As April 10 quickly approaches, the cast and crew of Freedom’s annual musical are steadily preparing for their four performances. This year, the Drama Club will perform the Wizard of Oz.
Out of all of the musicals, the Wizard of Oz remains one of the most well-known shows in the world. For Musical Director Mr. Keith Kovalic, this was his first musical at Freedom, and he has no comment on whether it will be his last.
“People should come see [The Wizard of Oz] because what we do every year is very good,” Kovalic said. “We work very hard to make this show the best around.”
Many FHS students are participating in the musical, and they’re very enthusiastic about performing this show.
“We have a nice group of kids who have a lot of talent, and we’re excited to show off our hard work over the past few months,” Junior Robbie Raso said.
The kids are not only excited about performing such a popular show, but they enjoy just being together with everybody in the “Freedom Drama Family” again.
“My favorite part about the musical experience is just getting to spend time with everyone else,” Junior Raylen Welling said. “We basically live at the school for two months, and sometimes there’s a lot of downtime. The bonding time we get to have is always great.”
Students involved with the musical attend practice both after school and at night Monday through Thursday, depending on what groups or scenes they’re in. They spend the majority of their weekend in the auditorium as well.
“We have all been spending a lot of extra time at the school lately working on perfecting all the little things in the show,” Welling said. “Everyone should come out to support us because it’s always cool to see your peers become a different person!”
Both the stage and tech crews for the production are also spending a great amount of time making sure everything from sets to lighting is ready to be presented to hundreds of people. At the beginning of the month, they had practice every Tuesday and Thursday after school until about 4:30 p.m.
Tickets are still on sale for $8 per student and $10 per adult.