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Amanda Marie Locks is in trouble.
“Goldie,” as she is known to her friends, is on trial for breaking and entering, and destruction of private property.
Did she break into the Mr. F.D. Bare family home, consume porridge, break a chair and ruin a window screen in her haste to escape?
Students in the Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School production of “Goldilocks on Trial” will answer those questions in two performances at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, and 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, in the school commons.
The Stuart L. Sheeley one act play parodies the children’s story, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” as a TV courtroom drama.
Junior Joy Taubert is defendant Goldie Locks, who is well-liked by Judge Wendy Wiggins (portrayed by senior Lexi Drake).
Prosecutor (senior Leif Tollefson) and defense attorney (senior Tyrae Goodface) bring a parade of fairytale characters to serve as witnesses. The characters include the three members of the Bare family, Forest D. Bare (freshman Gavin Voss), Bonnie Bare (junior Tahliya Kruger) and Ermengarde Bare (eighth-grader Brooklynne Hubbard.)
Other witnesses include Wilma Hazel (sophomore Lexxus Wessels) as a witch, Harry “Duke” Wolfe (senior Anthony Beaner), Phoebe Neely, who lives in a shoe (freshman Sarah Prohl), Grumpy (senior Britton McKenzie), Clara Moffit (freshman Caidence Ellis) and bean grower Jack Dudley Klump (eighth-grader Tryg Tollefson).
Keeping the court proceedings moving is court clerk (junior Madison Gaugler).
“It’s funny, smart and enjoyable for a wide range of ages,” said director Amy Comp. “I’m excited, too, because our cast this year is larger than last year.”
There are 14 students taking the stage in the school’s annual spring drama production.
Last year nine H-BC students presented “The Crazy Quilt Club” after a two-year hiatus.
“Seeing many of these students grow from last year, and many of them grow in acting in just the past few weeks, has been absolutely wonderful, and their hard work is definitely noticed,” Comp said.
Next year the students may perform in the Minnesota State High School League one act play competition, Comp said.
Admission to the 30-minute production is $6 for adults and is free for students.