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Sarah Malks as Alejandra

Sarah Malks as Alejandra

Dan Huycke, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Inspired by a novel she read for her English class junior year, Senior Sarah Malks tear-jerkingly performed her One Person Show on the female protagonist, Alejandra, from Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses. Malks was immediately attracted to Alejandra’s...

Miles Adair as Charlie Chaplin

Miles Adair as Charlie Chaplin

Dan Huycke, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Defying expectations, Senior Miles Adair presented a detailed portrayal of Charlie Chaplin, the controversial silent movie actor that defined the burgeoning movie industry of the century, Hollywood. Although Adair regretted not delving further into Chaplin’s...

Fox Nelson as Marshall Mathers (Eminem)

Fox Nelson as Marshall Mathers (Eminem)

Dan Huycke, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Blowing his own mother away, Senior Fox Nelson performed the life and struggle of white rapper Marshall Mathers, known as Eminem. Nelson conveyed his profound respect and admiration for such a man that would deny all cajoling and discouragement of his...

Elina Kent as Nani

Elina Kent as Nani

Dan Huycke, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Elina Kent - Nani Senior Elina Kent discussed her interpretation of her One Person Show on Nani, the big sister away from the limelight in Disney’s Lilo and Stitch. Kent expressed the similarity in the way Nani approached the tragic deaths of her...

David Craighead as Ron Franz

David Craighead as Ron Franz

Dan Huycke, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Senior David Craighead performed his One Person Show on Ron Franz from the intrepid novel Into The Wild. He agreed to sit down for an interview, delving deep into the inner recesses of the thespian mind and what it means to completely submerge oneself...

Katie Scruggs as Narcissa Malfoy

Katie Scruggs as Narcissa Malfoy

Emily Calvert, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

For her One Person Show, Katie Scruggs chose to play the character Narcissa Malfoy, Draco’s mom from the Harry Potter series. Narcissa is a pure-blood witch in the series, so it was certainly difficult for Scruggs to adapt her character; however, Narcissa’s...

Emily Toma as Alexander Hamilton

Emily Toma as Alexander Hamilton

Emily Calvert, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Emily Toma chose to adapt the persona of a founding father of the United States: Alexander Hamilton. After learning about him in Advanced Placement United States History, Toma agreed with many of Hamilton’s ideas and philosophies and decided she would...

Jacqui Anders as Bucky Barnes

Jacqui Anders as Bucky Barnes

Emily Calvert, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Jacqui Anders - Bucky Barnes Jacqui Anders made a brave decision with her take on Bucky Barnes, a fictional character from the Captain America comics and movies. From the moment she thought of Bucky as a possible character for her show, she could not...

Frederico Penella as Daniel Plainview

Frederico Penella as Daniel Plainview

Emily Calvert, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Frederico Penella - Daniel Plainview For his One Person Show, Frederico Penella adapted the character of Daniel Plainview, an oil tycoon, from the movie There WIll Be Blood. Daniel Plainview is a seemingly ordinary man, who, overtime, builds up enough...

Warren McQueary as Don Quixote

Warren McQueary as Don Quixote

Emily Calvert, Sentry Staff Reporter March 16, 2015

Warren McQueary was sure to take you back to the 17th Century with his take on Alonso Quixano, a fictional Spanish nobleman who reinvents himself under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. McQueary's show was a prequel to the book Don Quixote in which Alonso...

Hoodie Out

Hoodie Out

Joanna Domson, Sentry Staff Reporter February 27, 2015

On Thursday, February 5, the Minority Student Achievement Network, or MSAN, sponsored a “Hoodie Out.”  Students swarmed the halls decked in hoodies, with their hoods up, and buttons to support the cause: awareness of racial stereotyping.   It is...

Club of the Month: Model General Assembly

Club of the Month: Model General Assembly

Emily Burke, Staff Reporter February 27, 2015

Many students think that they are too young to make a difference in their communities or that they do not have any real opportunities to speak their minds on issues that are important to them. However, Model General Assembly offers students a chance to...

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