Jasper Winterton
Feature/Video Editor
“This is an amazing cast. You’re gonna see some power players take on some roles, so it’s gonna be a very tight show,” Todd Schaefer, producer and director, said.
“Cabaret” will be shown in the Black Box on Nov. 7-9, and 14-16, at 7 p.m. Tickets will be $10 for students and $15 for parents at the door.
The show will be the first musical to be produced in the Black Box, and Schaefer added some new cast members will join drama department veterans to be in the play.
Chloe Bronner, junior, is one of the new cast members who will play Sally Bowles in the production, who is one of the female leads.
“I decided to audition because I’ve always wanted to do a musical, and I love performing. I love singing, I love to be on stage, and I just never did it before because I haven’t had the time, but I had an (independent period) added to my schedule this semester so I decided to finally try it,” Bronner said.
Bronner added she was a part of a one-act play during her freshman year but hasn’t done anything in the theater department aside from that.
Bronner described how her experience being an A cappella member compares to being a member of the cast. She said,“The music part is similar, obviously you’re still on stage singing and telling a story, but it’s different not having as many background singers with you all the time, but I still get a lot of support from the cast the same way I get support in A cappella.”
Schaefer said, “It was on my bucket list for a Black Box musical. This is the first musical we’re producing in the Black Box since we’ve installed it as a theater. It’s an intimate show, and it wouldn’t work as well on the (auditorium) stage.”
Cast member Charlotte Snell, junior, said that the black box allows for more flexibility in arranging the set, and with the type of show “Cabaret” is, it’s the best place to produce it.
Snell is cast as Fraulein Schneider, another female lead. Similar to Bronner, this will be Snell’s first big role in a production, but she has worked with the theater department on productions in the past.
“Everybody is really nice and supportive of each other, and it’s a good environment,” Snell said.
“Hunting Season,” a play written and directed by senior Parker Collier, interfered with some of the rehearsals for “Cabaret,” but Collier and Snell both said that catching up with rehearsals afterwards wasn’t that big of a problem.
Collier has worked in previous high school productions, and said the way the musical is being put on is different than how the others have been in his experience.
“The way we’re doing this one is very linear. We are doing it scene by scene in order, but for other productions I’ve been a part of have definitely not been in order and have been all over the place,” Collier said.
Jasper Winterton-Feature EditorThis will be Jasper Winterton’s first year on ECHO staff. He made several contributions while taking journalism class his freshman year. |
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