The Hawk

Issue date: 12/8/06 Section: Entertainment

Hood and Kingett have a unique compatibility.

The Hawk Rock isn't really used to a lot of drama, beyond the occasional broken cue stick or out-of-order hot chocolate machine. This weekend, however, the Student Theatre Guild will fill it with enough to strain the rafters - they are holding their biannual One Act Festival, which consists of three plays, each with unique themes and styles.

If you're surprised that we've even got a Theater Guild, you should also know that they aren't fooling around. President Steve Cicerelli ('07), and Vice President Jason Madden ('07) have overhauled the organization in their time here. They've managed to transform it from a group of five marginally experienced members who performed mostly in front of friends into a campus-recognized and budgeted group. With the help of their advisor, Dr. Jason

Mezey, these thespians have developed their skills, and clawed for recognition and exposure around campus. If you plan on avoiding this like the plague, for fear of terrible acting and shoddy scripts, please reconsider. These Guild members are genuinely talented, and have a true passion for their craft. It's important to keep in mind that each of these plays in student written, directed, and acted. Their content is completely original, and delightfully fresh. Directors are not restrained in any way, and free expression abounds. Any language that needs to be used to convey the theme is used, and any subject matter that would make a member of Cap and Bells change their underpants is perfectly acceptable on their rustic stage. For this reason, the guild's actors passionately take on their characters. They act for the sake of acting, and delight only in seeing their creativity in action in front of an audience.

"In the Event of An Emergency", written by Cicerelli, is a sardonic and clever act, set in the dingiest corner of the Newark Airport. Two couples await their flight to a relaxing Hawaiian getaway, and of course a strange chain events exploits and augments their idiosyncrasies as characters. Jim (Ryan Hood '09), a manic and neurotic study in paranoia, is nervous not only about the flight, but also about the future of his life with his fortunately levelheaded girlfriend, Susan (Christy Bresnahan '10). Their best friends, Wayne and Trish, have no problem showing their affection for one another in that "get a room" sort of way, which comes as a stark contrast to the matronly grace with which Susan watches over her significant other. When a mysterious man with a rotating palette of accents comes along and asks them to watch his bag, the curiosity and uncertainty that follows creates much juicy controversy.

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