CCES Middle School Performs: THE KING AND I

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Photos From The Play

Christ Church Episcopal Middle and Lower School students in
the school's production of The King and I, which was performed
on May 16 and 17. More than 100 students were in the cast.

On May 16 and 17 the Middle School performed Rodgers and Hammerstein's beloved musical, The King and I, with a cast and crew of more than one hundred students led by eighth-graders Smyth McKissick as the King of Siam and Sarah Evert as Anna Leonowens.

Set in the early 1860s, the King wants his many children to be educated for a changing world. With 63 brightly costumed Lower School students participating in non-speaking parts as the King's children, the March of the Siamese Children proved a grand and colorful highlight of the show. This was the sixth musical play production by the Middle School and the first to involve so many students from the Lower School.

Other leading parts were played by eighth-graders Elizabeth McDonald as Tuptim, Virginia Offerle as Lady Thiang, and Hamilton Timmons in dual roles as Kralahome and Lun Tha. Fifth-grader William Windsperger played the role of Prince Chululongkorn.

The King and I was jointly directed by Lower School Music instructor Rita Hughes, serving as Music Director, and Upper School Spanish teacher Jennifer Mabry, serving as Director of Drama and Choreography.

On these pages enjoy the cast photos taken by CCES parent Nick McLane.