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By Joshua D. Schatzle
uusuua u. Schatzle Members of the cast shared the dif-
Last Thursday night was opening ficulties they encountered in assuming
'•ght forthe performance of The Appli- the roles in the performances. Jeremy
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■"5u lorine pertormance of The Appli- the roles in the pertormances. jeremy
cation and The Stonewater Rapture Witteveen, who played Whitney in Rap-
presented by The Christian Ministries ture cited concern for the motive of the
and The Greybeard Players, the drama play and his role, and remarked. It was
troupe of Montreat College. through prayer and much deliberation
JJie production was anxiously antici- that I decided to audition,
pated throughout ^ ^
the school as talk
ofits controversial
nature had been
circulating since
the commence-
rrient of the plays
production earlier
in the semester.
Brian Fuller,
Director and Co-
Producer, was
available for com
ment prior to the
performance that
evening. In refer
ence to the con
troversial nature
of the plays he
said, “It’s my wish
mat the signifi
Application’s Matt McMurrin, Alex
Cervantes, and Ashley Eckler
eance of these plays will not be over-
adowed by what the audience might
Castmembers
Melissa Brown and
Matt McMurrin both
perceived their perfor
mances as being pro
ductive to their spiri
tual growth.
Brown com
mented, “It hasn’t got
ten any easier to per
form this role. It was
a difficult task, but I
think I grew from it in
many ways.”
Students and fac
ulty alike expressed
complimentary recep
tion to the evening in
Upper Anderson Audi
torium. Patsy Hilliard
remarked, “The per
formance was executed professionally.
Students said the play was extremely rel
evant in that it presented realistic con
flicts in a fallen world.
Jeffrey Reardon, Montreat alum and
Campus Continued
loon storage space.”
Freshman Jeff Smith commented,
“We just don’t want to have to share a
bathroom with Robb Wells.”
The drawing for McGregor rooms
was tense at the beginning, rising j unior
Shelly Bowser exclaimed, “It was a re
ally stressful experience, but it all worked
out.”
The Davis drawing was more re
laxed. When asked about it, freshman
baseball player Jacob Hoyle stated, “I
don’t know. I am keeping my same
room.” Hoyle’s feelings represent the
majority up on the hill.
When all was said and done, every
one seemed to be pleased. Bowser
stated, “I think the room drawing went
really well, because I got the room that I
wanted”.
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consider inappropriate in a Christian set-
itv^ become a trend in Christian-
Jo focus only on the positive for learn-
^*^ch can also be learned through playwright of T/i/? Application, atten e
^ negative events in scripture.” Friday and Saturday’s performances. On
The producers of the play Brian Saturday night, one audience member
nllerand Darwin K. Glassford were not asked Reardon who he thought got into
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in the presentation of the heaven, he explained. I vvou say
Racheal. She had no character flaws.
Despite the controversial nature ol
Immediately following the perfor- u/esput
^nce Darwin Glassford opened the both plays, the discussion conducted by
cor for discussion concerning the con- Glassford aided in the their success. With
,^nt and nature of the plays vvhich had Friday night’s packed house, and many
•I been witnessed. Questions were repeat viewers attending, the plays
^^ked by audience members
P''oducers and the cast.
of both the proved to be an accomplishment or
Fuller and his brave thespians.
Budget Continued
Wilmoth explained, “We need to rely
less on SPAS to cover costs in the tradi
tional program,” in part because of the
program’s relative unpredictability.
Another mistake the college was
making was overprojecting enrollment.
S.C.O.R.E. plans to make closer enroll
ment projections. One way is to return
to the practice of making students put
down non-refundable deposits towards
tuition, so they can get commitments
from students and project a semi-accu-
rate enrollment for the upcoming year.
Senior Eddy Carty expressed,
“Hopefully we can get the budget
straightened out, so we can have the
money to spend elsewhere.”