Woodland Middle School puts on first play in five years

Woodland — Drama students at Woodland Middle School performed the school’s first play in more than five years, “Big Bad,” a courtroom drama depicting the trial of the Big Bad Wolf. The play involved a cast of sixth- through eighth-graders directed by Ronda Oathes, who teaches the new drama class. “I’ve wanted to put on a play since I first started teaching in Woodland, so when the school was looking for additional extracurricular activities for our students, I suggested a drama club,” she said in a release from the district. “At first, I thought we might have a handful of students, but then 42 signed up.”