“We had a great cast of almost entirely underclassmen who I don’t otherwise see,” senior Tess Hick said, “I liked getting to work with people I don’t usually get to work with. It was really good to hang out with them and take a leadership role.”
“Sorry, Wrong Number” builds suspense, bonding
Directed by seniors Noa Carlson and Tess Hick, “Sorry, Wrong Number” tells the tale of a realistic game of telephone as written by Lucille Fletcher.
“A woman is trying to get in touch with her husband but by doing so, she overhears a murder being planned,” Carlson said, “She is an invalid so her only way to contact the outside world is through her phone and it just builds suspense until you find out who gets killed in the end.”
“It’s set in the fifties so the operator connects the wrong number,” Hick added.
“After hearing that murder being planned, she is trying to get in touch with people to see who they are, tries to get in touch with the police, [and] tries to get in touch with her husband again,” Carlson said.
The bed of the main character, Mrs. Stevenson, took the center of the stage. On opposite sides of the stage, two desks served as those of telephone operators.
Switching characters and timed spotlight adjustments allowed the audience to better understand which characters were on the phone at any given time.
Carlson’s favorite part of the directing process was selecting activities for the cast.
“We tried to practice projecting and our cast went outside to the soccer field [where] we sat on the benches and they just had to say a line to us so we could hear it,” she said.
Hick agreed and added, “We had a great cast of almost entirely underclassmen who I don’t otherwise see,” Hick said, “I liked getting to work with people I don’t usually get to work with. It was really good to hang out with them and take a leadership role.”