PLAYING AROUND

by Chris Vesci assistant copy editor

At the start of Cabrini College's spring play, the performers stroll about the stage readying props, hastily rehearsing lines and quickly trying to overcome sudden lapses of stage fright. Soon after, they realize there are not enough actors to successfully perform "As You Like it" and they will have to make do with "seven or eight" in a play with some 30 speaking roles. •. Sound complicated? It sure is.

Playing at the Red Cloud Coffee House, ''The Curate Shakespeare's 'As You Like It"' will be performed again on April 13, 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. The show is directed by Neil Newman, Cabrini's theater coordinator, who also plays the role of the Curate. The play was written by Don Nigro, who threw scenes from Shakespeare's "As You Like It" together with his own subplot of modern-day actors struggling to perform it.

While there is humor to be found in actors scrambling to do a play they are incapable of doing, one can't help but feel overwhelmed. There is so much going on, it is hard to take it all in. Furthermore, the transitions between genuine Shakespeare and the bickering actors are somewhat awkward. Sometimes I wished they· were just doing "As You Like It" and I could dump the subplot. Other times, I wished the Shakespeare parts would vanish.

I understand the play's intentions, however. It is proving how complicated Shakespeare can be, with his multi- tude of characters, interweaving plots and in this case, a woman disguised as a man doing an impression of the original woman. The play is laughing at all of these complications and saying, "Look how much worse it could be!" top photo; Rachael Sedgwick explains why Kit Dewey is in disguise as a man. bottom photo; Kit Dewey is consoled and serenaded by Amanda Huth.

All of the actors are fine and have obviously put much effort and time into their performances. Most notable are sophomore Chris Swift as a crazy man playing a clown, first-year student Clarence Scott as a rather reluctant player and the radiant Amanda Huth, a senior with great stage presence. Newman also brings a wealth of class and experience to the production. Also enjoyable is junior Rachael Sedgwick, who provides the play with most welcome humorous interruptions.

The set is not much until its dynamic transformation into Arden Forest, which raises pieces of lush green tapestry by a system of pulleys. It is an excellent effect.

If you go see this play, it would help to be familiar with Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It." Luckily, I have read the play, but I think if I had never come across it, I would not have enjoyed 'The Curate." I would suggest finding a plot summary of "As You Like It" on the Internet or in an encyclopedia of literature prior to viewing this production.

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