Book bans and book burnings weren’t the only thing audiences saw at the fall play, “Fahrenheit 451.”

          “You’re going to walk into the black box and not know where you are,” Emma Maraghy (12), one of the set designers, said when talking about the transformation of the black box theater for the production. 

          The play opened on Thursday Nov. 2, and is played through Friday and Saturday as well. The actors and set designers spent long hours making sure that the set was immersive and detailed. Costume designer Anna Harris worked on making sure each character’s costumes fit in with the theme of the show. 

         “[We used] many monochromatic neutral colors because it’s a dystopian story so we wanted some element of future in it,” Harris said, noting that only one character wears any color. 

      A combination of futuristic and vintage, the set reinforced the plot that Maraghy describes as “a dark twist on real life.” 

             Gabby Richter (12) played Mildred, the wife of the protagonist, Guy Montag. Montag is a “firefighter,” but not as we know them. His job is to find books and burn them. 

“The majority of the society is glued to their televisions where the media feeds into their delusions of a false reality,” Richter said. 

After the final show on Saturday, the cast reflected on the production process and the outcome of their hard work.     

             “All the actors have worked so hard and you can really see how that hard work [paid off]” Harris said.