Eighth-grader directs plays at Smithton

Thursday, October 16, 2008 | 9:22 p.m. CDT; updated 9:38 p.m. CDT, Thursday, October 16, 2008

COLUMBIA — Below the dimmed lights of the Smithton Middle School cafetorium, Mahogany Thomas sits at a table in front of the stage, taking notes on a yellow legal pad while her cast of sixth- and seventh-graders fumbles and ad-libs through its lines.

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