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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

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Singing Let it Go to the crowd, Free State alumnus Elizabeth Heinz performs as Elsa in the Penguin Project’s production of Frozen Jr.

FEATURE: Penguin Project Performs Frozen Jr.

Jonah Frye, Reporter August 27, 2024

The Penguin Project started five years ago in Lawrence and is a part of over 50 chapters nationwide. The project aims to allow neurodiverse kids to participate in theatre and express themselves within...

Photo by Addie Driscoll

Black Box Theatre Festival Director Profiles

Nisa Khosh and Natasha Torkzaban September 15, 2021

  Mary Kate Shultz, senior What’s the title of your show? What’s it about? “My play is titled jackpot, it takes place in a small town. The protagonist is a teenager who works...

Senior Madeline Chestnut balances an apple on her head during "The Pajama Game." Chestnut played the role of Babe Williams, the head of the Grievance Committee.

“The Pajama Game” review

ryan liston, co-online editor in chief December 5, 2013

As the lights dimmed in the auditorium, I thought, “This will probably be a cheesy play all about pajamas.” I soon found out that I was dead wrong. “The Pajama Game” was much more than a simple...

Coming Soon

sarah lieberman and sean chilcoat, reporters December 10, 2012

Sophomore Savannah Reeb’s frequent Starbucks runs just got much more convenient. The first drive-thru Starbucks in Lawrence will be located west of Burger King. It is planned to be open in late 2012...

Behind The Walls

austin fisher, katherine corliss September 21, 2010

As only a single part of the myriad people who have come and gone through the Free State doors for the past 13 years, one rarely stops to consider how each unseen element of our school comes together to...

School Musical

allison harwood November 4, 2009

Sing. Dance. Act. Repeat.   When someone takes part in a musical, they have to go above and beyond the call of a regular actor. Actors in musicals must sing, dance and act, and do it well.    "I'm...

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