“Mary Poppins,” the classic musical production that we all know and love, will be coming to Central during Mother’s Day weekend and the weekend after that.

According to Scott Robinson, theatre arts professor and chair, there are about 45 actors for the cast and there are about 125 people involved altogether in the making of the production.

The department installed a new sound system with 7.1 surround sound during the winter, which will be put to use for “Mary Poppins,” Robinson said.

“This is the first show we’ll be able to fully use our sound system,” Robinson said.

There will also be cast members flying in the production. According to Robinson, a company known as VFX, will be here working with students and will be handling the ‘rigging’ that is involved in making the flying characters possible. VFX worked with the school’s theater production of “Peter Pan” a few years ago as well.

“[The production] has things that will challenge students,” Robinson said of why “Mary Poppins” was chosen for the spring musical.

The theater department likes to put on shows that reach out to the community and families, Robinson said, and this production is definitely geared towards families. Along with Central students, there will also be a few community members in the performance as well.

Jared Vallejo, a Central alumni, and his son are a couple of the community members in the cast. Vallejo’s son will be playing Michael Banks.

According to Robinson, there will be about 200 or so costumes involved for the cast members, along with 36 various wigs.

“[Prepare] to be completely entertained and relive the magic of childhood,” Robinson said.

After the matinee showing of Mary Poppins on Mother’s Day, there will be an Ice Cream and Tea Social where guests will be able to meet Mary, partake in tea,desserts and get pictures taken with the character.

The social is a separate, ticketed event which guests will have to pay extra for in advance. The cost for the social is $5, which covers the ice cream and other event costs.

Meredith Magoun, the costume designer for the “Mary Poppins” production, has been working at Central for the last year and a half teaching design and technology.

Originally from Boston, Magoun said that when she was younger she discovered her fondness for costume designing through a combination of attending theater camp and playing dress up with older era clothing.

“That’s where my love for theater and clothes merged,” Magoun said.

Magoun said that there will be some changes made for the school’s production of the musical.

Those who are behind the making of the designs and costumes, such as Magoun, will be adding their own ‘personal magic and touch’ to the designs. They have decided on some changes that, as Magoun put it, will be new and hopefully unexpected for the audience.

“There’s the expectation of what Mary will look like- and Mary will look like Mary. But there’ll be other changes,” Magoun said.