The Twilight Players will be switching things up next semester, performing a dramatic musical instead of the usual comedy.
In the spring semester, the Twilight Players are performing the drama “Blood Brothers”, written by William Russell. The musical centers on a mother who gives birth to two boys but can only afford to keep one. She gives one of the twins to a rich family. The boys live separate lives until they fall in love with the same girl.
“Blood Brothers is a drama, which is pretty different from what we’ve been doing recently, but we thought it might be refreshing to change things up a little,” Twilight Players treasurer Dave Daly said. “Blood Brothers” was not the original musical that was chosen for the spring, but due to a few voting conflicts the Twilight Players voted again and it was suggested to do this musical. The group’s goal is to have “Blood Brothers” be as successful as its performance this semester.
“Play On!”, a comedy written by Rick Abbot was the play that was put on just a few weeks ago. The club performed the play five times.
“It’s really great to hear when the group effort we all put in gets noticed and praised,” member Jenn Morin said.
The play was thoroughly developed throughout the months leading up to opening night and the cast learned a lot.
“It was beautiful to see each person’s individual development as well as the play as a whole,” first-time member Jake Machell said.
The amount of students who went to the performances was not only a helpful for the cast and crew, but to the audience as well.
“I realized that we perform our plays at a time when a lot of college students are stressed out, and all they really want is to get away from work and stress for a little while.” Daly said.
“We choose our plays at the end of each school year. Members of the club bring ideas of plays and musicals to perform the following year, and we vote as a club for which shows to do,” he said.
The 30 to 40 active members that are dedicated to performing plays and musical and are always coming up with creative ways to display their talent. By giving the community an experience each semester, the members of the group have formed close bonds.
“I have loved every cast and crew so far with the Twilight players. We are all very supportive of each other and have all come to be close friends,” Morin said.
“The Twilight Players are like a second family to me. Many people in the club are my best friends, and it’s always a blast to spend a lot of time with them,” Daly said.
With “Play On!” behind the club, the Twilight Players are pointed towards “Blood Brothers” and the future of the group.