The curtain goes up on the Minnesota State High School League One-Act Play Festival this week, and the spotlight will shine on the Park Rapids Area High School (PRAHS) drama department.
PRAHS holds the state record for taking one-act plays to state competition.
Carrying on that tradition, they earned their 31st trip to St. Paul by winning first place at the Section 6A contest, held Feb. 4 in Hawley.
PRAHS will be one of eight Single A schools performing on the O'Shaughnessy stage at St. Catherine's University. Park Rapids competes at 3:15 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10.
They are performing “Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Hyde Play,” written by Lauren Wilson. A dark comedy set in the Victorian era, the play is an adaptation of the classic book “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Drama director Abby Jasmer said, “This year, we took on the challenge of bringing a farcical dark comedy to life. We had so much fun building this thow and creating the world of Jekyll and Hyde. I am incredibly proud of this group of kids and their hard work."
Other Single A one-act plays competing at 2023 state tournament are Belle Plaine, Esko, Southland, Mora, Central Minnesota Christian, Bagley and New Life Academy.
PRAHS one-act plays previously reached the state tournament in 1961, 1963-64, 1968, 1972-73, 1975-1980, 1982, 1987-91, 1993-94, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2009-11, 2014, 2017 and 2018 and 2020.
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