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Senior Katherine Dore runs lines during rehearsal for her character, Nancy Jane Harlan, a tabloid reporter.

Spring Play Radium Girls Brings New Level of Intensity to OHS Theater

Cari Spencer, Editor in Chief March 27, 2019

English teacher and play director Kelsie Balon predicts that the OHS spring musical, Radium Girls by D. W. Gregory, is one that will soon become a classic, favorite high school show, much like Arsenic...

illustration of senior Maxwell Johnson

“I’m a person.”

Cari Spencer, Editor in Chief December 29, 2018

Cari Spencer Editor in Chief Imagine being called a monster by your classmates. Imagine them calling you slurs, treating you with disdain and even throwing items at you. Imagine hearing, repeatedly,...

Ryan Paul as Rapunzels Prince

Ryan Paul

November 16, 2017

Grade: 12 Q: Can you tell me about your role in the musical? A: My character is Rapunzel's Prince. I am basically the comedic relief of show. I am supposed to be very dramatic, pompous and I am constantly...

Izzi Bergerson as the Bakers Wife

Izzi Bergerson

November 16, 2017

Grade: 11 Q: Can you tell me about your role in the musical? A: My role in Into the Woods is the Baker's Wife. She is a smart and determined woman who will stop at nothing to get her wish, and ends...

Audrey Patterson as The Witch

Audrey Patterson

November 10, 2017

Grade: 12 Q: Can you tell me about your role in the musical? A: My role in the musical is The Witch. At the beginning of the show, she wishes for her youth and beauty, because she is just an old hag...

Amanda Marquis as Cinderella

Amanda Marquis

November 10, 2017

Grade: 11 Q: Can you tell me about your role in the musical? A: I play Cinderella and basically she has been mistreated her entire life ever since her mom died. She goes to her mom’s grave all the...

Maddie Schafer as Little Red Ridinghood

Maddie Schafer

November 10, 2017

Grade: 10 Q: Can you tell me about your role in the musical? A: In the musical I am playing Red Riding Hood. She is a young girl with a very strong attachment to her red cape. I love my character,...

Clay Dawson as Cinderellas Prince

Clay Dawson

November 10, 2017

Grade: 12 Q: Can you tell me about your role in the musical? A: I play Cinderella's Prince. He's overly prideful and looks down upon almost everyone, however, he is quite a lady's man and was quite...

Kristin Pearson as Granny

Kristin Pearson

November 10, 2017

Grade: 11 Q: Can you tell me about your role in the musical? A: I play granny, her real name is Roberta and she is 102 years old. My granny voice isn’t great, but I still need to practice it a bit...

Tessa Ostvig dyed her hair blonde in preparation to play the coveted lead role of Elle Woods. Photo/ Maddie Mayhew

Drama Department goes “Blonde” for fall musical

November 27, 2012

“Legally Blonde the Musical” is the hilarious and upbeat musical that will keep audiences laughing the whole performance. This musical teaches audiences how to discover themselves just as the...

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