We attended an open house here at the end of October. Richard got to talk with the head of Technical Theater. This led to a followup visit to see the black box theater. It's within driving distance of home-which is a plus. I also learned that this guy's father was a coworker of mine when I worked at HSB.
During intermission, the teacher came up to us and chatted and invited us to stay after the performance if Richard wanted to talk about the technical aspects of the show and find out more about the theater, etc. We did. Found out the building was originally constructed as an elementary school and the black box was originally the school gym.
As Richard was saying goodbye, he got some valuable tips about registering for classes for the Fall semester. We went home impressed by the show and more confident and optimistic about Richard being in this program.
Initially I was apprehensive about this play due to its adult themes even though it is a musical. I was afraid it would be a lot of PC filth. But although the show was a bit gratuitous at times, overall I was impressed by performance and intrigued by the story. The ending didn't make any sense. So I looked it up (again) and found that the musical had been adapted from a 1906 German play. The original story made more sense to me. I think that the intent was to shock the audience out of their complacency about some deep topics. I would like to investigate the play and author further in order to get a better idea about the meaning of the play.
The nice thing about a black box theater is that all the seats are pretty good. We sat in the first row on one side. This allowed Richard to get a good view of the lights, scenery, and crew.
Written Sat May 11, 2013