 Ring of Fire has taken over the chief theater in Bemidji and the actors say audience members can look forward to a fresh take on an old classic. The jukebox musical tells the story of Johnny Cash through his music. For a man with a lot of songs, naturally there's very little dialogue. There are only seven actors who make up the cast and they've rehearsed only 10 days prior to the big opening night. The rehearsals started off as being kind of a lot. They were from 10 to 10 most days. But then once we started running the show, rehearsals started to ease up and it's just been a lot of fun spending time with the cast. But it's been really cool to see each cast member sort of bring their own to the show and their own style, their own take on the music and just to give it its own life. While the actors have names, they all have their own kind of take turns interpreting Cash's songs and the themes they represent. The play contains 38 of Cash's songs including a thing called Love, Walk the Wine and of course Ring of Fire. My favorite part is in act two we have a whole scene about the prison shows of Johnny Cash. And it's just, I love that sound of just a men's choir singing in harmony and just auxiliary percussion and like hammers and chains and it just sounds so cool. And to get to do that on a stage for all places is just a lot of fun. The show will run every night at 7.30 in the Chief Theater through the weekend. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.