Davis and Elkins College - Senatus Yearbook (Elkins, WV)

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Above: OPENING NIGHT- panel including a minister, religion professor, a doctor, and others discussed with the audience the con- troversial topic of the play. Whose life is it anyway? Provoking medical questions of life and death, emotions were probed after the play’s opening per- formance. The setting took place in an inten- sive care unit where Ken Harrison played by Rob Steele, lay motion- less from neck down due to an auto- mobile accident. Before the acci- dent, Ken enjoyed sculpting and teaching art. Afterwards, he had no desire to sustain his life without the use of his body. The crucial issue arose as “‘the right to die’’ was grappled with among the staff of the hospital. Fi - nally a judge was called in, played by Pete Josimovich, and ruled in fa- vor of Ken’s decision to end his life. Following the play’s opening per- formance was a panel discussion consisting of people in different vo- cations and backgrounds related to this issue. Each gave his personal and professional point of view to the issue. ‘Whose Life Is It Anyway?’’ 23

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eee 22 “Whose Life Is It Anyway?” (Next page) Far right: DOCTORS, NURSES, LAWYERS, and patient eagerly await the judge’s decision-‘‘Whose life is it?”’ Below: DR. EMERSON (Michael Shep- pard) displays unique bedside manners with patient Ken Harrison (Rob Steele) during dress rehearsal. Right: ORDERLY (Chip Zito) prepares Ken for public view. Far below left: DURING REHEARSAL, Ken convinces his lawyer that he has the “‘right to die.”’ Below right: Dr. Scott (Becky Baller) at- tempts to reason with paralyzed patient whose life holds no future. CAST Ken. Harrisons 223082 See ee ea Be oo Robert Steele Sister- AnderSOne® xcacer 5 ote eee ea Brigid Farley NarseiKaycoacle ia geri sree teres eevee Lee Ann Holfelder John X0rderly te ctce mewerte er beeen: Chip L. Zito Dra ClarenScott ieee ria te mere rete Rebecca Baller DreMichael||EmersOniie- sn erence ee Michael Sheppard Mrs Gillian Boyle satay ener eee June M. Simcoe Philips Hill 9 cee teys renee creer een ee Bill McNaughton Dr Paul Travers: c2. hee cin oie. cone ee tere Wes Jones Peter. Kershaw) brcsecc iets renee torte Michael Frankovich Justice sMIIIOUSGs Nancy ene sane ee nee Peter Josimovich AndrewsEGen See settee ante James McElroy Dr Elizabeth Barisan eee ee Carolyn McDonald Orderly tee eer eet rn arc een rae Wesley Sturgis

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ea OE os Oedipus Rex Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex one of the most famous Greek tragedies was performed by the D E Theatre Department. The story begins by outlining the condition of Thebes, the province ruled by King Oedipus, which is troubled by plagues. When the gods reveal that the plague is a result of the murder of the previous King of Thebes, Oedipus promises to find the killer and punish him. 24 Oedipus Rex The plot unfolds as Oedipus dis- covers that he had killed the ruler, and the ruler was his father. He then became the next king by solving the riddle of the sphinx, and married the Queen Jocasta, his real mother. The theme of predestination, cen- tral to the Greek tragedies, runs through the plot as the play ends with the death of Jocasta, and Oedi- pus blinding and exiling himself. yeasts a: 5 ia af , 4 4 YN es 2 tee Boe