Shrek Play Review Essay

A couple of years ago I took group singing lessons at an acting school called Stage Left Children’s Theater. Towards the end of the year some of the kids in my class started talking about this thing called ‘Main Stage’. I asked my teacher about it and it turned out to be a big end of the year musical that Stage Left held. Most of the classes that they held were divided into age groups but Main Stage wasn’t. Main Stage featured a variety of ages from eight to eighteen. I thought it sounded cool enough but I wasn’t sure I wanted to do it. However, I decided that it was one of those experiences that I’d only get so many chances to do. The play that year was Shrek: The Musical. I’d seen the movie Shrek and liked it so I thought why not give it a go? I asked

Now for those who have never been in a play Tech Week is essentially when every single person in the play loses it. After Tech Week is when the performances start which tends to cause a lot of stress for the people in the play. First of all you have to know all the dance moves and all the lyrics. Secondly, you now have to add all the props and the costumes in. For a big musical like Shrek where you have huge costumes and tons of makeup you sometimes have to redo entire scenes to add allowance for costumes. Since I was just Raggedy Ann I had it easy. All I had to do was put on a dress, a wig, and minimal stage makeup. However the guy who played Shrek had to put on a massive costume in addition to a bald cap, a fake nose, and tons of makeup. The three pigs had to wear fat suits which made it tricky to dance. It was hard enough knowing the dance moves, now people had to relearn them. People were getting more than a bit stressed. It was a bit overwhelming for me as I’d never been in a play before. I remember feeling stressed that I would be the one to mess it up and cause a ton of problems. Regardless of all the stress it was still a lot of