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![“When I came into high school, I was ready to be a follower. But DECA was a game changer for me. It helped me overcome my fear of public speaking, and it's played such a major role in who I've become today. To be able to successfully lead a chapter of 150 students, an officer team and be one of the upperclassmen I once really admired is something I'm [really] proud of,” Anvitha Tummala ('21) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.50.05-AM-900x594.png)
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![“[Volleyball has] taught me how to fall correctly, and another thing it taught is that you don’t have to be the best at something to be good at it. If you just hit the ball in a smart way, then it still scores points and you’re good at it. You could be a background player and still make a much bigger impact on the team than you would think,” Anya Gert (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AnnaGert_JinTuan_HoHPhotoEdited-600x900.jpeg)
![“I'm not nearly there yet, but [my confidence has] definitely been getting better since I was pretty shy and timid coming into Harker my freshman year. I know that there's a lot of people that are really confident in what they do, and I really admire them. Everyone's so driven and that has really pushed me to kind of try to find my own place in high school and be more confident,” Alyssa Huang (’20) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AlyssaHuang_EmilyChen_HoHPhoto-900x749.jpeg)
Fall play cast gathers for first rehearsal after auditions and callbacks conclude
Junior Dilara Ezer and senior Maxwell Woehrman rehearse an excerpt of a scene from “The Comedy of Errors” during callbacks yesterday. The play will be performed from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28 at the Blackford theater.
September 8, 2017
Rehearsals for the fall play, “The Comedy of Errors,” began today after the cast list was announced via email to students last night.
Twenty sophomores, juniors and seniors will perform in the play while around 10 freshmen will illustrate an opening sequence in the first 10 minutes of the play, using puppets and invented props to visually portray a long monologue for the audience.
“[The play] requires people to make huge choices, and so that was exciting, because people did bring in big choices, but it’s challenging,” director of the play Jeffrey Draper said. “This play will demand a lot of them, in a good way.”
Rehearsals will be held daily in Draper’s room from 3 to 6 p.m., with exceptions for special events such as Sophomore Juries performances and Student Directed Showcase auditions.
The cast will perform three shows from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28 at the Blackford theater. “The Comedy of Errors” will be the last fall play held at the middle school.
Correction: September 10, 2017
A previous version of this piece incorrectly stated that the cast is to perform two shows on Oct. 26 and Oct. 28. This article has been corrected to reflect the cast’s performance schedule of three shows from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28.
