Bringing their frightfully fun performance to the stage, the
Marlow Outlaw Speech Team (MOST) partook in their annual
play on Friday, Oct. 6 and Saturday, Oct. 7.

The play is centered around three middle schoolers, Tau-
drey, portrayed by senior Emma Samples, Sydmour, portrayed

by senior Joshua Parsons, and Carol Anne, portrayed by junior
Lilly Anderson, who stayed up too late watching scary movies.
After Sydmour wishes to live in his very own horror movie,

the trio finds themselves separated from each other and trans-
ported to a mysterious new world.

As the three middle schoolers are making their quest to re-
unite with one another, they each meet strange characters along

the way.

The play mostly parodies iconic horror movies but also fea-
tures nostalgic childhood shows, having a large cast of 18 and

a total of 22 characters.
With all of the characters to choose from, auditioners were
able to choose a character that they enjoyed and sometimes felt
connections to.

Anderson chose to audition for Carol Anne because she be-
lieves she has several similarities and differences with her.

“Carol Anne is so cute and reacts to everything the way I
actually react,” Anderson explained. “She is very air-headed

though and that was a challenge.”
Although all actors worked for hours before the production
was ready for the stage, one performer that looked deeper into
his roles is junior Michael Weston.

Weston played the roles of Freddy Fruegar, Chucky and Al-
fred Hitchcock.

“I thought about the lines and how I wanted them to be said
as well as how I portrayed the characters,” Weston said. “A lot
of times I have to think of how my characters say certain lines
and the feeling their voice gives.”
With all of the time invested into characters, actors grow to
understand and enjoy their roles more.
Junior Trace Ribble appeared throughout the play as serial
prank caller Scream Man.
“I would describe Scream Man as being a son, coward and
silly,” Ribble expressed.

In order for “Little Play of Horrors” to succeed, an ambi-
tious set was needed, and Stagecraft was up for the challenge.

The class decided on a design of six painted periactoids and
worked on the set for a month and a half, spending hours in and
out of class creating the periactoids.
Sophomore Colton Bratcher worked on the Harry Potter
periactoids.

“The biggest challenge I faced with building is being care-
ful of paint,” Reach said. “But, we overcame it, and I am very

proud of the set.”
MOST excelled in their performance and will continue to
star in future endeavors as they head into their contest season.

Their first speech contest is scheduled to take place on Sat-
urday, Nov. 4 at Okarche High School.