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Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Vol. 107 No. 2
Late Fall 2017
Ilaria Quentin ‘18
Our Midsummer Night’s Dream Production
Harvard-MIT Math Tournament
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On the 9th, 10th, and 11th of November, Dramat presented A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Thoug h Sha kespea re is certainly not everyone’s cup of tea, the show turned out to be very entertaining and full of heart and laughter. For that, we can thank the hard work of everyone involved—the lovely and talented cast, the impossibly small tech crew who managed to pull together such an amazing set, the dedicated stage managers, Celenah Watson ‘19 and Jordan Clapprood ‘18, and, of course, the all-knowing director Mr. Rasheed. With physical comedy such as chases in the woods involving the lovers Curtis Brockelman ‘19, Julia Krys ‘19, Kaitlyn Eddy ‘19, and Vlad Ivanchuk ‘19, and the ridiculousness of the Mechanicals’ play-within-a-play—featuring a
cross-dressing Mike Riberdy ‘18, a flirtatious wall played by Natalie Fay ‘19, the mentally unstable moon Hannah Kaye ‘19, and the hilariously distressed director Dylan Foster ‘20—it was difficult at times to hear over the audience’s laughter. I asked several cast members what they thought the most memorable part of the play was. Some pointed out the sexual tension between Mike Riberdy ‘18 and Eugene Kim ’19 as Pyramus and Thisbe, or Julia Krys and Kaitlyn Eddy’s dramatic catfight. Many also enjoyed the fairies, beautifully led by their arguing king and queen, Fiona Fan ’18 and Jack Detwiler ’19, which added a fun and magical element to the production. Curtis Brockelman said his favorite part was “probably when [Eugene Kim] comes
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on with the donkey head in the woods. I couldn’t stop laughing when I first saw him.” Ever yone seemed to have similar feelings regarding the outcome of the show. Jack Detwiler, who portrayed both the roles of Oberon and Theseus, said that his “favorite part of the production process was definitely getting to know the rest of the cast better and the amount of chemistry we ended up having on stage.” And Maddie Vanech ’19, who played Puck, Oberon’s michavious assistant, thought that we “worked exceptionally hard and delivered a polished, artistic, and exuberant show that was as exciting for the audience to see as it was for us to perform.” The cast truly became a team and through every missed line, injury, and lost shoe, had each other’s backs.
O n N o v e m b e r 11, We s t m i n s t e r t r a v e l e d t o Harvard for the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament. Albert Gao ‘18, Leona Zhang ‘18, Mary Su ‘18, Yuna Lee ‘19, Vincent Wang ‘19, and Memo Tejapaibul ‘20 represented the Westminster Black team, while Nick Wee ‘18, Katie Neilsen ‘18, James Chun ‘19, Kevin Kuang ‘19, Boyan Alipiev ‘19, and Liam Seeley ‘20 represented the Westminster Gold team. The tournament consisted of three events: the individual round, the team round, and the guts round. Each participant individually worked on ten general math problems and ten themed math problems for the first two hours. In the team round, all teammates collaboratively solved ten problems for an hour. The
guts round took place in the last 90 minutes, in which one of the teammates ran up to a station to bring back a sheet of paper each with three problems. Along with 142 teams and 797 individuals, Westminster students worked on challenging math problems at their own pace. The Westminster Black team ranked 40th on the team round and 92nd on the guts round, while the Gold team ranked 134th on the guts round.
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