Coppell theatre hosts comedy night

By Christina Burke Staff Writer Want a good laugh? Tonight the Coppell High School Make’em Laugh theatre class is putting on a show called ‘Comedy Tonight’ in the CHS commons. The class is taught by Lisa Tabor and they specialize in improv and will make you smile guaranteed. All skits are original, written by the students and based off of ‘Whose Line is it Anyway’. Tickets are $5 at the door and the show kicks off at 7:30 and homemade desserts will be provided to guests. For more information locate one of the various posters around the school or visit the Coppell Theatre Website here.

Stage set for UIL One-Act Play auditions

By Thomas Hair Online Copy Editor Lisa Tabor will be hard at work directing a One-Act Play for UIL in the coming months. The play, entitled The Triangle Factory Fire Project, tells the story of various men and women trapped in a tall factory during a fire, set in 1911. On March 26 and 27, the show will be performed in the CHS Auditorium at 7:30 p.m for UIL rating. Though it is only December, several months are needed for preparation and rehearsal. Auditions for The Triangle Factory Fire Project are in the auditorium on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 5 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. There are many parts of varying size…

2011 fall CHS musical announced, to be Beauty and the Beast

Ashleigh Heaton Editor-in-Chief Last night, May 22, at the annual drama banquet, Theatre Department Head Lisa Tabor announced the fall musical for next year, which will be Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Beauty and the Beast tells the story of Belle, a bookworm seeking adventure living in provincial France, and the Beast, a prince who was cursed by an enchantress after he turned her away in the rain, making him appear in a monstrous form and transforming his servants in to various household objects. In order for the Beast and his servants to return to their human form, he must learn to give and receive love before the last petal falls on his enchanted rose…

Spring play Out of Sight…Out of Murder to breathe new life into murder mystery genre

Ashleigh Heaton Editor-in-Chief Image you are playing a game of “Clue”, piecing together the pieces of an elaborate murder. Was it Miss Scarlett in the library with a candlestick, or Colonel Mustard in the study with the rope? You puzzle over the mystery until, finally, epiphany strikes – Professor Plum! In the kitchen! With the revolver! However, you are only dealing with plastic game pieces when playing “Clue”. In Coppell High School’s spring play, Out of Sight…Out of Murder, these stereotypical characters and situations are brought to life – literally. The show follows Peter Knight, a struggling novelist trying to complete a murder mystery novel. Seeking inspiration, Knight goes to a mansion where another novelist…

Coppell Theatre puts on It Could Be Any One of Us

Addy Buigas-Lopez Staff Writer A disgruntled, heartless man. His love struck, clumsy brother. Their over-enthusiastic, family-oriented sister. Her annoyed, frustrated boyfriend. Her angry, hungry daughter. An unexpected heir to the family inheritance. A murderer among them. George Morrow’s production of It Could Be Any One of Us, written by Alan Ayckbourn, tells the story of the Chalke family. After the death of their mother, the oldest of the Chalke siblings Mortimer, played by Ron Biancardi, inherited everything, house and family fortune included. However, both his brother Brinton, played by Greg English, and his sister Jocelyn Polegate, played by Kate Rutledge, as well as her immediate family continued to live in the family dwelling. The close…

Rimers of Eldritch returns to CHS Black Box

Ashleigh Heaton Editor-in-Chief 11 years ago, The Rimers of Eldritch came to Coppell High School as the first production ever performed in the Black Box Theater; the chilling performance left the audience both in awe of the performance space and what they knew as truth. Now, the dark show returns as director Bill Ballard brings it back to the stage it began at, adamant to make it more powerful than the first. The play follows the fictional town of Eldritch and its citizens as they facilitate cheating, murder and attempted rape through the gossip they spread, and explores the dark side of human nature and the power of words. “These people gossip, they lie, they…

Theatre Coppell presents new show: a mystery thriller

Theatre Coppell’s newest show, entitled It could be any one of us, is a murder mystery by Alan Ayckbourn with a comic twist and a surprise ending.

Into the Woods proves to be a wonderful show

After months of demanding rehearsals and grueling work, the Coppell High School Theatre Department has finally completed the extraordinary musical Into the Woods. CHS’ take on the acclaimed musical featured 23 talented students, from freshmen to seniors, and was directed by Theatre Head Lisa Tabor.

CHS Students audition for annual musical

Story by Zeb White Staff Writer, Asst. Business manager Video by Alex Smith KCBY “I’ve seen good productions and I’ve seen bad productions,” Lisa Tabor said to the eager performers. “This is going to be a good production.” With that goal in mind, Coppell High School’s lead theatre director Tabor held auditions on August 31st and Sept 1st for the musical “Into the Woods”. This musical is a comedic compilation of a variety of fairytales, and will open on the CHS main stage on October 28th. Teenagers from all different groups showed up to try out—including athletes, dancers, student leaders, freshmen in the Academies, and choir members. Students’ motives for trying out were just as…

Theatre department laughs it up in Leading Ladies

Ashleigh Heaton Entertainment Editor The University Interscholastic League (UIL) One-Act Play season is amidst us, sparking up a heightened sense of dramatic excellence and fierce competition as schools from across the nation prepare their best actors to perform at the top of their abilities, trying to pull out a performance that will leave their audience in tears. This year, Coppell High School’s theatre department aims to draw these same tears through their play Leading Ladies – tears from uncontrollable laughter, that is. The show follows Jack and Leo, two Shakespearean actors who are so down on their luck that they decide to masquerade as a dying old woman’s long-lost relatives Max and Steve, whom she…