By Abigail Painovich
“The cast and crew did an excellent job,” says the director, Corilla Clark on the result of the annual 5A sub-section One-Act Play Contest last Saturday, January 26th. Early in the morning, the Hinckley Finlayson Drama Club packed up their characters and went to Pine City High School where they would put their countless hours of practice to use. The Murder of Lidice is a short play that was created to commemorate those lives that were lost in the small village of Lidice during World War II. During WWII Reinhard Heydrich, a Nazi Henchman was killed and it was rumored that the citizens of Lidice were hiding the assassin of Heydrich in their village. This sparked to Nazi’s to “set an example” by executing all the men of the village and transporting women and children to concentration camps. The play begins very peacefully and describes the daily happens of Lidice. Then it goes on to add some foreshadowing through the character of Byeta, the daughter, played by Sally Nelson. To which the portrayal of the tragedies begins. All the actors and actresses did a great job with their role, making the audience feel the strong emotions that their characters felt. The students that performed in the play are as follows: Sally Nelson, Luke Chapman, Mark Lucht, Matt Masterson, Sophia Hopkins, Madelyn Dutcher, Elizabeth, Lillian, and Thomas Yoder who, all throughout the play, played the guitar that added a very dramatic element to the play. The One Act Play participants were not done yet, however. On the 26th of January, they all drove to Pince City where they would compete against various schools throughout the 5A sub-section region. They went up against some very difficult schools, two of which were particularly tough: East Central and Mora. After a long day of performing, they would leave the high school being chosen as "alternate" at this year's region 5A sub-section Contest. Ms. Clark comments on this result: “We always hate to go up against East Central because there is only 1 spot to fight for, they seem to always place 1st. There was only a 1 point difference between Mora and us, so it was very close. Most of the cast had never done a One Act before and didn't know how it works, so it was a learning experience for many of them. They did a great job in a very stressful competition. Hopefully, everybody had a great time and are willing to be involved in the One Act next year.” Congratulations to the cast and crew of this year's One Act Play. We all look forward to what next year’s performance will be!
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