Following tie-breaker for second, MLHS’ ‘Salt & Pepper’ is third
Mountain Lake Public High School (MLHS) thespians finished third in Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Section 2A competition today (Saturday, February 4), with their one-act play, Salt & Pepper. The production actually finished in a tie for second, but in a tie-breaker, runner-up was awarded to Belle Plaine with the play, Radium Cure for the Broken-Hearted.
Winning the contest, and advancing to the state festival next week, was the one-act play presented by Mankato Loyola, Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Hyde Play.
LeSueur-Henderson Public School hosted the section festival.
The remaining eight plays on the day included: Sleepy Eye Public – Tears of Zion, Jordan – The NSA’s Guide to Winning Friends and Influencing People, or What We’ve Learned From Watching You, St. Peter – 937, Maple River – The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street and Medford – Picasso at the Lapin Agile.
The plays represented the four sub-sections of Section 2A: Sub-Section 5A – MLHS and Sleepy Eye Public, 6A – Medford and Maple River, 7A – Mankato Loyola and St. Peter and 8A – Belle Plaine and Jordan.
MSHSL’s State One-Act Play Festival will be held in the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium on the campus of the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul. The “AA” schools perform on Thursday, February 9, and the “A” plays on Friday, February 10.
The MLHS production had earlier placed first in the Sub-Section 5A contest, held last Saturday, January 28. Also moving on to the section contest was the play by Sleepy Eye Public, the sub-section runner-up. First- and second-place plays from each sub-section compete in their respective section festival, however, only the winning play from each of the state’s eight sections performs in the state festival.
Mountain Lake Public High School (MLHS) thespians will present their one-act play, Salt & Pepper, in Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Section 2A competition tomorrow (Saturday, February 4) at LeSueur-Henderson Public School. The winner will advance to the Minnesota State High School League’s State One-Act Play Festival to be held in St. Paul in the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium on the campus of the College of St. Catherine. The “AA” schools perform on Thursday, February 9, and the “A” plays on Friday, February 10.
The MLHS production placed first in the Sub-Section 2A contest last Saturday, January 28, held at Mountain Lake Public School. Also moving on to the section contest will be the Sleepy Eye Public play, Tears of Zion, an original production, the sub-section runner-up. First- and second-place plays from each sub-section competed in their respective section festival.
Salt & Pepper, by José Cruz González, explores family, friendship and illiteracy.
Salt’s grandfather can’t read or write. He’s ashamed to tell anyone – and his silence has had a devastating effect on the entire family.
Salt, himself, can barely read. Pepper, his new friend, reads voraciously. Together they discover a past, the secrets of which are revealed in an old box of mysterious postcards.
Illiteracy and the high price it exacts on those who can’t read, as well as their loved ones is the play’s theme.
Salt & Pepper is a gently provocative play about aging with grace, courage and humor.
Cast
+ Grandpa Holcomb (Hannah’s father and Andy and Salt’s grandfather) – Sam Grev.
+ Hannah – Liana Blomgren.
+ Salt – Regan Syverson.
+ Pepper – Jae Faber.
+ Andy – David Hall.
+ Letter – Amy Bartsch.
+ Letter – Eli Karschnik.
+ Letter – Ethan Klassen.
+ Letter – Isaac Grev.
+ Letter – Olivia Klassen.
Crew
+ Lights – Jareya Harder.
+ Sound and Trumpet for Taps – Kayla Vonk.
Directors
+ Julie Brugman and Crystal Fast.