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 Theatre satirizes gender with all-female cast | Type: Internet Article |
| | Theatre satirizes gender with all-female cast | Apr 05, 2004 | by Ashleigh Baldwin
Summary:
To prepare before each performance, Carter said the women listen to Destiny Child's "Survivor" and Christina Aguilera's "Fighter." She said these songs help get feelings of "girl power" flowing.
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There is something different about the theatre department's current production. All the actors in Anton in Show Business are women.
"Ninety percent of directors in theatre are men and 80 percent of the roles are for men," said Dan LaRocque, director of the play and head of performance in the theatre department. "We are addressing the former and satirizing the latter."
There are 13 actors; seven of them have speaking roles. There were four shows before spring break. The play will continue this week, starting on Tuesday with the last showing on Saturday.
LaRocque said that he decided to do the show because of schedule changes and a previous cancellation. He decided to do this particular play because it has been popular with other theatre programs.
"The shows have been great," said Tokia Carter, a senior theatre major with four roles in the play. "The intimate setting allows the performers to feed off the audience."
Carter opens the play and she plays both male and female characters. She said that she prepared to play the characters by taking stereotypical ideas of theatre and blowing them out of proportion.
To prepare before each performance, Carter said the women listen to Destiny Child's "Survivor" and Christina Aguilera's "Fighter." She said these songs help get feelings of "girl power" flowing.
"We're a united front," Carter said. "There have been no fights. We're the right combination."
The women get along so well they sometimes forget their male director is present.
"We'll be talking about girl stuff and then realize Dan is there," Carter said.
The women said they have bonded.
"We're all really close," said Melanie Strozier, a senior theatre major who plays Lisabette Cartwright the enthusiastic first time performer. "The play fully explains the gift that theatre gives to society." She prepared to play her character by researching what Lisabette's circumstances were.
According to LaRocque, the play poses the question, "Is theatre still relevant?" It also answers, "It does as long as it connects people to each other."
LaRocque said that the play is meant to remind people of their social nature. He said the most important thing to remember is that the play is funny and it is ok to laugh.
Strozier describes it as "an hour and a half of laughs."
Auditions were held in early February, and rehearsals started that same week. This will be the last play for the seniors and for some it will be their first comedy.
"I'm the drama queen who can cry on queue," Carter said. "I thought that drama was my strength, so the comedy was a nice surprise."
Carter said the play is pure comedy.
"It's my last play and I'm loving every moment," Carter said.
The play is being performed in the Theatre Upstairs at the Telfair Peet Theatre. Tickets are $15 for students. Each showing starts at 7:30 p.m. |
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