“Where, oh where is my ‘lil lad? High school production this weekend.

One-act play headed for state competition

WINONA, Minn. — The Winona High School theater troupe will premier “The Haunted Carousel” locally this weekend at the Middle School – a test run before going to the state one-act play competition.  Times: 7 p.m., Friday, and 2 p.m., Saturday. Ruth Angell Purkey wrote the oft-performed play in 1982. The centerpiece is a carousel where a woman left her little boy in the 1890s. He disappeared and she has spent the rest of her life looking for him. The Winona High troupe also plans several improv skits.