Sub-Section 9A One-Act Play Festival is this Saturday at Springfield
Butterfield-Odin Public High School thespians are working hard to bring Aesop (and his Fables) up-to-date – and will share those new updates during the Sub-Section 9-A One-Act Play Festival to be held Saturday, February 1, at Springfield Public High School. Admission for the day-long festival is $6 for adults and $4 for non-participating students. The Butterfield-Odin play – “Aesop’s (Oh So Slightly) Updated Fables” – will be the sixth, and final, production of the day.
The six plays to be presented will follow this line-up:
10:30 a.m. – “Check Please” (Wabasso Public High School)
11:15 a.m. – “Livin’ de Life!” (Mountain Lake Public High School)
12:05 p.m. – “Making Nice” (Springfield Public High School)
12:55 p.m. – “The Secret Life of Girls” (Sleepy Eye Public High School)
1:40 p.m. – “Lovers, Lunatics, and Poet” (Jackson County Central Public High School)
2:25 p.m. – “Aesop’s (Oh So Slightly) Updated Fables” (Butterfield-Odin Public High School)
The final performance should end at approximately 3:30 p.m. and the slate of plays will presented without a scheduled lunch break. The judges for the festival will be Sally Burdick of Mankato, Kris Besel of Worthington and Shari Nelson of Bigelow.
“Aesop’s (Oh So Slightly) Updated Fables,” by Kim Esop Wylie, with special arrangements by Samuel French, weaves five of Aesop’s most famous fables into a fun and fast-paced show – that is also full of surprises. The five “updated” fables include: “The Dog and the Bone,” “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The Lion and the Mouse,” “The Fox and the Grapes,” “The Miller, His Son And the Donkey” and “The Country Maid.”
The cast of characters and crew includes:
* Director – Nathan Fast
* Narrator/Reporter/Donkey – Arely Anaya
* Dog/Miller – Lamar Sengsouvanh
* Butcher – Jose Garcia
* Girl/Chicken/Activist – Kaliana Xayaphonesongkham
* Pond/Reporter/Woman – Mia Rodriguez
* Miss Hare/Mouse – Rose Martinez
* Miss Tortoise/Girl/Narrator – Julie Saunders
* Narrator/Lion/Fox/Son – Ross Blomgren
* Lounge Singer/Old Guy – Wong Lee
* Chicken/Donkey – Eddie Perez
* Grapes/Maid – Katrina “Kat” Bischoff
* Technical Crew – Stephanie Trejo
Below is a photo op from this past Friday’s rehearsal:
