“West Hits the Fringe (Again)!” – ASD District News, May 27, 2011
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West High has been selected for the third time to attend the International Arts Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. West drama queens and kings will attend the prestigious event in August 2011 with their presentation of “Seussical the Musical Jr.” The group will present the play in Ancho
rage June 2nd and 3rd at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM
West was the first school in Alaska to be invited by the American High School Theatre Festival to attend the Fringe in 2007. Since then, West Anchorage High School has been selected two more times for this honor. In 2007, West brought “Moby Dick the Musical” to Edinburgh. This summer the award winning theatre program will hit the stage with “Seussical the Musical Jr.,” a lively family musical based on Dr. Seuss’s “Cat in the Hat” and “Horton Hears a Who.”
Seventeen students have been selected from West High to travel to Scotland where they will perform four times in front of an international audience. The trip, which will include visits to Stratford-Upon-Avon and London, will cost the group over $130,000.00 which they are raising through a variety of fund raising techniques.
West’s upcoming production of “Seussical jr.” opens for two days on Thursday June 2nd and Friday June 3rd at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM both days at the West High Auditorium. West Thespians will perform this fun family musical locally first, before packing up and bringing the production to Scotland in August. Tickets for the performance are available online at www.blocksclass.com or may be purchased at the door. ($8.00 adults, $6.00 students, children under 5 are free.)
On Friday, May 27th at 7:00 pm, the group will be holding a 5k/10k run called Run For Haggis as a fun healthy way to support the groups fund raising efforts. Details for the run are available on the website, www.blocksclass.com.
If you would be interested in helping out the cast and crew through your donation or by attending any of these spectacular theatrical events, please contact West Theatre Director David Block. Donations may also be made online at www.blocksclass.com.
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