Here's a great article about Valencia High School drama teacher Ignazio Sanchez and the recent production of "A Christmas Carol" his students' staged in Los Lunas. In a more just world, high school theater would always get this much coverage:
The drama classroom at Valencia High School is abuzz with activity and the controlled chaos that marks the final week before the opening night of a major production.
On Saturday afternoon, several dozen VHS students and community volunteers gathered at the school for a dress rehearsal of Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol."
Cast members pull together costumes in various stages of readiness. There are capes with straight pins in the hem and dresses in need of finishing. Cratchit kids pair period shirts and vests with modern day track pants.
Drama teacher and theater director Ignacio Sanchez deftly instructs cast members and crews on what is still left to be done. "It's always like this — it all looks like chaos and then, when the curtain goes up, it all comes together," he says with a nervous laugh.
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