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News
SUMMER 2015
Faculty Knows How to Funk
Chris Kelly
Staff Writer
A comedy production put on by teachers sounds like one of
the campiest, most
embarrassing things
you could possibly be
subjected to. Even
the name reeks of
camp.
But anyone expecting this in the
audience for Faculty
Follies was thrown for
a theatrical loop. This
sort of production
usually resembles an
elaborate cross between a cheer team,
a propaganda video, and an SNL skit,
but OCSA’s production was filled to the
brim with light-hearted jabs at the school,
dance productions,
and wonderfully dry
self-mockery.
This year’s production was written and
produced by teachers and students
alike, which gave the
entire show a personable, friendly feel. It
was like seeing aunts
and uncles perform
a dance number,
awkward and silly,
but thoroughly enjoyable. Turns out
Mrs. Shiroma can
dance— who knew?
The pre-taped
videos and sketches
were charming.
Jeremy Hansuvadha publicly promposes to Rachel Gorman in the
Faculty Follies skit on the stairwell. The event horrified Kathleen Witlock, Katie Rush, Randy Au, John Spreklemeyer, and Carrie Combs.
Photo courtesy of: Cheryl Walsh
From their own
OCSA rendition of
“Mean Tweets” in
which teachers read
some of the nastier
things we say about
them (Mme. Carrie’s
was particularly terrifying. She corrected
the tweet’s pronunciation with steely
stare at the audience) to a hilariously
accurate depiction
of the commute on
the stairwell involving
a stairwell bistro and
an awkward prom
proposal.
One of the centerpieces of the production was an OC-
SA-themed version
of “Mean Girls” with
the 5th floor teachers, directed by junior
Christopher Tjajadi
(FTV), that provided a
charming caricature
of how the teachers
see each other.
Chemistry teacher
Marla Cross was the
Regina George of
the group. Government and Health
teacher Julie Scheppele and US History teacher Carrie
Combs participated
in a plot to take
down the dastardly,
scheming Cross.
Faculty Follies was
exactly the unexpected experience
one needs around
the end of the year,
just the thing for the
confused freshman
and the deadened
senior alike. Unfortunately, it doesn’t
come around every
year.
The last faculty follies was back in 2010.
Bad news for seniors,
but 7th and 8th
graders have a shot
at catching 2020’s
performance if it
takes that long, and
it absolutely can’t be
missed.