On October 30 and November 1, the Golden Eagle Theatre Company will be presenting their rendition of Tracy Wells’ Rotten Apples. This will be their second mainstage performance of the 2025-2026 theatre season.
Kahari Sherman, the lead of the play, and a junior at Cypress Falls High School, has been hard at work preparing for his performances; constantly rehearsing, as well as watching movies that assist him in refreshing those lines.
“I am going over my lines, watching fairy tale movies, specifically Shrek 4.” Sherman said. “I might watch a few episodes of Once Upon a Time. Those include the characters from the play. Shrek 4 has Rumpelstiltskin, who I’m playing.”
Sherman isn’t just preparing for the role, he is trying to actively train himself to think like the character he is playing, Rumplestiltskin, a mystical creature in the play.
“I’m always in character,” Sherman said. “I’m playing Rumplestiltskin. He’s a mischievous imp who cursed the princess into giving him her baby. Bad dude.”
His hopes for the play? He hopes the audience has a good laugh because of the play’s comedic element; in that, he is excited for the play’s ad libbing.
“I’m excited for the ad libbing. I think the comedy of the show is its biggest factor and the cast is really powerful in that aspect.” Sherman said.
However it isn’t just about individual practice, it’s about the group effort towards progressing in the acting field. With his group, he hopes to do warm-ups and practices that improve the build up to the show’s entertainment factor.
“We group around, do some warm-ups, practice for a while, fix our blocking and anything that needs to be fixed. We come together and build up the show.” Sherman said. “We go around. We do tongue twisters, we do vocal warm-ups, we work on enunciation, crescendo, decrescendo, things like that. It helps strengthen our voices for the performances of the show. It really helps on stage.”
While the Golden Eagle Theatre Company is notorious for its abundance of high quality plays; Rotten Apples holds a uniqueness to it because of both its production and cast, making it one of a kind.
Rotten Apples is a show that can be enjoyed by any age. Tickets are on sale now and concessions will be sold at every performance. Help support the Golden Eagle Theatre Company on October 30 and November 1.
