“Two marriages at the same time? That just doubles the love, doesn’t it,” senior Jenessa Polson said in her role as Cornelia Vanderbilly, head wedding coordinator, as the chaos ensues in “The Wedding Intern’s Farce.”

This farce, a dinner theatre play, transpired on February 14 at 6:00 pm and February 15 at 2:00 pm.

“The play is about these two couples that are going to get married,” sophomore Anika Anderson said. “There’s a scheduling issue, which causes some chaos.”

“The Wedding Intern’s Farce” brings the illusion of love on stage with the antics of the actors. Cornelia leads three interns, training them in the wedding coordination industry. Unfortunately, two weddings get scheduled for the same day at the same time.

“The interns are put as the main coordinators for two weddings,” junior Levi Hawley said. “The main intern keeps mixing up the wedding parties, causing a bit more chaos. It doesn’t help that these [four] soulmates don’t really seem like they’re with their right partner.”

Dinner theatre, food served with entertainment, is a bit different compared to the average play; instead of performing on a typical stage, this year’s dinner theatre production took place at the Park County Fairgrounds Heart Mountain Hall in Powell, WY.

“I love doing dinner theater,” Polson said. “I think it’s a fun idea to have a show going while people are eating their dinner, and especially since it’s on Valentine’s Day. And I wouldn’t say the play is necessarily romantic, but it’s got some themes. It’s a little bit crazy, but Valentine’s Day is a little crazy.”

Creating and coordinating a play behind the scenes, especially a dinner theatre, can cause some commotion. On the stage, everything seems to go according to plan. Backstage, on the other hand, some flaws arise. Technical difficulties arose when it came down to booking the Fairgrounds building. 

“I think it’s kind of funny because our play is about a venue play failure in the upper management not doing their job properly,” junior Curtis Muecke said. “So it’s extremely ironic that the show and real life are lining up so perfectly. It’s ironic in a very negative way.”

Joining in on the drama club productions can be very taxing, meeting almost every day after school for hours on end to produce a worthy production. Commitment is key to creating something successful.

“I’m personally frustrated with the lack of commitment that we have,” junior Elaina Kousoulos said. “Honestly, we have a lack of commitment every year, but this year feels like we’re just missing more people compared to the past years.”

The dinner theatre, or winter play, is an annual occurrence. This is the first dinner theatre catered by Northwest College Culinary and Catering. With this idea of new opportunities, more attention and peers have been brought into involvement.

“In comparison to the last dinner theater we did, we had people of a lot more confidence and experience with handling people,” Hawley said. “This year, I’m finding that a lot of us seem to be the ‘misfits’…because we don’t really have too many folks in here that have done it before, and there’s a big crowd of newbies. But overall, I do think that it will be a really fun experience, and I’m ready to see everybody shine in their own kind of light.”

Though there have been many ups and downs in the making of this play, excitement still comes to this dinner theatre production.

“We just want you all to have a good time, and that’s honestly part of the reason why I do this,” Hawley said. “I want to be able to bring people joy through my acting and through my voice to every one of you that comes here helps to support us to create even better shows for the future.”