Humbletown Bringing Laughter to Roland-Story

By Kara H.

On November 8th and 9th, the Roland-Story Fall Play cast and crew performed the show Humbletown: The Greatest Town on Earth, with lots of success! This year’s fall play was a comedy that was about a small town named Humbletown and how it came to be, alongside many other fun little adventures and events. 

The show was told through two contradicting narrators, Jenny and Old-Timer, who were played by Rylee Wolff and John Craig. These characters were constantly found bickering and making nonsense of the history of Humbletown, resulting in the play telling its history a little differently than what is to be expected. One scene that had this was over The Great Depression, but was known as The Great Saddysaddysadtime in the play. Here we got to see different characters arguing on where to put their money and investments, as well as who they should blame for all their troubles. They ended up blaming a Scapegoat, played by Max Koppes, that was a goat who had a sign saying “Scapegoat” on it.

Now, when it comes to Roland-Story’s Fall Play, there is a tradition that on the last night of shows, the actors can change up their lines as long as it doesn’t alter the plot of the play altogether. This year’s show was extra chaotic and the audience never knew what to expect, especially on the second night when Dylan Nims changed “You wouldn’t because you get all your news from TMZ,” to “You wouldn’t because you get all your new from Story City People,” (The Facebook group for the people who live in Story City). This slight change in the script made the entire auditorium fill with laughter, and even the actors on and off stage were laughing too.

“My favorite part was definitely the phone scene on the second night. I love having some improv thrown into the show, especially when it’s relevant to the community and really hits close to home comedic wise,” said Pearl Wagner, a senior in the cast who played seven roles. The play has 133 total possible characters, so many of the actors had to play up to 9 different ones!

Humbletown: The Greatest Town on Earth had a wonderful turnout and is a wonderful show that the cast, crew, and directors should all be proud of. Unfortunately, the show can no longer be watched. Roland-Story’s Spring Musical is now starting up, and will be having performances on March 5th, 7th and 8th. This year’s musical is Anything Goes and you won’t want to miss it!

 


Location: Story City, IA 50248, USA

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