"Crabapple Academy" cast members include (front row, from left) Ivy Thurston, Angela Cena; (middle row) Shelby Peters, Megan LaRocque, Colleen St. Onge; (back row) Erin Barthelemy, Audrey Wyers, Lewis Steiner, Samantha Kitchen, Molly Dandona, Nickole Lanczak, and Dana Perry. Rehearsing "Crabapple Academy: A Comedy" Monday, April 28, the LaSalle High School Players are preparing to perform the play for St. Ignace students Thursday and Friday. A performance is open to the public and begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students, and $15 for families.

The actors portray rambunctious second grade students who give their substitute teacher a rough beginning. High school English teacher Kathy Schacht is directing the production that teaches a lesson about not following peer pressure. The young characters, who want to be popular and liked, surmise that means not studying.

Teacher Beatrice Quackenbush, played by Audrey Wyers, advises the second grade class, "Make yourselves into a class of winners. Be successful. Then it won't matter what anybody else thinks."

The actors have been rehearsing lines since February and will perform four songs.