The fifth- and sixth-grade students of Mountain Lake Christian’s (MLC) Cedar class of Karin Stoesz revisited the Renaissance on Friday, March 11, presenting a pair of original plays. The first focused on the work of Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish mathematician and astronomer, with the second featuring the story of Italian astronomer and scientist Galileo Galilei.
Below are is a photo gallery of the productions, with four photographs highlighting each performance:
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS (AIDEN Penner), left, shows his wife – his “Little Comet” (Kate Janzen) – the truth that it is the earth that rotates around the sun – and not the other way around.
HERE IS A sketch of “The Truth” according to Copernicus, which was deemed heresy at the time.
COPERNICUS (AIDEN PENNER), center, celebrates as his friends bring to him his ideas – now published in a book. From left, Lydia Moller, Tiegan Meyer, Penner, Riley Schroeder, Kate Janzen and Drayton Klassen.
THEY COME TO take Copernicus away for his heresy – but too late, he has already passed away. From left, Mark Quiring, Luke Klassen, Jordan Linscheid, Aiden Penner and Kate Janzen.
GALILEO GALILEI (ELI Johnson), left, speaks proudly of his invention – the telescope – and what he has discovered while looking through it. At right, his assistant (Mark Quiring) gives the telescope a try.
GALILEO (ELI JOHNSON) demonstrates how to view the night sky through his telescope.
AND THEN HE invites his friends to experience what can be found in the heavens. From left, Abi Renteria, Miriam Rete and Lydia Cavanaugh.
GALILEO (ELI JOHNSON), center defends his findings to the king (Luke Klassen), left and the church’s religious leaders at right, Drayton Klassen, right and Jordan Linscheid, second from right.
