How do you put on a musical in the middle of a pandemic? Health experts say singing spreads the novel coronavirus more easily than normal conversing.
Of course, using masks would be a solution for the actors to keep COVID-19 in check on stage, but what about the audience? Could you adequately social distance all of the parents and others who want to view Waverly-Shell Rock High Schoolâs fall musical production in Rada Auditorium?
In true 2020 problem solving, the schoolâs performance direction team found a way to get it done â have a virtual production.
W-SR will hold three streaming presentations of Disneyâs âNewsies,â the 2011 stage adaptation of the 1992 film. They will be online at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, with tickets available online through a link at the districtâs website at wsr.k12.ia.us.