Friday, September 19, 2008

SJHS Brings Fiddler on the Roof to the Stage

by Brooke Caswell
SJHS staff writer

Lights! Camera! Action! This year Springville Junior High is putting on the play Fiddler on the Roof. It is being produced by Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Gleave and Mrs. Bailey. It will be coming to the stage October 8th through the 11th, at 7:30 each night.

Mrs. Walker, the director, is in charge of all the acting and the script. “Mrs. Walker is hilarious, and she is not afraid to show how she wants it done,” says villager Alyssa Nance. “I love directing the play every year. I love it so much; I even directed the play last year when I wasn’t teaching school! It’s a lot of hard work…but I like how it turns out, and I like how the students grow from the experience,” says the director, Mrs. Walker.

The actors attend practice every school day morning at 6:00 a.m. until the start of school. The cast also has practices on Saturday afternoons to practice the whole production all together. The actors have rehearsed dances and songs until they can’t get them out of their heads.

The cast is trying to make the play as realistic as possible. Some villagers in the play say that the costumes and sets are going to make the play as realistic as they can. The parents have been putting in tons of work for the sets to be perfect.

“I know that the play will be a success; we have an excellent cast and a wonderful staff,” said Mrs. Walker. Some of the cast members said that the cast is wonderful, some of the members even said the main characters voices are funny; they sound just like the movie. “Luckily, the kids are so well behaved that it is easy to keep them organized,” Mrs. Walker continued.

All the actors and actresses want as many people to come as possible. The cast and directors need our support to do another play next year. Tickets will be on sale at the door to the play on October 8-11 at 7:30 pm.