For four years now, I’ve been in drama club. I started off as performing as multiple background characters, but have since worked my way to larger roles. I always look forward to the fall plays, and this year was no exception.This year’s play was called The Love Of Three Oranges. The story was about Prince Tartaglia being cursed twice by a somewhat scary witch, Fata Morgana, to fall in love with oranges, better yet make it three. So, the prince goes on his quest with the help of a very powerful being called the jester, Truffaldino (author’s note, not powerful, just the jester, I think my boss is watching me), to go find the three oranges. To make sure the prince (just the prince) gets back safely, they are being watched from afar by Celio, an all powerful and mysterious wizard [insert crying].
If I had to give my personal opinion, I’d say this was my second favorite play we’ve done. Of all the plays we’ve done, this one probably gave us the most amount of freedom to act because there’s more moving parts than there is taking. This was frustrating at first, but within three months, we were able to pull it off. My favorite moment of the play is the jester’s introduction. Everybody did amazing on their own fairly quickly, some even got all their lines down in a couple of days (cough cough Alayna cough cough). The people who work on this play (both cast and crew) are fun to talk to and are really nice. Especially Egan. My only complaint is the quantity of people, mainly in the cast. The people are amazing, but if there are more actors, it’s a lot more chaotic.
Our stage manager, Tatum Thyssen, thought the play was fun and witty, a nice change of pace from what we usually do from other plays. She also said that the entire cast fit their parts so well. Thyssen stated her favorite part of the entire play was in the middle, when they’re at Creonta’s castle. She continued, “My entire drama club career has been fun. Since my first time in drama in junior year, I’ve been thrown in as theatre manager, but I wasn’t stressed.”
Zoey Ozee was another member of the backstage crew. Ozee stated, “I really liked the play, it was super funny. My favorite scene in the entire play was the jousting scene where I actually got out on stage and acted.” She also said that her entire drama club career was like a journey- she gained more social skills and a lot of really great friends.
Macie Schmock ran the light booth during the play. Schmock said that the play was, “Pretty good, however, I don’t think some of the jokes were necessary. My personal favorite part of the play was the beginning because I made really pretty lights.”She has been in drama club for three years. Being in drama club has made her, “…feel like a different person now, like I find myself caring about my grades and college now.
It wasn’t just the stage crew that loved their experience, the actors did too! Remy Deyo says that it was his personal favorite play to have been a part of. He stated, “I loved the first scene with Tartaglia and Truffaldino. It was hilarious.” He’s been an HHS drama club for three years. He continued, “It’s been a journey, but if I had to describe it, it would be me increasing in my skills, my roles in drama, and the capability of getting stuff done on stage.”
The narrator of the play was perhaps one of the most fun roles, as they get to sit in with the audience at times! This role was played by Alayna Wolfe. She said, “I think it was fun. It was unlike any of the plays we’ve done because It allowed us to work in some improvisation into our acting, which is always fun. It had a super interesting plot line with some really fun characters, with an amazing team that brought the entire story together.” Her favorite parts of the plays were anytime we as actors interacted with the audience and developed with them. While Wolfe loved her character, and her scenes, she said the fight at the end was her favorite part. Of the characters she’s played in previous years, she said that playing Celio this year was her favorite. Wolfe said, “I had thousands of lines, and the concept of being a narrator was something I was looking forward to in the play. The team will never not be amazing and I loved drama every year.”
And last but not least, the director of our play, Mr, Anderson, had some thoughts of reflection. He said, “Personally, I thought it was great… to the point I would say it’s my personal favorite of all the HHS plays we’ve put on. It was an interesting challenge not only to the actors, but to me as well. It took me out of my comfort zone to make it and I’m glad we managed to pull through.” While Mr. Anderson loved the entire play, the entire prologue was what he loved the most.” Huzzah!
