The Crucible Q&As

Name: Kai'Enna Tucker Grade: 12 Role: Sarah Good 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "The thought of everyone watching is [scary] and exciting. The thought of messing up lines is also nervewracking." 2. How important is the crew to the success of the play? "It's one of the most important things. If we didn't have them, the actors would be trying to get all...

Name: Laura Salas Grade: 12 Role: Betty Paris 1. What makes you the most nervous?  "Just being on stage in front of people is really scary. I can do it, like I'm not bad at it, just the general idea of being all those people is very stressful and very nervewracking." 2. How important do you think crew is to the success of the play? "So important! I might just be a little biased ...

Name: Sarah Buchanan Grade: 12 Role: Voice of  Martha Corey and Student Director 1. How long have you been involved in crew? "I have been involved in crew since my sophomore year at the Random Acts of Talent show, and I have crewed every show since." 2. When did you get promoted to Student Directer and how did it feel? "I was named Assistant Student Director at the end of my soph...

Name: Desiree Tuohy Grade: 10 Role: Village girl 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "I think just the fact that this is such a powerful show, and we don't want to disappoint all the people who have read the story." 2. About how many lines do you have, and how long did it take you to memorize them? "I do not have lines haha." 3. What emotions do you th...

Name: Sam Schwarze Grade: 10 Role: Francis Nurse 1. What family member is traveling the farthest to see you in the play? How far? Why are they coming? "My immediate family is the only family coming. Everyone else is either in Kentucky or northern Canada, so they can't make it." 2. How many lines do you have, and how long did it take you to memorize them? "I have around 10-15 line...

Name: Andrew Weiskopf Grade: 9 Role: Willard 1. How are you like or unlike your character? "My character is a drunk and does not like his life very much while I am [a] fun and happy person." 2. Who is the funniest person on the cast and why? "Everyone is funny in their own way, and not one person stands out that much." 3. What is your acting background? "This is my first ever show, and I like it...

Name: Mason Yarnell Grade: 11 Role: Hopkins 1. How does Mrs. Demeester get the best out of you and the cast? "She helps people with their lines when we have character work.  She will have us do run-throughs, and whoever was having problems, she will go into her room and help them with them." 2. If you could switch roles with anyone for the performance, who would it be and why? "...

Name: Zach Guikema Grade: 10 Role: Ezekiel Cheever 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? “I’d say just dropping a line is one of the most nerve-racking things. You never know when someone is going to drop a line, and you have to just improvise which can be tricky.” 2. How important is the crew to the success of the play? “The crew is really important. They get everything set ...

Name: Ben Lowen Grade: 11 Role: Reverand Samuel Parris 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "Making sure that I can be a good enough actor on stage and friend off of it." 2. How many lines do you have and how long does it take you to memorize them? "I have about 160 lines, and it took me nearly 4 weeks to memorize all of them." 3. How are you like or u...

Name: Sarah Tiggleman Grade: 12 Role: Mercy Lewis 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "I’ve never been in a play before, so I have excited nerves! I’ve been in shows before, but this one carries a lot of intensity that takes a lot out of you to perform. We all put this pressure on ourselves to do it well, especially since many people know the story well ...

Name: Fadi Muallem Grade:  12 Role: Giles Corey 1. What family member is traveling the farthest to see you in the play? How far? Why are they coming? "I'd say my brothers. They're coming from Ann Arbor because they go to college at U of M. They are coming the whole weekend; so, they're coming on Friday, and then they are staying until Sunday, and so they'll probably get to see the sh...

Name: Pranav Nalam Grade: 12 Role: Thomas Putman 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "Just being in the play in itself is a big thing. I mean, I get to be a rich, old, angry, not-so-smart, greedy man from 1692 for two hours. That is quite exciting in my opinion." 2. How does Mrs. DeMeester get the best out of you and the entire cast? "Mrs.Demeester is a very en...

Name: Meredith VanSkiver Grade: 12 Role: Abigail Williams 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "A lot of things make me nervous. I think the two biggest ones are the fact that it's a play that people are familiar with; it's not something where they're seeing everything happen for the first time. Almost every kid has read it or knows about it, so there's pressure...

Name: Susan Toppen Grade: 12th Role: Mary Warren 1. Who is the funniest person on the cast and why? “Deciding who the funniest person on the cast is very difficult due to the amount of laughter and joy we all share. A new person every day makes me laugh, but if I had to choose, I would say that Aaron Jachim is the funniest. We have so many jokes together, and after doing previous sh...

Name: Aaron Jachim Grade: 12 Role: John Proctor 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "The line load [makes me the most nevous]. I have the largest amount of lines of the entire show, and it can be a lot to handle." 2. How does Mrs. DeMeester get the best out of you and the entire cast? "She asks a lot of questions that you wouldn't normally think about with the character li...

Name: Israell King Grade: 10 Role: Tituba 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "I feel the most nervous from being around such talented actors that seem to always know what they're doing. It's also very inspiring to be around these amazing thespians because one day I want to be as gracious and accomplished as them." 2. What family member is traveling the fart...

Name: Linus Kaechele Grade: 11 Role: Reverend Hale 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "Probably the amount of lines I have—I have one of the biggest parts, probably like the third or fourth biggest part— and just that fear of dropping a line constantly nags at me when I'm on the stage. But, I think that fear is cancelled out by how much support you get on t...

Name: Katie Woods Grade: 12 Role: Ann Putnam 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "The part that makes me the most nervous is probably that it’s a live performance. There’s no room for us to make mistakes, which is why we practice and practice and practice. Something inevitably goes wrong, but by practicing so much, we know how to save it and keep going, which ...

Name: Alexander Hahn Grade: 12th Role: Deputy Governor Danforth What is your acting background? “I have no acting background. But I’ve played in pit orchestras before in musicals. Acting in a play is an entirely different beast.” How are you like or unlike your character? “I like my view of the world. But I dislike how inconsiderate I am of others. And put my own reputation abo...

Name: Ella Guikema Grade: 12 Role: Elizabeth Proctor 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "I think it’s the expectations because of the lines you have on stage, and seeing how hard everybody else is working; you don’t want to let anyone down with forgetting lines or not saying them well enough." 2. How many lines do you have, and how long did it take ...

Name: Russell Baird Grade: 1o Role: Judge Hathorne 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "I think [I'm most nervous about] not remembering something, especially if I don’t catch if I’m supposed to remember something. [I'm nervous if] I’m supposed to say something, and I just kind of sit there. It's probably about the worst thing that could happen." 2. How...

Name: Olivia Dibenedetto Grade: 12 Role: Susanna Walcot 1. What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "I think the part that makes me the most nervous is not meeting the expectations of the audience and the director have." 2. How important is the crew to the success of the play? "Oh, the crew is so important. Without the crew, we wouldn't have any sound effects, l...

Name: Anna Breaugh Grade: 12 Role: Rebecca Nurse 1.  What part of being in the play makes you the most nervous? "The things that make everyone nervous: forgetting a line, missing a move, not embodying the character as well as I can. It’s the fear of embarrassment or of messing someone else up. I want to be able to be there for the rest of my team, that is the cast, and I don’t want to...