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Volume 79, Issue 25 Web Edition SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
April 4, 2014
By Kody Adams
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B efore you enter into the world of
“Medea,” Brevard College’s latest
play, you are transported to a contemporary
Hollywood styled Corinth by way of a step
and repeat or the area on a red carpet where
photographers are allowed to photograph.
You walk through the doors and are greeted
by the massive house of Medea, which
resembles the famous Chinese Grauman
Theatre.
The director, Peter Savage, wanted to use
the translation of “Medea” by Mary-Kay
Gamel because, in his words, “Humanity has
changed less in the course of history than we
might want to admit.”
The play covers the events of Jason and
Medea after the event in mythology where
Jason and the Argonauts go on the quest to
find the legendary Golden Fleece. It stars
sophomore Molly Ledford as Medea and
senior Addison Dent as Jason. Supporting
cast includes junior Raquan Edwards as
Creon and freshman Josh Goldstein as
Aegus. They all push the show to a high
quality. The characters are egocentric and
living in the public eye. This can and does
create problems for the protagonist. Junior
Mallory Ringenbach as a reporter, freshman
Mary Flynn as a paparazzi, and freshman
Alex Webster as a blogger do great jobs as
members of the media who are the driving
force of intrusion on the starlet, Medea.
Although there are a few quips and fun
phrases that somewhat lighten the mood it
is the insight of the characters indifference
towards their own humanity that takes control
of the play. The play’s relevance to our
modem culture is immense. How people can
destroy themselves, and the ones they love,
through their own ego and need to achieve
or acquire more is a very modem concept.
The self-centered man, Jason, versus the
See 'Medea,' page 3