Theatre students present three one-act plays

October 9, 2006
Contact: Elaine Tate 865-2815 Ext. 8640.

Springfield, Mo. — Evangel University theatre students will present three one-act plays in the Evangel Barnett Fine Arts Theatre Oct. 26-28 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $3 and can be purchased in the Evangel Humanities Department by calling Elaine Tate (417) 865-2815 Ext. 8641, or on performance days at the box office Ext. 7134 from 6-7:30 p.m.

Here We Are, a comedy written by Dorothy Parker and directed by ’06 alumna Melody Boardman, is about a newlywed couple and the nervous anxieties they experience during their train ride to their honeymoon location.

Sophomore Mandy Seielstad, government major from Sacramento, Calif., and senior Dan Clair, biblical studies major from Trafford, Pa., make up the cast.

Trial of God, written by Elie Wiesel and directed by senior drama major Allan Ansell from Phelan, Calif., is based on true events Wiesel witnessed in Auschwitz. The story takes places in 1649 in a Ukrainian village in the aftermath of a pogrom. Only two Jews, the innkeeper and his daughter survived the murderous raids. When the survivors hold a mock trial of God for allowing the massacre to occur, a mysterious stranger arrives to defend him.

The eight-person cast includes freshmen Emily Estes, Erik Kiser and Ashey Wickliffe; sophomores Caleb Eigsti and Sarah Stubbs; and juniors Sarah Ugoletti, Shari Nelson and Jessica Smith.

Estes is a music major from Cameron, Mo.; Kiser is a theatre major from Meridian, Idaho; Wickliffe is a history major from Gold River, Calif.; Eigsti is a theatre and biblical studies major from Fremont, Neb.; Stubbs is an electronic media major from Williamston, Mich.; Ugoletti is a theatre major from Ambridge, Pa.; Nelson is a math major from Tacoma, Wash.; and Smith is a theatre/speech education major from Saint Albans, W.V.

Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell and directed by Sam Inman, senior theatre major from Fremont, Calif., is a play illustrating how women can allow their emotions to cloud their judgment. John Wright has been strangled to death and his wife, Minnie, is suspect. When their neighbors, the Hales, and the sheriff and his wife search the home for clues, Mrs. Hale and the sheriff’s wife imagine themselves in the position of Mrs. Wright. They hide incriminating evidence against her and instead set her free.

The cast includes freshman Matthew Murphy, sophomore Nat Chilton, junior Caleb Moos, and seniors Shalisha Nason and Amy Miyamoto. Murphy is a prelaw major from Springfield, Mo., Chilton is a criminal justice major from Martensdale, Iowa; Moos is a theatre major from Springfield, Mo.; Nason is a music education major from Hagerstown, Md.; and Miyamoto is a theatre/speech education major from Essex Junction, Vt.