Ripon College Days

Bill Gehrke

Staff Writer

After four long years of classes covering everything from auditioning to designing costumes and makeup, the Ripon College senior theatre majors face their most daunting task yet, directing.

"It's a good culmination of all the different elements of theatre we have covered," says senior Chelsey Patti. "It's basically the only thing left to do in the department," adds senior Amber Kind-Keppel.

"It's always been the capstone for the department," says Theatre Professor Ken Hill, who teaches the course.

"We're responsible for everything with our play, from lighting to sound to acting to costumes," says senior Stephanie Hasz. "This is why it's such a good capstone for a liberal arts school. It encompasses everything."

A total of eight short plays will be performed with four performed each night from April 14-16 at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a matinee performance Saturday at 1 p.m. All performances will be in the Benstead Theatre of the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts.

Thursday and Saturday Night

*Abstinence (Directed by Chelsey Patti) is a witty and clever satire of New York high society parties.

*Barry, Betty and Bill (Directed by Katherine Schoofs) is a comic look at marriage and fidelity set in a tropical hotel room.

*The Philadelphia (Directed by Joe Laedtke) presents a young woman in a restaurant who is trapped in 'a Philadelphia,' a place where she cannot get anything she asks for.

*The Great American Cheese Sandwich (Directed by Stephanie Hasz) takes place in an 'All-American' farmhouse and satirizes most of our cherished virtues.

Friday and Saturday Matinee

* I'm Not Stupid (Directed by Grayson Brooke) is the story of a struggle for control between a psychiatrist and a selfish mother.

*English Made Simple (Directed by Thayne de Best) is a comic look at love and grammar.

*The Lover (Directed by Amber Kind-Keppel) is about a husband and wife who acknowledge their affairs in an atmosphere of tension and humor.

*The Sausage Eaters (Directed by Jeffrey Dodson) is a wild comic farce that revolves around a missing sausage.

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