BATH TOWNSHIP, OH (WLIO) -Â The Bath Drama Club is getting ready to present their first-ever play that opens Saturday night!
Drama club students at Bath High School hosted a dress rehearsal Friday evening for their families performing "The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet." The play utilizes a comedic approach to the William Shakespeare's classic "Romeo and Juliet" through an integration of the whimsical literary styles by Dr. Seuss where the story of the Shakespearian characters are conveyed through funny jokes. Even though the play is a fun-filled journey of the retelling of Romeo and Juliet's romance, the theater setting helped teach students involved critical life skills.
"I've learned to like work with people, how to direct people, how to like put sets together which I've never done before, how to move people around the stage," says Hailey Hinkle, Co-Student Director, Junior at Bath High School.
"I've learned that memorizing lines is one of the toughest things I will ever have to do in my life, and also, how to communicate with people because I'm not really too good at that, but this has really helped," says Payton Branim, plays Romeo, Junior at Bath High School.
The Drama Club at Bath was formed just this year, and Saturday's opening night will be the club's first. Before rehearsal, we also talked with students about what the journey has been like.
"It's definitely been a really good experience seeing the other side because both me and my other director, Hailey, have been on the stage but don't see all the work that goes behind the scenes making it from designing all of the logos, the t-shirts, the posters, doing advertisement and getting the funding for it, and setting the stage. It's a lot more work than you think goes into a show," says Kyla Fallis, Co-Student Director, Junior at Bath High School.
The students will perform Saturday night at 7 pm and Sunday at 3 pm inside Bath High School. Tickets are $10 online or $12 at the door.
