Kajeda Fraser is a current senior attending THS. Kajeda is very active in her school as well as in the Torrington community. She is currently participating in Student Council as Senior Class President, Black Student Union as President, the Model United Nations Club as Ambassador of Finance, and on the Track & Field team. In her community, she volunteers with the YMCA year-round, with the Torrington Youth Service Bureau during Christmas time, and serves on the Mayor’s Committee on Youth as President during the school year. After high school, she plans to attend UCONN in the fall to study finance. In this newspaper, her goal is to write about more worldly topics that will interest the students of THS. In her free time, she enjoys trying out new recipes and reading “Chick Lit.”
Hamilton returned to the Bushnell Theatre in Hartford after three years. After waiting since the pandemic to see it live, I thought it lived up to the hype the movie received.
Jimmie ‘J.J.’ Jeter opened up the stage as Aaron Burr with a rousing start to “Alexander Hamilton”. He sang with contempt toward Tyler Fauntleroy, Alexander Hamilton, keeping the tension around the rivalry realistic.
The Schuyler Sisters gave a strong performance to their group song “The Schuyler Sisters”. Marja Harmon, who played Angelica Schuyler, took charge, giving the audience bold vocals during her part. Speaking of bold vocals, Lily Soto’s execution of “Burn” as Eliza Hamilton left me on the edge of my seat. She sang with the emotions of a woman truly scorned.
The actors were able to take their own spin on each character. The choreography was notably different from the original play, but I felt it was for the better. The movements were sharper, more exact, leaving me to dance with them. Every scene ended in an uproar of applause and deservedly so.