Apollo High School

The Blue House Players have been hard at work preparing for the debu of there new play "Acting Out". I was previleged enough to be allowed to sit through one of there rehearsals a week before it came out to get a sneek peek at what this play is about.
Mrs. Jerome and student director Ashley Boswell, along with lights manger Jennie Cockrell were high up in the sounds and lighting booth above the stadium steating of the auditorum, seeing the performers going through their scenes. Obvious frustration over a forgotten line or stumbled upon word or two that was forgotten but no one noticed, began to take its toll on the two. But keeping as professional as possible, they talked amoungst themselves about what changes they might need to make to the lighting before opening night.

Very much to my graditude they allowed me to be up there with them so I was not distractined while watching their rehearsal. Which it may only just be a rehearsal, but it was still very well preformed.

Looking down onto the stage from where I stood, I could see all the performers on stage and off. The creativity of this play in a few words is very good. The way they show you its all a dream that there describing. It is very easy to comprehend, if you keep and open mind about the whole play. The amount of work other cast members not on stage is abundent, running as quitly as possible from off stage to on stage, not making a noise while doing so. It was funny watching student director Ashley Boswell have to fun from the sound and lighting booth upstairs to the stage down stairs.

Some who read this aritcle may be thinking some of the things said may sound bad, but they are not. The few stubbled lines are to be expected by any play, school or professional. The actors still remained proffessional and kept in character, and never lost their places just kept on going over their lines.

As you sit in the seats opening night of the play, and the lights keeping going from stage left to stage right; here's some information you may not have known: they don't do this on their own. Jennie Cockrell is the lady behind those wonderful light changes. With a little help from Ashley Boswell on the spot light, who following the little actors as they meaander around the stage. So keep in mind as you sit there on opening night, theres a lot of work going on, not only on the stage that you can see.

Not even mentioning cast and crew memebers with smaller roles in the play. There are extras, who wait off stage until the time comes for them to find there way onto the stage for there short lived roles, as some would think. But without them the play wouldn't hold together as well, so don't think a short role isn't a role at all; You wouldn't enjoy the play as much without the no line actors.

The play "Acting Out" is a very well written play, that the Blue House Players rehearsed as good as could be expected seeing how its not opening night yet. From funny anticts to serious moments, this play surprisingly enough has a even share of a well rounded preformance, for Blue House Players to mess around with, and should make for a most entertaining play for all students, teachers, and anyone else whom views the play.
My thanks to Mrs. Jerome for allowing me a sneak peek at one of there rehearsal for the play "Acting Out". Had a great time, and I know I'm not alone in saying, "can't wait for opening night."