By Kennedy Silvester – Staff Reporter 

The Jonathan Law Drama Club performed “The Play That Goes Wrong” the weekend of November 11.

”The Play That Goes Wrong” is a unique comedy where issues arise for all of the characters in the play.

“The play is about a group of actors who are putting on a murder mystery play for an audience, but what makes the show earn its title is that every single thing imaginable goes wrong,” Drama Club President Sofia Mazella said. “Actors forget their lines, set pieces break, cues are off, and technical details are greatly flawed.”

In the Drama Club’s rendition of the play, there were only eight cast members, plus around 8-10 crew members. 

Shruti Simhadri played Annie, Sarah Ahmed played Taylor, Mazella played Christina, Deven Rivera played Jonathan, Kadance Kovacs played Rachel, Toni Cepalia played Denise, Faith Santiago played Max, and Hailey Russo played Sandra.

Russo said she thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the production.

“I chose to be in this play because I love Drama Club,” Russo said. “My favorite part was being able to ‘beat up’ Shruti. I would totally do it again too. My favorite quote for the play would have to be ‘stiff drink,’ because it always made us laugh on stage. The second one is ‘Not so fast inspector!,’ because it was Devin’s big entrance.”

Mazella said she chose to audition for “The Play That Goes Wrong” because she knew that it was going to be hilarious and exciting.

“As a committed Drama Club member, I make the choice to audition for all the shows that we do because acting is truly my passion, and I know that I will enjoy doing any production,” Mazzella said.

Mazella loved playing the role of Christina in the show because in a way she got to play two characters at once.

“Christina played the Director, as well as Inspector Carter in the show,” Mazella said. “I loved playing this role because my dream is to become a director, and seeing what it felt like to stand up there as a director truly made my heart explode. I also loved being able to switch back-and-forth between two types of characters.”

Members of Drama Club said that their favorite part of the play process was definitely Tech Week. Tech Week is the week leading up to the play Drama Club members bring in all of the props, costumes, and sets.

The club stayed after school from 4-10 p.m. the week of the show and did their best to perfect everything.

“Seeing everything come together implanted an excitement within all of our actors, and gave us hope for a smooth show,” Mazella said. “My favorite part of the show specifically was the fight scene at the end between two of the characters.”

Russo said she loved the performance – and being a member of the Drama Club in general.

“It feels like a home away from home and acting and singing brings me so much joy and happiness,” Russo said.