CET’s tech week takes an unexpected turn

Chava Makman Levinson and Scarlett London|November 13, 2019

There was a buzz of excitement in the air outside Craft Theater at 8 a.m. on Nov. 13. Despite the early hour, the members of Community Ensemble Theater (CET) were already hard at work. Cast members scrambled around the second floor, carrying ladders and pieces of the set. Due to the snow day on Tuesday, two days prior to opening night of School of Rock, all after-school activities had been cancelled, including the first dress rehearsal of the show. Tech week had not gone as planned, and a make-up time had been scheduled. All CHS students in the show were allowed to skip their first and third blocks in order to rehearse.

“Our first two dress rehearsals were cancelled, and we couldn’t do anything about it,” Loey Jones-Perpich said. “We had a snow day on Tuesday and Quinn and Marci were fighting the district the whole time to let us do a rehearsal.”

Jones-Perpich, along with the rest of CET, rehearsed at the Neutral Zone on Nov. 12th from 4–8 p.m.. The space was given to them for free. The group’s plan is to run the second act this morning from “cue to cue”, which means practicing with all lighting and sound cues. Tonight, they will have their first dress rehearsal from 3–10 p.m.; their second will be tomorrow in the hours leading up to the rise of the curtains.

“I’m stressed out, but I think we’ll be able to pull this off,” Noah Greenberg said. “This is the most insane tech week we’ve ever had.”

This unconventional schedule is forcing CET to come together and work a little extra hard to ensure the show will meet their standards.

“You can’t stop the School of Rock,” Morgan Fitzgerald exclaimed.

About the Contributors

Chava Makman Levinson, News Editor

Chava is a senior, and is so happy to be starting her second year on staff and first as News Editor. Outside of writing articles, she loves hugging her dogs, collaging in her journal, and drinking way too much coffee (in reusable cups, of course). She joined the Communicator because she believes in the importance of telling peoples' stories, and in staying informed about what is happening in the world around you.

Scarlett London, Activism Columnist

Scarlett is a sophomore and this is her second year on staff. When she’s not playing with her very small dog or scrolling through TikTok, she loves eating popsicles, going downtown with friends, watching Criminal Minds, doing paint-by-numbers, and using semicolons. She also loves dancing and spends time every day either at the dance studio or in her basement practicing. Her favorite part of journalism is how influential a good quote can be. She also loves seeing an article she wrote in a magazine because it makes her feel important.

Atticus Dewey, Print Editor-in-chief

Atticus Dewey is a senior at Community High School and is more than excited to start his fourth year on The Communicator staff. This year, he is one of the four Print Editors-in-Chief, but believes that the entirety of the staff is more skilled than any other year prior.
His life outside of journalism is completely absorbed by one thing: water polo. While Atticus doesn't have any free-time because of it, he wouldn't have it any other way. While Atticus has felt stressed and like time has been flying by, he's grateful that he has three other wonderful editors to help him through the process.