The Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-11-23, Page 7Wednesday, November 23, 2016 • Lucknow Sentinel 7
HAWK Theatre's The Wizard of Oz' runs Dec. 1-3, 2016 at the Lucknow Townhall Theatre. Students
from Lucknow, Ripley and even Goderich took part in this year's youth production.
Drayton Mackenzie plays the Wicked
Witch of the West.
Samantha Moon performs as Glinda the Good Witch.
Treyton Stanley plays the Wizard of Oz.
Huge youth cast for HAWK's 'The Wizard of Oz'
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Symes said her favourite
scene is meeting the Cow-
ardly Lion, which is a chance
for her to "cower in fear': She
said she hopes to continue
with acting as she gets older
and gains more experience.
Carruthers said this having
so many students from Luc -
know Central, Brookside
School, Ripley Huron Com-
munity School, and one from
Goderich, it's been a chance
for new students to meet and
make friends where they nor-
mally wouldn't.
"It's been such a social
event for them this year," she
said. "So rangling them was
way more of a challenge.
They only get a couple of
hours a week together, so it
was really good but we threw
in extra rehearsals because
we had so much work to do."
Since the end of Septem-
ber 2016 the cast has prac-
ticed, from first two
rehearsals a week to three a
week since mid-October.
The set has been less compli-
cated this year, Carruthers
said, but added the costum-
ing is even more challenging
with the students having two
to three costumes each dur-
ing the play.
"This year we also added
music and for most of the
kids, it's the first time they've
sang outside anywhere," she
said. "So that's been a lot of
learning for them."
Carruthers also credited
her assistant director Nikki
Marion -McMahon, 14, a for-
mer HAWK child actor as
well, who enjoyed the chal-
lenge of helping with the
production.
"I've learned how much
work goes into it," said Mar-
ion -McMahon. "When
you're acting you don't fully
understand what the direc-
tor goes through."
She said it's difficult not
being on stage, but she
enjoyed the experience the
position gave her, as well as
being part of so many young
peoples' experience with
theatre.
"Just putting it together
and being a part of it is nice,"
she said. "It's a great
experience."
Tickets are $15 for Adults
and $5 for children (12 &
under), and are available at:
Everlasting Flowers and Gifts
in Lucknow, Lucknow Public
Library, Mayfair Training in
Lucknow, Ripley Variety,
Jerome Flowers and Gifts in
Kincardine, Earth Angel in
Wingham, or call Donald at
519-528-3019.
Elevator available for
those with mobility con-
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'HAWK Theatre:
The Wizard of Oz Cast
Members (* first-time actor
on the HAWK Theatre stage)
Claire Howard (12) Hunk/
Scarecrow, Drayton Mac-
kenzie (11) Miss Gulch/
Wicked Witch of the West,
Graham Howard (10) Zeke/
Lion, Elle Schumacker (9)
Toto, Jaden Symes (10) Dor-
othy, Madison Ritchie (11)
Auntie Em/Munchkin/
Ozian, Lachlan Chow (10)
Leader of Witch's Guard/
Crow/Munchkin, Ever
Chow (7) Crow/Munchkin/
Ozian, Ally Wilson (9)
Mayor of Munchkinland,
Kierstynn Proctor (11)
Witch's Guard/Munchkin/
Ozian, Conor Greenwood
(13) Hickory/Tin Man,
Treyton Stanley (11) Wizard
of Oz/Barrister/Munchkin/
Professor Marvel, Saman-
tha Moon (12) Glinda the
Good Witch/Ozian, Massey
Shular (9) Munchkin/
Ozian, Faith Conley (9)
Munchkin/Ozian, Ronnie
Sutton (9) Uncle Henry/
Doorman/Coroner/
Munchkin/Apple Tree,
Mikaela Sutton (8)
Munchkin/Ozian, Amber
McPherson (23) Nikko/
Munchkin/Ozian, Riley
Ritchie Flying Monkey/
Munchkin/Ozian, Nicole
Davey (11) Flying Monkey/
Munchkin/Ozian, Quinlyn
Stanley (8) Apple Tree/
Munchkin/Ozian, Felicity
Dobson (7) Flying Monkey/
Munchkin/Ozian, Delia
Murphy (11) - Apple Tree/
Munchkin/Ozian
Riley Robinson -
Munchkin/Ozian, Danee
Marsh (6) - Flying Monkey/
Munchkin/Ozian, Charlee
Marsh (7) - Flying Monkey/
Munchkin/Ozian, Samantha
Bullock - Munchkin/Ozian.
Lucknow's
Santa Claus-`
Parade
Friday Nov 25th
7 pm start
corner of hwy and
Havelock St North
Santa visit at Arena
after parade