Waukon Middle School presents “A Thousand and One Nights of Reality Television” ...

The Waukon Middle School presented the play “A Thousand and One Nights of Reality Television” by Lesley James, published by Youth Plays, Friday, March 12. The production featured Scheherazade, who oversees the production of hundreds of reality TV shows, and if she doesn’t come up with a new one each and every night, the Sultan will have her job. The producer comes up with some clever ideas in a mix of fairy tales and reality television. Due to COVID-19 precautions, this year’s production was not open to the general public, only to family members of the cast and crew.

Members of that cast and crew are pictured above and listed here in alphabetical order: Cast - Nora Aldrich, Dekota Bechtel, Krystin Burdick, Trevor Block, Cecilia Blake, Shelby Cornelison, Madilyn Dahlstrom, Moriah Downing, Annelise Ellingson, Eireann Goettel, Drake Hankes, Azriel Kelley, Olin Kelley, Taylor Kiel, Reagan Lubahn, Johnathan Marti, Corissma Maruna, Danielle Mason, Cole Ottaway, Molly Peake, McKinley Rostvold, Leah Schnitzler, Peyton Smedsrud, Sarah Stock, Kallie Troester. Crew - Cassidy Hawkins, Corissma Maruna, Charity Voves and Mercedes Wilkins. Waukon High School students who assisted in the production included Alaina Gebel, Gabe Goettel and Ethyn King-Marshall. The production was under the direction of Gail Hilleshiem and Jason LaPage. Submitted photo.