NE theater prepares for prayer-filled production

NE Campus theater crew will be telling the story of the battle of wills between a nun and priest in ‘60s America.

NE drama playhouse’s production, “Doubt: A Parable,” will run Oct. 5-8 in the NFAB-1205 with performances at 7 p.m. each night and a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are free for TCC students, faculty and staff, $3 for nonTCC students and senior citizens, and $6 for the general public.

The cast spoke about the clash of ideals explored in the play and gave opinions on what side the audience would align with.

“It’s a courtroom drama, so it’s very back and forth,” said NE student and stagehand Austin Uselton. “All of the scenes can be taken in so many different ways. I’ve had fun talking with the cast about their thoughts on their character or their thought on this scene and all of them don’t ever completely match up.”

The show is purposefully open-ended to allow the audience to have an opinion on the themes of the story and to encourage interpretation and discussion, Uselton said.

“I see what people are talking about with each side,” he said. “In the story, the main takeaway and how you interpret it depends on if you think he did it or not.”

NE student Cal Graham, who plays Sister James, said her takeaway from the story was that See Drama, Page 2 don’t want your future generation to start where you are starting right now,” he said. “You want that the next generation will understand the im plications of vot ing, the benefits of education, and because you pro vided the foundation, they don’t have to start where you began.”

Rovelo also said that the district has been very proactive in its efforts to get students to register and he en courages them to make use of the easy way available.

“It is a no-brainer to register to vote, but where there is no will and responsibility, we just take it for granted,” he said.

Rovelo said everything re garding voting is for the better ment of the future and students should understand that it is up to them to vote on what they believe in.

“You gotta vote,” he said. “You got to engage, and don’t vote out of fear because that doesn’t work either. You need to vote out of the conviction of what we need. We need more diversity. Most of the people that are elected to high er office don’t represent the issues of our population.”

South Campus instructor Tim othy Matyjewicz believes it’s more important that students are wellinformed and self-motivated to go

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