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It’s a “Cautionary Tale”

Zoe Franz, Photographer, Reporter
April 23, 2024
“My character, Cady, throws a party to get back at Regina and to make a move on her crush, Regina's ex boyfriend, in order to make herself queen B,” freshman Addilyn Waddell said. Waddell played Cady Heron, the new student from Kenya.

“This is from the ‘Whose House is This’ song which is about a typical high school rager,” junior Percy Morgan said. “My character Kevin, who is a nerdy mathlete is there to kinda show how out of hand the party is and how everyone questions why he's there.”

“This song is called ‘Stop!’ is all about how Cady is wrapped up in social media and boys,” freshman Tanner Grisinger said. Grisinger played Damian, friend to Janis and Cady. “She's new to it all, so she doesn’t exactly know how to respond. Damian, my character, has gone through this before, and nobody was there to tell him stop. Janis and Damian are Cady's lookouts, so he is warning her, and urging her to ‘stop’ before she makes a mess!”

“This picture is the final song in act one called ‘Fearless’. It's about not being afraid to be yourself,” senior Laila Jones said. “The Plastics hierarchy is overthrown by Cady, and Regina is no longer Queen B. Gretchen finally gets her chance to dance and show that she no longer feels like she needs to follow Regina's rules.”

“I played the character Karen Smith in this year’s musical ‘Mean Girls.’ Karen is one of The Plastics, which is like the popular girl group led by Regina George,” junior Brecken Meiners said. “in order to sit at the lunch table and hang out with them (The Plastics), the girls have to follow certain rules. For example, they can only wear sweats on Fridays, only have their hair up once a week, can’t wear vests (or anything deemed ugly), can’t wear tank tops two days in a row, and (of course) wear pink on Wednesdays. These rules are just to keep up their public appearance, and are taken really seriously.”

“This picture is from the iconic talent show,” senior Catherine Steider said. “There's a rip in my skirt on purpose for the show. It was so fun to play this character and try new things. I even had to wear a fake butt on stage.”

“In this photo, we are towards the beginning of the song ‘Revenge Party’ where Damian, Cady, and Janis are planning how to get back at Regina,” sophomore Ellis Zimmerman said. Zimmerman plays Janis, one of Cady's first friends when she arrives at her new school. “This is a portion of the dialogue in the song where I (Janis) detail how I have always wanted to get revenge on Regina, but I never had an ‘inside man’ to help me get back at her.”

Pioneer pathways

Zoe Franz, Reporter
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