Searching and scoring the woods all in the name of desire. What you seek, you may not find. What you don’t expect, may come to life.
Into the Woods is a play that the drama students will be performing this fall. It is a mythical tale that was originally done on Broadway.
“Into the Woods is a story based on four fairy tales. It’s an interweaving of [them] and all the characters are sent into the woods to find something and it’s a fun but somewhat edgy interpretation of these fairy tales and what they wish for comes with unforeseen consequences,” said Drama teacher Graham Howard.
The story starts out with the Baker and his wife searching for a list of items.
“The story is kind of like the baker and his wife and they go around trying to find items, Red Riding hood’s cape, Cinderella’s glass slipper, Jack’s cow, and a lock of Rapunzel’s hair, to make a potion so they can have a baby,” senior Angelyn Coleman said. Coleman plays the role of the Baker’s wife in the play.
The process of getting each part included several rounds such as auditions and callbacks.
“We first auditioned and a ton of people tried out, and then we had callbacks which were terrifying; they try you out with a combination of people to see how they mesh. The cast list took forever, it was five days and we were like dying,” Coleman said, “One of [the drama students] actually made a fake cast list and we freaked out, but it was funny.”
Into the Woods was written by James Lapine and tickets will be $14 for adults and $8 for children.
“Every single word is vital to the play,” Coleman said.