LRHS drama club keys in on life's normalities and oddities

Steve Salins, Reporter | Last updated Jan 30, 2019 1:32pm0

Journal photo by Steve Salins count

The LRHS Drama Club poses for the camera before their performances in the LRMS gymnasium on Jan. 16. Back row, left to right: Reba Dean, Naya Bonita, Amy Burrows, Brianna Kin Kade, Tymber Wolf, Grace St. John and Melody Beliz. Middle row: Taylor Jurun, Serena Block, Jon Wolf, Jessica Ruse, Emma Dennis, Mireya Huitron, Caden Liberty, Faith St. John and Austin Hall. Front row: Taelor Umland and Kylie De Meurers.

There is an anticipatory hum among audience members prior to high school concert or drama presentations, and the evening of Wednesday, January 16 was no exception in the gym-theater of Lind Junior High School.

The Lind-Ritzville High School drama feature at hand involved two unrelated plays: "Oddball" and "Wait Wait Bo Bait" – both by playwright Lindsay Price. An earlier interview with drama teacher and director Allison Nichols shed some light on what was to come. Both plays were "vignette" plays – which became apparent early in the evening. Each play was a series of not-necessarily-related sc...