Cartoon by our visiting artist from next semester. (he is currently vacationing in Switzerland) Click for larger version
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Cartoon by our visiting artist from next semester. (he is currently vacationing in Switzerland) Click for larger version |
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Monmouth College's Crimson Masque opened its 2001-02 theater season with a production of Friedrich Düerrenmatt's "The Visit," Oct. 25-28 in Wells Theater.
The Broadway production of "The Visit" was a Drama Critics' Circle Award winner starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in 1958. The play is a creepy tragicomedy that tells the story of a rich and flamoyant women who returns to the economically depressed village of her birth and offers to donate a large sum of money to get the town back on its feet. Unfortunately, there is a chilling condition to get the gift and the moral fiber of every resident is put to the test.
"Initially," said director Jim De Young, "I was seeing the play as a study of the insidious effects of human greed; now, with the events of Sept. 11 still on the mind, I am just as aware of how it speaks to the sickness of uncontrolled, festering revenge."
The show featured nearly 30 cast members. Leading roles were played by Lana Raines, a junior from Orland Park; Tom Scott, a senior from Burlington, Iowa; Geoff Edwards, a junior from Granite City; and Kyle Anderson, a junior from Somonauk.
Others in the cast were Beth Purdy, Tom Hill, Carrie Casper, Pam Hansen, Shannon Wainscott, Casey Willey, Amber Rabe, Amanda Caldwell, Jim Verraros, Vicki Kunz, Phil Johnson, Jon Peterson, Lisa Rzeszutko, Jeannette Nielsen, Danielle Britt, Shannon Ogden, Shannon Fitzjarrald, Tina Meyer, Anne Olson, Emily Mitsdarffer, Robbin Balcom, Rebecca Stachnik, Pat Kennedy and Matt Underwood.