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Full-time theater professor, Charles Ketter, opened up about the upcoming production at Fullerton College of "Pride and Prejudice."

Each year, Ketter is offered to produce two major plays.

This year, "Pride and Prejudice" is one of them. Since it was written in 1935, he wanted his students to get a chance to explore the historical period, manners, and clothing of this piece in order to accurately portray the historical period of 1812.

Ketter called "Pride and Prejudice," "the ultimate chick-flick story." One of his many goals for the play is to make it accessible to today's young audience.

He believes the challenge is cutting and editing the play in a way to please the audience and keep them entertained while not losing the original essence of the story.

Preparations for the play began in June 2010, when the selection of this play was made. Over summer, set and costume design were discussed and planned out.

Auditions for "Pride and Prejudice" took place during the first week of the 2011-2012 school year and rehearsals have been going on for about five and a half weeks.

Ketter hopes that the they will tackle the acting prospects of this piece in addition to understanding the technical aspects.

A few of the challenges that he mentions actors face are learning three different geographical British dialects, learning to hold a cup since there were no handles on cups in that historical period, learning to dance, and learning to escort a lady the proper way."Directing is like baking a cake;" Ketter said.

He explained that the process of putting on a production is both exciting and challenging.Commitment is essential and high standards of expecting students to do their part are held.

With high hopes of box office success, two-fer coupons are offered. Tickets are originally $12.50 a piece, but if two are bought, they are $10 each.

"Come see the show and see if you recognize anyone from any of your classes," Ketter advertised.

Tickets for the show are now on sale at the theatre box office.