Pitch black, empty stage, vacant house and closed curtains, transformed into bright lights, amazing actors, and a full house Jan. 12-14. It may have taken almost five months to produce such a production, but the theatre department pulled it off: Cinderella.

Think about how much effort producing a TV show or a movie or even a play takes? Students in tech theatre already know.

Sophomore Anisa Hosseini was the assistant stage manager. She was backstage instructing everyone what to do during all four performances.

“I was very proud of the play’s outcome because it was a very long process, but we came through which was amazing,” Hosseini said.

Opening night was Jan. 12.

“The hardest part before the show was time management. I did lots of hair; it was stressful making sure everyone was ready in time to perform,” Gracie Sanders, associate scene designer, said.

The actors in the play couldn’t pull off a production of this magnitude without the help of tech crews to take care of costumes, hair, make up, set pieces, props, lighting and sound production.

“We had to sketch it all out and imagine how we wanted it to look, then we started putting everything together,” Sanders said.

The Tech crew had to put a lot of work into every little detail, even finding the shoes Cinderella needed. Not only did they have to find a pair of glass slippers, they had to fit Cinderella, Macy Herrera.

“My favorite part was when the prince found Cinderella and put the shoe on her,” Hosseini said

And that’s a wrap.

Next for theater is the UIL One Act play Feb. 18 in the WEHS auditorium.