Shakespeare never dies in the theatre. “Twelfth Night” makes its debut on the stage this fall with a lot going on behind the curtains.

“Twelfth Night”  is a comedy love triangle of androgynous love. In a story involving cross genders and unrequited love,  film studies teacher and Theatre director Randy Duren chose to portray this story located in Paris during the 1920’s.

“I started thinking about artists and their works of art and who seemed to capture this,” said Duren, “And then I thought Picasso. He lived in Paris in the 1920s because it was free. They could be the people that they wanted to be.”

The set in the eyes of Duren is ‘minimalistic’ and is brought to life by technical theatre 1, 2, and 3.

From the behind the scene, Junior Skyler Christensen said the most difficult part of the set is all of the curves. The set involves a curved staircase which technical theatre has never worked with before.

“The stage is curved, the archway is curved, the stairs are curved,” said Christensen, “So it’s a lot more difficult to cut.”

Every person involved in a show contributes and without technical theatre, there would be no show. Everyone contributes, not matter how small the role, on the stage of off. Before the curtains open on opening night, the set need to be completed along with lights and props.

“[It’s] Stressful because there is so much that need to be done in such a short amount of time,” says Christensen.

As the show approaches, Junior Angelica Hoffmann said the show is ‘very chaotic.’ With a deadline in mind, the tech team needs to work very hard to have everything in order before opening night.

Hoffmann had worked backstage for Footloose and made sure “everything was perfect and… was centered correctly.”

The set helps tell the story and allows the director to depict his vision for the show.

“I feel like that was one of our biggest mistakes,” said Hoffmann, “We weren’t fully committed and we would wait until the last minute instead of going on stage beforehand.”

Learned from mistakes last year, Technical theatre is improving their skills to make the set “Twelfth Night” the best one yet.

Duren says the best part of directing high school student is, “Getting them to realize they can create something from nothing. To take a bare stage and turn it into a show that everyone enjoys.”

“Twelfth Night” opens on Sept. 22 at 7 PM and runs until Sept. 24. Tickets will be on sale in the bookstore for $8 in advance. Tickets can be bought online for $8 and will be sold for $9 at the door.