Palestine High School Drama Club presented. . .

Murder By the Book

on April 20th and 21st, 2007, in the new high school gym (on Main Street)

Check out the cast and crew lists and a way to order pictures/videotapes.

Cast

Louisa Mae Alcott…………………………………….Brianna Wesley

Charlotte Bronte ……………………………….......Elizabeth Dickey

Agatha Christie  ......……………..…………………........Crystal Ham

Viola Danglon ………………........…………….......Michaela Wesley

Emily Dickinson ………….................…………...…....MaeCie Elder

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle….……………………….......Austin Moraga

Edgar Allan Poe…………...........………….............Dyman Moraga

Mark Twain…………......................…………..........Macie Newman

William Shakespeare..................………………...Shelby Clements

Mary Shelley..……….....................………….......Amber Anderson

Crew

Erin Buser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .lights

Rusty Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . curtain

Stephen Beatty and Jon Mendenhall . . .spotlights

Daniel Brannon and Jessica Miller . special effects

Phyllis Moraga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . stage design

Director . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. England

Student Director . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Provines

Thanks to:

all of the high school faculty, staff, and students,

Mr. Enigk and classes for building new backdrops,

McNair's for donating paint for the backdrops,

the Booster Club for purchasing our new sound board,

the Moraga family for everything,

and

Trevor, Jocelyn, mom, & dad for their patience, love, & support during this production.

Extra Special Thanks to . . .

Mrs. Mikeworth & the jr. high teachers who allowed us to kidnap Dyman for an afternoon to promote our show at the Senior Expo!

Wes Hulfachor, Matt Ellis, and        Ben Osmon and Nic Goodwine work on        Jared Wesley and Nic Goodwine

Dustin Wood work on building        building the backdrop frames too.                   finish another backdrop.

the backdrop frames.

Now it's time to stretch canvas

Mr. Enigk teaches Michaela Wesley to      Jessica Miller and Macie              Mr. Enigk!  Mrs. England didn't buy canvas use the air stapler.                                     Newman listen intently.                 wide enough!  Oh, wait, ok . . . it is just                                                                                                                        folded.

Mr. Enigk is quite trusting of the Drama Club students as he hands over the staple gun     Macie Newman catches on

and has the students staple between his hands.  Actually, the students become quick        really quick, and Jessica Miller

pros, making excellent backdrops in a relatively short amount of time.                              is becoming a superb production

                                                                                                                                      worker.

Meanwhile, Christina Provines,        Practice before the Senior Expo.                        There's a lot of love on stage.

student director, looks on as a few

of the actors are able to escape to

the stage for a bit of practice.

Who is the hair dude?!  Is that Twain?       Christina Provines, student             Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Blake Turner) and                                                                 director, invites the Senior Expo.    Edgar  Allan Poe (Dyman Moraga) discuss 

                                                                attendees to our spring                   macaroons.

                                                                production on April 20 & 21.

Agatha Christie (Crystal Ham) and the maid     Mary Shelley (Amber Anderson) and William

(Michaela Wesley) discuss the craziness of       Shakespeare (Shelby Clements) have a moment

the Raven Society before retiring for the           away from the murder and mayhem.

evening.

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN DOWNLOADED TO A CD AND MAY BE PURCHASED FROM THE DRAMA CLUB--YOU MAY MAKE YOUR OWN PRINTS AT ANY PHOTOSHOP (ie. Walmart, Walgreens, Snapfish.com) FOR A VERY REASONABLE PRICE.

FOR A COPY OF THE PERFORMANCE, TALK WITH MRS. ENGLAND--DVDs SHOULD BE AVAILABLE.