MPHS drama presents 'The Play That Goes Wrong'

Marysville Pilchuck High School will bring a version of a current Broadway play to their stage this fall with their production of ‘The Play That Goes Wrong.’

The high school edition of the play will be put on by students on Nov. 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12, at 7 p.m., at the Marysville Pilchuck High School auditorium at 5611 108th St. NE, Marysville.

Marysville Pilchuck High School will be one of the first schools to present this modified version of the play.

“We’re excited that this is still a play that is still on Broadway,” said Marysville Pilchuck High School student and actor Nolan Crumrine. “While it is the high school edition, there are a lot of jokes that are for everybody."

The production presents the story of a ‘play within a play.’

“We’re playing actors in a theater company that is kind of janky and poor quality. They think they’re really great, but they’re not,” said Marysville Pilchuck High School student and actor Annie Brediger.

The play tells the story of a group of actors who experience a series of disasters.

“The play that they’re doing goes wrong. We’re drinking paint thinner and people are forgetting their lines,” said Brediger.

Marysville Pilchuck High School student and actor Kate Kolasinski said she enjoyed the amount of facial acting and expressions she got to make.

“My character is the director of the play in a play,” she said. “They’re kind of just watching all of their dreams fall apart throughout the play.”

There is a lot of comedy that students said the audience will enjoy.

“It’s fun to work out some of the scenes because there is a lot of physical comedy,” said Kolasinski.

Crumrine also enjoyed working on the comedic parts of his character.

“There is a lot of physical humor that my character gets to perform on stage,” he said. “Getting my hand stepped on and people pretending to spit on me, and powder pretending to be dumped on me — my character goes through all of those things.”

Students said they have enjoyed taking part in the fall production at the school, especially with getting to know their cast mates.

“I like meeting new people,” said Crumrine.

“It’s really fun getting to meet new people since this is my first high school production,” said Kolasinski.

Brediger said she has enjoyed reconnecting with students.

“I’ve enjoyed getting to reunite with a lot of my cast mates that I haven’t got to do productions with just because of split schools,” she said.

Tickets for the production are $10 for adults and $8 for students with ASB cards.