'Shadowlands' plays to packed houses
"Shack>wlancis” director, Dr. Ron Taylor, instructs students and faculty auditioning
for the play: (I to r) Johnnie Best, Bill Woodall, John Lapoint, Michael CorbifI,
Ray Brannon, and Carl Brow. PHOTOS:AMY RINEHART
By AMY RINEHART
The WCC Foundation
sponsored the play
Shadowlands on Friday
January 31 and Saturday
February 1, 1997, in
the Lecture Hall at
Wayne Community
College.
JoAnn Bruce,
Executive Director of
the WCC Foundation,
estimated that 750
people saw the
performance.
The play is a love
story about C.S. Lewis,
British author, and Joy
Gresham, an American
poet.
Lewis, portrayed by
Dr. Ed Hogan, and
Gresham, performed by
Mary Rowland, meet
after corresponding for
a period of time.
Gresham visits Lewis
in England, and they
become close friends.
Halfway through the
play, Lewis finds
himself in love with
Joy when he is faced
with losing her to
cancer.
Directing the play
was Dr. Ron Taylor with
his assistant, Cheyenne
Corbitt .
Student and faculty
acting as Lewis' close
friends and family
included Michael
Corbitt as Christopher
Riley, Carl Brow as the
Rev. "Harry" Hamilton,
Ricky Dills as Dr.
Oakley, Johnnie Best as
Alan Gregg, and Ray
Brannon as Major W.H.
Lewis,Lewis's older
brother.
Other parts were
Woman/Waitress, Erika
Pittman; Douglas (Joy's
son), Patrick Finan,*
Waitress, Lynda Carges;
Registrar, Ricky Dills;
Clerk, John Lapoint;
Priest/Waiter, Johnnie
Best; Nurse, Margaret
Bradley; and Doctor,
Julie Heath.
Staging help
included Stage Manager,
Sherry Cranberry;
Assistant Stage
Manager, PJay Knight;
Sets, Ricky Dills, Ray
Brannon, Margaret
Bradley, and PJay
Knight.
In charge of lights
were Anthony Bova and
Scott Childress; Sound,
Gary Smith; and Props,
PJay Knight, cast, and
friends.
Cast members
provided their own
costumes, and Margaret
Bradley, Lynda Carges,
and Julie Heath helped
with makeup.
Hogan and Rowland as Lewis and Gresham dicuss taking
a trip after their wedding.
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Julie Heath was
responsible for the
publicity and programs,
and the artwork on the
programs was provided
by Chris Collins.
Auditions for the
play were held December
9 and 10, and
rehearsals started
January 6.
"The cast and crew
worked hard every night
to be ready for opening
night," Taylor said.
Both nights
audiences gave the
performers a standing
ovation.
Several English 152
students responded to
the play.
Kelly Anderson said,
"The play was serious
and emotional, but it
contained enough humor
to make it great in all
aspects."
Chris Gray
commented, "Dr. Hogan
did an excellent job
portraying C.S. Lewis,
and I could easily put
myself in his shoes."
Kelli Hooker wrote
"The play changed my
whole attitude toward
drama, and I look
forward to more plays
in the future!"
The play was
dedicated to the memory
of cast member DJ
Reynolds who died in a
car accident shortly
before Christmas.
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