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Eastridge High School is preparing to present a comedic murder mystery titled "How to Get Away with a Murder Mystery" on October 16th and 17th. Directed by Emily Addis, who is in her fourth year leading the theater program, the play is designed as a short, humorous production filled with stereotypical detective tropes that are suitable for audiences of all ages. This marks one of the first comedy productions the department has staged, offering students a unique opportunity to learn how to incorporate humor into their performances while enjoying the creative process.
To maximize student involvement and ensure a robust cast, the school has decided to double-cast the production with two completely different sets of actors performing on each of the two show dates. This approach allows a larger number of students to participate in the fall play, giving them valuable experience in a genre they might not otherwise explore. The students have dedicated significant time to rehearsals multiple times per week and practiced independently at home, resulting in five successful rehearsal sessions that the cast feels are the best preparation setup they have ever had.
Beyond the immediate performance, the theater program is fostering a sense of community and confidence among its participants, particularly through previous musical theater experiences. The group is eager to welcome new members and encourages everyone to attend their shows to support the students' hard work. Looking ahead, the season promises further excitement with a Christmas program scheduled for the winter holiday season and a SpongeBob SquarePants musical planned for the spring, highlighting a busy and diverse lineup of upcoming productions.
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Eastridge High School will be performing
the comedic play How to Get Away with a
Murder Mystery on October 16th and 17th.
They'll be performing two showings of it
with two completely different casts.
Theater director Emily Addis tells us
more.
>> Okay, so this is my fourth year doing
the theater program here at Eastridge
and we are coming up on our fall play.
We are doing a comedic murder mystery
called How to Get Away with a Murder
Mystery.
And so it's just a short funny play that
has a lot of the stereotypical
um
murder mystery jokes and stuff like that
in it. It's a comedy. It's appropriate
for all ages. And uh we're having a
really good time working on that.
>> All right, so
>> So this play we have a a lot of students
in our class and so we needed to pick
something that would occupy as many
people get as many people involved as
possible. So we actually have two casts.
There's two completely different sets.
So if you come on the 16th, you're going
to see one set of students. If you come
on 17th, it's a whole different double
set of students. So we're really lucky
that we've got a lot of kids involved
and we were able to double cast this
show. Um and it's probably one of the
first like comedies that we've done,
too. So we're having fun uh trying to be
learn how to be funny
on the stage.
>> The students who will be performing the
play have been hard at work rehearsing
multiple times per week and on their own
time to be ready.
>> We have prepared by coming to rehearsal,
making sure we're on time, making sure
we listen to our directors, and uh
practicing at home. I think we've had
five rehearsals so far and they went
really really well. This is the best
like setup that we've ever had. Musical
theater has brought so much confidence
to so many, especially me. And I know
that we're just an open community and an
open space for anybody to come and join
us and you're always welcome and please
come watch our shows.
>> Everyone involved with the program is
excited for this production and they
have more to come later in the season.
>> We We just really would like to have
some support this season. We're really
having a good time. We've got a great
season coming up with this show, and
then we've got a Christmas program in
the Christmas season, and then in the
spring we're going to have the SpongeBob
musical. So, we're really looking
forward to that, too. So.
>> Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm
Jackson Lucas.