Melonie Kotschwar
  • Psychology & Theology
  • Class of 2018
  • Minden, Neb.

Melonie Kotschwar performs in "The Call of the Wild" for local school and public

2015 Feb 9

Students from Concordia University, Nebraska will perform a play adaptation of Jack London's book "The Call of the Wild" for the Seward Middle School at 2:15 p.m. on Feb. 11. The public is invited to attend the two other showings of the play at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 12 at the Seward Memorial Library and at 7 p.m. on Feb. 13 in the Thom Leadership Education Center auditorium at Concordia.

Students participating in the play include:

Melonie Kotschwar, a junior from Seward, Neb.

Concordia students Stephanie Wilde and Ben Leeper adapted this play from the book to showcase a young dog's life in the wild and touch on the themes of greed, abuse and hope in the book.

"I am excited to see this done as a play adaptation of the book I remember reading when I was young," Wilde said.

A brief time for discussion will follow each performance.

The production is part of The Big Read project in Seward, a series of reading events focused on London's book. The Big Read is funded by a $4,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts awarded to the Plum Creek Children's Literacy Festival, Friends of Seward Library, Seward Memorial Library and Chapters Books & Gifts.