Theatre is presenting “The Three Musketeers”, October 6-8, directed by Roberta Moglia. The auditorium doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets will be $6 presale and $10 at the door.  

In the play a young Frenchman named D’Artagnan played by Matthew Whyte and his sister Sabine played by Annalisa Salazar wish to become a part of the Famed Musketeers. However they come during troubling times due to the rivalry between King Louis XIII and the evil Cardinal Richelieu.

As the first play of the school year, many of the theatre students are looking forward to “The Three Musketeers”. For some, like senior Annalisa Salazar, this is a way to make a name for them. Salazar will be playing the role of Sabine, who is the younger sister of D’Artagnan.

   “This year is my senior year and I wanted to do something special for it so I was happy that I got the role of Sabine,” Salazar said.

There are many aspects to becoming the characters. Memorizing the script is a main part of becoming a character, although many of the actors picked characters that fit their personalities.

   “I memorize and practice my monologue in order to become my character, Cardinal Richelieu,” junior Walker Dalton said.                       

The actors must truly immerse themselves in their roles through endless rehearsals so that the production goes off without a hitch.

“You get a feel of who you most want to be when first reading the script,” junior Nick Guerra said.

     Due to the fact that the production calls for many fight scenes the actors have to practice fight choreography to ensure that all the movements they make with their props won’t injure anyone.

“We practice the fight choreography to make sure that the scenes go smoothly and there are no mishaps,” junior Imogene Daily said.

However important the actors are, without Technical Theatre, the people who build the sets and help run the show, there would be no production. They take care of everything from props and scene changes to making sure the lighting correct.

“So far we’ve spent money on many of our tools and the lumber needed for building the sets,” junior Alexis Luna said.

The techies, a.k.a. Technical Theatre students, make sure that everything is in the right place. They are the ones who control the lights, music and sets of the production.

“They take notes on what microphones need to be turned on, what lights need to be on at certain times,” Daily said.

Student actors are honing their craft and techies are crafting the set and lighting to make sure this play will be a success.