This year Sacred Heart High School’s Crusader Productions are taking their audience back to the year 1959, to Clinton, Ontario when 14 year old Steven Truscott was wrongly accused and hence convicted in the rape and murder of 12 year old Lynne Harper. “Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott” was written by Beverly Cooper. Presenting a play about an actual event is a different approach for the school, but promises to be a very thought provoking production. Drama teacher, Veronica Davidson, said that the event not only “rocked Clinton, but the entire nation”. The play shows how children were taken from a carefree summer day to the tragedy of a horrendous crime and how it changed them. The student actors visited the actual locations that are depicted in the play to get a true sense of how their characters may have felt. Dyllan Mooser who plays Steven, said it was intimidating to be in the courthouse and felt a sense of coldness and despair when sitting in the cell at the jail. “I felt like I was walking in his (Steven’s) footsteps, and understood how unfortunate it all was,” he added. The students also visited the woods where Lynne’s body was found and held a special prayer service there. The play is being presented in the gym at Sacred Heart School in Walkerton from Wednesday, May 20th to Saturday, May 23rd. Tickets are $15.00 for Adults and $10.00 for Students and Seniors. Tickets are available at SHHS’s Main Office and Marlin Travel in Walkerton and can also be purchased at the door. Seating is limited and numbered, therefore it is recommended you purchase your tickets early to avoid disappointment. For more information, please call the school at 519-881-1900.
Photo: Dyllan Mooser (sitting) portrays Steven Truscott in the SHHS production of Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott and is pictured as he is being interrogated by OPP Constable Hobbs, who is played by Marc Glipo . – Town Crier photo
