Hartem Music Department will perform "The Breakfast Club" this weekend
The first ever stage adaption of the popular teen movie, students write their own scripts

[April 17, 2015]  HARTSBURG - This weekend, the Hartsburg-Emden high school will be presenting, “The Breakfast Club”, an adaptation of the movie by John Hughes.

At the beginning of this school year, Mr. Zachary Snyder, the director of music for Hartem high, approached the students of the music department about what kind of play they would like to do in the Spring. The students, who had already been discussing this amongst themselves, quickly responded they wished to do “The Breakfast Club.”

Snyder researched and found there has never been a play adaptation of the legendary movie. So, being responsible, he reached out to representatives of the estate of the late John Hughes for permission. “I was delighted,” says Snyder, “I discovered that they were open to the idea of a stage adaptation and gave free reign over it.”

Those same students who suggested the legendary movie were then enlisted to help edit the script to “become something school appropriate, but still true to the spirit of the movie.” Snyder states.

Performances will take place in the high school gymnasium on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Friday and Saturday’s performances will be at 7 p.m., and the Sunday performance will be at 2 p.m. Tickets are available through the Hartem high school office and will also be available at the door. Doors will open half-hour prior to performance.

[Janell Woolard]