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So much drama in your lives!!

Posted in Drama, tagged , , , , on November 2, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Mckenzie Meyer: "I have to remember how many lines?!?!" (John Fisklen photo)

   Videoville alumni Mckenzie Meyer contemplates the future. “I have to remember how many lines?!?!” (John Fisken photo)

(Peg Tennant photo)

   CHS drama troupe members took time out to work a haunted corn maze for Halloween. (Peg Tennant photo)

The stage is set.

The Coupeville High School Wolf PAC Theatre Troupe grabs the spotlight the next two weeks, as it presents “Choices – an Evening of One-Act Plays.”

You get three plays for the price of one, with shows set for Nov. 4, 5, 10 and 12, with a 7 PM curtain time in the school’s performing arts center.

And yes, before you run to your calendar, those dates are correct.

While the first shows hit on a traditional Friday/Saturday schedule, week two bumps the Friday show to Thursday.

This is because the troupe has five members who are pulling double duty in the school’s honor band and choir.

Ticket prices are:

Adults – $6.00
Senior citizens (62 or older) – FREE
Coupeville students (grades 6-12) without ASB – $6.00
Coupeville students (grades 6-12) with ASB – FREE
Coupeville students (K-5) – $4.00
Visiting students with ASB – $4.00
Preschool with adult – FREE

You can also get a family deal for $15, which covers one adult and four children or two adults and two children.

This production, unlike some others, is aimed at a slightly older audience.

“I personally do not recommend this show for younger children – mostly because it would “go over their heads”,” said CHS drama advisor Peg Tennant. “I do recommend parents of middle schoolers come with their children – all three plays provide food for good conversation.”

The plays are “My Daily Life” (choices have consequences), “Fried Dough Girl” (choices have costs) and “The High School Drama” (choices can change).

The troupe:

Jakobi Baumann
Jaschon Baumann
Alex Beech
Desirae Bradley
Bree Daigneault
MacKenzie Davis
Seth Hedges
Tiger Johnson
Christian King
Nikolai Lyngra
McKenzie Meyer
Tamika Nastali
Elaira Nicolle
Thane Peterson
Marenna Rebischke-Smith
Madison Rixe
Helen Sinclair
Eric Wertz

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One final run!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , , on March 6, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Julia Jones

Julia Jones

Julia Jones is going out with a bang.

The Coupeville High School senior is closing her final semester on campus by stretching out and doing a little bit of everything.

A longtime member of the school’s acting troupe, she’s deep into her final show, with two performances left of “Second Best Bed” (Mar. 11-12 at 7:30 PM in the Coupeville PAC), part of an evening of one-act plays.

In between preparing for her final moments on the CHS stage, Jones is also reigniting a love for track.

After competing for two years early in life, she’s returned to the oval for one last fling this spring.

“I did track in middle school and stopped but decided to pick it back up my senior year to make this year more memorable,” Jones said.

“I enjoy the sportsmanship in track, because even though it’s a more independent sport, everyone still cheers you on.”

She plans to compete in the 100, long jump and javelin, with a goal of getting under 20 seconds in the 100.

Regardless of what time she runs, the joy derived from pushing herself is what drives Jones.

“I really enjoy sprinting because it makes me feel powerful, even if I’m not very fast compared to my teammates,” she said.

A huge fan of “Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky, Jones enjoys writing and reading in her spare time.

On the track, she is resilient and plucky.

“I think that my strengths are that I continue to try even when I’m having a hard time, as cheesy as it sounds, but even though I’m not the most athletic person on the team I still at least try to push myself,” Jones said.

“I do need to work on my endurance though, I’m still very out of shape,” she added with a laugh.

As she embraces a final athletic challenge before graduation, Jones does so with the support of her family and friends, including one special fellow Wolf track star.

“My friends have had a huge impact on who I am today,” Jones said. “Also my boyfriend, shout out to Jesse Hester, has been there for me since day one and has helped shaped me to be a better person.”

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To the theater with you!!

Posted in CHS drama, tagged , , , , , , on March 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Snappy promotional material. (Photo courtesy Veronica Crownover)

Snappy promotional material. (Photo courtesy Peg Tennant)

Time to get your theater on.

The Coupeville High School Wolf PAC Theatre Troupe hits the stage tonight for the first of four shows with an evening of one act plays.

Performances are set for Friday and Saturday this week (Mar. 4-5) and next week (11-12), with the curtain going up each night at 7:30.

The plays are:

Cinderella Wore Combat Boots by Jerry Chase

The familiar fairy tale gets a modern rebooting.

Cast/Crew:

Jakobi Baumann (booth)
Jaschon Baumann
Desirae Bradley
Jae LeVine
Tamika Nastali
Madison Rixe
Eric Wertz
Khanei Williams

Popular by Alex Broun

Written by Australia’s “Shakespeare of short plays,” this short slice o’ life looks at three young women who love to hang out in the park and read all day.

Cast/Crew:

Jakobi Baumann (booth)
Bree Daigneault
Dani Johnson
Tamika Nastali
Rebecca Robinson
Sophie Sandhal

The Letter “H” Girl by Alex Broun

In the final moments before actress Lillian Millicent “Peg” Entwistle jumps to her death off the Hollywood sign in 1932, she is joined by an unexpected visitor — the ghost of English romantic poet Thomas Chatterton.

Cast/Crew:

Sebastian Wurzrainer (director)
Sophie Sandahl (booth)
Sebastian Davis
Miranda Kortuem

Second Best Bed by Tim Kelly

Described as “a romantic speculation for eight girls,” this features the largest cast of the evening and is set in the early 1600s in Stratford-on-Avon, England.

Cast/crew:

Robin Cedillo (booth)
Desirae Bradley
Veronica Crownover
Bree Daigneault
Julia Jones
Sofia Karlsson
Mckenzie Meyer
Emily Reid
McKenzie Rice

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What lurks behind the Stage Door?!?!

Posted in Drama, tagged , , , , , on October 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Ye olde poster art.

Ye olde poster art.

Open the door and let all the drama come in.

The “Stage Door,” that is.

Coupeville’s Wolf PAC Theatre Troupe is currently hard at work putting the finishing touches on their upcoming production of that classic Edna Ferber/George S. Kaufman play.

And, actually, Stage Door is more of a comedy than a drama.

It follows a group of young girls who have come to New York to study acting and find jobs.

They hang out at a boarding house, where their hopes and ambitions are revealed in scenes of comedy, contrasted with cases of a girl without talent and an elderly actress whose days are over.

Opening night is Friday, Nov. 6, followed by performances on Nov 7, 13 and 14.

The curtain drops at 7 PM for each show, which will be held in the school’s Performing Arts Center.

The current dram troupe includes a lot of students who are pulling double (or triple duty).

There are seven fall sports athletes (three netters, two booters and two cheerleaders), five members of the Science Olympiad squad, five National Honor Society members, five Masonic Youth program members, a school board member and a foreign exchange student.

The troupe also includes a radio show host in Desiraé Bradley.

She’s part of Whidbey Air Public Radio’s Youth Speaks program and her show is called Words of Youth from the Rock of Whidbey.

To find out more about her show, pop over to: http://kwparadio.org/tag/whidbey-air-public-radio/

The CHS troupe:

Chandler Bartow
Nick Blalock
Desirae Bradley
Luke Carlson
Garrett Compton
Veronica Crownover
Bree Daigneault
Sebastian Davis
Jesse Hester
Danni Johnson
Julia Jones
Sofia Karlsson
Miranda Kortuem
Savanah Layfield
Jae LeVine
Delayney McIntyre-White
Tamika Nastali
Emily Reid
McKenzie Rice
Madison Rixe
Rebecca Robinson
Sophie Sandahl
Julianne Sem
Hannah Shinn
Eric Wertz
Khanei Williams
Sebastian Wurzrainer

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School or sports, Compton’s brain hard at work!!

Posted in Boys Tennis, tagged , , , , , on September 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Garrett Compton

Garrett Compton (Photo courtesy Compton)

Compton looks for an opening during last spring's soccer season. (John Fisken photo)

   Compton looks for an opening during last spring’s soccer season. (John Fisken photo)

Garrett Compton is a master of cerebral tennis.

The Coupeville High School senior, who is pursuing a role as a single player this season after three years as a double ace, approaches the game much as he does his school work — with great intensity.

“I started because the sport of tennis itself has always seemed to baffle me; I never understood how people could hit a ball so hard but so accurate at the same time,” Compton said. “The only way to find out was to play!”

An avid longboarder and a varsity soccer player for the Wolves, he has learned to mesh his playing style on the court with a string of partners.

“My favorite part about tennis has to be the level of teamwork required,” Compton said. “For the last three years l have played doubles and with each partner I was able to be a “second half” of a single brain, so to speak.”

With Aaron Curtin and Kyle Bodamer having graduated, CHS was left with only one returning singles player in Sebastian Davis, who is moving up a slot to anchor the team as the top gun.

Compton is in the middle of a battle to earn one of the two remaining singles slots, and is hard at work trying to fine-tune his skills.

“My strengths would have to be my forehand. I get such great topspin and power behind the ball, that even I’m surprised,” he said. “On the other hand my level of focus is a little unstable.

“If I get out of focus I lose the accuracy and power on my shots, and I can’t have that!”

Away from the courts, he is almost constantly on the move — though he admits he often disappears, sucked in by a good book.

Compton is in the CHS drama troupe, competes with the school’s Science Olympiad club and picks math as his favorite subject.

“My favorite class would have to be any sort of math with Mr. (Kyle) Nelson,” Compton said. “He’s a serious teacher, but he also knows how to make learning fun.

“Also, I’m kinda biased because he is the soccer coach…”

Along with Nelson, Wolf tennis coach Ken Stange gets a shout-out, as well as Compton’s family.

“My parents have always been a big part of who I am,” he said. “They are the ones who pushed me to try new things like tennis!

“Although without Mr. Stange and my close friends who suffered my bad shots and endless questions, I wouldn’t be nearly as good as I am today.”

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