{"id":232,"date":"2008-04-18T10:09:59","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T10:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/fyi\/2008\/04\/18\/just-go-to-the-play\/"},"modified":"2008-04-18T10:09:59","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T10:09:59","slug":"just-go-to-the-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/2008\/04\/18\/just-go-to-the-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Go To The Play!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Jim Amidon<\/em> \u2014 I laughed so hard last night my stomach hurts this morning. Every time I twist or turn in my desk chair, I\u2019m reminded of the great fun Chris, Sammie, and I had at the Wabash College Theater\u2019s production of A Flea in Her Ear.<\/em><\/p>\n

Maybe I\u2019m just a fan of the slapstick-style and the fast pace of the farce, but it was a real joy to have that much fun in Ball Theater.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/strong><\/em><\/a> to read more and see pictures from rehearsal.<\/em><\/p>\n

Director James Phillips has conducted a silly symphony with a cast of newcomers and veteran actors alike. He told a reporter from the Journal Review that the play is akin to a well-oiled basketball team in a fast-paced game. He\u2019s wrong, of course, unless he was referring to the up-tempo brand of basketball played by Loyola Marymount more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Phillips’ production of A Flea in Her Ear<\/em> is faster than a basketball game and funnier than a comedy show. Watching the actors come on and off stage, in and out of doors, falling all over the place demonstrates precise choreography and dozens and dozens of hours of careful rehearsals.<\/p>\n

\"\"I\u2019ve been going to plays at Wabash for 25 years and acted in five or six shows myself. I can\u2019t remember when I had more fun than I did last night.<\/p>\n

Spanish professor Isabel Jaen-Portillo steals the show. Maybe. Then again, she might be upstaged by the foolish, Puck-ish character played by Spencer Elliott.<\/p>\n

But maybe Matt Goodrich\u2019s marathon-run performance as two characters (involving about a dozen very fast costume changes) was the strongest. But wait, freshman Jorge Rostro\u2019s boisterous, physical performance as Homenides \u2014 if nothing else \u2014 glues you to your seat.<\/p>\n

French intern Emelie Darboise does a great job of moving from her native tongue to English in order to play a French woman in a play written in French and now translated and performed in English.<\/p>\n

Yeah, the whole play is like that.<\/p>\n

\"\"I\u2019ve seen it twice now and I\u2019m just now able to figure out who\u2019s sleeping with whom.<\/p>\n

Seth Einterz and Pat McAlister play delicious characters who are at once lovable and despicable. Typecast? Nah, they\u2019re just really talented and seasoned performers.<\/p>\n

James Morey spends half his time falling on stage; Mary Whidden (James Phillips\u2019 wife) carries a young group mightily with a big voice and hilarious expressions; and Sara Locker is absolutely flawless in her dual role as Antoinette and Eugenie.<\/p>\n

Clay Zook does a masterful job of running about the stage with one foot off the ground and the other kicking Goodrich\u2019s backside, and Christian Krenk, who has but a handful of lines, makes a grand Wabash Theater debut.<\/p>\n

I could go on and on, but my sides are aching and I need some ibuprofin.<\/p>\n

Just take my word for it and get yourself a ticket to this riotously funny, perfectly executed romp of a good time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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