Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013 1:00 am

Free play tonight in Thrall

Christine Bolaños

Taylor Daily Press

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Thrall ISD has been busy preparing for tonight’s high school one-act play public performance at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria.
The audience will watch “The Patchwork Quilt” which is about how a material item can prove a treasure of sorts when dealing with memory loss. It is also about a daughter living in the modern world and a mother clinging to the past.
“The actors are all high schoolers. We don’t have a theatre class. I teach Spanish and all of our rehearsals are before and after school and on weekends. We have been meeting from January, until now, three times a week, two hours each time,” said Jill Horn, one-act play director.
In addition to having the chance to perform for their parents and members of the community, the students participating in the play also have the chance to experience something different and win awards.
“They learned a lot about the theatre. Some people just like to perform. They may just do it for the intrinsic value, for the fun of being on stage and the chance to win awards. We do have one returning actress who won an all star cast award, Jewel Kruse. She plays the main character — the [elderly] lady,” Horn added.
When selecting the play, Horn was mindful of who the actors were and the audience’s preferences, in this case, the students and the community.
“I read, read, read plays that teachers and [University of Texas at Austin] students can borrow. They are plays from the UIL drama loan library. I read them for content and for the number of actors and how big the parts are to try to match up to the students that might be interested in doing this but you really have to look for content. Some of the plays are not appropriate for the community. We are always trying to look for one that’s interesting but not offensive,” explained Horn.
“I always try to keep the audience in mind. This play was written in 1924. I’m not sure about modern day but I know back in those days you were unable to sell the house unless you had filed your deed with the county. I think a lot of people in the community might remember those days. So searching for this deed was of utmost importance.”
The main character in the play feels a patchwork quilt is the only way to have some hold over her past. In this case that past is the deed to a house her husband left her that was a secret. Without the quilt, the elderly lady begins forgetting things.
Ivy Honomichel plays the elderly lady’s daughter, Anne.
“I wanted to do the play because all my friends are in it and it sounds really cool and I get a day off from school. It’s really fun because I get to dress up and be someone you’re not and it’s really cool and it’s a really good experience,” Honomichel said. “I think the play shows you that you need to be nice and understanding; that you have to give something to get something.”

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