Spring Play
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March 3, 2010 • Lauren Wright, Staff Reporter
Filed under Feature, Top Stories
Spring marks the beginning of many new opportunities. For some students it might be their favorite sport or perhaps a music contest, but others may look most forward to the Spring Play. This year the cast will be putting on Chateau LaRoach and have been working on the production since late January. The play, although smaller than the musical, is just as important for some students.
“This production is different than musical in the way that it is more laid back, and you don’t dance or sing,” freshman Faith Burdine said. “Musical and play are both equally fun, and great ways to make new friends and hang out with the ones you already have. It also makes you have to be more mature because there are other people relying on you to be there and step up to the plate.”
Students are allowed to work with their friends on a creative project that helps them express themselves. Though they have to relinquish several hours of their day to practicing, students find that the reward is worth the sacrifice.
“I love working with my friends at things like this,” freshman Anna Hickert said. “We’ve had so many more inside jokes just because of Spring Play and we get to help each other on our homework and lines.”
The storyline of the play revolves around a French couple who own a hotel near a peaceful lake, but their serene chateau is suddenly chaotic when they find roaches in it on the same day their guests and the health inspector are suppose to arrive. Hickert, who plays a newlywed country girl, doesn’t have much trouble getting into character.
“I absolutely love my character, and one of the reasons is because it isn’t that hard to get into character with my character,” Hickert said. “She’s a bit blonde and funny but truly naive and sweet at the heart.”
Other students have had to mold their characters to fit them but the majority of the group has grown to love their roles. Different cast members get into their characters in particular ways. For some students their costumes assist them, other use props or accents to highlight their roles, and for others, just the thrill of being onstage can help them come out of their shells.
“I didn’t know a lot about my part when I got it, but it’s definitely grown on me and I love it now,” senior Rachel Cunningham said. “I definitely wish I would’ve gone out for the Spring Play my freshman and sophomore year. I’m going to miss working with this cast.”
As the opening night, March 11, approaches cast members find themselves more excited as the play comes together with the costumes, set, and props. The students are anxious to perform for an audience and show off what they’ve worked so hard on for the last few months.
“I think the audience will feel relieved, frightened, disgusted and touched,” Cunningham said. “We’ve really covered all the emotions this year.”
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