Relative of former Minonk resident gets leading role

Thursday, July 21, 2005 - Posted 10:10:48 AM by Mark Pell

Move over Mel Brooks - take 2 or 3 tablets and call me in the morning

16 year old Max Joseph Pell   of Bullard Texas... Great-Great Grandson of former Minonk resident Max Leiken  gets ready for a spoof of the History of the World as Moses and the 15  oops 10 Commandments......................... Presentation as part of a Theatre High School Student workshop at the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches Texas.  This is Max's second summer workshop at SFA.  He attended last year and won several awards and was given full scholarship to come back to this year's 2 week workshop. Only 60 high schoolers from across the state are chosen to take part in this workshop.  Max will work on 4 different one act plays in 2 weeks.   He is very involved in all aspects of his high school theater from acting to technical, lighting sound design and directing.