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[April 08, 2013] 
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Review by Gini Bertoni
MOUNT PULASKI -- The Mount Pulaski High School Drama Club put on
another winning performance, this time portraying teenagers in
various stages of maturity. It was a funny, sometimes poignant
display of young people trying to find their way and their passion.
When the Ethel Lambert Community Center, which is the one stable
place for them to gather, is threatened by a money-hungry city
council, the young people find their voice. They rally around a goal
despite their differences, ranging from preppy to thug-like behavior
to homelessness.
Junior Maddi Haley's performance as Coral, the center's
administrative assistant, is the glue that eventually binds the
group to work together to save the center.
Dressed in pink with an outrageous pink hairdo, Miss Haley was
hilarious, keeping the audience laughing with moods ranging from
over-the-top enthusiasm to pessimism in that tiny voice that one
could not help but love.
It is always a pleasure to watch a group of young people put their
heart and soul into a performance. The Drama Club, director Donna
Koehler, assistant Barb Maske, the advisers, stage crew, Mr. Burgard's shop classes, et al., are to be commended for providing the
people of Mount Pulaski and the surrounding communities with first-class entertainment
-- showing that teenagers will be enthusiastic
about a cause when they know they matter.
In Mrs. Koehler's words, "The idea of believing in yourself and
going after your dreams is universal."
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