Lights! Curtain! Action! The moment junior Bella Zigler (Ann Deever) anticipates as the cast prepares for “All My Sons” opening night—the moment when she hopes all the hard work pays off.
“The most rewarding part is definitely being able to put every single aspect together and all the hard work of the crew and the cast and just seeing it unfold,” Zigler said.
Zigler is excited about how close the cast and crew are.
“I love everybody in the cast,” Zigler said. “I love what they can bring to the table. They all have their own little thing that they do. I love each and every one of them.”
Senior Caroline Brucken (Kare Keller) elaborates how these relationships have provided the necessary trust needed to become stage-ready.
“It is definitely a very important part of theater just in general,” Brucken said. “But for this production, I feel like it’s honestly more important due to needing to have that trust in relationship with each other so you don’t feel awkward or uncomfortable.”
However, sophomore Lou Grafelman (Chris Keller) explains it can still be a struggle to become stage-ready in other ways.
“It’s a lot to memorize. It’s a lot of lines. Yeah. So me personally, it’s a little bit of a struggle.” Grafelman said.
However, Grafelman has faith they can pull the play off.
“I think we can all pull through it,” Grafelman said. “The set and, costumes visually, it looks amazing.”
At the end of the day,for the cast it’s all about coming together to focus on what they love.
“It honestly made me a part of something,” Zigler said.” It’s shown me people who are just as enthusiastic and excited to become a character and put it on a stage or bring it in front of an audience. Everybody’s so happy and excited to do it as much as I am.”
