Every year our very own theater department shows up and shows out with both a musical and a play. This year, the musical chosen was “The Little Mermaid, Jr.” The show was about an hour and a half long, including a ten minute intermission between acts one and two.
Act One set up the show with classic songs that “The Little Mermaid” fans are sure to know, like “Daughters of Triton,” “Part of Your World,” “Poor Unfortunate Souls,” and “Human Stuff.” Each of these songs were followed with dialogue that furthered the plot about a mermaid who is fascinated with humans and collects human trinkets to try and reach the world above the sea despite her father’s wishes.
The second act consisted of beloved songs from the original movie such as, “Kiss The Girl,” “She’s In Love,” “Under the Sea,” and “Les Poissons.”
Senior Maitreyee Karnik, who played Ariel, had the biggest role of them all. It was her first time playing the lead role, as she had previously been Plumette in the 2023 production of “Beauty and the Beast,” and Little Red in the 2022 production of “Into the Woods.”
“This is the biggest role I’ve had, as well as the most responsibility. In my previous roles, my peers had similar roles I did, whereas in this, I had the largest role. It was really fun but also a lot of work; however, the result was really great,” Karnik said.
Many of the cast consisted of people who had not been in any musical production prior to this one. However, they did not fail to make their mark and implement their talent.
“I haven’t been in many productions, and for the most part, Chef Louis was similar to my previous roles in many ways. However, I think the biggest difference was the character’s exaggeration. When I get a new role, I try to get into character as much as possible because I feel it’s better to be told that you are acting too exaggerated rather than you’re not enough. This is my first show at Deep Run. I didn’t know entirely what to expect but now I know and I had a lot of fun,” freshman Bella Paperman said.
The rest of the remaining cast have been in several of the previous productions and were all seniors. This means that this musical was most of the main cast member’s final musical production of high school.
“It made me realize that this play was the last musical that I would participate in. I’ve made so many new friends and the cast and crew are both amazing groups of people,” senior Eric Ogilvie, who played Sebastian the crab, said.
The entire cast and ensemble came together for a beautiful performance that left the majority of the audience applauding for the entirety of the show.
