Meadow Lake students take on The Lorax in lively school production

“In The Lorax, there’s a lot of different parts and characters that make the different parts kind of come alive. So, it’s more of a well-balanced way that lots of students can showcase their talent and their ability.”

After months of rehearsals and fine-tuning every line, the students are eager to bring their play to the stage.

“They’re really taking on that responsibility themselves and that leadership and making it their own. They’re needing a little guidance from the adults along the way, but they’ve done an incredible amount of work,” Cydejko said.

To help bring the play to life, Debbie Robertson, another teacher at the school, has helped to gather costume supplies at the local thrift store.

“The costumes really fit the characters and because we have the Barbaloot [bears] and the fish and the trees and of course, the Lorax. So, it’s been great getting to see those things kind of come together along the way.”

Cydejko explained that for youth in Meadow Lake, being involved in a drama production is very important due to the lack of live production in their northern city.

“I’m really excited to see it because this is a fun one and nice to do something that the kids know. It also has such good topics of deforestation and talking about how important capitalism is and there’s so many different themes in there and so it’s good to get to see them working so hard.”

Admission to the performance is free, with a silver collection at the door to help cover production costs.

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Alyssa.rudolph@pattisonmedia.com

by Alyssa Rudolph

Meadow Lake students take on The Lorax in lively school production

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