wife Sorel, an actress portrayed by Rachel Herriges, fl ee London and head to Cookham after a di- sastrous opening night. But various guests arrive unex- pectedly – a conservative politician (Crash Diavmet), a fi ery socialist (Michael Zwemke), a nearsighted ingé- nue (Elise Myers) and a zany modern dancer (Mercedes Feinauer) – each with a long- held secret. When one of the guests is murdered, it’s left to Bridget (Madelyn Hurst), the feisty Irish maid with a macabre interest in homicide, to solve the crime. Jonathan Echavarria Val- ladares plays Jack, a cockney, charming, clever chauffeur. Stage managers are Kaitlyn Duncanson, Kendall Tacchini and Hannah Collee. Additional performances of Death by Design are sched- uled for Friday, Oct. 19 at 3 and 7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 20 at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and available at mcnary-theatre.ticketleap. com. McNary’s entire perform- ing arts department (drama, orchestra and choir) will combine for a Holiday show on Dec. 14-15 at 7 p.m. For the school’s musical, drama teacher Tom Cavana- ugh wanted to pick a show that would draw interest from the entire student body. “I’m really trying to reach out to students who don’t traditionally do theatre and I thought Grease would bring out a bunch of kids,” Cavana- ugh said. Although he wasn’t able to announce the show before auditions last spring, 94 stu- dents came out. “We got a lot of kids who had never done a show be- fore but I think we could Willamette Humane Society ’s Annual Halloween Celebration & Costume Party Saturday, Oct. 27 Doors at 5 pm, Dinner at 7 p.m. KEIZERTIMES/Derek2Wiley The2McNary2drama2department2will2present2Death2by2Design:2A2Comedy2with2Murder2on2Oct.218-202in2the2Ken2Collins2Theatre.2 BELOW:2Connor2McCormack2and2Rachel2Herriges2play2a2playwright2and2his2wife.2 have gotten even more if we would have been able to say out loud we’re doing Grease,” said Cavanaugh, who was able to cast 76 students, including 26 boys. “It’s the most (boys) I’ve ever had in any show,” Cava- naugh said. “That’s pretty im- pressive.” Grease is scheduled for Jan 10-12 and 17-19. McNary will then hold its annual One Act Festival on March 14-16. 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