Mystery, excitement, and comedy are the ingredients for this year’s Spring play, Chateau La Roach!

The story consisted of a pleasant country hotel that becomes infested with cockroaches. This nuisance suddenly becomes a disaster, when the owner of the establishment discovers that a health inspector will be visiting the hotel in a disguise as a regular patron.

The owners and entire staff are in an uproar as they try to discover which of their guests is the health inspector, and exterminate the pests at the same time.

Julie Farmer and Dustin Lammers co-starred in this year’s production.

The play was performed three times. The students performed once for the VHS students on Friday, March 17 at 9:30 a.m. and at 7:00 p.m. for the public. They also performed on Monday, March 20 for the students at the local grade schools.

Julie Farmer is a senior at VHS. She played Mimi Laroche in this year’s play. Julie commented, "I was excited about the play this year, and even though we didn’t have as much time to practice as we normally do, I knew we would do great. The play went really well, and I knew we had to make it great because last year’s was so great.

Mrs. Guest is the drama teacher and the drama club sponsor at Vienna High School. She commented, "The kids worked very hard to get this play ready. I think it went great. I really enjoyed watching the kids work on their accents and seeing them loosen up. I can’t wait until next year’s play!"

The cast of the Chateau Laroche was: Julie Farmer as "Mimi", Dustin Lammers as "Francois", Kenzie Bradshaw as "Robin", Brad Childress as "Paolo", Teena Harms as "Happy", Elizabeth Byrn as "Elsie", Tara Gianneschi as "Gina", Brandi Fisher "Roskel", Racheal Ferrell as "Josie", Clint Collins as "Jip", Meghan Douglass as "Enira", Sarah Bradshaw as "Madame Zillinda", Steven Blackman as "Nigel", Jessica Pender as "Lola", Will Thomas as "Ronnie", Erin Kerley as "Hanula", Terrah Mullins as "Liza", and Cory Evetts as "Roach."

The VHS Drama Club worked in committees to get ready for the play. The committees were: Advertising/Marketing, Sound/Lighting, Hospitality, Make-up/Costumes, and Set Design.

The VHS Drama Club and Mrs. Guest would like to thank Mr. Josh Stafford and Shawnee Community College for allowing the use of the microphones and the sound system for the play.