The production “Clue” opens on Sept. 26, 6:30 p.m., in the auditorium. Cast and crew members share how they prepared for the show.

Junior Ava Weaverling shares her time as the stage manager for the production.

“I have never stage managed before, so I didn’t know anything,” Weaverling said. “I learned that asking questions if you don’t know anything is the right choice, and I’d always wanted to be stage manager since freshman year.”

Some cast members are a part of the crew, too. Despite senior Addilyn Jagodzinske playing the role of Mrs. White in the production, she is also in charge of the costuming process for the production.

“It was a lot to balance,” Jagodzinske said. “ I have to have people to help me sew. There’s two freshmen who fully built costumes all on their own, Lily Leonard and Kira Hoffman.” 

Lately, productions in Central have been largely casted. Senior Wyatt Angell, who plays Professor Plum in the production, said the shift to a small cast may have benefits.  

“I haven’t done a smaller cast show in awhile,” Angell said. “We’ve been doing bigger casts, but it makes everyone feel a lot more connected, and it’s been real,” he said. 

Many shows may include a surprise during intermission, junior Eleanor Burk has indicated that will be the case for this production.

“There’s this one thing we do during intermission called the dumb show” Burk said. “I love it because we are just running around doing crazy stuff.”

The majority of the cast got involved with theater early on in their lives, such as Burk, who plays Yvette in the production. She started doing theater in a church during the pandemic.

“I wanted to do something that was artsy, and I was always super dramatic as a kid,” Burk said. “So I was like ‘Oh this is perfect, and I’ve just done it ever since.” 

When you partake in theatre for quite some time, it becomes easier to see similarities between you and your character. Senior Anna Kraft and Jagodzinske have quite a few resemblances to their roles.

“My role is Mrs. Peacock, and she’s very batty and neurotic and very, like, flouncy,” Kraft said. “She runs all over the place and gets crazy. I’m a very big personality, so I feel like I connect with her in that way.” 

Jagodzinske said she connects to her role.

“It’s really hard for me to connect to my character because she’s really dark, and she killed five of her husbands,” Jagodzinske said. “I can relate to being annoyed with people.”

Burk said that the “great quality” production comes with memories and having to let it go. 

“I feel like all of us are friends in this,” Weaverling said. “That is the thing I will miss most, and pretty much all the rehearsals.” 

Weaverling and Jagodzinske said they will both miss the show.

“The show was so fun,” Jagodzinske said. “I will miss the energy in rehearsals, and the liveliness from everyone who’s around.”