The theatre department will perform a children’s show about the tale of Pinocchio and his journey to fulfill his dreams. The show will be Wednesday, May 28 in the auditorium.

The president of the drama club, senior Ashley Mitchell, said that over the past year, the theatre department has struggled financially because the department spent a large amount of money on their bigger productions, such as “Chicago” and “Beauty and the Beast.” The department also lost money when “Chicago” was postponed due to weather problems.

“We always do bigger musicals and bigger shows, because we have to top what we did last year,” Mitchell said. “Because of that, we didn’t make enough money off of them. We just spent and spent and spent to make the best musicals and shows we can. Usually we’re pretty good about making enough money. This year, it was just hard.”

Mitchell says that the theatre department decided to put on another children’s show for the end of the school year, because the show is guaranteed to make a really good profit from the elementary schools.

“All of the kids will come,” Mitchell said. “At the end of the school year, theye are so many field trips. So, it’s even better than when we do them at the beginning of the school year.”

Theatre teacher Nancy Gibson says that the show will be available to both elementary students and the public.

“During the school day, we’re going to be doing three performances for GISD,” Gibson said. “We’ll be doing a 7 p.m. public performance for family and friends in the community.”

“Pinocchio” was previously performed several years ago, and Gibson is innovating the story to create a spectacular show, she said. “I’m taking a lot of different storylines and scripts,” Gibson said. “I’m writing it myself.”

Gibson says that she loves doing shows and thinks they are a lot of fun. She says that she and the theatre students are excited about putting on the show.

“The more we get to do with the kids and the students here in the theatre department, the more fun it is,” Gibson said. “I enjoy working with the high school students and putting out a play.”

Gibson thinks that the show will be great and she is not too worried about it.

“It’ll be a 40 minute show and we’ll have energy on stage,” Gibson said. “The elementary kids will laugh. You could fall down onstage, and they’ll think it’s funny. That’s all they remember.”