Vaudeville Meets Dewberry School
Written by Susanna Pankiw
Lights! Camera! The cast and crew of Dewberry School moved into action and took center stage November 28, 29 and December 1st. It was not your run of the mill event, but rather three separate events: Thursday evening the audience was graced with a 20’s style candy bar, Friday brought a relaxing evening with a dinner theatre and the icing on the cake was Sunday’s dessert theatre.
Tyson Lancaster, teacher, drama coach and director, set the stage and chose a production designed in the likes of Vaudeville with an SNL twist! The script was arranged from the following programs: Kirk Buis’ Wild Kingdom High School, Christina Hamlett’s 20 More TV Commercial Comedy Skits, and Robert Munroe’s Variety Show Comedy Skits.
Jose, Dewberry’s own, French Mexican Mime, played by Remington Oneschuk, stayed in character much longer than expected. He was in character prior to curtain time, while personally sitting the patrons at their tables, until the very end of the production as his hand was the last to wave goodbye through the hole in the curtain! He continued between scenes chasing flies, getting stuck in closets and trying to take over the spotlight from the narrator, played by the very professional and talented, Nicole Dennill. The audience found out that it sure isn’t easy being as good looking as Jose! He did leave us wondering, though, if he ever caught that fly.
The students, played by Kyle Kjenner, Kyra Weidmark, Donovan Brooker and Vincent Guan snapped to attention as The Teacher, played by Keagan Rewuski tried to keep his students in line with politics and quadratic equations.
We then ventured into a zone where many never escape, The Wild Kingdom! This scene, narrated by Nicole Dennill, was full of timid creatures and wild animals, played by, Brandon Pankiw, Kenedi Wood, Remington Oneschuk, Cole Rewuski, Vincent Guan and Kyle Kjenner. These creatures were “standing out” and “blending in”, that is until the “Teacher” (Keagan Rewuski) entered and scared them all away! What was it with that guy anyway? Hmmm! Are all teachers that scary?
We were presented with the Modern Classroom full of supposedly inattentive, Ipod playing, web surfing, students; Joan (Bridget Surina), Derek (Brandon Pankiw) and Andrew (Vincent Guan). The boring, annoying and easily aggravated teacher (Keagan Rewuski) tried to incorporate his students into various discussions about the national debt and failing test scores, all to no avail. It made us wonder if these students ever paid attention. We were pleasantly surprised when the students left the teacher flabbergasted with their responses to failing test scores; answers they had discovered while surfing the Net! Imposing upon the “Teacher” to “keep up with the times”!
In between scenes there were a few skits performed, from the quick and playful rendition of the “Evolution of the High Five” with Keagan Rewuski and Brandon Pankiw to the delightful, awe-inspiring recitation of Lewis Carroll’s, The Jabberwocky performed by Kenedi Wood. Although most of us couldn’t read or understand the words to that poem, Kenedi made it seem effortless! I am sure she “wowed” the audience!
Commercials were also part of the production. How about the Rottissaphone, Donovan Brooker tried to sell the audience on? We are not too sure if anyone soon will run out and buy a phone that we could prepare a hot dog with. Oh, and we hope you didn’t burn your ear too bad on that darn phone!!
We could not have a production without “Dancing with the Stars”! Cole Rewuski charmed the audience with some two steppin’, waltzing and even exhaustive disco dancing as Kenedi Wood tried to sell the audience a pair of Fancy Feet Fakers.
What would be a production without a D.J.? Talk Radio Jerk, performed by Brandon Pankiw, masterfully cut down, put down and shut down all his callers (Bridget Surina, Kenedi Wood, Kyle Kjenner, and Cole Rewuski) from the whiners to the complainers and even his station engineer (Tyler Haney). He was finally put in his place as those same, cowards, wimps and jerks dumped dirty laundry on his head and threw a pie in his face!
William Toews expertly performed the role of the frustrated, Costello in a re-enactment of Who’s On First. Kyra Weidmark’s character, Abbott, kept her cool while William began to freak out but never did figure out that Who, What, and Tomorrow were actually players on the team.
The production would not have been possible without the efforts of the behind the scenes crew. They delivered the lights, curtains, music, and props all on cue! This stage crew definitely deserved a round of applause. The stage manager, Daneca Goldsmith, kept the actors in line making sure they were on stage on time! The audio selections were delivered superbly and on cue by sound technician, Kaiden Brett. Kaiden Brett and Vincent Guan spent countless hours, of their own time, designing the set and what a wonderful job they did! The following students, although not seen were invaluable to the performance: stage hand/props manager – Tyler Manchen, curtains/lights – Mason Oneschuk/Mrs. Ward, props – Shauna Couston and Maddison Scott, spotlight/video – Tyler Haney, producer/tickets/program – Jenna Bowman and front of house design – Mrs. Rewuski.
The production concluded with a grateful cast presenting Mr. Lancaster with a very well deserved gift for all his time and dedication spent towards the project! As the curtain closed the cast took a bow for a fantastic production. We certainly will look forward to any future performances from these budding, crowd pleasing theatrical artists!
Written by Susanna Pankiw
Lights! Camera! The cast and crew of Dewberry School moved into action and took center stage November 28, 29 and December 1st. It was not your run of the mill event, but rather three separate events: Thursday evening the audience was graced with a 20’s style candy bar, Friday brought a relaxing evening with a dinner theatre and the icing on the cake was Sunday’s dessert theatre.
Tyson Lancaster, teacher, drama coach and director, set the stage and chose a production designed in the likes of Vaudeville with an SNL twist! The script was arranged from the following programs: Kirk Buis’ Wild Kingdom High School, Christina Hamlett’s 20 More TV Commercial Comedy Skits, and Robert Munroe’s Variety Show Comedy Skits.
Jose, Dewberry’s own, French Mexican Mime, played by Remington Oneschuk, stayed in character much longer than expected. He was in character prior to curtain time, while personally sitting the patrons at their tables, until the very end of the production as his hand was the last to wave goodbye through the hole in the curtain! He continued between scenes chasing flies, getting stuck in closets and trying to take over the spotlight from the narrator, played by the very professional and talented, Nicole Dennill. The audience found out that it sure isn’t easy being as good looking as Jose! He did leave us wondering, though, if he ever caught that fly.
The students, played by Kyle Kjenner, Kyra Weidmark, Donovan Brooker and Vincent Guan snapped to attention as The Teacher, played by Keagan Rewuski tried to keep his students in line with politics and quadratic equations.
We then ventured into a zone where many never escape, The Wild Kingdom! This scene, narrated by Nicole Dennill, was full of timid creatures and wild animals, played by, Brandon Pankiw, Kenedi Wood, Remington Oneschuk, Cole Rewuski, Vincent Guan and Kyle Kjenner. These creatures were “standing out” and “blending in”, that is until the “Teacher” (Keagan Rewuski) entered and scared them all away! What was it with that guy anyway? Hmmm! Are all teachers that scary?
We were presented with the Modern Classroom full of supposedly inattentive, Ipod playing, web surfing, students; Joan (Bridget Surina), Derek (Brandon Pankiw) and Andrew (Vincent Guan). The boring, annoying and easily aggravated teacher (Keagan Rewuski) tried to incorporate his students into various discussions about the national debt and failing test scores, all to no avail. It made us wonder if these students ever paid attention. We were pleasantly surprised when the students left the teacher flabbergasted with their responses to failing test scores; answers they had discovered while surfing the Net! Imposing upon the “Teacher” to “keep up with the times”!
In between scenes there were a few skits performed, from the quick and playful rendition of the “Evolution of the High Five” with Keagan Rewuski and Brandon Pankiw to the delightful, awe-inspiring recitation of Lewis Carroll’s, The Jabberwocky performed by Kenedi Wood. Although most of us couldn’t read or understand the words to that poem, Kenedi made it seem effortless! I am sure she “wowed” the audience!
Commercials were also part of the production. How about the Rottissaphone, Donovan Brooker tried to sell the audience on? We are not too sure if anyone soon will run out and buy a phone that we could prepare a hot dog with. Oh, and we hope you didn’t burn your ear too bad on that darn phone!!
We could not have a production without “Dancing with the Stars”! Cole Rewuski charmed the audience with some two steppin’, waltzing and even exhaustive disco dancing as Kenedi Wood tried to sell the audience a pair of Fancy Feet Fakers.
What would be a production without a D.J.? Talk Radio Jerk, performed by Brandon Pankiw, masterfully cut down, put down and shut down all his callers (Bridget Surina, Kenedi Wood, Kyle Kjenner, and Cole Rewuski) from the whiners to the complainers and even his station engineer (Tyler Haney). He was finally put in his place as those same, cowards, wimps and jerks dumped dirty laundry on his head and threw a pie in his face!
William Toews expertly performed the role of the frustrated, Costello in a re-enactment of Who’s On First. Kyra Weidmark’s character, Abbott, kept her cool while William began to freak out but never did figure out that Who, What, and Tomorrow were actually players on the team.
The production would not have been possible without the efforts of the behind the scenes crew. They delivered the lights, curtains, music, and props all on cue! This stage crew definitely deserved a round of applause. The stage manager, Daneca Goldsmith, kept the actors in line making sure they were on stage on time! The audio selections were delivered superbly and on cue by sound technician, Kaiden Brett. Kaiden Brett and Vincent Guan spent countless hours, of their own time, designing the set and what a wonderful job they did! The following students, although not seen were invaluable to the performance: stage hand/props manager – Tyler Manchen, curtains/lights – Mason Oneschuk/Mrs. Ward, props – Shauna Couston and Maddison Scott, spotlight/video – Tyler Haney, producer/tickets/program – Jenna Bowman and front of house design – Mrs. Rewuski.
The production concluded with a grateful cast presenting Mr. Lancaster with a very well deserved gift for all his time and dedication spent towards the project! As the curtain closed the cast took a bow for a fantastic production. We certainly will look forward to any future performances from these budding, crowd pleasing theatrical artists!