Fredda Clisham sits in her dressing room before the Burns Park Players annual community theater production of Mary Poppins at the Power Center for Performing Arts in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020.

Clisham, who is now 100 years old, plays the role of Queen Victoria in this years play. Clisham considered not participating in this year's play due to her age, but decided against it after several other cast members insisted she did it.

"You know, in show biz, you don't want to stay when they wish you'd leave. You want to leave when they wish you'd stay," said Clisham.

Photographed for MLive/The Ann Arbor News