By: Annabel Dobash\u00a0’23<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wyoming Seminary\u2019s fall musical has long been a campus tradition, but Covid 19 hampered large scale productions for two years. Now, their mainstage production is back in full swing. This year, the company performed Bright Star<\/em>; a Tony Nominated musical based on true events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The musical tells the story of Alice Murphy, an editor in Nashville as she meets a young soldier who is seeking success in writing and discovers family ties. It was co-written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell who penned the bluegrass score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sem\u2019s production featured Ainsley Eidam \u201823 as Alice Murphy, Liam Phillips-McGraw \u201823 as Jimmy Ray Dobbs, Michael Vodzak \u201824 as Billy Cane, Holly Egbert \u201823 as Margo Crawford,\u00a0 David Getz \u201824 as Daddy Murphy, and Olivia Stevens \u201823 as Mama Murphy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The set included an elaborate moving house that was built by Floyd Bussie, the technical director. Working with the house was the high point of David Getz\u2019s \u201824 rehearsal process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auditions took place on September 8th and the cast list was released on September 11th. Official rehearsals began on September 13th. Since then, the cast of over 30 people has been hard at work learning blocking, choreography, and music.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year the rehearsal process was six months long, but this year it was shortened to three months. Eidam describes the short rehearsal process as \u201ccrazy, we went from the second day of school to the fourth of November rehearsing and then the show goes up. It’s much shorter, so we have so much more to pack into it, and it’s been a lot stricter.\u201d Despite the limited time, Eidam says that \u201cI find that music [rehearsals]are so inspiring and uplifting, it’s the highlight of my day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cast entered tech rehearsals on October 29th where they met everyday from one to six pm. Bright Star <\/em>opened., November 4th and ran through Sunday November 6th. Getz is looking forward to \u201chearing the reactions at the end of act one, I think it will definitely be interesting, but also the opening because I don’t think it will be what a lot of people are expecting it to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"