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'The Purple Fan'

Members of the cast and crew of "The Purple Fan" have been rehearsing for the fall play since mid-September. Pictured are (in front, from left) Brent Van Aartsen, Barry Hoogland, (second row) Emily Brandel, Melissa Boeve, Lexi Jauert, Allana Gacke, Laura Vogt, Danielle Deragisch, Jocelyn Alschlager, Ashley Gacke, Katie Kannenberg, Hannah Breyfogle, (third row) Daniel Amborn, Katie Jauert, Kyle Bitterman, Katie Walgrave, Cara Wynia, Jamison Tooley, (last row, standing) Sarah Foerster, Austin Hoiland, Matt Hamann, Ali Ceynowa, Morgan Rider, Sandra Willers, Dawn Holtrop, Darren Fransen, director Carol Ceynowa and Dustin Donth.

Performances of "The Purple Fan" will be Nov. 16, 17 and 18 in the Luverne High School theater. The play is set thousands of years ago in China. The story is about a beggar, My Ling, who uncovers a magical purple fan and a ghost named Quen. My Ling is the only one who can see the playful ghost, and she realizes the purple fan is the only way to find the princess who has been lost for several years. The beggar sets off to find the princess, because the emperor has offered great riches to the one who locates his daughter. Along the way she encounters many obstacles and adventures.

"I chose this play because of the artistic challenge," Ceynowa was quoted as saying in the school paper, the Echo. "This is a senior college play that I was given no dance or music for, so I have artistic reign over all of it. It's like being given a picture that has only one third of the lines drawn and you get to complete it the way you think it would be."

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