Anson High Drama Club members are hard at work preparing the Ansonia Theatre’s stage for their production of “The Outsiders” which will be performed Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21.

The backdrop was recently painted a flat white in preparation for a design Anson High School teacher Daniel Webb will paint. Stage pieces were brought out of storage or built by teacher Marshall Ray’s students.

Students brought clothes and searched the supply of costumes to make sure that the actors would represent the culture of teens in the 1950s and early ’60s. Erin Thomas and Hannah Knotts practiced applying scars and burns to the actors, as well as planned the makeup for all of the actors.

“The Outsiders” is the story of a teen gang in rural Oklahoma, the Greasers, who are perpetually at odds with the Socials, a rival group. When the Greasers’ Ponyboy (Gage Tarlton) and Johnny (Vince Gilmore) get into a brawl that ends in the death of a Social member, the boys are forced to go into hiding.

Soon Ponyboy and Johnny, along with the intense Dallas (Brian Delp) and their other Greaser buddies, must contend with the consequences of their violent lives. While some Greasers try to achieve redemption, others meet tragic ends.

The cast also includes Trevor Flake, Tristan Dickson, Madi Martin, Joshua Barbour, Max Martin, Destiny Cole, Emily Black, Savannah Bennett, Iris Seegar, Breanna Ingram, Saima Nadeem and Havillyn McCullam. Teacher Liz Rockett is directing.

Tickets are available at the high school and the Ansonia.

Contributed photo Hannah Knotts, Justice Leak and Joshua Barbour paint the backdrop at the Ansonia Theatre for “The Outsiders.”
https://ansonrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/web1_The-Outsiders-1.jpgContributed photo Hannah Knotts, Justice Leak and Joshua Barbour paint the backdrop at the Ansonia Theatre for “The Outsiders.”

Contributed photo Madi Martin, Gage Tarlton and Trevor Flake are all part of the cast of “The Outsiders.”
https://ansonrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/web1_The-Outsiders-2-resized.jpgContributed photo Madi Martin, Gage Tarlton and Trevor Flake are all part of the cast of “The Outsiders.”

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