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MUSICAL
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Shuttles from Lot D to the stage
entrance may be available, said
Flora, adding that the show is not
being staged at Lakeview Middle
School due to construction.
“There is an elevator right by that
lot so if we can’t get a shuttle,” she
said, “like golf cart or something,
then we’ll open the elevator so they
can kind of get through the build-
ing. They can come into the building
right there, take the elevator up to
this level, and then walk past the caf-
eteria to get down here.”
Besides Flora, the production
team also consists of: costumes -


Stephanie Hiaeshutter and Nicole
DeGraff; vocal music - Jessica Claud
and Luis Rodriguez; and, choreogra-
phy - Briana Berning.
Flora said she has been not only
directing LMS Masque productions
for the past 11 years but also sum-
mer productions for area youths who
can’t get enough of theatre.
Starting in the 2024-2025 school
year, Flora will direct all district
plays and musicals on all levels,
elementary through high school.
“For the elementary show especial-
ly, and sometimes the middle school
too, I like to have our high schoolers
doing all the things and always look
for those that are interested in the
behind the scenes things,” said Flora,
“from directing to helping with cho-
reography and music to all the things
the mentors currently do, depending
on what the high school groups inter-
est and ability allow for.”
For “Wimpy,” Flora’s assistant
vocal director is Luis Rodriguez who
is an upcoming sophomore she calls
“Absolutely amazing” with the cast.
“This is last year’s fourth through
eighth graders so this cast is next
year’s, fifth through ninth graders,”
said Flora. “So it’s the final show at
the middle school level for the eighth
graders going into the summer.”
The youngest cast member is nine
and was slated to join the first full
presentation of the show Wednesday,
July 17 in the Black Box Theatre for
302 summer school students, said
Flora.
“The kids in that age group, they
just want more theater,” explained
Flora. “We want them to have more
opportunities in the community to do
that. So I’m like, Okay, we’ll do a
summer show.”
While there is a participation fee
much like the ones athletes have to
pay to play sports, the cost is still
less expensive than attending a pro-

fessional theatre camp, said Flora.
Participation fees help pay for the
scripts and costume pieces, she said,
adding that kids wanting to partici-
pate but can’t afford the fees can pri-
vately request special arrangements
that are kept confidential.
“I don’t want money to be a bar-
rier,” she said.
Parents have also been pitching in,
helping with costumes and props.
Flora said the story of surviving
middle school seems to resonate with
her middle school cast.
“I know the kids knew the books
because they read them at middle
school,” said Flora. “But they’ve
taken to the music, they’ve taken to,

like, the story of the script. And like,
the whole story is basically about
middle school life and being stuck in
the middle. Elementary, you do all
these fun field trips, they’re growing,
they’re cute, they’re adorable. And
then high school, it’s like they’re
getting ready for college. They’re
grown. They’re cute, they’re ador-
able, but middle school just kind of
gets almost forgot. Like, this is the
‘middle child syndrome.’ And it just
talks about how you know, how to
survive middle school. Greg’s story
is that he has to decide between being
popular and his best friend. So it’s
really, really good.”
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