“Tech Week”: The final week of last-minute preparations for Play Production before opening night. Taking a comical approach to Harry Potter, the fall play Puffs is bound to “be an entertaining experience” for audience members, according to actor Brandon Howard (11) who plays Oliver Rivers. Members of Play Production have worked tirelessly to create a fun show, and it all boils down to Tech Week. Howard explained how during Tech Week, the team “narrow[s] down intricate parts of scenes.”

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During an inspirational part of the play, actor Aiden Barrett (11), who plays J. Finch performs his monologue. Barrett shared how “it feels like we have been practicing forever” in regards to how long Play Production has been rehearsing. He also mentioned that “Puffs has about 500 sound cues and 300 light cues,” which makes Tech Week all the more important to them.