Wonder Who Dunnit? Audience picks ending for musical
— Fullerton College Hornet - Jessica Hugar - Friday, March 16th, 2001
Who slew Drood?
That is a question that will be answered by the audience in the solve-it-yourself musical, "The Musical ·Mystery of Edwin Drood," currently showing in the Campus Theatre.
The cast of 30 students is excited about the challenge they face producing the last and unfinished novel of Charles Dickens.
Drood comes to a dead end at the very last word Dickens wrote, leaving the audience to decide who dunnit.
Where Dickens left off, the audience must forge ahead. Theatergoers are challenged to choose from 26 different endings, each with a unique outcome for young Drood.
The audience will boo or cheer for their favorite and most despised characters, and will determine their fate for each performance.
"The cast has to be ready to go in any direction because we never know which villain or pair of lovers the audience will choose. That really makes things exciting," said director Gary Krinke.
A scene from the play will be performed at the opening ceremonies for. today's High School Theater Festival. · ·
Complimentary performances of the entire play will be available for festival participants tonight at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m.
The cast has worked hard perfecting the many endings to produce an exciting play for the audi Rehearsals have run three to four hours, four days a week for many weeks.
"I have done over 15 shows in my life and I have never met a musical as challenging as this,"< said student-actor Jonathan Infante. "I am honored to be part of such a wonderful cast, I know that everyone who comes to see this show will walk away very happy."
Areas of Study...
Acting, Performance and Musical Theatre
Each season of plays provides a wide variety of roles and production post experiences for Theatre students. High production values, current state of the art technologies, and a wide spectrum of very challenging styles and subject matter make the performance venues excellent laboratories for student exploration and growth.
Directing and Playwriting
Few community colleges offer students opportunities to study directing and playwrighting in their first two years of undergraduate study. Students follow the classwork they successfully complete with opportunities to compete for assignments in the Playwrights Festival and the Directors Festival.
General Education
For both the non-major and the major alike, the Theatre Arts general education courses meet university transfer requirements and allow the student to build a strong foundation of introductory knowledge to the many facets of theatre-making and theatre-study.