By DEVYN LANSDEN, Senior Reporter
Just like clockwork, another theater production is coming to Herod Hall.
Sydney Endsley, a senior speech and theater major from Ringwood, is the director and the one who oversees everything, like making sure she has the right props, building the set and getting the costumes ready.
Her senior show, where she can portray all the skills she has learned, is called “Clockwork.”
“Clockwork” is a comedy/ murder mystery with a dysfunctional family, the Dunwoodys, who are trying to figure out who killed who.
Endsley said she chose this play because she thought it would be the most fun to do.
“It has a lot of humor to it because some of these characters aren’t the brightest, and they are trying to put their heads together to figure out what’s going on,” Endlsey said.
Jameson Hale, a music major from Elk City, will be playing Zach Dunwoody.
Zach Dunwoody is 60 years old and is the father of the Dunwoody clan.
Hale described the character as a “cold-hearted wealthy man.”
Hale had to audition for the role. He said he signed up for the role and then showed up for the auditions.
He said the process is going to a scene in the play, fill the roles and start the readings.
“I advise reading into the play and doing research before auditions,” Hale said. “It helps with the process.”
Hale said he has been interested in theater since he was in eighth grade.
In Elk City, he participated in the local Red Carpet Theater.
Sadrie Overall, a biology major from Iola, Kansas, will play Betty Jean Dunwoody.
Overall said her character is a dramatic teenager who is extremely embarrassed by her family. Overall auditioned for the role before Christmas break.
“The objective is to try and showcase your skills for the director,” Overall said. “So, if you are particularly good at talking in an accent and it fits the play, do it.”
Overall said she was involved in theater in high school and participated in forensics.
She said it is basically competitive acting with a few plays.
Overall participated in the play “A Tuna Christmas” in the fall.
“That’s when I realized how much I missed theater and the atmosphere,” Overall said.
“So I told myself I was going to audition for the next play, and here we are two plays in.”
“Clockwork” will be in the Herod Hall auditorium Feb. 17 and 18 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $3 for students and $5 for employees.
“Clockwork” will run Feb. 17 and 18 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 19 at 2 p.m.