As Trent She practiced aiming for Luke Miller's groin with a set of fake teeth attached to a slinky at last week's NRT rehearsal, outbursts of laughter rang through the room.

The exchange is part of a scene in No Refund Theatre's The Goonies, showing tonight, Friday and Saturday in 111 Forum.

She (sophomore-premedicine) said the play's gadgets, including the so-called "pinchers of peril," have been enjoyable but challenging.

"It's more of a pitch and catch than anything," Miller (senior-English) said.

But that's the least of his worries. One of the challenges in performing the piece is doing justice to the beloved film, said Chris Billman, who plays Mouth.

Cast members said that everyone is working toward putting on the best portrayal of the show that they can.

"There's a lot of pressure playing a character people grew up with who's been immortalized," Billman (junior-physics) said. "People are really counting on us not to screw this up."

Despite the pressure of performing such a well-known film, Billman said cast members have had a lot of fun with their characters.

His own character is very friendly but puts on a sarcastic front, creating a special relationship with the rest of the cast.

"He's a character that everybody can relate to," he said. "We all went through a stage like Mouth."

She said he has had fun playing out his character's Asian background and putting on an Asian accent.

However, sometimes it's difficult to go with the character he has created as an actor because he must stay true to the movie, he said.

"I'm asking myself, how far can I push the envelope with that?" he said.

To maintain the content of the original film, the show's script had to be meticulously adapted, director Alex Principe(junior-theatre) said.

He found the entire film script online and proceeded to go through it word by word, cutting and chipping away.

Despite the difficulty of this process, Principe said he believes he has managed to create something very close to what the audience wants to see.

"As a kid, it was one of my absolute favorite movies and held such a nostalgic power for me," he said. "I want to bring the feeling of that nostalgia back for the audience."

Another length Principe went to was to fulfill his "ridiculous outlook" on what the set should look like.

"Building a pirate ship on a stage like Forum's ground floor is no walk in the park," he said. "However, with a lot of hard work, a diligent and dedicated cast and crew, and a vision for the stage that I was aware I could conjure, I think that the set will be nothing short of inspiring."

Those who remember the film certainly won't be disappointed, he said.

"I never thought I'd see a stage adaptation of The Goonies," She said.

"But here we are."