Winter play ❄️❄️

During this winter I was fortunate enough to take part in the winter play. The Cheshire Varsity Players performed The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee which was originally written by Rachel Sheinkin. It's based on five kids with hopes of win a spelling bee contest. But as they come closer to the price they learn a few lessons on the way. The show was comedic, educational and emotional and I loved every part of it. I mostly enjoyed the musical aspects in the show, partially because I got to perform in it. But mostly because it was well organized and fun to watch. I also enjoyed watching students that I knew get into character, they performed like professionals and I was absolutly impressed.

The Cheshire varsity player's version the 25th annual Putnam county spelling bee, involved five actors playing they spellers, two actors played the judges, there was a counselor, some cheerleaders and the audience ( family members of the conestants). Another interesting part of the play was that three audience members were chosen to take part in the play. The spellers were required to spell the word correctly in order to move to the next stage. If they misspelled the word the counselor and cheerleaders would kindly walk them offstage and give them an apple juice to go. The five spellers each had different characters, one was book smart and looked well groomed to win a spelling bee. Another speller was a perfectionist and losing was not in her vocabulary. The third speller was a little bit all over the place he wasn't considered smart in his family but his spelling was excellent. The fourth speller was a guy with erection problems and all around seemed to have lots of embarrassing scenes in the show. The last actor was a quiet and shy girl who had bad social skills. And All together these actors made the show an entertaining one.

When I heard my dance class was going to be part of a musical I wasn't expecting much, especially when they told me the musical was about kids...spelling. So when I entered the black box ready to dance and move on I was surprised to see familiar faces performing fantastically, they created funny,silly, clever characters with ease. When the dance crew came in it was a bit chaotic at the beginning. Songs were slower than dances or vis versa. But each day we practiced and got the hang of things and soon the show came to life. Sometimes during rehearsal, when the Dancers took a break, I'd sit and watch whatever I could from front stage. I enjoyed the actors and thier vibrant attitude, they were loud and the singing was well performed. The orchestra gave the play more life as well.

Overrall I enjoyed being part of the play, I enjoyed watching from front and backstage. Because I got a chance to see the actors stress out and panic only to conquer their fears and walk on stage with confidence. I was also able to see people I knew, and who I never thought would be part of a play, perform amazingly and actors who I already knew had the talent were still able to surprise me again. The show was well directed, organized and performed.