2008 Woodie Awards
Senior theatre majors perform play 'K2'
Jewel Anderson
Issue date: 4/27/07 Section: Features
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"It's a mountain of a play," said CCE student Derrick DuBois of the senior thesis project, "K2," performed on April 20 and 21 to showcase the talent and hard work of four graduating theatre studies majors.
With little faculty assistance, the students collaborated with each other for one semester and performed "K2."
DuBois and Noah Forman acted in the show with Aaron Goldfarb directing and Tim Scales serving as production manager behind the scenes.
"It's a lot of work when there are only four of you," Scales said.
"With anything, especially in the arts, there's always more work to be done, but … we did the best job we could … I'm proud of it; I'm proud of them," DuBois said.
The play, by Patrick Myers, is about the second highest peak in the world, the Himalayan mountain called K2.
The entirety of "K2" takes place on an icy ledge at a high elevation where two climbers are stranded with only one rope.
As the two friends struggle for survival, they sit and discuss the meaning of life from two very different perspectives.
"It's not a big crowd pleaser, but it's not about that," said Professor of Theatre Studies Jack Zerbe.
For the first 30 minutes or so of the show I definitely agreed with Zerbe; as an audience member, I wasn't pleased.
Maybe I was just cranky because Sternberger was cold, or because my friends blew off their agreements to go to the play with me (it being 4/20 and all), but the idea of watching two guys pretend to freeze to death for 80 minutes without an intermission didn't seem too appealing.
Yet somewhere in between futile attempts at reclaiming lost rope and discussions about "eating pussy," "blind faith" and the fate of existence on earth, I became genuinely concerned, intrigued and engaged.
"I thought my character was fun; I had some colorful language," Forman said. "When you get inside the character, he doesn't think of himself as a prick … it becomes natural."
With little faculty assistance, the students collaborated with each other for one semester and performed "K2."
DuBois and Noah Forman acted in the show with Aaron Goldfarb directing and Tim Scales serving as production manager behind the scenes.
"It's a lot of work when there are only four of you," Scales said.
"With anything, especially in the arts, there's always more work to be done, but … we did the best job we could … I'm proud of it; I'm proud of them," DuBois said.
The play, by Patrick Myers, is about the second highest peak in the world, the Himalayan mountain called K2.
The entirety of "K2" takes place on an icy ledge at a high elevation where two climbers are stranded with only one rope.
As the two friends struggle for survival, they sit and discuss the meaning of life from two very different perspectives.
"It's not a big crowd pleaser, but it's not about that," said Professor of Theatre Studies Jack Zerbe.
For the first 30 minutes or so of the show I definitely agreed with Zerbe; as an audience member, I wasn't pleased.
Maybe I was just cranky because Sternberger was cold, or because my friends blew off their agreements to go to the play with me (it being 4/20 and all), but the idea of watching two guys pretend to freeze to death for 80 minutes without an intermission didn't seem too appealing.
Yet somewhere in between futile attempts at reclaiming lost rope and discussions about "eating pussy," "blind faith" and the fate of existence on earth, I became genuinely concerned, intrigued and engaged.
"I thought my character was fun; I had some colorful language," Forman said. "When you get inside the character, he doesn't think of himself as a prick … it becomes natural."
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