On November 15 and 16, Patagonia High School Drama Club put on two productions directed by Ms. Augusta Lucas, [see “New Teachers” on p. 18] with an intermission performance by the Lobo Band. “The Romanian Uranium Mystery”, starring Sarita Crockett, Florence Delara, Jose Gomez, Alyssa Graham, Savannah Foster, Faith Hendricks, Anastasia Lucero, Duke Norton and Calvin Whitcoe, is a fun, 40 minute comedy/murder mystery about a Romanian count who sends in a detective as his decoy in order to find out who might want to kill the real count. After many murder attempts involving strawberry pie filling, arsenic, and some spicy green pepper, the detective finally sorts out the whole fiasco and fills an empty spot in the local Arizona prison.
“Operation Redneck” is a funny story involving love, loss, beer cans, and broken TV cameras, starring Savannah Foster, Andrew Goodnough, Faith Hendricks, Cokelly Herrera, Anastasia Lucero, and Michael Ramirez. The play is set in a small town occupied by a bunch of rednecks. When two redneck friends try to turn a city slicker boyfriend into a country hick, they succeed. But the city boy turned redneck ends up getting dumped by his girlfriend and has to make it up to her. After he and his friend take over a TV station, recite Rodeo and Juliet, and climb a water tower, they are finally able to win their gals back.
Special thanks to Haley Hill, Lisa Lopez, and Duke Norton and Cosette Whitcoe for helping with the stage managing, props, sound, and lighting.
