Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
The janitor Willie, played by a crowd pleasing Cody Kirkman, had a few things to say at a staff meeting. Kirkman played a Scottish Lothario and got a lot of laughs.
Dr. Oprah, played by sixth grader Peyton Dalton wonders why Macbeth (Cameron Burch) has taken to wearing so much plaid. "I dunno," he said. "I just like it!" Macbeth started out in jeans and a t-shirt and wore increasing amounts of plaid as the play progressed. Dr. Oprah was wearing the last candy bar she had eaten on her face and was soon munching on another one.
Macbeth's cheerleader girlfriend, Sadie MacNutt (Selah Wulf) became so serious about cleaning she started to cheer about it in the nurse's office. The nurse, Doris was played by Jazmyne Fisher.
William Shakespeare's Macbeth got a fun retelling in the Naselle High School Drama Club's performance of Macbeth: Off-Kilter last weekend.
Set in a high school, athlete Scotty Macbeth wants more, but Duncan Morro is in his way. Macbeth's girlfriend, Sadie Macnutt goes along with Macbeth's plan to set up Morro by putting knives in his locker. Macbeth rises as reputations are ruined but he can't stop wearing plaid and his girlfriend is consumed by a need to clean. It all works out, but not without a few unexpected twists and turns.
"If you can't tell," Director Karl Johnson said, "we have some students who don't mind being hams."
That included some of the sixth, seventh, and eighth graders who were cast in the play because of a low turnout at the high school.
The cast included Cameron Burch, Joshua Chadwick, Peyton Dalton, Jazmyne Fisher, Hollie Haataia, Grace Hunt, Cody Kirkman, Corey Smith, Riley Thorsen, Zachary Thorsen, Selah Wulf, Zanith Wulf and Emma Zimmerman.
A para-educator, Deborah Disch played Teacher 1 and Superintendent Lisa Nelson played Teacher 2.
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