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After studying acting techniques for the past month, the Gallatin High School Theater class put their skills to the test during a performance of Dr. Seuss’s "The Sneetches."
Last Friday the actors performed four shows for Covel D. Searcy Elementary students in grades preschool through sixth grade in honor of Dr. Seuss Week.
Alexandra Burge, Wren Tolen, and Chris Diaz provided the narration for Seuss’s famous book that tells the story of two kinds of sneetches, those with stars on their bellies who discriminate against those with none upon theirs.
Sylvester McMonkey McBean, played by Phillip Arnold, offers a solution to those without stars, a trip through his star off machine. Feeling a little too common now, the original star-bellied sneetches venture into the machine to get ‘thar’ stars removed. Jealousy ensues, and all the sneetches clamor into the machine to create a horrible mess. The end result is one rich McMonkey McBean and a mass of confusion amongst the sneetches. However, once McBean is out of the picture, the sneetches wise up and "forget about stars and whether or not they had one upon thars."
With Seuss Week complete, the Theater class is gearing up for the annual high school spring play, Jim and Niles: Adventures in America, written by Phillip Arnold and directed by Chanel Burge and Doug Nichols. Be sure to catch their performance of this satire about two young men who travel to America in search of love. Performances are set for Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25.