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Kneeling (L-R): Alex Aguirre, Jonathan Garcia, Chris Vega, Jovani Rangel, Jose Aguilera-Valdez, Jancsi Cuevas, and Kevin Aguilera. Standing (L-R): Directors Misty and Chans Moellendorf, Esperanza Baez, Ximena Cuevas, Jessical Nguyen, Leia Kilman, Karol Guerrero, Skylar Lewis, Natalie Cuevas, One Nguyen, Gracen Shahan, and Andie Tucker. Photo by Sammi Jo Lewis -
Receiving District Honors were: Jovani Rangel, Honorable Mention All-Star Cast; Leia Kilman, Best Performer; Karol Guerrero, All-Star Cast; and Natalie Cuevas, All-Star Crew. Photo by Misty Moellendorf
The San Saba High School One Act Play Company competed in the District OAP contest this past Tuesday in Mason. Seven schools participated at the district level with only three schools advancing to the bi-district level. Advancing with San Saba were the One Act Play Companies from Junction and Mason. Johnson City was named the alternate play. Other schools participating in the contest were Harper, Goldthwaite, and Center Point.
Several individuals earned District Honors at the contest. Natalie Cuevas was named as our All-Star Crew member for her role of Sound Technician; Jovani Rangel was named Honorable Mention All-Star Cast (2nd team All-District) for his role of Ray-Bud; Karol Guerrero was named to the All-Star Cast (1st team All-District) for her role of Raynelle; and Leia Kilman was named Best Performer (District MVP) for her role of Marguerite. Finally, the play was named a winning play of the district advancing it to the bi-district round which will be held on Tuesday, March 26th, at San Antonio Stacey High School.
This years production is 'Dearly Departed,' a comedy by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones.
The Story: In the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt, the beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South are seldom tidy and always hilarious. Despite their earnest efforts to pull themselves together for their father's funeral, the Turpin's other problems keep overshadowing the solemn occasion: Firstborn Ray-Bud drinks himself silly as the funeral bills mount; Junior, the younger son, is juggling financial ruin, a pack of noneck monster kids, and wife who suspects him of infidelity in the family car; their spinster sister, Delightful, copes with death as she does life, by devouring junk food; and all the neighbors add more than two cents. As the situation becomes fraught with mishap, Ray-Bud says to his long-suffering wife, 'When I die, don't tell nobody. Just bury me in the backyard and tell everybody I left you.' Amidst the chaos, the Turpins turn for comfort to their friends and neighbors, an eccentric community of misfits who just manage to pull together and help each other through their hours of need, and finally, the funeral.