The play describes events that lead up to Alaska becoming a state.  The story is narrated by Benny Benson.  It is a great deal of fun and covers spotlights of history over many decades. Our students can research their characters and get a deeper understanding of politics involved in their rich history.  Our village has about 50 people presently.

We have begun daily practice and the kiddos are really learning their lines.  The work has become fun!  We are able to cut up with each other much like "outtakes" in a movie.  We will do a full costume rehearsal on Saturday and Sunday.  The cast enjoys roleplaying..so it should be quite entertaining!

We have a complete costume rehearsal today.  Each actor will begin to organize their plan to change costumes within each scene and between each scene.  We will practice again tomorrow afternoon since there is no time in the kids schedules during the week.  It will be interesting to see how this turns out.

We are looking online to see what the characters really looked like.  We need to make facial hair pieces that fit the kids.  This has been fun and the kids are reading about the lives of the characters portrayed in the play.  Btw, everyone knows almost all of thier lines....except me :)