{"id":6421,"date":"2021-11-12T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=6421"},"modified":"2021-11-12T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T18:00:19","slug":"into-the-woods-with-theater-rc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=6421","title":{"rendered":"“Into the Woods” with Theater RC"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Mateo Biggs<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Theatre Roanoke College has always been extremely gifted in bringing works of art to life, and this season is no different. The work of masterful Stephen Sondheim, in the musical \u201cInto the Woods\u201d by James Lapine, is coming to the stage of Olin Theatre. Before the musical opens on Nov. 18, Dr. Nelson Barre \u2013 director and professor of theatre at RC \u2013 generously gifted the Brackety-Ack the chance to interview the cast members of \u201cInto the Woods.\u201d Below are some of the responses given by the cast.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u200b\u201cIt\u2019s been an adjustment balancing everything with finally having in-person classes and rehearsals, being masked, and doing a musical,\u201d said senior and assistant director Sarah Jane Ruppert, when asked about the challenges with this sort of production. For Leah Shaw, a freshman who plays Milky White and the Giant, everything has been an adjustment. \u201cI\u2019ve never done a show before, I\u2019ve never done theater before, so I\u2019d say the biggest challenge has been adjusting to doing something like this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Freshman Christopher Waugh, who plays both the Wolf and Cinderella\u2019s Prince, admitted that line memorization has been a challenge. \u201cAs anyone can tell you, Sondheim can write tongue twisters that can drive you up the wall\u2026but I love a challenge.\u201d Junior Molly Allison \u2013 who plays the Narrator \u2013 shared a different struggle. \u201cThe main challenge has been getting an intake of air through the masks when we are working,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u200bThe cast also responded to questions about their relationships with their castmates. \u201cIt\u2019s just been building ever since our table work, and it\u2019s been amazing seeing everyone grow while their voices develop alongside their characters,\u201d said senior Ryan Bennet, who plays the Baker. Freshman Bronte Micek, who plays Florinda, said her relationships with the rest of her castmates have been wonderful. \u201cI\u2019ve made some good friends through this,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u200bSenior Annalee Thompson, who plays the Witch, said that working with director Barre has been great. \u201cThe one bad thing with working with Nelson is that he likes to climb things, and it is scary,\u201d she said. Senior Hunter Andrews, who is an understudy for the princes, had more good things to say. \u201cHe\u2019s super helpful, and it\u2019s been a lot of fun working with him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Finally, what do the cast members want their audience to take away from the production? \u201cYou don\u2019t always get the deeper meanings in productions,\u201d said Jordan Rearick, a sophomore who plays Little Red. \u201cI just want them to understand the in-betweens of life.\u201d Sophomore Jake Dellinger, who plays Jack (\u201cthe bean man\u201d), brought the focus back to the weeks of rehearsal that will go into bringing this show to life. \u201cI want people to understand the work that goes into productions like this,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Mateo Biggs \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Theatre Roanoke College has always been extremely gifted in bringing works of art to life, and this season is no different. The work of masterful Stephen Sondheim, in the musical \u201cInto the Woods\u201d by James Lapine, is coming to the stage of Olin Theatre. Before the musical opens on Nov. 18, Dr….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-6421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-summer2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}