Polk County News
18A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • February 24, 2016
ACADEMIC HONORS
Costa named to president’s list
FRONT ROYAL, Va. — Lucas Costa, of Monmouth, was named
to the Randolph-Macon Academy’s president’s list for the sec-
ond quarter of the 2015-16 school year. To be named to the
president’s list, a student must earn a grade-point average of 4.0
or higher.
Costa is a junior at the academy.
Deptula named to MBC honors list
STAUNTON, Va. — Wendy Deptula, of Monmouth, was
named to Mary Baldwin College’s Honors list for fall 2015. To be
named to the Honor List, students must earn a grade-point av-
erage of 3.75 to 4.00 and must have earned at least 12 semester
hours for the grading period.
Dallas woman named to dean’s list
ELMIRA, NY — Gwendolynn Coons, of Dallas, has been
named to the Elmira College dean’s list for term one, 2015.
Students who earn a 3.6 or greater grade-point average on a
4.0 scale for the academic term are recognized on the Elmira
College Dean's List for academic excellence.
WOU announces fall honor roll
JOLENE GUZMAN/Itemizer-Observer
Aunt Florence yells at her doctor for misdiagnosing her in a scene from DHS’s production of “Leading Ladies.”
All for money, boys don dresses
Dallas High presents ‘Leading Ladies,’ a comedy where not all is what it seems
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — Think about it,
$1 million.
That amount of money is
on the minds of the leading
women — err, men — of
Dallas High School’s pro-
duction of Ken Ludwig’s
“Leading Ladies” running
Thursday through Saturday.
Leo (Zac Parnell) and Jack
(Isaac Monroe), later known
to the rest of the cast of
characters as Max and Steve
(really Maxine and
Stephanie), will go to great
(dress) lengths to get their
hands on that fortune.
Down on their luck actors,
the pair read about an ailing
elderly woman with a $3
million estate to pass on.
She’s looking for her sister’s
long-lost daughters to in-
clude in the will, except Leo
and Jack are convinced by
t h e n a m e s “Ma x” a n d
“Steve” that the would-be
It’s such a ‘drag’
What: Ken Ludwig’s “Leading Ladies.”
When: Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m. and Satur-
day at 2 p.m.
Where: Dallas High School’s Bollman Auditorium, 1250
SE Holman Ave.
Tickets: $5, available at DHS oice or at the door.
For more information: 503-623-8336.
heiresses are men they can
impersonate.
When they find that is not
the case, they are so fixated
on the money that Leo and
reluctantly, Jack, dress in
drag to pull off the scam.
They don’t make for a
pretty picture as women, but
that only adds to the fun.
“It is a farce,” said director
Aaron Fawcett. “It’s a com-
plete farce.”
“Leading Ladies,” set in
1952, borrows from “Some
Like it Hot,” and Shake-
speare’s “Twelfth Night” in
the use of cross-dressing as
a means to an end. But there
is much more to making a
successful comedy than put-
ting characters in ridiculous
costumes.
“Comedy is very hard
work. It’s very hard to do
well,” Fawcett said. “A lot of
people could come out and
yell and scream and be very
dramatic.”
Though it may look easier,
comedy takes extra effort,
especially for young actors.
“It’s about timing and
pace and physicality,” Faw-
cett said. “They know what
is funny, but doing it is dif-
ferent.”
Sophomore Molly Bucher,
who plays Meg, said learn-
ing the right way to play
comedy has been challeng-
ing.
“I think the hardest part is
getting the timing right and
knowing when people are
going to laugh and try to
keep a straight face through
most of it,” she said.
That is especially true for
the actor playing the only
character that isn’t supposed
to be having a good time. It
seems that Leo and Jack
aren’t the only ones looking
to make a fortune from dear
Aunt Florence.
Rev. Duncan Woolsey
(Luke Disney) is engaged to
Florence’s niece, Meg, in
hopes of eventually inherit-
ing all $3 million for his
foundation.
“There is one scene where
I’m laughing maniacally.
That’s all the laughing I do
through the entire play,”
Disney said of his character.
See LADIES, Page 14A
MONMOUTH — Western Oregon University announced its
honor roll and president’s list students. To make the honor roll,
students must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 to 3.99. Presi-
dent’s list honors are given to those students who earn a GPA of
4.0.
Students who made the honor roll:
Dallas: Baylee Jordyn Andersen, Blake Thomas Bauer,
Bethany Blancher, Regina Derise Bliven, Grant Michael Bollman,
Tyler Jacob Dankenbring, Ariana Michelle Davis, Emily DuMond,
David Elphic, Melissa Garcia, Michelle M. Howard, Kyle Jefrey
Kuust, Kelsey Renee Linn, Jacob Tyler Martin, Maria Mei-Li Mc-
Carthy, Jessica Reimer, Matthew Steven Schafer, Jordan Allen
Schrock, Alan James Smietana, Bethany Marion Steele, Tyler
Jerome Unger, Christina Nicole Wakinyan and Jesse James
Wilcoxon.
Independence: Kevin Salvador Alejandrez, Guadalupe Becer-
ra Becerra, Michael Newman Becker, Alondra Mariso Bocanegra,
Daisy S. Chavez Guzman, Jefery Wayne Clinton, Aleysia Eliza-
beth Hauge, Karina Lopez, Erick Roberto Martinez, Ambre Jean
McKee, Belen Selinda Rodriguez, Cindy Rosales and John Arthur
Wood.
Monmouth: Kegan Terrence Allen, Aaron Adaly Carmona,
Lucas R. Castanon, Jef Aaron Collet, Quincie Marinda Engle,
Alexis Amanda Garcia, Elaina Joy Glasscock, Ryanne Renee Huf-
man, Kevin James Hutt, Megan Elizabeth Johnson, James Martin
Masnov, Erin Mathews, Ty Mamoru Phillips, Mykel Jefree
Presler, Janie Ramirez Manzo and Tori Ann Stutzman.
Students who made the president’s list:
Dallas: Emmaly Sue Basaraba, Mitchell John Bollman, Josh
Brehm, Emily J. Koons, Elizabeth Ann Kowash, Brittany Newman,
Julie Ann Postma, Olivia Marie Preciado, Megan Raschel
Reynolds, Parker Neal Smith and Tyler A. Sommerfeldt.
Independence: Zarrah Lynn Buitron, Celene Garcia-Murillo,
Isaac Cory Golden, Dana Ruth McLean, Rahevin Slade Potter-
Clark and Raina Kae Smith.
Monmouth: Thomas Leif Anderson, Frank Adelbert Asay, Dil-
lon Michael Blinn, Adam Dutton and Havilah Mary Esther Sutter.
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