Page 43 - Laguna Blanca Magazine Summer 2018

RUMOR HAS IT
RUMORS department proudly presented three performance while also pausing to
This winter, Laguna’s Theatre Arts
admire the craft of the individual
performances of Neil Simon’s delight- performances was such a welcome
fully playful farce Rumors under the distraction from our recent hardships.
direction of Performing Arts Theatre The group’s achievement was even
Director Dana Caldwell. This award- more impressive considering the
winning production centers on the disruptions in rehearsal schedules.”
hysterical mishaps that take place Thank you to the cast and crew, Dana
at a tenth anniversary party, and the Caldwell, and the Ensemble Theater
Talented Theatre Arts entertaining evening is not short of for a fantastic show!
mistaken identity, gunshots, missing
students provide
persons, poor judgment, and scandal! CAST
comic relief for Laguna Lenny Ganz: Jackson Hurley ’18
It’s safe to say that the Laguna and
community with the larger Santa Barbara community Claire Ganz: Camila Lemere ’18
performance of Neil was in need of a dose of comic relief Chris Gorman: Juliana Slater ’20
Ken Gorman: Simon Lea ’20
when the play debuted on the Laguna
Simon’s Rumors Ernie Cusack: Rae Bernstein ’20
stage. The Rumors performances were Cookie Cusack: Mia Humberd-Hilf ’20
originally scheduled for December Glenn Cooper: Caetano Perez-
2017, but the unprecedented disasters Marchant ’20
that were the Thomas Fire and Cassie Cooper: Royce Blevins ’21
Montecito mudslides forced the cast Officer elch: John Russo ’18
and crew to postpone the production Officer Pudney: va Morouse ’19
until late January.
The old adage states that the show CREW
must go on. But, what was so healing Jackson Hurley ’18
for our community was watching the Annelle King ’18
show go on with such poise, wit, and Charlie Jacobs ’20
Merith Velazquez-Jimenez ’18
humor despite widespread evacuations John Russo ’18
and school closures. Jason Barnick ’18
Dana Caldwell says, “Every show James Pedroff ’2
takes a village, but how this village Beau Glazier ’20
rose to the occasion to support each Sasha Hsu ’18
other and this production under such Arabella Cairone ’21
trying circumstances is something Emily Donelan ’21
truly remarkable. Here’s to creating, to Peter Smith ’20
community, to recovery, and to coming Athena Boyle ’19
together to celebrate our incredible
students, who are our bright and
brilliant future.”
Head of School Rob Hereford
also commends the strength of all of
those involved in the production: “The
experience of sitting and laughing
along with the audience at the Rumors

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