by Anna Kaye Williams, FHS Eagle Beat junior staff reporter

The Fairfield High School Fall Production will be “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Joseph George Caruso. The Drama Club will perform Saturday, November 11 at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 12 at 2:00 p.m.

“Acting has always been a passion for me, and the group we have this year is a special one,” sophomore Emma Copeland said. “I’m super stoked for the play.”

Directors Jeff Wright and Susan Walsh work with the actors during rehearsals on Tuesdays and Thursdays directly after school until 6:30 p.m.

“Señor and Mrs. Walsh really matched our personalities to the roles we were put in,” senior Kaitlyn Neidich said. “Their hard work is what will make this play great.”

This adaptation of Treasure Island is a comedy and tells the story of pirates, mutiny, and buried treasure.

“I don’t believe this play would be as funny as it is without this cast,” junior Jack Ezell said. “We will have the audience rolling.”

Actors and actresses for the fall production are required to be members of the drama club.

The cast includes seniors Kaitlyn Neidich and Jamesha Hatcher, juniors Jack Ezell, Anna Kaye Williams, Preston Long, and Suhani Patel, sophomores Kayla Grecu, Kourtney Mensch, Erin Rachel, Devin Johnson, Emma Copeland, and Paula Zwicker, and freshmen Kayden Salinas, Meredith Awalt, and Michelle Muniz.

“I have no regrets for joining this club,” Patel said. “Even though I have a small role in the play, I feel like we have a big role in the community.”

Several students have participated in past fall productions and One Act Play contests, and a few new faces have been added to the cast list.

“I may be a freshman, but I’m so excited to be a part of drama,” Salinas said. “It’s going to be so fun to be included in such an amazing group.”

Neidich and Hatcher will perform their last fall production of their high school careers.

“I’ll miss getting onstage and making new friends,” Neidich said. “The drama department is like a second family to me.”

 

Pictured above:  REHEARSING THEIR LINES AT PRACTICE are members of FHS Drama Club, Sophomore Erin Rachel, Senior Jamesha Hatcher, Sophomore Kayla Grecu, Junior Suhani Patel, and Senior Kaitlyn Neidich rehearse their lines at practice. Their production of “Treasure Island” will be held November 11 and 12, 2017. (Photo by Anna Kaye Williams)