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University Players end their year with an impactful lack-of-love story Tita Kyrtsakas LANCE WRITER n their last show of the 2011-2012 season, the University Players perform Niel Labute’s Some Girl(s), a play with only five actors that reveals the emotional damage the sole male character is capable of. The short play starts with “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele’s heartbroken song about losing her love, instantly foreshadowing what to expect with this production. Guy (Sam Muir), a recently betrothed writer, sits in a hotel room waiting for the first of four women he is travelling to see across the country in...
Despite its age and sentimentality, Emma plays genuine Tita Kyrtsakas LANCE WRITER n their fourth play of the season, the University Players sweep you into Jane Austen’s heart as they present Michael Bloom’s adaption of Emma. This whimsical play offers humour, conflict and warmth, like an 1815 version of a present day romantic comedy. Emma’s playful plot is overflowing with simple truths that remind the audience of the sometimes-foolish lengths people go for love. The play opens with a marriage brought together by the title character. Despite her rosy-eyed goals, Emma Woodhouse is everything a main character should be: sweet,...
Tita Kyrtsakas LANCE WRITER he University Players shine once again in their third show of the season, Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart. This melancholic, tragic comedy reflects the aching effects of life’s torturous troubles on the heart, but Henley’s intermittent witty banter provides bouts of comic relief and when coupled with strong direction, performances and art production, produces a genuine emotional play. From the moment the play begins, the audience is swept into the small southern town of Hazlehurst, Mississippi. The year is 1974, exactly five years after the treacherous Hurricane Camille flooded its way into the lives of...
Tita Kyrtsakas LANCE WRITER he University Players have started the school year with the premiere show of their 2011-12 season, William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Between the engaging cast, competent direction and professional technical production, the play exceeds all expectations. The play follows the prince, Don Pedro, and his two companions in Sicily. Claudio is madly in love with Hero, while Benedick runs from love and sarcastically mocks it. Don John, the prince’s malicious brother, tries des- perately to destroy the happiness of the character’s lives, but as in most Shake- spearian comedies, good triumphs over evil. From the...