Captain Nemo Junior Play Held at Worth County

“Finding Nemo” was performed at the Worth County School Play last weekend. The play, which involved 20 students who had practiced for weeks, involved the protagonist, Nemo (Krista Monticue), who had an overly protective father, Marlin (Unique Brown), who wouldn’t let Nemo go anywhere. Nemo’s mother had died before her eggs had hatched, so Marlin hatched them. They had a knockdown dragout argument over it, but just as Nemo resolves to run away and prove to their dad that they can make it on their own, they are hooked in a net and taken away from somewhere off the Florida coast to Sydney (Australia), where they are put in an aquarium for people to see.

But Marlin resolves to find Nemo, even if it means going thousands of miles away, and he is joined by Dory (Addison Gray), a fish who has such major memory problems, she can’t remember what happened just a minute ago. But she is a perpetual cheerleader and optimist, to the point where it drives Marlin crazy. 

Meanwhile, Nemo finds some new friends in his new abode, including Gill (Evalyn Gilland), who is a perpetual optimist who is always hopeful that they will get out and is always hatching new schemes to try to get herself and her friends out of the aquarium and into the sea. 

There are plenty of other characters along the way, including Professor Ray (Lexi Snead), who is always encouraging her class to explore the wonders of the deep sea, Bruce (Jarrett Gilland) and Chum (Silas Brown), two sharks who have to keep reminding themselves that fish are friends, not food, and plenty of other characters.

Will Marlin and friends find Captain Nemo? Will he survive an attack from an army of jellyfish? And Nemo has his worries. Will his dad embrace him, or will he punish him brutally for ever thinking of running away? 

Participating in the play were Krista Monticue (Nemo), Unique Brown (Marlin), Addison Gray (Dory), Arenna Galanakis (Coral/Bloat/Crush), Kaydence Downing (Pearl), Brooklyn Smith (Sheldon), Laura Hansen (Tad), Lexi Snead (Professor Ray), Sara Fletchall (Scuba Mask Dancer/Seagull), Jarrett Gilland (Bruce), Silas Brown (Chum), Lola Morin (Bubbles), Emsley Spainhower (Gurgle), Paige Chaney (Peach), Evalyn Gilland (Gill), Gracie Thurman (Nigel), Breeanna Ray (Squirt), Renae Gladstone (Ensemble), Kinley Fletchall (Ensemble),  and Lincoln Wake (Vacationer). Ethan Frese worked the lights and Lucas Frisch was the stagehand.

The play was made possible by a Disney Theatrical grant. The Worth County PTO made a donation which allowed the school to get new lights for the stage.