Epic Proportions continues its run with shows on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. This week’s shows will consist of an entirely new cast, and will conclude with the last show at 7:00 on Saturday.

Grace Raber, one of the three leads of Epic Proportions, played Louise Goldman and had many different scenes throughout the night.

“To prepare, we had lots of rehearsals to know the show inside and out,” Raber said. “I spent many hours memorizing and going over lines, and studied the 1930’s because that’s when the show is set.”

The show, Epic Proportions, is a comedy based on the making of an epic film in the 1930’s. Dewitt, the director of the show in the play was played by Weston Sandland. Sandland didn’t have as many lines as a few of his cast members did but still played a large part in the show. Whether one is the lead or an extra, all cast members have a role in making the the show come to life.

“We rehearsed for three months leading up to the show for about two hours each day (not including time spent outside memorizing lines),” Sandland said. “For the first month or so of rehearsal we mainly focused on learning the blocking (theater term for where to move around on the stage) for the show. After that we focused on character work to make the characters seem realistic, and building the set pieces, such as the pyramid, columns, rocks, stairs, and everything else that appears onstage.”

Another lead of the play who contributed a big part was Andrew Woodward. He played Phil, one of the two brothers who fell in love with Louise.

“I worked a lot of developing my character as well as working with the rest of the cast on getting the timing right for the jokes and to just overall make the show as funny and interesting as possible,” Woodward said. “That was really different because I’d never been a lead in a show before so it was a really awesome experience to be a part of.”

The actors are not the only people who took part and made this play come to fruition. Many people behind the scenes worked just as hard making sure it runs as smoothly as it did.

“The crew worked extremely hard behind the scenes,” Raber said. “What doesn’t really come across on stage is how much fun the cast and crew have during the process. We’ve become a close-knit family and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”

Although this play may seem to be over, this show will play again next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:00pm with a different set of actors and actresses. This allows more students to perform and also enables the audience who may have missed the first week to have another chance at seeing the show.

The new set of cast members including Katherine Hogan, Tallon Rock, and Jeremiah Jones will offer a different look at the production while still showing the same product. Even though you may think you have seen it all, next week will bring a variety of new personalities to the show and shine up the stage once again.