{"id":84028,"date":"2024-12-10T15:06:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=84028"},"modified":"2024-12-10T15:06:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:06:46","slug":"minneapolis-high-school-presents-moana-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=84028","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis High School presents Moana Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

By SHA’URI SHIPLEY-CLARK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n

The Minneapolis High School Drama Department presented Moana Jr. for its fall musical last Month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on the 2016 movie \u201cMoana,\u201d tells the story of a young Polynesian girl named Moana, who sails across the ocean to save her village and discover the past of her people.\u00a0 On her adventure, she is joined by the demigod Maui to restore the heart of Te Fiti to save the dying islands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jan Clark has been in charge of the drama department at MHS for 16 years.\u00a0 When choosing a musical, she looks at the amount of people that signed up and which students, for a musical, can sing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI like musicals with positive messages, and I love Lin-Manuel Miranda songs.\u00a0 I also look at the talent and numbers that signed up,\u201d Clark said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides the directing, another big part of putting together a production is the actors.\u00a0 They have to prepare for roles, like Nyah Weis, who played the main female lead, Moana.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo prepare for this role, I didn\u2019t watch the movie.\u00a0 At first, <\/span>I was planning to study the movie like crazy and figure out all of Moana\u2019s little quirks but then I realized that copying another actor’s work exactly wasn’t something I wanted to do,\u201d Weis said. \u201cSo, I just thought to myself, \u2018ok so I am a girl who loves the ocean, but I am trapped in an important role I never asked for\u2026 so how would I react?\u2019\u00a0 So balancing the fear I felt I should be showing along with the bravery and courage was interesting but so amazing. I truly believe Moana taught me a few things during my time with her.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brinley Boyer, who played Moana\u2019s grandma Tala, has been involved in the theatre department all four years of her high school career.\u00a0 She hopes to continue acting, but more as a fun opportunity than professionally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI was excited to get to act with the main leads again and all of us seniors have grown close together,\u201d Boyer said.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the main elements of the musical was the water played by many background actors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe main part of the water was the wavy blue skirts that some of the girls wore while behind the boat, a couple of people had attached blue pieces of fabric to some fans that represented the higher waves,\u201d Eloise Shipley said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shipley has been a part of the drama department since her freshman year, this is her second year of being involved in the school productions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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