The
WCC
39th
issue
Spring Wayne Conununity College, Goldsboro, NC 27533-8002
April 25, 2001
About 1500 see production
First Shakespearean play offered in "Macbeth"
Dr. £d Hogan as Macbeth reacts in horror at the murder he has
committeed while Mary Rowland, playing Lady Macbeth, justifies
his actions. PHOTOS; VOICE STAFF
The 22-member cast included
faculty members Dr. Ed Hogan as
Macbeth; Dr. Ron Taylor as
Banquo; Ray Brannon as Duncan,
Angus, a Porter, and an Old Man;
Mary Rowland as Lady Macbeth;
and Margaret Baddour and
Rosalyn Lomax as Witches.
Students and their roles
included John Batchelor as
Lennox; George Hill as Siward
and Sergeant; Mahealani Moore
as Hecate and a Gentle Woman;
Shannon Eubank as a Witch;
Chris Vanderhorst as a Murderer
and Young Siward; and Chris
Dailey as Seaton and MacDuff s
son. Christine Benton served as
Stage Manager.
Community members that
performed in the play included
Laura Shiver as Lady MacDuff,
John LaPoint as Doctor, Craig
Millard as Fleance, Sue Nobers as
Rosse, Holly Harrison as
Malcom, Phil Lewis as MacDuff,
and Logan Harrison as the
Apparitions.
The group also performed a
matinee on Friday, February 23,
for approximately 400 local high
school students.
Bravos to director
Mary Rowland and cast!
By KYRA M DORMAN
Betrayal and deceit filled the
Richard Moffat Auditorium on
Thursday through Saturday,
February 22-24, as the faculty and
students of Wayne Community
College along with community
actors presented William
Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
According to estimates, about
1,500 people saw the play during
4 separate performances.
According to Mary Rowland,
director, this was the first time
that Wayne Community College
has produced a full
Shakespearean play.
Mary Rowland has also directed
Woman in Black and A Christmas
Carol and performed in
Shadowlands, all productions
which the Foundation of WCC
sponsored.
In preparing for the production,
Rowland’s drama students were
introduced to many new sldlls,
such as set building. This
production had one of the most
elaborate sets and costumes ever
used in a production at WCC,
according to Dr. Ed Hogan, who
starred as Macbeth.
"The students, faculty, along
with the other contributors,
did a wonderful Jobr
-Brandi Bridges, English 111
student writing about Macbeth.
The students also learned stage
combat, which they utilized in the
many sword fights during the
production.
Dr. Hogan has performed in
Shakespearean plays previously.
A dream of his since childhood
was to be cast in a major role in a
Shakespearean play.
Logan Harrison, left, community actor, appears as an appartition
to the witches. Shannon Eubank, WCC student; Margaret
Baddour, humanities Instructor, and Rosaljm Lomax, English
instructor and ACA coordinator.
WCC student honored at Chicago ceremonies
When Beth Hooks,
adviser to Phi Theta
Kappa, put out a call for
nominees for USA Today’s
All-American Scholar
team, she had no idea that
WCC would have a student
designated for the honor.
In fact, Kwai Chun Lee
Chan, a student WCC, was
recognized for 2 national
honors during the
American Association of
Community Colleges’
annual convention in
Chicago.
Chan was named one of
20 members of the 2001
All-USA Academic Team
for community colleges on
Thursday, April 5.
The day before, as the
Centennial Scholar from
North Carolina, she
represented the state in a
parade of flags during
ceremonies to open the
convention and celebrate
the Centennial of the
founding of community
colleges in the U.S.
By LARRY PORTER
Chan, a 46-year-old
woman who emigrated
from Hong Kong, was
selected from nearly 1,500
nominations from across
the country.
Chan was the highest
ranked North Carolinian in
the competition, which
earned her the Centennial
Scholar designation.
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