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Show 8 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FORUMFORTNIGHTLY.COM Emilio Casillas Contributing Writer Welcome to theatre at Westminster College. The best excuse to miss any (non theatre) class, the best place to find a family, and the best environment for artistic expression. Needless to say, I am biased. I am a Junior in the Technical Theatre major, and I doubt youll find a more loyal member of the two-year-yo- family. But here 1 am not preaching to the choir. Here I aim for transparency. I am no stranger to the outsiders view of this theatre family: we are tight knit and a titch defensive. But really, above all, we are accepting. Our personalities and attitudes are varied, our interests even more so. Yes there is the theatre kid cliche the fedoras, sunflower scarves, and black ensembles. But we are more than that: we are those who find our voices only on the stage; who burn with the courage to find an audience greater than the showerhead; who shy from the center stage but shine at the standing ovation; who express our art not in the act but in the lights, sounds, and dress of the stage. While I wont say there is something for everyone in the theatre, I will say you would be hard pressed not to find a smile somewhere between the crawl space and the spot light. And nowhere are smiles more abundant than in the home of our, for lack of appropriate term, theatre parents: Nina and Michael Vought. The heart and hearth of our program, the Voughts have been the living, breathing soul of Westminster College theatre since they adopted the program more than 15 years ago. Michael is the head of the Theatre Department as well as a director and Nina is our beloved Costume and Set Designer. Michael shares his directorial duties with Jared Larkin, a local actor and director, who brings to the program a passion for cutting edge modern theatre, while Nina shares her to love for design with our light- ing designer and technical director Spencer Brown. But what about the most important people, the students? Well, Im one and I think were pretty cool cats. Dont believe me? Come out and see us! Were around all day every day. And weve got a phenomenal season already in the works! In collaboration with the Classical Greek Theatre Festival, we will be presenting Antigone by Sophocles. A classic drama with a time period twist by director Larry West to be presented in the stunning outdoor venue of Westminsters own Richer Commons, September 7. Jared Larkin will then presdrama ent the depression-er- a The Diviners, by Jim Leonard, Jr. on October 18. When a doubting preacher and a very special young boy meet in the impoverished Bible belt, the tragedy is one to rock the ages. Then join us for Michael Frayns backstage farce Noises Off, where offstage chaos spills onto the stage in a slapstick comedy to be directed by Michael Vought. But, if you are one who finds your curiosity aroused, then join us, onstage or off. We welcome any and all to join us for auditions on August 27 &. 28, 6:00pm, in the Dumke student theatre. Or if your interest lies offstage, we invite you to volunteer as a stagehand for any of our shows by speaking to Spencer Brown. That is where we live. In the reality of the theatre. Not Sidin the fiction of society ney Michaels, Dylan. Sybase, y iJiHgapaapwinfr iwiww fi HI? COURAGtlHEATREni ... DUMKESIUDENIilHEATRE |