The Fall Play presents The Match Game!

Last Friday, Carlynton’s annual Match Game was held to support the fall play, Our Town.  In the Match Game, the fall play cast dresses up as various characters, from movie stars to YouTube sensations.  The first round's MCs were the Sanderson Sisters, played by Marco Moorby, Hayley Kerns, and Jaimee Cabili, who began with a choreographed song and dance number.

The Game consists of two rounds and two teams each, pitting cast members against one another in a battle of points; the team with the most points in the end wins.  However, the winning team is more to the benefit of the audience; at the beginning of each round, an audience member is chosen for each team to compete and possibly win fall play tickets. 

To win the tickets, the chosen audience members answer fill-in-the-blank questions presented to their team; the goal is to write an answer that matches one of the team member’s answers. If the answers match (hence the name “Match Game”), the team receives a point.  For example, a question presented to the teams was “Carlynton has a new (motto): Community, Character, _______.” In response to the prompt, an audience member wrote “Bananas” to match with a cast member portraying Donkey Kong. Because they both wrote the same answer, the respective team won a point.

In the second round, audience members got a kick out of cast members portraying teachers from
Carlynton, such as Ms. Begg, Mr. Palonis, Mrs. Fischer, and Ms. Nocera.  Kyle Auth impersonanted Mr. Kozy as the MC for Round Two. Daniel Badger, Mrs. Badger’s son, imitated his mother by sporting her trademark lab coat, bun, and various test tubes. 

Ms. Enck, portrayed by Elana Heffner, received an “autograph” from William Shakespeare, someone the real Ms. Enck vocally admires. Evan Walker, the cast member behind William Shakespeare, spoke exclusively in improvised rhymes and witty puns, causing the audience to burst out in laughter on numerous occasions.

Also, students in the audience chuckled at the interactions between Mr. Kozy and Mr. Stagl, longtime friends who are often seen hanging out in the hallway.  At the end of the round, all of the cast members who took part in the Match Game gathered on the stage for a group photo. We’re looking forward to seeing the cast in Our Town, which runs from December 4-8.

Abigail McClain, 11th grade