Tahoma Junior High drama club will be performing “Let’s Hang Him and Read the Will” in The Commons at Tahoma Junior High School at 7 pm on April 20.

They will also three performances at at noon, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on April 21. Tickets are $7 general admission, $5 students, and free for 5 and under at the door.

The play is made up of actors who are in eighth and ninth grade at Tahoma Jr. High.

Most of them are “seasoned” actors who have been the program for three to four years and have had experiences in acting both in elementary school and outside of the school setting.

Students have to wait until they get to junior high to be able to do the school’s “straight” or non-musical plays.

Each year the school does one non-musical play in which students who are not comfortable with the singing/dancing and hustle/bustle of the musical productions can join and learn the craft of acting.

While researching their characters and the setting of the play, students learn a lot about history, other regions and people other than themselves. In our current production, the setting is the south.

Students have been working on developing Southern accents that make sense for their particular characters.