Osbourn High School’s play, Dracula, debuts today. The play has had a lot of work put into it from both tech and the cast. Everyone has been on top of the preparation for the play, with almost everyone coming to every rehearsal. The play dates are November 7, 8, and 9 at 7 PM. Tickets are free, but there will be a donation box.

The tech crew has done a great job quickly getting on top of all the jobs and quickly getting everything set up. The cast has been making sure they have all the lines down, even studying them when they are not on stage.

“I read the original novel and looked at other productions and versions of the story. I took inspiration from these versions and devised my vision for this production,” said theatre teacher Mr. Scofield

“The cast and crew’s collaboration throughout this play has been amazing. We all rely on each other to get work done and be ready to present the play. Each part of the play has a main person who controls and keeps the play on track and we rely on those people for directions and to make sure everything works well,” said freshman, Emilia Ingram.

“The first aspect considered when it came to the lighting for this play was functionality. A big part of that is differentiating between indoor and outdoor scenes, as well as being able to communicate the time of day. For example, in routines where time passed, we would transition into sunsets with some oranges and some reds, and slowly those colors would become deeper. We would start getting some purples in there. Then for nighttime scenes, it would be very purplish, very bluish with some moonlight in there. In terms of moods, there’s a lot of dark and gloomy. Especially when it came to scenes in and around Dracula’s castle. I really wanted to explore the duality of light and dark in the play and I really wanted to show that in the lighting. You can see that in a lot of scenes with Nina and Dracula. Then, there were just some colors that were associated with different characters. You’ll see Lucy with a lot of pink, Mina very associated with orange, and Van Helsing’s asylum has a cool, bluish color. We also use light to represent blood in fight scenes,” explained junior, Victoria Ingram.

“Though we’ve had a very short turn-around for this show, the talented cast and crew have created something very special and fun, and I’m beyond impressed with the effort and skill they’ve displayed,” said senior, Liam Sutphin.

“It’s been a little stressful, learning lines in such a short amount of time. I still enjoy the process, it definitely forces me to be good with time management,” said senior, Cash Short.

Don’t miss this production of Dracula! There are only three performances scheduled.