APRIL 26. 2000 - WCC CAMPUS VOICE S
Reprise of 'Our Town' draws 550
By KELLY LITTLE
On Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, March 2, 3, 4 the play
“Our Town” by Thornton Wilder
was performed in the Wayne
Community College Lecture Hall
at 8:00 p.m. at free admission
under the sponsorship of the WCC
Foundation.
According to WCC chemistry
instructor and director of the play,
Dr.Ron Taylor, “We had wanted
to do Inherit the Wind in keeping
with other theater groups’
anniversaries of past productions,
but the snow hampered auditions
for that larger cast.”
He said “Our Town” was the
second play the WCC Foundation
sponsored and the first play
performed in the new facility
eleven years ago.
The play was a collaborative
effort of faculty, staff, students,
and community members, some of
whom repeated roles from the
1989 production.
Faculty members included Dr.
Ed Hogan, repeated the role of
stage manager; Dr. Ron Taylor,
reprised his duel roles as director
and Mr. Webb; Rosalyn Lomax
repeated her role as Mrs. Gibbs;
Ray Brannon as the inebriated
choirmaster Simon Stimson ; and
Mike Saylors, townsperson. Chris
Denise, WCC staff, played Joe
Stoddard.
Students included Stephanie
“Sam” Davis, Mrs. Webb;
Matthew Sasser, George Gibbs;
Jennifer Heitmeyer, Emily Webb;
Cleo Trigones, Mrs. Soames;
Greg Saulmon, Sam Craig; Mike
Hailey, Howie Newsome; and Erin
Casey, Woman in Balcony and
Townsperson.
Community members who
assisted in the production included
Helen Baddour, St. Mary’s
student played Rebecca Gibbs;
Bert Allen as Dr. Gibbs; John
Lapoint, man in the auditorium;
Zack Rayburn, Rosewood High
School freshman as Joe Crowell,
' Si Crowell and the baseball player;
Keith Davis, first grader at
Northwest Elementary as Wally
Webb.
The production crew included
Ron Taylor, director; Jeannine
Taylor, director’s assistant;
Mahealani Moore, costumes;
Sherry Granberry, lights; Dr.
Ralph Soney, publicity; and Ray
Brannon, Ron Taylor, Charles
Taylor, Zack Rayburn and
Matthew Sasser, set construction.
The three-act play introduced
the audience to the way of life-in
Grovers Corners. Dr. Ed Hogan
said, “It’s a nostalgic play, in
keeping with our feelings in a new
millennium when the future seems
uncertain. It is beautifully written
with appealing characters that
solicit memories of a more
innocent time.”
Matthew Sasser and Jennifer Heitmeyer as George
Gibbs and Emily Webb gaze at the moon in Act One of
’’Our Town." PHOTO: VOICE STAFF
’Renaissance' in readiness
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By ALICE REGINA LAPOESTT
The 16‘*' edition of
“Renaissance,”WCC’ writers’ and
artists’ magazine edited by
instructors Rosalyn Lomax,
Kathryn Spicer, and Paula Sauls is
the first entire issue to be printed
off campus and the first to have 4
color page in the body.
According to Spicer the
magazine’s cover will have a black
background with a white drawing.
Ray Brannon, right, directs the other actors in ”Our Town” serving as the choir:
(1 to r front): Zack Rayburn, Sam Davis, Cleo Trigones, Rosalyn Lomax, Charles
Taylor. Back row: Greg Saulmon, Chris Denise, John Lapoint, Bert Allen,
and Mike HaUey. PHOTO: VOICE STAFF
Spicer said the decision to use
Kornegay Printing Company was
due to increased costs of on-
campus printing and lack of
equipment necessary for some
graphics.
Grace Lutz in Media Production
prepared the proofs.
“Renaissance 2000" contains
poetry, essays, short stories,
artwork, and music of students,
faculty, and staff at Wayne
Community College.
Contributors met a deadline of
February 15 after which editors
spent months selecting the best
compositions form the submitted
manuscripts.
An awards ceremony to be held
on Wednesday, May 3, will honor
students whose work has been
published in “Renaissance.”
A $25.00 award will be given to
the best entry in poetry, essays,
short stories, and art.
Spicer said an editors’ award is
given to an outstanding writer or
artist.
Horror
from page 4
Technical staff for the play who
assisted Rowland were instructor
Sherry Granberry, stage manager;
and students Jared Patterson,
sound technician; Allison
Kennedy, lighting technician; Matt
Sasser, set construction; and Tony
Bova, lighting design. Andy
Williams, Adam’s father, built the
platform used in the play.