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The Pony Express

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The Pony Express

The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

Courtney Rodd and James Bresette

Theatre seniors look towards their future

Belle Lapos, Layout Editor February 15, 2023

For some students, finding their passion is a big part of who they are and who they are becoming. Whether it is a sport or activity, it can be hard to give up. For many, this passion is the theatre...

The SAHS auditorium as seen from house leftt.

Theatre department prepares One Act Play

Sydney Rodd, Business Editor and Copy Editor January 15, 2022

The One Act Play is a Minnesota State High School League activity that occurs annually. High schools around the state have to prepare a production that meets the requirements set by MSHSL. The play must...

Senior Brea Davis performs on stage as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. Sophmore Michael Fredericks, juniors Erica Bartkey and Ruby Suro perform behind her.

Brea Davis takes the spotlight

Sophia Arndt, Photography Editor-in-Chief and Copy Editor November 21, 2021

As the stage lights brighten and joyful students adjust their costumes, senior Brea Davis quietly prepares. The costume is ready, her hair is perfect and the show must begin. The talent for the performing...

Musical theatre students bond during a break for their rehearsals for the “Beauty and the Beast.” The group worked hard for weeks, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the show is now cancelled.

The show must go on; how theatre addresses tragedy

Olivia Bystrom, Field Reporter March 26, 2020

A great performance takes time to prepare. With daily rehearsals and a practically nonstop schedule for the last month, the theatre department was working tirelessly to put together the final show of the...

Students prepare for "Beauty and the Beast" rehearsal. Rehearsal takes place from 2:30-5:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

‘Beauty and the Beast’ actors find new passion in theatre

Anastasia Bertsch, Video Editor March 14, 2020

Every spring the theater department puts on a musical. This year they are performing “Beauty and the Beast". The play is a classic story of loving someone because of their personality not their appearance....

Senior John Caskey and other theatre members get ready to rehearse for their next musical Les Misérables. The musical is set to be performed during April 5-13.

Caskey breaks common stereotype, pursues theatre and sports

Toby Weiss, Camera Editor April 5, 2019

Many students spend their free time participating in after school activities such as sports. Others chose more social activities like theatre or clubs. Typically, most students who participate in one tend...

On Dec. 27, the One Act team rehearses for their first competition next month. Junior Elsa Persson beams as she reads her script.

‘Animal Farm’ cast soon will take one act competition by storm

Taylor Lee, Distrubution Reporter February 6, 2019

Last year’s One Act team performed “Scenes from Metamorphoses” and, for the first time in history, went to the Minnesota State High School League [MSHSL] State One Act competition. However, they...

Senior Molly Puhrmann will continue to practice and rehearse each day until Les Miserables opens in April. She does anything from vocals to blocking on stage, to preparing.

Puhrmann anything but ‘On Her Own’ as Éponine

Haley Nelson, Online Editor January 11, 2019

“I said okay Molly, you're not a track star. You are not a basketball star. Go try out for the musical. You can do this…” Molly Puhrmann, senior and lead of the musical, told herself as she prepared...

“The 39 Steps” was put on at Stillwater Junior High School Nov. 17-19. The play used little set decoration to aide in the performance “It allowed more opportunities for the actors to convey a comedic tone without relying on a set and props,” Larkins says.

Importance in theater rises above actors onstage

Ben Wicklund, Social Media Reporter December 5, 2016

"All human happiness or misery takes the form of action," Greek philosopher Aristotle said in his famous Poetics. The ability to represent the thoughts and feelings of beings other than oneself in...

Participants, like sophomore Flora Sherr-Nelson, worked to produce short plays under 15 minutes in length at the Festival. "The first thing that we needed to include was to mention the color black and/or red. Second we had to have two generations, like a parent and a child. Our last constraint was to include a famous quote about pride and make sure to credit the author." Sherr-Nelson said.

24 Hour Play Festival immerses students in theatre

Liv Krusinski, In-Studio Video Team Director April 27, 2016

One way to get a taste of theatre is to audition for a show and take a few months and really get to know the way things work around there. This year, the theatre department decided to put a new twist into...

Director Sadow consults with senior Simon Leppicello.

Sadow brings a new light to the stage

Adam Sutcliffe, In-Studio Director October 20, 2015

Whether he is on the stage coordinating a particularly tricky scene for a student to get the hang of, or backstage talking with his co-directors, or in the house simply watching his students perform, new...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes to high school

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes to high school

Emily Lodahl November 1, 2013

One of the world’s most loved musical-fantasies, The Wizard of Oz, is coming to Stillwater Area High School. With influence from the books and movies, the play will differ slightly as there are new characters...

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