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High school thespians prove ‘show can go on’

by | Oct 15, 2020 | Education, Latest

Wylie and Wylie East high school theatre departments performed their first produc­tions of the season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wylie High performed “Puffs” by Sachse High alum Matt Cox at the Murphy Cen­tral Park Amphitheater in Mur­phy on Oct. 9 and 10, while Wylie East performed “A Mid­summer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare on Mon­day, Oct. 12 at Community Park in Wylie.

Some of the principal casts included Lincoln Hall as Wayne, Jake Skelton as Oliver, Allison McDermott as Me­gan, Savannah Harrod as the Narrator, and Nahum Yared as Cedric in “Puffs,” and Elbert Haney as Theseus, Crei Pier­son as Hippolyta, Sean Tay­lor as Egeus, Logan Koonce as Philostrate, Maci Edwards as Hermia and Alyssa Bryant as Helena in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

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By Shardae White • [email protected]

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