End of KH Players’ 2016-17 season

Justin Sweeney, opinions editor
April 13, 2017
Filed under News

After the Saturday night performance of Once Upon a Mattress, KH Players’ 2016-17 season came to a close. The program, which is supported by over 100 students, dozens of parents and a handful of directors, performed two mainstage shows, two Black Box shows, a one-act festival and won several awards a...

Senior Profile: Cara Palombo

Melanie Witt, news-features writer
April 12, 2017
Filed under Senior Magazine, Senior Profiles

A gasp sweeps across the audience as she makes her first appearance flying across the stage, holding an umbrella in one hand and a bag in the other. She is the star of the show: Mary Poppins. This moment was one of Cara Palombo‘s favorite memories from being a part of the KHS drama program. "[Theater] is the one thing that clicked for me," Cara said. "Nothing compares to being on stag...

Washing away diversity

Claire Boysen, opinions writer
March 8, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinions

You sit down on the couch after school, ready to watch your favorite TV show. You turn on the TV and see the same thing you always see: Friends, Full House, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Girl Meets World, and you realize one thing they have in common. White. Whether you’re aware of it or not, whitewashing is not...

Senior profiles: theater seniors

Justin Sweeney, features writer
May 12, 2016
Filed under Features

Senior profile: Matt O’Brien

Justin Sweeney, features writer
May 12, 2016
Filed under Uncategorized

Ever since Matt O’Brien appeared on stage as Hamlet in 2015, he has spent hundreds of hours rehearsing, preparing and performing in five different KH Players productions. Whether he is playing an intrusive backstage gangster (Kiss Me Kate) or an insensitive neighborhood jackass (Clybourne Park), Matt enjoys telli...

Senior profile: Claire Visnovske

Justin Sweeney, features writer
May 12, 2016
Filed under Uncategorized

Passing her love of theater to the next generation is the gift Claire Visnovske wants to give. Claire, who loves to work with children, has fallen in love with performing on stage. Although she’d love to work in professional theater right out of college, she hopes to teach drama long-term. Claire...

Senior column: the green room

Alexa Kannenberg, web managing editor
May 11, 2016
Filed under Senior Magazine

I remember my first class of high school vividly as I’m sure we all do. It was Drama I with Kelly Schnider. I ran into the green room right after my first high school bell rang. The unfamiliar room smelled of what I now know is stage makeup and coffee. The most unflattering mirrors in the world lined the ...

Performing under the stars

Laura Crews, writer
May 10, 2016
Filed under 2016 New staff stories

She tosses a stained makeup brush to the side and slides on her high-heeled character shoes. Struggling against the weight of hairspray and false eyelashes, her legs shake behind a red curtain about to lift. Sydney Jones, freshman, has grown up on stage, performing in shows like Aladdin at the Muny ...

Senior profile: Taylor Kinkead

Alexa Kannenberg, web managing editor
May 6, 2016
Filed under Senior Profiles

Walking on stage half-blinded by lights and full of nerves, Taylor Kinkead couldn’t feel more at home. The audience breaks into laughter as she gets water dumped on her, nags her apathetic husband or simply makes a face. But after the curtain closes and the nerves die down, Taylor's memory of her mo...

Kirkwood’s next top director

Justin Sweeney, features writer
February 8, 2016
Filed under Features

In a place where thousands of heartbroken girls were cut from auditions, Kristi Gunther flourished. Twelve years ago, Kristi Gunther, director of KHS’s freshman/sophomore play, fought for a spot on America’s Next Top Model after her New York college friends urged her to audition for the third season in 2004. A...