On the evening of Tuesday, September 27 Dino Drama Theatre hosted an “Evening of Shakespeare.” The performance was a practice for those drama students traveling to Cedar City the weekend of September 29 to October 1 to participate in the Shakespeare Competition. The performance was directed by Mrs. Kayla Vernon, the Carbon High theatre teacher, with student directors: Abigayle Mason and T’Kiah McArthur.
The evening featured five monologues from students Denali Dart as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, T’Kiah McArthur as Phoebe in As You Like It, Ezra Amaya as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Dani Hill as Margaret in Richard III, and Maddie Criddle as Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona.
There were also three duo/trio scenes and one ensemble scene. Tage Noyes, Allena Ison, and Andrus Daniel as Demetrius, Helena, and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Abigayle Mason and Miriam Gwynn as Juliet and the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet; Emma Holm and Joyce Davis as Rosalind and Celia in As You Like It; and the entire ensemble performed a scene from The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Mrs. Vernon hosted auditions for the monologues and scenes acted out back in May and she assigned the monologues based on who she felt would do well and could be challenged by the piece. The students will compete with the ensemble scene on Friday the 30th, and the monologues and duos/trios will be competed on Saturday.
Good luck Dinos!
