Curtain goes up on NHS play

Thursday, March 7, 2013

The cast includes Lauren Young, seated, as Belle the schoolmarm, and Tom, the clean-cut hero out to save the schoolhouse and win the schoolmarm's hand. Other cast members are Dylan Murray, standing, as the villian, Tanisha Lukenbill, Richard Daut as Judge Quail, Anna Clark and Tyler Whitworth. Not pictured are Melissa Mosbrucker and Morissa Sands. Ralph Pokorny/Daily Mail.

The Nevada Mail

The Nevada High School senior class will present The Belle of Bisbee, an old-fashioned melodrama written by Tim Kelley and directed by Richard Daut, who also plays Judge Quail.

Showtime is 7 tonight and Friday in the NHS auditorium.

The play is set at the turn of the 20th century in Bisbee, Ariz., where the Little Red Schoolhouse is up for sale because the schoolmarm, Belle Wallaby, is several months behind on the bank payments.

The villain, Pinkham Mudstone III, wants to buy the schoolhouse because he has found out about a huge deposit of copper carbonate beneath it. He is also Belle Wallaby's husband who was presumably lost in the arctic wilderness.

The play features several chase scenes, stage fights and of course a happy ending with a wedding which make this play a must-see, Daut said.

Admission is $4 for adults, $3, for seniors over 55, $2 for students and $1 for NHS seniors. The proceeds from the play go to the NHS Scholarship Fund.

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I always look forward to the Senior Plays at the High School. Mr. Daut always picks out entertaining shows and it is so much fun to see these seniors get up there and perform. Kuddos to Mr. Daut for always going the extra mile for the students, from directing, to building the sets, and organizing the auction. Its always a great evening!

-- Posted by Sampsonsdad on Thu, Mar 7, 2013, at 5:17 PM

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