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CHS theater troupe ready for closeup

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , , on May 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coming to a high school stage near you. (Photos courtesy Stefanie Ask)

Enter a world of adventure this weekend.

The Coupeville High School Theater Troupe presents the coming-of-age drama/comedy She Kills Monsters May 11-13, with the curtain going up each night at 7:00 PM.

The school’s Performing Arts Center opens at 6:30, with tickets $10 for adults, $7 for students without ASB, and $5 for students with ASB.

She Kills Monsters, written by Qui Nguyen, made its debut in 2011.

The story tracks Agnes Evans, a young woman who loses her parents and younger sister in a car accident.

Trying to forge a connection with a sister she was distant from in real life, Agnes plays out a Dungeons and Dragons adventure written by her sibling.

Mixing reality and an imaginary game world, the play allows the living sister to discover secrets about her sister and get a deeper understanding of what her life was like while alive.

“We have worked SO HARD on this production,” said theater director Stefanie Ask.

“This play was a big leap for us, with the need to learn stage combat and swordplay, construct caves, build giant monsters out of paper mache … but it’s turning out great.

“The students have worked so hard, and they’ve put together a performance that is hilarious, adventuresome, and deeply, deeply meaningful,” she added. “They deserve your applause.”

 

Cast:

Cecilia Acevedo
Wynter Arndt
Piotr Bieda
Adrian Burrows
Katie Buskala
Brooke Crosby
Lucy Crouch
David Dominici
River Dearmond
Hayley Fiedler
Miles Gerber
Elizabeth Lo
Pamela Morrell
Marz Safford
Brenna Silveira
Birdie Sinclair
Cedar Socha
Milo Socha
Sydney Wallace
Nic Wasik
Zak Weatherford

 

Crew:

Director:

Stefanie Ask

 

Assistant Director:

Milo Socha

 

Stage Manager:

Aven Schroll

 

Light Technicians:

Gabby Becktell
Emma Garcia

 

Sound Technician:

Hailee Wells

 

Stage Ninjas:

David Dominci
Nick Guay
Kai Wong

 

Costuming:

Miles Gerber
Cedar Socha

 

Stage Makeup/Hair

Marz Safford

 

Set Design/Construction:

Mackenzie Phillips
Kai Wong

 

Props/Art Design:

Brooke Crosby
Hayley Fiedler
Emma Morano
Zach Tackett
Lavinia Tomba

 

Publicity:

Lucy Crouch
Pamela Morrell
Sydney Wallace

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Cope is back in (red and) black!!

Posted in Boys Basketball, tagged , , , , , on November 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Steven Cope lines up a free throw during an early practice. (John Fisken photo)

Steven Cope lines up a free throw during an early practice. (John Fisken photo)

He’s back.

After spending the last two years in Spokane, Steven Cope has returned to Coupeville High School, and the timing couldn’t be better for the Wolf boys’ basketball squad.

With only two returning varsity players, competition for playing time is wide open, and Cope, a senior, is solidly in the mix.

The move back to the Island reunites him with his grandparents, among others, while offering him a chance to play alongside former teammates such as Gabe Wynn and Hunter Downes.

As a middle school hoops player, Cope was a demon on the defensive end, once blocking three straight shots against Northshore.

That continued over to high school, where he played football for the Wolves as a freshman.

In a JV game against Granite Falls that year, Cope picked off a pass and brought it back 75 yards for a game-busting touchdown.

Now that he’s back in Coupeville for his senior year, he’s back in the school band and plans to follow basketball up with a stint on the Wolf track team as a javelin thrower.

First up, though, is a chance for Cope, a post player who first picked up basketball in the fifth grade, to help his on-court buddies.

“I want to help this team make something out of it,” he said. “The boys basketball team hasn’t really been a definite force in a long time and I hope while I’m here I can either set the tone for what we need to do to win, or be that team to win.”

Cope is looking forward to working both with former teammates and new playing partners.

One of the reasons he enjoy the sport is “the diversity you can have with basketball players and how you can come together with all these playing styles and make a strong foundation of a team.”

He hails his height and “my work ethic to constantly get better” as strengths, while continuing to fine-tune his skill-set.

“I would love to get better dribbling with my right hand more, along with building a strong jump shot,” Cope said.

Away from the court, he’s a regular Dungeons and Dragons player, and enjoys splitting time between working out and watching YouTube, often at the same time.

Even though he was gone for two years, Cope has deep roots in Coupeville and is thankful for the support he gets from his relatives.

“My family, they really hold me to my own responsibility and to be a respectable human being.”

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