LCHS Speech Team to give free performance tonight

[March 17, 2016]  LINCOLN - The casts of the Lincoln Community High School IHSA Sectional Entries for Group Interpretation and Contest Play will present a free public performance at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 17, in the LCHS Auditorium.

The Contest Play is a 40-minute cutting of William Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and features the following cast members: senior Braden Tanner as Orlando, senior Colton Clark as Jaques, freshman Hunter McKinney as Touchstone, sophomore Bradley Rahn as Duke Frederick, freshman Austin Garriott as Silvius, freshman Mason Landers as Amiens, senior Lena Stapleton as Celia, senior Kenzie Landers as Rosalind, junior Claire Conrady as Phebe, junior Shelbi Fisher as Audrey, freshman Aleaya Turley as Duke Senior, and sophomore Shannon Rahn as Corin/Oliver.

The Group Interpretation is "Something Rotten!," based on the current hit Broadway musical of the same name. It is a 30-minute retelling of the fictional Elizabethan-set musical comedy about Shakespeare's life and his competition.

The cast features: Braden Tanner, Colton Clark, Lena Stapleton, Bekah Harpin, Kenzie Landers, Aleaya Turley, Shannon Rahn, Erin Gowin, Lydia Spellman and Claire Conrady.

The team will travel Friday and Saturday to compete at the IHSA Sectional at Belleville West High School. The top two performances of seven in the Contest Play and the top three of six Group Interpretations will advance to IHSA State Competition at University of Illinois - Springfield April 1-2.

[Coach Jennifer Keith]