The theater department has been hard at work these pas few months with the preparations for their winter production, The Drowsy Chaperone. Students are looking forward to performing this musical within a comedy.
The show follows a nameless narrator, simply called Man in Chair, as he listens to his favorite Broadway musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. As he listens, narrating when necessary to keep the audience informed about the goings-on and actors and actresses, the show becomes more and more energetic.
Those participating in the show feel that the musical is making progress towards a good opening night.
“They learned all the music and choreography before Christmas Break,” said Lynette Williams, theater teacher and director of the play.
For the past two months students have been learning their lines and have recently begun blocking, which is the way the characters move, and incorporating their choreography.
“We have rehearsal after school every day till about 5:30, 6 p.m.. We’ve been working on choreography a lot,” senior Haley White said.
Several other students agree that the musical is advancing towards a successful production.
“We’ve been having rehearsals every week,” senior Christoph Nevins said. “We’ve done all of the dancing numbers and now we’re working on staging and mixing the two.”
The crew, though not having officially met yet, is well on their way to a good production.
“The crew mostly prepares during rep class,” White said.
Williams said, “Right now, crew is pretty much just doing paperwork and the design process is going for some of them.”
Having worked so hard, and still working hard on their production of The Drowsy Chaperone, the theater department seems to be making strides towards a successful production.
The show runs Feb. 16-18 at 7 p.m. in the Shawnee Mission South auditorium. Admission will be free to any Shawnee Mission South student if they come with their ID Card, and will be $10 for adults and students from other schools, and $7 for children ages 12 and under.