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December 17, 2024
The plastics reading their scripts on stage. (Photo Credit: Jocelyn Ocampo-Mateo)
For the first time in MBHS’ Drama history, the program will be performing a Musical Miscast - a show purposefully casted wrong for comedic relief. The show chosen to be performed on Jan. 18, 2025 is, “Mean Girls: The Musical,” and the cast and crew members will have around three weeks to get ready to perform the show.
Junior; Acacia Mayo, the director of MBHS’s “Mean Girls,” described the process of deciding which show to pick for the Miscast, saying, “It was a popular and well received show with an array of characters,” Mayo said, ”I want to give the people what they want especially as a hilarious miscast.” Although Mayo is new to directing a show, they have been doing theatre at MBHS since their freshmen year, debuting as an Ancestor in, “The Addams Family,” and since then did sound for, “Alice In Wonderland,” played Beth March in, “Little Women,” a Silly Girl in, “Beauty And The Beast,” and recently they did sound for, “The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe.”
The four main characters of the show, who are typically the mean girls, will be played by four men. With Seniors Connor Keilty playing Cady Heron, Hunter Wilson playing Regina George, Angus McNellie playing Karen Smith, and Junior Silas Miranda playing Gretchen Weiners, the show has a stacked cast for pure enjoyment and laughter.
“Even as silly a production as this is, it's definitely a breath of fresh air compared to, ‘The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe.’ I’m excited to see what creative ideas I can bring to life with this production.” “The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe” was the fall play that the club performed in November, and now they are immediately on to more. The Drama Club is always on their feet, constantly on to bigger and better things than the one before. Even if “Means Girls” is a fun show between the fall play and the spring musical, it will be a fun transition in between the two.
Throughout the next few weeks, the rehearsals are divided up into music rehearsal and quick blocking before the performance of the show. From when the show got casted to when they perform on stage, every cast member is responsible for memorizing as much of their lines as possible, as well as practicing the songs they are in and their blocking. There is no doubt that the Musical Miscast may be a stressful process with the little time they have to rehearse, but with its light energy and the idea of just having a fun time performing it, the Miscast will be an exciting and comedic addition to the Drama Program at MBHS’ roster.
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