Bridgeport took first place Monday on home stage during the Southern Platte Valley Association conference play production competition.Two thespians, Cassandra Hopwood and Hanna Berry, received All Conference actress awards. Also competing were Sutherland, Kimball, Hershey, North Platte St. Pats, Perkins County and Chase County schools.
Nearly a week after the community dinner theater, Bridgeport’s production of “A Girl Called Opal” took center stage. The one act, written by Robert Lindsay-Nassif, and directed by Kristen Kraupie and Costa Lapaseotes, is the story of a girl who was the lone survivor of a shipwreck that killed her family. The French girl is renamed Opal (Emilie Miller) upon her placement as a ward by a man (Ricky Vargas) in a harsh widow woman’s (Katie Eckhardt) home, deep in the woods of a milling town. Opal is treated badly and is forced into endless chores to earn her keep. Feeling utterly alone, Opal befriends a hog, who ultimately becomes breakfast and brings in enough income for the two to live on.
An array of townsfolk make up the city center, including a store owner (Lars Strawn), a school teacher, (Delaney Pohl), two gossipy sisters, (Gabby Flores and Anahi Sosa Barron), and a wise old woman, Sadie (Cassandra Hopwood), who gives advice to Opal and helps her stay strong.
