Drama puts on “Trouble! At The Talent Show”

The audience rushed around to find clues as to who poisoned the lunch lady. There is screaming and commotion amongst all of the niche crowds and groups as they try to prove their innocence all while the culprit stands amongst them. 

“Trouble! At The Talent Show” shocked the crowd with the crazy and entertaining auditions from each group on Jan. 10. While each group put on a performance, somebody had secretly poisoned one of the lunch ladies, leaving the viewers to walk around and interact with the actors to find out clues on who the culprit is. 

There was a wide variety of groups to interact with, including the lunch ladies, jocks, the maintenance guys, and the tiffanies. 

“This is our second year doing an audience interactive play and it’s really fun because everybody gets a part so it’s different from a usual musical or play,” said drama teacher Tiffany Daily.

Alongside the great acting, the costuming and desserts made the interactive murder mystery stand out even more. Each actor had their own costume and items according to their group adding to the experience. And during the clue hunting period, the lunch ladies handed out desserts to the viewers.

“The performance was better than I expected,” explained senior Armaan Sherzad. “I enjoyed being a part of the production even as a watcher.” 

The play was put on by Daily’s fourth period advanced class as a special project. “We’ve been working on it for a really long time and it’s been very fun to work on. I feel that came out really well. All of the rehearsal time was during class whereas it’s usually after class, but since this was a class project it was during class,” said junior Ava Walker who played one of the teachers. 

Throughout the play and the clue time, each character kept their individualized personality, so when interacting with them, you would get lots of unique or fun and interesting conversations.

“The day the world stops turning is the day I start trusting liberals,” explained senior Logan Yang.

At the end of the show, the viewers who had correctly guessed the culprit group were entered into a raffle to win different kinds of gift cards. There were three winners each getting to choose a card of their choice. 

“Not enough people respect classic literature,” remarked junior Sky Johnson.