Sophomore musical theater main Caroline Nitardy surrounded by Carrie solid members throughout a rehearsal. Nitardy has been making ready for the position by studying the Stephen King novel the musical was primarily based off of and exploring the advanced feelings behind the character.
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In SEMOs rendition of Carrie: The Musical, faith, blood and psychic talents are woven collectively to inform the chilling coming-of-age story. The musical will probably be carried out Dec. 7-10 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 10-11 at 2 p.m. on the Wendy Kurka Rust Versatile Theatre on the River Campus. The Friday, Dec. 9, efficiency is already bought out.
Carrie is a powerfully emotional character created by the creativeness of creator Stephen King. All through the musical, she faces hardships comparable to college bullies, an overbearing mom and reining in her newfound psychic talents.
Sophomore musical theater main Caroline Nitardy performs the position of Carrie in SEMOs rendition. Nitardy has been making ready for the long-lasting position by studying the unique Stephen King novel and studying to implement the loneliness of Carrie into her performing.
Nitardy mentioned shes been incorporating the essence of Carrie discovering confidence and changing into extra impartial from her tyrannical mom into the emotion behind her characters transformation.
Ive additionally been taking part in with the concept of blood within the present, as a result of the present begins along with her getting her interval and ends along with her getting blood dumped on her, and in these circumstances, her powers come out, Nitardy mentioned. This trance form of comes over her, and its actually cool how blood has one thing to do along with her powers and the way it strengthens her.
Nitardy mentioned she has discovered it vital to de-role after practices to separate herself from the extraordinary feelings of Carries character. De-roling consists of workouts like deep respiration and meditating after a rehearsal to assist deliver the actor again to themselves, so they don’t connect to the character.
As with Stephen King tales, the characters could resemble common individuals at first look, however there are numerous layers of complexity to their roles.
Junior musical theater main Jared Ritter performs the character of Tommy, whom he described because the basic golden retriever boy who’s dumb of mind, however stuffed with coronary heart.
He is greater than only a man who performs soccer and performs baseball, Ritter mentioned. The present type of takes on a number of stereotypes of outdated highschool teen motion pictures like Breakfast Membership and stuff like that, and turns it on its head.
Junior musical theater main Sarah Grosse has taken on the character of Sue, who begins the musical as a bully and all through the event of the play realizes how her actions have impacted Carries character.
When [Sue] lastly wakes up, she sees what she’s doing is really hurtful, Grosse mentioned. I have been exploring how laborious that’s for her to course of the truth that she’s been inflicting a lot damage on this particular person.
Whereas the expansion of the characters in Carrie: The Musical creates a brand new perspective for viewers, it has additionally turn into a check for the actors to immerse themselves within the emotion and persona of their roles. To witness these advanced characters, tickets could be purchased on-line by the SEMO website or by calling the River Campus Field Workplace at (573) 651-2265.
