Mean Girls production by Four Winds School impresses audience

By Stephen Dafoe
In their second theatrical outing in as many years, Four Winds Public School took on Mean
Girls, running four shows over two days on May 29 and 30 at the Morinville Community
Cultural Centre.
The show featured a cast of 21 Performing Arts Academy students who were assigned their parts
in January and have diligently rehearsed their lines, songs, and choreography since February.
Like the film that inspired it, Mean Girls Junior delves into the complex world of high school
politics. The show’s narrative revolves around Cady Heron (Arrow Hurrie), a newcomer to the
social scene who manages to infiltrate the notorious Plastics clique led by the cunning Regina
George (Chelsea Thiffault).
Other key cast members included Dacie Allen as Karen Smith and Thea Womack as Gretchen
Wieners, the other two members of the Plastics. Charlotte Anheliger in the role of Janice (Janis)
Ian and Hudson Hagland in the role of Damien Leigh, Cady’s two non-plastics friends, and Zack
Trithart as love interest Aaron Samuels round out the main cast.
For about 75 minutes, attendees saw a well-paced, well-choreographed, well-acted, and well-lit
performance. The creative use of rear projection highlighted musical numbers and acted as
scenery change, playing well with the theme and the production.