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The show centers around Spoonapple and her weekly productions, which feature helpful advice to kids on topics like good table manners and how to be a polite guest.

Even though she stages the show in her garage, she is already looking for her big break as a help-guru and is hoping to win a spot in the Kalamazoo Advice-a-palooza.

Student Keegan Snyder plays Scott, the boy who will ultimately steal Edwina’s heart.

The role is Snyder’s shot at acting in a modern-day play, after being in the school’s production of “Into the Woods.”

“I like the way his personality is,” Snyder said of his character. “He’s really smart.”

Unlike the other plays Snyder has been in, this show is a musical, and to win Edwina’s heart, Scott belts out a song at the end “and they fall in love,” Snyder said.

He had to overcome the challenge of singing to complete his role.

“I don’t sing very much,” he said, adding, “I like being on stage and having everybody watch me.”

Along with music, the show also features dancing.

Student Erica Payne plays Edwina’s neighbor, Kelly, who is a prima ballerina and dances to everything. Payne is also a dancer and enjoys working to perfect her role, coming up with dances on her own.

“When you’re in front of everybody, everybody can see you and they know how much work you’ve put in,” she said.

And what play would be complete without a fairy forkmother? Student Christina Burke plays the part and “teaches people how to set a table.”

Like her fellow cast members, she enjoys being on stage, even if it means having to perfect her singing.

“The words at the end of the song are pretty fast,” she said. “I had to practice that a lot.”

Although stage manager Kalyn Schroeder doesn’t have to sing, she must work to keep everything under control backstage.

“It’s taken quite a bit more work (than the last play), because there is so much going on,” she said.

And with all the singing on stage, there is also noise backstage.

“It’s really hard getting everybody to be quiet backstage,” she said.

But the work she puts in pays off when she sees a scene performed.

“When they go on stage and all the lights are on, you know that you’ve done that, that you’ve helped to put on a good show,” Schroeder said.

So break a leg! That’s what cast member Lee Sommerfeldt does in the first scene. Edwina is not too happy that his character can no longer perform and must find a replacement.

Like Edwina, Sommerfeldt also helped to make sure things ran smoothly in his last play, “Willie Wonka.”

And while this play “takes a lot more work,” he said he “just kind of likes acting.”

Like Edwina’s neighborhood productions, the junior high play gives students a chance to spend time with friends.

“I have fun hanging out with my friends after school,” Payne said.

Burke also enjoys being around the cast and crew.

“It’s been fun to get to hang out with my friends,” she said. “And I enjoy singing, so I’m glad I get to do that.”

The show also features audience interaction with cast members, along with a slew of lively songs. Tickets are $5 each. For more information, call Sealy Junior High at (979) 885-3292.

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