The upcoming show in the theater department, A Wrinkle in Time, is a play coming to the Lake Forest High School RMA stage this weekend. It’s a hero’s journey story and a whimsical adventure through space and will be performed this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7 p.m.
This show is directed by Mrs. Dreiling, assisted by Mr. Taylor, and student-directed by Taylor Ross. This show follows the plot of the childhood classic book and follows the lead character Meg Murry, who junior Nora Sharman plays.
The show follows heroine Meg Murry on her journey to find her father (played by senior Henry Laufenberg), who everyone thinks has died, but she and her family have held out hope that he is still alive. This search starts on Earth but soon turns into an intergalactic search with the help of Meg’s little brother Charles Wallace (played by junior Kallista Schneiderman), and many other supernatural beings along the way.
While extremely impressive and seemingly flawless to the audience, the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to put on a big production like this shouldn’t go unnoticed. Dreiling says that while the days spent rehearsing are “tedious,” they are totally worth it.
“We started rehearsing the second week of school, and pretty much the whole cast rehearses every day. We start at 3:30, end at 6, and we work the show scene by scene,” Dreiling said.
However, with it being “tech week” for this show (combining the work of the tech crew with the work of the cast), the schedule for the cast and crew has excited quite a bit. Not only are the rehearsals much longer, but these rehearsals require costumes, all light, sound, and props to ensure the show is ready for performance days.
“We work until pretty much 9 o’clock every night. Just this week, we’re starting to put the actors together with the technical crews for all of the lights and the sound and moving scenery on and off the stage,” Dreiling said. “It’s totally worth it because, in the end, the tech crew have come up with some awesome space and galaxy designs.”
The amount of ensemble work in this show is more than what the show’s cast is used to, but Sharman says that the cast is such a “tight-knit group,” so looking forward to rehearsals is easy. There are many more unison movements and speeches, which makes blocking for this show a unique challenge for the cast.
On show day, the hard work that went into the show will come into action for the LFHS community to see.
“My favorite part about theatre is the show day,” Sharman said. “The excitement is immeasurable… I just love being onstage with the energy from the audience and seeing friends and family in the lobby after the show.”
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