Potosi High School Musical: Shrek

By Avarie Breitsprecker

Every year our school performs a musical. In the past few years we have had a new director almost every time, but this year, Mrs.Boneske, who is also our choir teacher, has taken on the role as director of this year’s show, Shrek. “We wanted to pick a show that includes lots of people to give as many people a part as possible.” She wanted to do a show the majority of people are familiar with to boost ticket sales. “I think having Mr. and Mrs. Boneske directing has been a good experience and a learning experience,” said Stevie Kliebenstein, who plays Shrek. 

The casting process consisted of coming to auditions, filling out a form, and writing down any scheduling conflicts there may be. “That helps us better decide how to put the schedule together,” said Mrs. Boneske. Doing this helps them get to know people better, and to figure out who wants to be center stage and who doesn’t. She went off of who had really good attitudes and were going to be committed to being there every day. Once the parts had been cast, the actors had to learn their lines. “I have been running my lines and music with cast members as well as listening to recordings of my music and different performances from other schools,” said Kliebenstein. Mrs. Boneske also wanted it to be available for people in sports, because a lot of people in the musical are in a sport.

At this point, they are starting to practice in costumes, use set pieces, and running through an act at a time. The first show will take place a week from Thursday, so Mrs. Boneske is buckling down and trying to focus on fixing the smallest of details.

Each year, there is either a pit band playing music or music is played over the speakers. “We are going to have live musicians for this production,” said Mrs. Boneske. They have seven people lined up this year, and instead of being backstage where nobody can see them,  they are going to be on the floor, “hopefully we can stay together a little better,” exclaimed Mrs. Boneske. This year the musical will take place in the auditorium on Thursday, November 14 at 7pm, Saturday, November 16 at 7pm, and Sunday, November 17 at 2pm.