New Prague High School’s one-act play troupe won the subsection championship for the fifth straight year Saturday, Jan. 27, during competition in the high school’s auditorium. New Prague won with the comedy “Middle School Dating Game” by Jennifer McVetty.
Director Allie Meyer said New Prague moves on to compete at the Section 2AA finals at Minnetonka Saturday, Feb. 3. If the New Prague troupe wins Feb. 3, it advances to the state competition Thursday and Friday, Feb. 8 and 9, at O’Shoughnessy Auditorium at St. Catherine University in St. Paul.
“The kids were really excited and we received a lot of great feedback,” said Meyer about the judged competition.
“Some of the judges noted that comedy is a hard route to take in a competition, but they were impressed with the students’ performance and ability to get the audience invested and laughing for almost the whole show,” said Meyer. “One of my favorite comments was that the students are truly an ensemble cast that works together to create our show - that everyone is...
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Trojans’ one-act play wins subsection for fifth year
