Drama students bring you ‘Into the Woods’

Andrea Roberts
Times Contributor

 

Strathmore High School (SHS) will host their musical production Into the Woods from June 1-4. The show will start at 7 p.m. and tickets will be $10.
The show is about six well-known fairytale characters whose stories are all in some way intertwined.
The first act consists of the characters such as Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, the childless baker and his wife, Little Red Riding Hood and the witch next door. Each of them finds themselves in the woods searching for something.
The second act is what happens after the happily ever after when the characters show their true colours and they find out not everything ends happily.
“I would say the show is a richer experience than the movie because it explores a lot of things on stage that the film couldn’t,” says Lilli Furfaro, one of the cast members, on why this rendition will be better than the movie.
According to Furfaro, the characters will be interacting with each other immediately while the directors will interact with the crowd as well as the characters themselves.
The students themselves voted to do this show over Mary Poppins and one of the reasons was to allow for more main characters. This story revolves around 10 main characters so it gives them more of an equal chance to be on the stage.
Deanne Bertsch is the teacher in charge of this production. She praises the hard work that the cast has put into the production and says that while she wouldn’t normally tackle this kind of show with high school students, they are rehearsing in their own time while supporting one another.
“This is one of the most talented classes that I have ever had the pleasure of teaching,” said Bertsch. “They are very musical and have amazing instincts when it comes to storytelling and acting.”