Kina’s article is among a series of news stories that were completed in Ms. MacMillan’s 3rd period journalism class.
Twice a year, Fishers High School hosts two shows, a musical and a play. This year they are putting on The Little Mermaid and while the actors on the stage are singing and dancing, the tech crew works behind the curtain to keep the show running.
There will be four shows that go for two hours long with a 15-minute intermission.
“It’s a little bit difficult,” senior Ellie Adamson said. Playing an ensemble part as a seagull and a maid means that while she helps with costumes, she would also have to be out on the stage learning the dance numbers.
Adamson’s love of costumes came from when she was young and only grew when she saw The Lion King and Six. Her responsibilities as Assistant Costume Designer range from pulling costumes from the costume closet to hand making Arial’s pink dress. Adamson has also been working on adding rhinestones and sequins to just about every costume so they can be seen under the stage lights.
“This year is going to be heavy on fly,” said Fly Head senior Ryder Rosebrough. “Usually it’s mostly just curtains, but this year were going to be using a lot of the screen and projecting images onto it.”
Rosebrough has been on tech crew since his freshman year and later joined fly becoming the Fly Head. Him and his crew will be making sure all the floating props, coral and things of the like, get down on their cues and don’t hit any actors or stage props
His crew only consists of 4-5 people and after his early graduation, along with others at the end of the year, there will only be one person left in fly.
“We always have room for people,” Rosebrough said. “If there are people interested, there’s always things to learn, and there’s always opportunities.”
Natalie’s article is among a series of news stories that were completed in Ms. MacMillan’s 3rd period journalism class.
As the date of the first show approaches, the ensemble, along with all the other performers, staff, and crew, are working hard to get the show as perfect as possible.
Participants are practicing almost every day, especially leads and people in the ensemble, as “pretty much every dance number has ensemble people in it” according to freshman Alana Hillen. They have all sorts of things to clean and rehearse, so each rehearsal is different.
“Sometimes we’ll run the whole show, sometimes just an act,” said Hillen. “And then sometimes we just have dance review days, or we will just go over vocals for the show because we want everything to be golden for our performance.”
With the first performance rapidly approaching and things constantly changing, it can occasionally get a bit tough for them.
“Because we’re two weeks out from the show, it’s getting really intense for everyone to know their parts and get their dances down,” junior Ro Leahy said.
But however stressful it can be, Leahy says she thoroughly enjoys it, especially getting to “hear all the harmonies come together” when singing with everybody. And even the new people feel a sense of belonging, as many are always willing to help.
“If you have questions, you can always go ask anybody,” said Leahy. “It’s a really supportive community.”
Leahy and Hillen, along with many others, have been working towards this for the past several months and highly encourage everyone to come to the show. Performances will be in the Fishers High School auditorium on Nov. 21, 22, and 23 and tickets can be found at https://www.purplepass.com/organizer/51874 or through the Theatre Fishers website.
