THE CAST LIST for Big Show '08 is up and jam-packed with some seriously comical characters.

Auditions for the show took place Monday 4 to 6 p.m. and Tuesday during lunch and after school. Directors Anna Cangellaris and Eunice How spent several hours Tuesday night poring over the audition sheets and putting together an all-star cast.

Big Show is an annual student-written and -directed showcase of comedy sketches and video pieces, usually related (albeit loosely) to a central theme. This year's production is tentatively scheduled for 7:30 p.m. May 9 and 10 in the North Attic.

During auditions, Big Show hopefuls played improv games such as Party Quirks, the "Ding" game, and Freeze. Each student also had a chance to act, tell a story, or just do something silly in front of the directors for one minute.

"Usually I'm at least a little bit nervous for auditions," said sophomore Anna Gooler. "But for Big Show, auditions are super fun!"

The cast members are:

• Josh Chung, senior
• Ben Daniels, junior
• Will Erickson, subfreshman
• Anna Gooler, sophomore
• Julian Hartman, senior
• Hannah Leskosky, junior
• Alan Liang, junior
• Grant Loos, senior
• Andrea Park, senior
• Adam Touririne, junior
• Richard Weisbach, junior
• Carl Zielinski, senior

Rehearsals will begin Friday in the Windows lab, where the cast and directors will begin to brainstorm ideas for sketches.

"Last year I had the greatest time!" said Gooler. "I'm so excited to see what we do this year!"