With 'Property
Rites'
Mason Players Place
Third
in VHSL District
Theater Competition
By Katie Rosenberger (November
19, 2002)
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Matt Myers and Stefanie Johnston
were nominated as the top actors in the district for their superior performances
in the one-act play "Property Rites," at the Virginia High School League
One-Act Play Competition held on Saturday, November 9th, on
the George Mason Stage.
In the 35 minutes that each school
was given to perform their play, the George Mason thespians received the
highest number of overall points from the judges. Due to the ordinal ranking
system that was used to determine placing, however, George Mason only received
a third place spot out of the five schools that competed. |
Caroline Habicht, Annie Wanlund, and Greg Corbino rush
to set
up the “Property Rites” set during the one-act play competition.
(Photo by Michael Miller) |
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| The play was written by Alan Haehnel,
a high school English teacher in Vermont, and involves an inventor who
created a computerized mechanism that controls nine life-sized dolls. The
dolls were to be sold as a unit to accomplish household activities such
as answering the phone, but the dolls began to come alive, which created
conflict for the inventor.
The director of the play, Frank Marino,
also received the title of Coach of the Year for the Bull Run District. |
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“Property Rites” Director Frank Marino coaches Matt Myers
on the finer points of being an inventor. Marino was named Coach
of the Year for the Bull Run District at the competition. (Photo by Alex
LaCoste) |
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