Cast members practice on stage with costumes on dress rehearsal.

Duloc Dancers patiently wait for their cue to come on stage. Both actors and crew members must know when they are needed on the stage for the show to run smoothly.

Juniors Andy Levin and Bryan Kibet, actors for Shrek and Donkey, practice on stage while technical director, Taryn Armstrong, takes notes. Practicing with sets helps establish cues on when they should appear.

Crew members help Jakob Sandberg (12), prepare to play Lord Farquaad. Different crews work together, such as make up and sound, to ensure that the actors are ready to go on stage.

Make-up crew member, junior Sydney fouch, helps senior Jakob Sandberg get into character.

Two of the sound crew members, sophomores Shira Levy and Belia Lemelin carefully look at the mics that will be used. Mics are carefully numbered and assigned to characters so that it is easily identifiable when problems arise.

Freshman Aurelia Withers and sophomore Rey Gutierrez-Micallef discuss one of Withers’ costume change. With a smaller number of cast members, some have to play multiple roles at once.

Cast members gather in the auditorium to prepare for rehearsal.