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The classic tale of hunting for buried treasure is coming to Potomac Senior High School. The Panther Productions drama department is putting on “Treasure Island.”
The stage play is the story of a young boy named Jim Hawkins, who is on the hunt for buried treasure with a few cohorts.
Treasure Island is a bit of a change for the students, as they’ve been putting on fairy tales for the past few shows. Cinderella was last year’s major production.
Earlier in the year the students performed Big Bad. For this year’s production, they wanted something that would be recognizable but still had action and drama.
“It’s a lot more straight characters. With the fairy tales, you had to be imaginative. With this one, you have to be more harsh and rigid,” said Mackenzie Guenther, the assistant stage manager as well as a Potomac High School senior.
An abundance of work goes into a production like Treasure Island. Costume designers will have to put together themed outfits by shopping at thrift stores. Sets will be made by crew members that prefer to work behind the scenes. Actors and actresses will have to take their own time to memorize lines.
The majority of the play will be dialogue with a great amount of blocking. In the theatre world, blocking is known as the stage movements and directions worked out beforehand with the director. This production will be about two hours long with the original dialogue from Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel “Treasure Island.”
Tickets for the production tickets will be able to be purchased during student lunches, via email, and at the door the night of the production. The first show will be Friday April 24 at 7 p.m. followed by two showings the next day on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The final show will be Sunday April 26 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students, $7 for adults.
