The Mount Pleasant Junior High School Theatre Department presented their One Act play, “Small Actors,” at the Junior High One Act Play competition in Sulphur Springs on Saturday, November 16. The cast took 3rd place with four members earning individual honors: Clayton Miller was named to the All-Star Cast, Jeffrey Bond and Madison Zepeda earned Honorable Mention All-Star Cast, and Gracie Martinez won a Best Crew award.

In “Small Actors”, Emily desperately wants to play the lead in her high school’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Instead, she gets a one-line, four-word role. None the less, she tells her parents (who will be out of town during the performance) that she got the lead, and suddenly, things spin way out of control. Mom and Dad cancel their vacation plans and invite every relative they can round up to come visit and see their daughter play Juliet. This outlandishly funny and very touching play is about the roles we all play—in theatre and in life.

The production featured Madison Zepeda as Emily, Jeffrey Bond as Jason, Patricia Gonzalez as Laura, Clayton Miller as Paul, Azariah Rudd as Mrs. Phelps, Thomas Nguyen Mahoney as Samuel, Alexis Mahoney as Keshia, Sadera Lamperd as Wendy/Juliet, Summer Murrillo and Kevin Mendoza in the chorus of Romeo and Juliet, Dawson Hernandez as Romeo, and Evan Reed as Uncle Frank. Crew members included Gracie Martinez on sound and Alivia Newman on lights. The play was directed by Crystal Francis-Peel and Crystalla Anderson with MPHS Theatre Director, Dr. Edward Lee, providing technical direction.

Photo: The cast and crew of “Small Actors”