Student-directed plays make social commentary
Doug T. Graham/Verge Reporter
Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: The Verge
Each director has responded to this interesting staging choice in different ways.
Aguilera has split the stage by party lines, with Senator Holloway and the Democrats doing all their scenes on one side and Timmy Shepard and the Republicans on the other.
Aguilera and Aycock worked together through what Aguilera described as "several rewrites" after he knew about the play's unique staging.
Murphy's play was written for a traditional stage, which meant that her and the cast had to adapt every scene for the tennis court.
Murphy said that her experience working at the theater on 18th Street in the pre-Doudna days helped her in adapting to the surroundings.
Both directors said they were very happy to be in the Black Box Theatre.
The show was originally scheduled to be in the Movement Studio but was moved due to technical issues.
"Rich and I were joking that we would like cut a wire or something so we could get in the Black Box," said Murphy, who was thankful for the increased space of the Black Box. "You have to be grateful for the spaces you are given."
Aguilera has split the stage by party lines, with Senator Holloway and the Democrats doing all their scenes on one side and Timmy Shepard and the Republicans on the other.
Aguilera and Aycock worked together through what Aguilera described as "several rewrites" after he knew about the play's unique staging.
Murphy's play was written for a traditional stage, which meant that her and the cast had to adapt every scene for the tennis court.
Murphy said that her experience working at the theater on 18th Street in the pre-Doudna days helped her in adapting to the surroundings.
Both directors said they were very happy to be in the Black Box Theatre.
The show was originally scheduled to be in the Movement Studio but was moved due to technical issues.
"Rich and I were joking that we would like cut a wire or something so we could get in the Black Box," said Murphy, who was thankful for the increased space of the Black Box. "You have to be grateful for the spaces you are given."
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