Many theatre productions have been performed throughout the years at Brunswick High School (BHS). 

Theatre allows you to let your imagination go wild and it gives you an opportunity to let out your inner child with all the silly characters you get to be…

The directors of these fun productions are Ms. Lyndsey Peterson and Ms. Margaret Clugston. Both are teachers at BHS and have a passion for theatre. They care for everyone and always put so much work and time into these productions. 

Currently, the Brunswick stage is working on the fall play “The Somewhat True Tale of Robinhood” which is the story of Robin Hood and how he gets to be with his love Lady Marian. The cast and crew have been working hard on this production and are excited to show the town what they’ve been working on. 

After the fall play is over, the musical production happens. This year, Brunswick stage will be putting together the musical “Seussical.” Seussical is the story of all of Dr. Seuss’s children’s books and fairytale including “The Cat in the Hat” and “Horton Hears a Who.” 

After every school year, the drama club votes for a leadership team. This year’s leadership includes Maesie Pulis as the new freshman representative (rep), Sean Johnson as sophomore rep, Alaina Nielson as junior rep, and Lillian Cheesman as the senior rep. Alongside our representatives works the managers and president. Vivian Frederick is the stage manager and Christian Martinez follows alongside her as the assistant stage manager. The President of the drama department is Senior Chellsie Shoemaker and her secretary is Zoey Amell.

Maesie Pulis is a freshman so she is new to high school theatre, Pulis shared, “The high school rehearsals are way more put together, organized, and a healthier environment.” 

We talked to some more of the leadership team including the directors. Chellsie Shoemaker shared how it is to run the club: “It’s really fun so far, I am really excited because it is already the year of being president. I have a lot of ideas and have a lot of time to execute. I do have a lot of ideas that are going to be a lot of fun for everybody.” 

The directors, Ms. Lyndsey Peterson and Ms. Margaret Clugston, have major responsibilities in the productions. Ms. Peterson works with the actors. She shows them blocking for where they need to be on stage, she makes sure their lines are all memorized, and she ensures that everything is correct and in line by the time tech week comes around. Ms. Clugston works with the tech crew. She assigns roles to who does what, she helps with every group to ensure costumes, props, sets, sound, and lighting is all correct and working properly by the time tech week comes around. Creating these sets and wearing costumes makes it feel like a fairytale come true. The actors, tech crew, and the directors put so much time and effort into these productions and are so excited to see it come to life on Nov. 14 and Nov. 15.

The tech crew helps the productions come to life with everything they do. Haze Jeffery, a sophomore, runs the sound board. After interviewing them, “I really enjoy being in the back of the house because there is an energy when it comes to being a part of making a production happen.”

Some of the tech crew that run things onstage during the show were interviewed, those people are called runners. They change sets during blackouts and make sure everything is in the correct place for the next scene. “I really enjoy doing what I do,”  said Dakota Dodd-Sharp.

We also interviewed Aley Peluso on lights: “It’s a lot of fun to be honest. During tech week I program the lights that way during the show we can make sure it all runs seamlessly.”  

Before we talked to the cast we also talked about props and costumes: “I think props are great. I like it and like being able to hang out with my friends. We look at a props list and pull, order or make props that are needed,” said Gabrielle Nielson, the lead of props.

“I love being in costumes, I think costumes are my favorite. It was very fun. We have a document that tells us what costumes are needed and we pick out based on a vague description of the costumes,” said Haiden Rodgers, the assistant lead of costumes. Now that you have a better understanding of how everything works backstage is thought of and it makes people think about how much work people put into these shows.

After getting a better understanding of how everything works for the tech crew and how they prepare for the shows, we interviewed the actors to understand their ways of getting prepared for the shows. The two leads of the show “The Somewhat True Tale Of Robin Hood” Lady Marian and Robin Hood are portrayed by Alaina Nielson and Hissan Qureshi.

“I am very excited.  I did not think I was going to have this role, it was very surprising and I am just going to practice a lot, ” said Alaina Nielson.

“To prepare myself for opening night I go over my lines and try to memorize my cues and drink water,” said Hissan Qureshi. 

The cast and crew prepare for the doors to open backstage and do little warm up and bonding activities with each other to help calm down the nerves. Everyone is supportive of each other and makes sure everyone is ready and prepared for the show.

The upcoming show “The Somewhat True Tale Of Robin Hood” will be performed on Nov. 14 at 7:00 PM and Nov. 15 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm. The doors open 30 minutes before the performance starts. Tickets are currently on sale at cur8.com, but you are also able to purchase tickets, cash only, at the door.

Come support the stage production in “The Somewhat True Tale Of Robin Hood” and leave a kiss backstage!