Senek's "An Ongoing Examination of the True Meaning of Life." "Drugs," directed by juniors Anne Wei, Jim Sheng, Luis de las Cuevas and Ian Kretz, was a delicious treat, inverting the stereotype of "good, straight-laced parents produce bad-apple kid" in a hilarious manner. There were several stellar performances, namely Jonathan Rand's "Drugs are Bad," Bruce Kane's "In the Beginning" and S.W. I understand that this is a low-tech ensemble production, but that does not mean sloppy tech. All that being said, I found all the selections to be witty and pleasing enough.
#UTTERLY UNYIELDING CROSSWORD PRO#
Sound needs to be louder and the audience does not need to hear you clicking away on your Macbook Pro to increase the volume. A flimsy screen is not a backstage muffler. Coupled with that, transitions between acts need to be swift and silent.
Otherwise your actors are left frozen, eyes darting nervously about the stage. Not only are you obviously breaking whatever character, or caricature, you are performing, it also mars the flow of the production. The second, third and fourth sins all fall under tech: Transition, lighting and sound cues are not afterthoughts to a production. However, there were several cardinal sins committed during the performance that stained the productions. First: Do not, as an actor, make nervous "Am I doing this right?" eye contact with your reviewer. The actors should be granted accolades for being bold enough to get up on stage in the first weeks of what can be an exhausting introduction to college life. The much-venerated Wiess College tradition of recruiting starry-eyed freshmen to perform a slew of one-act plays, this year's ranging from clever reflections on humanity to a ridiculous burlesque sketch, has come again.
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