The Canterville Ghost is the perfect mix of comedy and spooky style. It is about a ghost, Sir Simon de Canterville, that “haunts” an old English Mansion. An American family, the Otis’, moves in and quickly finds out it is haunted by a ghost. Sir Simon and all his other ghost friends try to use all of their tricks to scare the Otis family, but none of them work. The Otis family reacts to the “scares” in a calm way, which is not what Sir Simon is used to. Overall, I liked the sound effects, like the thunder. It added emotion to the plot and really allowed the audience to feel what was going on in the story. The thunder and rain also contributed to the spookiness of the theme. I really liked how different people came onto the main stage by coming down from the stairs in the audience. However, sometimes it was distracting when the scary people were coming down the stairs, while at the same time there was still stuff happening on the main stage. The lighting was perfect. The main spotlight was on the people who were talking and it definitely helped because sometimes you couldn’t tell who was speaking. The flickering lights for the lightning made it super realistic. I felt the costume and makeup was done very well. Martin the Maniac, Carter Schulte, definitely stood out with his white face and dark, almost purple, circles around his eyes. All of the costumes gave off old England. A costume that stood out was Madam Balaklava, Jackie Merz, with the detailed articles of clothing she had on, making her look insane. It went really well with the part she played which was a psychic researcher. The acting skills were on point with everyone. I could tell everyone poured their heart and soul into making sure their emotions matched what was going on. Rhys Jacobs, playing Sir Simon, did a fantastic job being a dramatic ghost and never failed to make people laugh. His emotions at the end made me feel bad for him in a way because of how the family treated him when all he wanted was sleep. Peggy Boyle, playing Virginia, did a great job playing the “older sister” role. Some of my favorite parts were when Pam, Nola Schuman, was spraying Sir Simon in the face with what I thought was hairspray when she was trying to get him away. I also loved how they incorporated Roger Bacon High School into it by saying, “Steve Schad”. I also really, really liked when they included today’s world and language by saying “Six or seven hundred dollars”. They said “six seven” multiple times which made the audience laugh. In conclusion, I think Roger Bacon High School’s production of the Canterville Ghost was excellent. Going into it I didn’t know what to expect, but walking out I was smiling because it was so good and so funny. I highly recommend this show for anyone, but specifically older kids through old people. This play was really well done.