The SMC theatre department's spring mainstage is The Notebook of Trigorin, Tennessee William's adaptation of Anton Chekov's play The Seagull. Tonight is opening night! Doors open in McCarthy at 7pm for a 7:30 performance, and admission is free. Directed by Professor Cathy Hurst, with scenic and lighting design by John Devlin and costumes by Peter Harrigan. This bohemian estate could tell some tales about love, lust, and sex, if only walls could speak. When actress Irina Arkadina returns to her country estate to relax with her lover, Boris Trigorin, the world of her son Constantine and young Nina is turned upside down in this intrigue of scandal, power, and love.
Additionally, this show has been in rehearsal for 7 months. Being my first time acting (I play the Cook, a tiny but fun part) and probably one of the few times I will be acting, it was quite the play to work on. Cathy held auditions in September, which is unusually early for a mainstage, and we have been meeting to develop characters and the arc of the story ever since. It is set in contemporary times and the themes of sex, deceit, and domination have been built up to play the story at its extreme, and powerful, meaning. 
:) Waiting to read more, "Keela".
ReplyDelete"It's like 'Tequila'-- without the 'TA'." ~Keelia Liptak on the pronunciation of her name.
Is the show still going on this Saturday? If so, i am coming.