In November of 2025 there will be a school play called A Murder in the Knife Room. But is the play itself any good? Based on our research we think that going to the play to see the actors in their roles will be lots of fun and you and your friends will have many great laughs. Well you may be asking if this is another feel good innocent happy family play, however the answer is no. This production has murder and hardcore over the top acting that will leave viewers dying . . . of laughter.
The play’s director, Gary, says, “We wanted the play to have
enough roles for the actors and it is a good play in general.”
When asked what is the hardest scene to direct he said: “Well personally I think it’s the very first scene.” He told us about how setting the mood was a really important part of the play and that the mood very heavily depended on the opening scene.
6th grade actor, Christina’s character is a dirty hippie who is a very irresponsible person and throws away her life.”The hardest part for me is when I have to act all drunk ” I have to edit this last part.
Maddy M., an 8th grader, plays the role of a brainless comedian. When asked if she wanted to continue her career in the program, she said, “Yes!” It seemed that everybody was really enthusiastic about the play and wanted to try out acting as a hobby.
6th grade actor, Onnika, was questioned and asked if she would want to continue this as a career, and what the hardest scene was for her was “I would want to, and personally I think the hardest part is when I have to scream, because I keep wanting to laugh.” she replied. In one scene, her character has to run from an angry mob. Because of her role, she has to tell bad jokes since she is a struggling comedian.
We asked the same questions to a multitude of actors and it helped us learn a lot about the play. We don’t want to spoil anything but it is ridiculously good and includes so many different roles.
When we asked the 6th grade actor Ava A., she said, “The first scene as well and I would love to continue my acting career.” I understand why she said this and that is because in the first scene you really have to watch it because they act really well to set the mood and inform everybody so they know what is going on.
So as you can see this play sounds absolutely amazing with so many different roles. The actors worked incredibly hard on this play and encourage you to go watch it because they are trying to get the audience as full as possible. Judging by how the play seems so far, I think you and whoever you are going to watch it with will have a scarily good time when they perform on November 7th, 8thth, and 9th.
