Unique stage set up creates challenges for NWOSU play
By ALLI SCHIEBER
Editor-in-Chief
Thursday through Saturday NWOSU Theater will present “The Cave” at the Fellers Family Auditorium.
On Thursday and Friday the NWOSU Theater will perform at 7 p.m. and on Saturday they will perform at 2 p.m. Admission for the show is $3.
“The Cave” is a one act play written by Tim Kelly and is a dramatic comedy.
One thing that is unique about this particular play is the audience is set on the stage.
This creates some challenges for the cast as they are use to being on stage and the crowd being in the crowd so everyone can see and hear them.
Jaden Matthews, a junior speech theater major from Hennessey, said that this can be challenging because as actors they are taught not to turn their backs to the crowd but with this play because of the proximity they have to perform there will be times they have their backs turned.
“The Cave” has themes of fear, exploration, reality, survival and betrayal. It also lets the audience create their own ideas of what is happening.
The characters in the play have to redefine the ideas they have on the world and their views on reality.
One thing that has been a little challenging for some of the cast members is that some of the roles have two people playing them.
This in some aspects make things easier as when some cast members cannot make a practice the other person playing that role is able to read for them.
Matthews said that for her its difficult to keep in her mind that the person she is reacting too is not actually the person in that scene and the person they are supposed to be talking may actually be on the opposite side of the stage.
For freshman Bella Anguino said she thinks it is helpful having some roles played by two diffferent people because they are able to read the lines if the other person cannot make it to rehearsal.
“The Cave” will be Anguino’s first time acting in a play at NWOSU however, she has been a part of tech for shows in the past and is still helping with some props for this show as well.
One thing that has been different for Anguino is that she is not as close to the cast as she has been with shows before.
However, she said with every practice she feels as though the group is getting closer.
