Spring Break
Theater in the fall
by Stacy Horowitz
Arts | 9/5/06
Posted online at 3:54 AM EST on 9/5/06
The Brandeis Players' The Goat, or Who is Sylvia follows a successful architect who's up for promotion. His picture-perfect life takes a turn for the worse when his secret is revealed: He's having an affair with a goat.
"The Goat is both wildly hilarious and devastatingly tragic. It covers an unthinkable subject, yet it always takes itself seriously," director Dave Klasko '07 (Fool for Love) said. As the protagonist's family struggles with the play's shocking revelation, Klasko hopes his audience "will think afresh about whether or not all the values they hold are valid."
Tympanium Euphorium will produce the only big musical of the season, Seussical the Musical. The stories are all taken from Dr. Seuss's books and center around the classic Horton Hears a Who.
Tymp's production will add a rock concert style to the production, with The Cat in the Hat as the MC, complete with boy bands and alternative music. Hannah King '08, director and choreographer, explains that while "Seussical seems like a kid's show, it has a lot of pertinent issues. It's serious stuff presented in a light manner." King said she hopes the actors and audience will be able to "enjoy the show and have fun while seeing the value of the play."
Hillel Theatre Group will continue the season with the acclaimed British playwright Harold Pinter's Betrayal. This backwards-running play centers around the affair of Emma and Jerry, who is the best friend of Emma's husband Robert. The play opens two years after the affair has ended and closes with the beginning of the affair nine years earlier.
The biggest challenge both director Allie Winer '08 and actors will face, according to Winer, is how to "strip away the influence that years of experience have had on their character" as the play progresses, clearly exposing "the many lies and betrayals that have taken place between the three [characters]."
Sketch comedy group Boris' Kitchen will bring back two favorites: the Old Sh*t Show, which incorporates popular sketches from years past, and the annual Sketch Comedy Festival, now in its seventh year, in which Boris' Kitchen performs alongside a number of groups from other schools.
"The Goat is both wildly hilarious and devastatingly tragic. It covers an unthinkable subject, yet it always takes itself seriously," director Dave Klasko '07 (Fool for Love) said. As the protagonist's family struggles with the play's shocking revelation, Klasko hopes his audience "will think afresh about whether or not all the values they hold are valid."
Tympanium Euphorium will produce the only big musical of the season, Seussical the Musical. The stories are all taken from Dr. Seuss's books and center around the classic Horton Hears a Who.
Tymp's production will add a rock concert style to the production, with The Cat in the Hat as the MC, complete with boy bands and alternative music. Hannah King '08, director and choreographer, explains that while "Seussical seems like a kid's show, it has a lot of pertinent issues. It's serious stuff presented in a light manner." King said she hopes the actors and audience will be able to "enjoy the show and have fun while seeing the value of the play."
Hillel Theatre Group will continue the season with the acclaimed British playwright Harold Pinter's Betrayal. This backwards-running play centers around the affair of Emma and Jerry, who is the best friend of Emma's husband Robert. The play opens two years after the affair has ended and closes with the beginning of the affair nine years earlier.
The biggest challenge both director Allie Winer '08 and actors will face, according to Winer, is how to "strip away the influence that years of experience have had on their character" as the play progresses, clearly exposing "the many lies and betrayals that have taken place between the three [characters]."
Sketch comedy group Boris' Kitchen will bring back two favorites: the Old Sh*t Show, which incorporates popular sketches from years past, and the annual Sketch Comedy Festival, now in its seventh year, in which Boris' Kitchen performs alongside a number of groups from other schools.
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