Union Colony putting on first middle school play

The cast of 'If Girls Ask Boys For Dates' from left to right Tristian Bryant, Jordan Edens, Brianna Hartman, Matt Ackerman, and Anna Hoyt at the end of dress rehearsal Wednesday at Union Colony Middle School in Greeley. The school will also be performing the play 'Snow...Sort of...White' as a part of their first theatre performance as a middle school this Friday and Saturday.

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The students were costumed, reciting lines they have been practicing for months. Offstage, teachers were calling out directions.

On Wednesday, students from Union Colony Preparatory School put the final touches on the school's first middle school play. The charter school expanded into middle school this year.

While this might be a first for the middle school, for a good number of the students, it won't be their first time on stage.

Rachel Faulkner, who has the lead role as the narrator in one of the two one-act plays, has been acting since she was 5.

"I hope to inspire a lot of people since we didn't have a lot of people at tryouts," said the seventh-grader.

Ryan Elbell, a sixth-grader who plays one of Snow White's seven dwarves, had acted in church plays before and said he was enjoying being part of school history.

"I think it's cool I get to be in the first middle school play," Ryan said.

Working with middle school students, Todd Doleshall, a teacher at the school and one of the plays' directors, said the production had to get started from the ground up, adding that the students were taking baby steps.

Teachers had to recruit students to be part of the play and enlisted the help of two seasoned high school thespians to help with the productions.

Union Colony Preparatory Schools, 2000 Clubhouse Dr., is hosting its first middle school production, "Pie in the Sky" this Friday and Saturday. Students will be perform in two one-act plays, "If Girls Asked Boys for Dates" and "Snow . . . Sort of . . . White." The plays start at 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $3. The drama department will sell slices of pie during intermission.

Since the school has limited sports, teachers wanted to give students more options for extracurricular activities.

"Hopefully, this is an opportunity to get a broader group of kids active," said Julia Lynne, a language arts teacher at the school.

Lillie Brehmer, who is one of the high school students participating in the plays, said she is glad to see the school's drama department grow. With a little more experience under her belt, she said she had become an example for her younger peers.

"I think they are doing really well," Lillie said. "For them to see the high school plays and then be part of their own play is awesome."

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Union Colony putting on first middle school play

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