Melanie Mota-Luis

Sherlock Holmes(Chase Schnaible) stands in the middle of the stage.

November 16-18, the SCHS theater students performed “Sherlock Holmes.” On Friday and Saturday, showings of the play happened at 6:00 PM with tickets costing $7 for students and $10 for adults. The Theater had also held a matinee on Thursday, Nov. 16 throughout second block for high school students as well as any of the other district schools that had wanted to come and watch, with tickets starting at $2. 

“Similar thing every year..I think it’s going to go well, there’s definitely room for improvement here and there,” said Max Bomerschein, one of the stage and crew directors. This is Bomerschein’s first year as a stage/crew manager but he has been involved in the crew since his freshman year. 

The cast and crew built all the sets for the play to bring the setting to life. But the cast is what made the show.

This year both of the leads were surprised, but for different reasons. Chase Schnaible, cast as Sherlock, at first was displeased with his role as he had requested to not be a lead. Andrew Schneider, Watson, however was thrilled as he is not usually a lead.

“I felt like it went fine, some people missed cues… but other than that it went amazing,” said Schnaible, Sherlock. 

Theater director Anna Jennings has specifically hand picked Schnaible as the lead. The cast and crew see it as “undeniable that Schnaible was the best fit for the role.”

“If I could have been any role I would have been Moriarty…the villainous roles are way more fun,” said Schnaible. 

The matinee performance had a fair audience, but most of the theater students were hoping for more of a crowd.

“ I wish we had a lot more people… I’m glad people came and saw it. Whenever I learned I was Dr. Watson I loved it, I don’t get leads often… I’m happy I got the role,”  said Schneider, the cast of Watson.