On March 21, the Windham High School will take the stage for their performance of The Chronicles of Jane, Book Seven for the One Act Drama Festival in Bangor. They will compete against powerhouse schools Camden, Fryeburg, Skowhegan, Bangor, Cape Elizabeth and Waterville. They took home the title co-winner last weekend for the regional competition which qualified the cast and crew of 38 for states.
“We knew we had a strong show going in,
but it all depends on the judges. Each judge has their own opinions on what
makes a strong show,” said director Rob Juergens.
The Chronicles of Jane, Book Seven is the one of the
stories in Jane’s life. This one is The Term Paper. Jane is played
by Emily Algeo. Norman is Will Wheaton and the Nymphs of Slumber are Jen
Bernier, Anna Giroux and Libby McBride. All five of them were acknowledged by
being named to the All Festival Cast.
Synopsis
of the beginning of the book: “To tell her story really means to act it out.
Jane declares that she needs a proxy, someone in the cast to play the part of
her. Norman is the character who is reluctantly thrust into this role.
Once
Mrs. Spector assigns the term paper and identifies its strict criteria, Jane
begins writing it on her computer. She gets started and immediately has
to deal with obstacles like needing and wanting sleep, dissatisfaction with the
first words she has typed, coming up with ideas for her text and then rejecting
them.”
Procrastination
becomes one of the problems she has to deal with along with sleep and anxieties
about the paper. She also spends some time under the ocean with sharks who ask
her “Where is your paper?” prompting her to wake up.
However,
that’s not the end of the story, and why ruin the surprise. Head to Bangor to
support the cast on March 21 at 2:30 p.m. For more information about the
festival, visit https://sites.google.com/site/medramacouncil/
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