Written by Vanessa Gonzalez and Valeria Torres
Inclusivity to the max! Class of 2019 managed to bring back past members of skit and include new members through dances, actors, and stage crew! Seniors emphasized the message of a journey and working together as a team throughout the plot.
After four years of hard work and preparations for the annual skit, Logan seniors performed their final skit Friday, May 9th, 2019. Even after the many delays, they still managed to put on an excellent show! One that left many of the graduating seniors on the stands full of emotions and watery eyes. They initiated their performance with a slideshow of images from the past skits and themes and ended it with them in their gowns, the inclusivity of previous skit cast members into the plotline resembled a timeline of the class of 2019’s progress skit-wise.
“My favorite performance of the senior skit was when all the princesses came out, it was beautiful! Each princess I felt like represented the diversity we have here at Logan and matched their description so well,” said senior Salvador Esquibel. Esquibel was very excited to see the senior skit, applauding for his friends and even getting emotional during some of the scenes and dances.
“We’re really graduating soon,” Esquibel says.
The senior class theme was Wreck-It Ralph, the stage and plotline complimented the theme well with candy themed and eye-catching backdrops. The plotline followed Ralph, played by Ruben Navarro and Vanellope played by Anna Hirayama as they encounter the loss of previous skit themes because they were being “unplugged”. Ralph sets out with Vanellope to find 3 items that can stop the unplugging. Ralph eventually gives up when Vanellope gets the motivation to finish their journey. The concept that all journeys must come to an end with the signature class quote, “It’s been fun but now I’ve got to go.”
It’s a miracle that an amazing skit production came out of a 2-week break from the original week for designated for skit. Senior class president and Director of Senior Skit, Johan Casal comments on how the delay affected the skit, “It was difficult to pick up speed again knowing we only had 2 weeks left after powderpuff to finish our skit…many people left skit in general. It was sad but I’m glad everything turned around in the end.”
Alyssa Tornel from the writer’s group chimed in about the dynamic of this crucial group to the making of the production. “There were a couple of times where we would just be sitting staring at the board because of writer’s block but once we got out of that, the ideas just kept coming and led to our final product.”
Tornel also thanks and raves about how the students who handled props and managed participants backstage contribute to the success of the class of 2019’s skit, “A lot of what happens backstage helps skit flow but you just don’t see all the work they do.”
It was overall an amazing production with minimal errors, skit season is an amazing opportunity that has brought creatives and “regular” students together to make something that their class should be proud of. From dancers to artists to writers to actors to management, there’s a place for everyone in skit and class of 2019 did an amazing job on the shining the light on as many people as possible in their skit!
