Two days after the final showing of “And Then There Were None,” the cast meets again at the theatre to tear down the set and have a meeting to hear about how well they actually did in the box office.

And surprisingly well they did, with an attendance of 500-600 people over the four show days, breaking even on expenses and turn­ing a profit. The Theatre club wants to donate some of the ticket proceeds to a San Bruno fire fund.

The cast is comfortable with one another: they finish each other’s sen­tences and lean on each other while reminiscing about the high and low moments of the play. They laugh and joke about their mistakes made during the performance, and lament for not having started earlier on the promotion of the play.

Some of their lightheartedness carried into the show while impro­vising during live performances. Ac­tors added references to Lindsey Lo­han and skid marks. Some changed their gestures like Bryan Feldscher who played Anthony Marston, first to die of a poisoned drink, who said he made his character more drunk each night of the play.

“I was getting on your case back­stage saying that you were turning Agatha Chrisie into Beevus and Butt Head,” said the faculty advisor, Alan Ceccerilli.

“No! It was the keystone Kops,” the cast said, interrupting him and laughing. They were referring to a series of comedic silent film movies.

Production Manager Emma Fuchs, in addition to Ceccerilli, tried to keep the crew in check. The crew was thankful for Fuchs’s dedication, and thinking ahead skills when she would bring food for them to eat during rehearsals.

The crew was also thankful for Director Sarah Boone, who gave them creative freedom with charac­ter personification.

“I feel that any performance is more true if the actor reaches it on their own- so I would never tell exactly what to do,” explained Boone.

After all the hard work and long hours of rehearsing, cast and crew alike were wary of how many people were to come to the play.

“To be honest, the only people we thought who were really going to show up were family,” said Michael Corzonkoff, who played William Henry Blore. “We didn’t expect to see anybody out in that audience that we didn’t already know.”

This assumption was correct be­cause strong promotion of the show didn’t start until the week of the per­formance. However, after having a sobering talk with the Theatre club’s faculty advisor Alan Ceccerilli about promoting, the cast and crew stepped it up and became serious about pro­moting the show.

Ceccerilli reminded them of this set-back during their meeting after the show, pointing out that double the people could have come if they had started selling tickets and pro­moting three weeks in advance, but still expressing his surprise at a turn out of half a full house.

Ceccerilli acknowledges that it is a slow process to reinstate a drama department since it was consolidated with Cañada College’s own depart­ment in the late 1980s. However, the rebuilding has begun. Skyline will have a drama department next semester, with one class focusing on technical aspects of production called Dram 680SA.

While there are no acting classes yet, the Theatre club will continue to coach each other and share previous knowledge of acting with members. The Theatre club encourages stu­dents interested in drama to join the club at anytime, noting that no prior acting experience or knowledge is required.

With the success of And Then There Were None, the Theatre club plans to hold plays regularly with 1-2 a semester. The next play will be in Spring 2011. While ideas for the next play are still up in the air, they’re sure it won’t be a musical.