Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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Roof. PHOTO BY: Kevin L. Goldy ?With the pistol and 274 left alone. The most noticable aspects of this play were the charace ter contrasts and the set : ' which was bare except for the controlleris dusty and clut- tered desk and the drivers steering wheel. These gave the play a de- ceptively simple appearance, while also enforcing a dis- turbing contrast between a glaring, turbulent inner world and a dark outer world, other of them sharing the stage but each of them alone. , One for the Road, directed a by Tara Lail, a senior speecht i theatre major from Cynthi- ana, moved around imprison- i merit and torture. The torturer was Nicholas, an Ll ' rmy general played by :Kelyin Amburgey, a senior heatremajor from Litt Carr. : e tortures Were a family been captured. lay began in an uns H iiiaquisition cham- i , '--the victims stood ; m teization until called iquieholas, who made a gectacular entrance by he- ; mgi'lowered onto the stage 'ifrom above. Nicholas called I Vietor first, played by David Dunaway, a freshman from , LHakrrison, Oh. During Vic- toris inquisition, Nicholas planted doubts about his wifeis faithfulness. Nicholas also revealed that he loved the death of others. Gila, When on stage your emotions must be present in every part otyour body Big Daddy tTom Yancey, assistant IVTV professed unleashes his anger toward Big Mama tKaren OlBaker, senior from Geneva, OhJ in one at their many arguments in Cat on a Hot Tin played by Donna Ison, a sophomore from Mt. Ster- ling, had been raped repeate edly by the soldiers. Nicholasi inquisition of her was a mental rape, where he battered her with words until be dragged out her shame and made cherished memo- ries, vulgar, such as how she met her husband. Nicky, Vic- tor and Gilaia son, played by William Ditty, a freshman from Paintsville, was ques- tioned about why be resisted arrest, kicking soldiers, and the significance of his child- ish games, playing with model airplanes. When Vic- tor was brought back for the final inquisition, he asked to be killed, which angered Nicholas. Nicholas finally told him that he would re- lease him and his wife. When Victor asked about his son, Nicholas merely told him that his son was a prick. The play ended with the characters frozenyon stage, with Nicholas and Nicky facing- each other to form a unity in identity. The most noticeable aspect of this play, besides the Vet's bal torture, was the bloody appearance and tom clothing ofVictor and Gila. This, along with the barbed wire that sur- rounded the audience, gave the idea that everybody were prisoners, subject to the tor- ture of having the mind exe posed and played with. H'Ciemedksg , f also unawiare of her hus- The tone of isolation and things not being quite right in Other Places was introduced in the lobby, designed by William Ditty. It consisted of a sofa where people, repre- sented by dummies and pota- toes, stared at a television set that was not turned on. There was also a chess game set out that was not being played, but some of the pieces had been moved or knocked over. A strobe light was placed on steps that led upstairs which resembled a huge eye that looked over the lobby. This design, along with the plays, and small fenced in seating area; left; the autiience eon- fused and feeling disturbed, enfotcing the idea of disori- entatioh and diserepencies in relationships, internal and external. - By: Teresa Johnson Cat on a Hot Tin Roof For its last production of the year, the department chose to present Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams. The play, which takes place in the bed-sitting room of a plantation home in the Mis- sissippi Delta, is an intense drama encompassing several story lines. The family is brought to- gether to celebrate what will most likely be the last birth- day of their patriarch, Big Daddy. Big Daddy, who does not know he is dying of can- cer, was played by Thom Yancy, an assistant radioetele- vision professor. Big Daddyis overbearing, oyer-con- fegyr'Big Mama is bandfs disease. ' Their elder son, Cooper, a lawyer who, has come from Memphis with his pregnant, society wife, Mae, wants to be the one to inherit the plan- tation upon Big Daddyis death. Their younger and favorite son, Brick, is an alcoholic, ex- football player who lives at the plantation with his catty, frustrated wife, Maggie. The play is a series of con- frontations. Big Daddy is forced to confront the fact that he really is dying and that his family has lied to him about it up until that night. Brick and Maggie must confront Brickis alcoholism, his guilt over and her involve ment with, one of his friends death, his reasons for drink- ing and their strained rela- tionship. All of these problems re- volve around Brickis rela- tionship with his old school and footbal buddy, Skipper. During Brick and Skipperis friendship many people be lieved that their relationship was homosexual. Maggie decided to prove Skipperis manhood by sleep ing with him. Unfortunately this plan backfired and Skip- per began to believe that he might be a homosexual. With this thought, Skipper began drinking heavily and eventu- ally drank bimselfto death. After Skipperis death, Brick began drinking and quit sleeping with Maggie. During the course of the play, Maggie tries to get Brick to open up, but he refuses to. He does eventually discuss his friendship with Skipper and his feelings with Big Daddy. It is during this conversa- tion that Brick tells Big Daddy that he really is dying and that the entire family has been hiding the truth. As the play draws to a Close, Maggie tells Big Daddy that she and Brick are expectv ing a baby, to make him happy. Maggie then hides Brickis liquor until he agrees to make love to her. The intensity was amplis fied by the small size of Kibbey Theatre where it was presented. In fact, during one of Brick and Maggieis fre- quent fights the front row was hit with the liquor from Brickis glass as he fell. Kibbeyis small size allowed the entire audience to be- come wrapped up in the char- acteris emotions and actions. -- By: Christie Sheppard . Sgring Theatre 199

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