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Bailey Rose as Wendy Darling, Nicholas McQuillen as John Darling and Sam McLain as Michael Darling
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Festival Playhouse takes audiences to Neverland with “Peter Pan” Andrea Schaaf Contributing Writer Schaff.14@wright.edu
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eter Pan opened on March 19 and the cast has truly been flying through their performances, literally and figuratively. Bailey Rose, a Wright State junior in the theatre program, was cast as the beloved Wendy and she is enjoying every minute of it. “There is not a second on stage that isn’t fun. My face hurts by the time we end the show because we smile so much,” Rose said. Working many times as a swing or understudy in the past, Rose was excited to ap-
proach this knowing she could put all of her effort into the development of Wendy.
“This is the most technically demanding show I’ve ever been a part of.”
“This is the first show where I get to just focus on myself,” Rose said reflecting on her experience. “I’ve had so much fun developing her and figuring out what she is all about.” “I get to be on stage for two hours with one of my best friends,” Rose said of Alyson
Snyder, who plays Peter Pan in the show. “Part of Wendy’s job is to support Peter and so I get to sit there and support one of my best friends. I just get to sit and smile at Snyder for two hours,” Rose said. In addition to the experience this production has brought to its cast and audience, it also brought new and exciting challenges. As Peter Pan would not be the same without its flying adventurers, the cast had to go through flight training and become certified on how to properly use their equipment and work through each show in a safe manner. Due to this, Rose recognized a major chal-
lenge that this show has posed to them, unlike others in the past.
“There is not a second on stage that isn’t fun. My face hurts by the time we end the show because we smile so much.” “This is the most technically demanding show I’ve ever been a part of,” Rose said. “There is a lot of outside aspects of the show that we aren’t in control of.” “Being aware of things so
that the audience is able to share the experience as much as we are sharing it on stage and have it be safe,” Rose said. Having a bit more time to practice and develop than some of the other shows, the spring production has turned out to be a great success that is truly entertaining for those young and old. It does remain true to the original story of Peter Pan. Taking a break last weekend for the Artsgala on campus, the show will resume on April 2 and continue through the 12th, finishing the spring semester off on an even higher note.