LAKEWOOD — Those who missed Lakewood High School’s presentations of “The Princess Bride” May 1-2 can still catch the show at 7 p.m. on May 8-9.

With such a well-known and loved movie adaptation, the same reason why the cast wanted to perform this play also made it challenging to create their own take on it.

“We wanted it to be unique and not owe too much to the movie,” said Leia Groda, a senior who plays Princess Buttercup.

Fellow senior Aria Juchmes, who plays Inigo Montoya, added: “We did borrow some parts from the movie, but we made them our own. We know that fans of the movie will be expecting to see certain things, but they’ll want some things to be different, too.”

One key difference is that the grandson who listened to the tale in the movie is now a grandfather himself, reading the story to his pre-teen granddaughter.

Juchmes and Devin Smith, who plays Westley, agreed that the play had been modernized in other ways, but preferred to keep those a surprise.

The cast deemed the school’s production of “The Princess Bride” especially ambitious due to the demands of its set and the relatively brief month and a half during which the play was put together. And while the actors conceded that the script requires well-honed comic timing, they all considered performing it to be one of the greatest joys of their work.

“I love when everything comes together, everyone laughs when they’re supposed to, and they all see how much hard work we’ve done,” Groda said. “After one show, this little girl came up to us and asked for all our autographs in character, and she nearly cried when she got them.”

Tickets are $6 with ASB or $8 without. The LHS auditorium is at 17023 11th Ave. NE in Arlington.