KALONA
Parents and family gathered in Pathway’s gymnasium for a dress rehearsal showing of “Little Women,” a play performed by Pathway students ranging from 8th to 12th grade …
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KALONA
Parents and family gathered in Pathway’s gymnasium for a dress rehearsal showing of “Little Women,” a play performed by Pathway students ranging from 8th to 12th grade on Wednesday, April 24. The dress rehearsal came after six weeks of preparation from the students and acted as a preamble to a three-day showing of the play from Thursday, April 25 through Saturday, April 27.
The dress rehearsal was the first time the students ran through the play working with sound, giving them their first chance to fully put together their performance before introducing the play to a wider audience.
Head director Fern Graber is able to put on a play at Pathway Christian School every two years as a choir show alternative. This means many of the students have not acted in a play for two years, if at all, but Graber thought the unofficial soft opening helped to “iron out their nerves.”
“I thought the students did really well,” Graber said. “For them improving with not having heard some of the sound effects before tonight, I thought they did phenomenal. And I am expecting that tomorrow will be even better.”
Stage props were provided by Schwartz Builders and decorated by the student actors. Audrey Schwartz helped Graber as the co-director.
‘Little Women’ recap
“Little women” is a drama comedy adapted from a book by Louisa May Alcott set during the Civil War, centering around four sisters as they venture through life, grow up, struggle and thrive through numerous life milestones.
These four sisters, Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth March, begin their journey acting out plays devised by Jo, as she dreams of becoming a famous author.
Eventually, Jo and Meg become well-acquainted with neighbor boys John Brooke and Theodore Laurence. Meg ends up marrying John, as Theodore falls for Jo, who dreams of a life grander than marriage. She instead finds herself in New York, where she drafts her first novel.
Jo later returns home to find Beth in a weakened state, soon passing away.
Surprisingly, Jo’s book gets published as she is at home dealing with the loss of Beth. The play ends with all of the characters diverging so they can listen to Jo read her book, which happens to be about Beth.
