‘Mean Girls’ excites the audience with dazzling stage presence
PHOTO: Mean Girls cast Amelia Robinson-Burmester as Cady Heron, Allison Hulbert as Karen Smith, Katherine Berdovskiy as
Gretchen Wieners, and Nora Baggarly as Regina George.
By Naneh Grigor and Harald Tollerup
BlueDevilHUB.com Staff–
“Mean Girls: the Musical,” performed by Davis High’s theater company, debuted at Brunelle Theater on March 8, one of six performances lasting till March 17.
After weeks of grueling rehearsal the cast and tech teams showcased all their hard work.
“I always love watching a show come together; it’s like working on a painting a little bit each day. By the time we open, I always think of the show as my baby,” tech crew member and DSIS senior Drew Dendulk said. “It’s very rewarding when we reach curtain call opening night and we hear the cheering from the audience. It gives us all a lot of pride.”
The show featured elaborate dances, including a tap number, costume changes and phenomenal acting.
The story follows high schooler Cady Heron, played by Da Vinci junior Amelia Robinson-Burmester, who moves to a new place and a new school.
She finds herself friends with three popular girls called “the Plastics.” Their group quickly falls apart after Regina George, one of the Plastics, kisses Heron’s crush and resumes dating him at a Halloween party. Then Heron commits to ruining George’s life.
After the on-stage party, the actors enjoy an intermission.
“My favorite parts that the audiences don’t get to see are the backstage interactions. On stage, each character has certain relationships with others, some of which aren’t the most friendly. However, backstage, we’re really just a big group of high schoolers having a good time!” DHS sophomore Dominic Corbett said. He played Mr. Duvall.
The second act opens with the announcement of the Spring Fling and the coveted crown that comes with being Spring Fling Queen.
Heron is crowned the “Queen Bee” of the Plastics, after which George, played by DHS senior Nora Baggarly, realizes Heron’s betrayal.
She subsequently releases a book called the “Burn Book” which consists of all the cruel rumors the Plastics have conjured in their time in high school. The book mentions students and staff alike.
Soon the school descends into chaos. The mean comments Heron has put in the Burn Book are released and her reputation is destroyed.
In a moment of moral redemption, Heron joins the Mathletes and wins the state championship. Despite the drama of the “Burn Book” all of the girls in the Plastics go their separate ways and are more secure in their respective indentities.
At the end of the play all the actors and crew are exhausted yet it’s all worth it.
“This show has reinvigorated my love for theater! It’s been so wonderful working with actors my age performing such an iconic piece of (media),” Da Vinci junior Django Nachmanoff, who plays Damien Hubbard, said.
