November 28, 2016

By: Megan Hubbard

This week MHS held their yearly fall show. This years show was Game Of Tiaras. The show was a comedic twist off of Shakespeare’s King Lear using the show Game of Thrones and Disney characters. As far as I’m aware of everyone LOVED it. The crowd was in constant laughter. Most people’s stomach or mouth hurt from laughing and smiling so much. Feedback like this makes me feel so proud of not only myself but everyone who contributed to the show. But have you ever thought of what happened behind the curtains?

Everyone worked the behinds off during rehearsals. During the last 2 weeks leading up to the show was when everything got real. We stayed after almost every day until 5 and even stayed after in half days to prepare. If you didn’t notice, we also made a trailer for the show on the Middleboro Educational Television YouTube channel. We wanted to make sure it was well advertised so we made fun posters and hung them up around the school as well.

I like to think that we are one big awkward family. We are always there to support each other and give each other advice. From the moment we all came together during auditions to the moment we all held hands in a prayer lead by Mrs. Duggan we were automatically bounded by the art of theatre.

The day of opening night everyone was so excited. As soon as I walked through the doors of the black box I could feel the energy radiating from the happy souls. As soon as makeup was on and people were there we started our second to last warmups. After that we stormed back into the black box to get into our costumes. Once we all settled we gave out presents to the main contributors who made the show possible and said a prayer. Then…. showtime!

I cannot express how much effort everyone put into this show. I saw a whole new side to some people that I’ve never seen before. Everything flowed so well and the support from the audience was such a motivational boost. Not only was the audience laughing but the cast backstage were proper belly laughing as well. It seemed as if time flew by because of how much fun it was.

By the last show everyone got emotional. Even though we were ecstatic about the show, it’s was terribly sad that it was coming to an end. Even though their are more shows, you have a different experience with each and every one. This was definitely my best experience so far and I know I will never forget it.

The final show was yet another success. As the curtains closed chaos broke out as everyone got their costumes off and ran upstairs to meet their family. The cast and crew also received roses from others as a congratulations on their hard work. Soon after the show ended, we all piled into cars and headed to Friendly’s.

Going to Friendly’s is tradition after every last show. It’s a great time to say goodbye and to further bond with everyone. Even though the staff that was on that night might not have been that happy about 30+ kids piling into their restaurant until 12 p.m, we were extremely grateful that they allowed us to come. It was a great way to end the night and a great way to end a great show.

I’m not going to lie I was very nervous about joining STW. I’m not a person to really put themselves out there and I personally didn’t think that I was good at acting. It would be a shame and honestly a mistake if you didn’t do at least ONE show in the 4 years at MHS. It’s a great way to get involved and become part of a great group of people. As we were always told, their is no such thing as a small part, just a small actor.