OTSELIC – This weekend the students of the Otselic Valley Middle and High Schools will be putting on two short animal-themed morality tales on the multi-purpose room stage, “The Ice Wolf” and “Animal Farm.”

Starting at 8 p.m. on Friday and then again at the same time Saturday, the seventh and eighth grade acting troupe will perform the first play, “The Ice Wolf” by Joanna Halpert Kraus.

Following their performance, the audience will be given a 20-minute intermission and a chance to purchase snacks and refreshments at the school’s concession stand, courtesy of the senior class.

The next show, by Ian Woolridge, is a stage adaptation of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”

It will be performed by the high school acting troupe that includes talents from all the high school grade levels.

High School English teacher Mike Foor-Pessin has been directing kids at Otselic Valley for the last 29 years and this year he’s allowed a student director and lead Daniel Larkin to step in and aid the high school production.