By Chiara Volonakis \u201829
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Each fall term, Wyoming Seminary\u2019s players and crew put on a fantastic musical performance, complete with heartwrenching (or heartwarming) scenes, captivating songs, and crisp choreography, all surrounded by a beautiful set. This season, students, faculty, family, friends, and the ghosts hiding in the rafters of the KCCA had the pleasure of seeing Little Women: The Broadway Musical<\/em>. To the innocent audience \u2013 who have not yet experienced the nightmare that is tech week or the struggles of remembering dozens of lines, lyrics, and scene changes \u2013 a school musical just seems like a fun way to support your classmates. But putting on a musical in less than two months is a lot harder than it seems like on stage. Let this article be a behind-the-scenes look into what that cast and crew of Little Women<\/em> really had to go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When asked what the hardest part of performing in Little Women <\/em>was, Sophia Roper \u201828 (who played Amy, one of the four March sisters) instantly replied \u201cthe harmonies in \u2018Five Forever\u2019 are really bad.\u201d When the audience hears these songs for the first time, they often neglect the hours of rehearsal it took to make the notes sound so powerful. All this practice can be quite taxing, which was expressed by Jack Seltzer \u201830, Laurie\u2019s actor. As the only freshman in the cast, Jack\u2019s biggest struggle was \u201cthe amount of rehearsals\u2026 It’s a lot.\u201d As the show dates grew closer, the amount of time spent practicing scenes grew as well, until the eventual five and a half hour long tech rehearsals. Throughout all this, performers are also trying to grow into their character\u2019s role. Sadie Poepperling \u201827, who played multiple roles, said that she struggles with \u201ctrying to improve yourself without getting embarrassed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n An actor might seem flawless, with memorized lines and on-point character notes, but Sadie made it clear that \u201cyou can\u2019t just start good at everything.\u201d It\u2019s not just the cast that struggled to put on this performance. Ellen Sherry, Little Women<\/em>\u2019s costumer, spoke about how much of a struggle it was to research time-period accurate outfits for the actors, \u201cSherrys are sticklers for the details!\u201d she exclaimed, and this is proven true by the stunning rental costumes the actors wore. Every piece of the set needed period accuracy as well in order for the performance to feel right.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, audience, you may be wondering, why would anyone sign up for this torture? <\/em>A fair question. Maybe it\u2019s something you can only experience once you\u2019ve put in the countless hours, maybe thespians are just crazy. But there\u2019s something about that final moment, when all your hard work has finally paid off. 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