Community enjoys historical play
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Editor,
Red, white and blue. American history. A handful of proud veterans and 50-plus middle school students.
All of the above components created an emotional and delightful couple of evenings at the Ronan Performing Arts Center as the Ronan Middle School Drama Department presented “Sea to Shining Sea” for the community.
The production, written and directed by Rita Tingey with assistance from Cammy Maughan, included vignettes from the exploration of America to the inventors who made the United States the most powerful and industrial nation on earth to the tribute to the veterans of the military from the Ronan community.
The audience laughed with a rendition of Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First” and marveled at the voice of the young lady who sang “Shenandoah.” They were entertained by an enthusiastic group of immigrants, homesteaders, pioneers, pirates, inventors, and patriots who sang and danced to familiar American songs. The audience was impressed by the two young ladies who recited the entire “Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” from memory.
Many of the young actors and actresses had never performed on stage before, but the audience would never have known as they did a fine job of staying in character and presenting the story.
Patriotic songs brought tears to eyes of many in the audience and the tribute by the young students to their family members who had served in the armed forces was powerful. The student actors performed “America the Beautiful” in sign language as a slide show on the big screen showed how beautiful America really is.
In addition to the on-stage performers, the production included many backstage assistants who painted scenery, coordinated the change of scenes, did the accompaniment of the songs, helped with make up and hairdos as well as feeding the performers and clearing the dressing rooms.
The next production coming to the RPAC will be “Beauty and the Beast” performed by the Ronan High School Drama Department. It will be presented in March.
Marilynn Tanner, Chair,
Friends of the Ronan Performing Arts Center
Ronan
