Dick Kerekes & Leisla Sansom
Matt returns to take the girls with him as he tries to find a way to the top, but the floor stewardess Marion (ESHANA MERVIL), has told them to stay in the cabin until she comes to get them. When Marion returns, she tells Emma she can take only two of the girls and the baby; Emma decides to stay behind.
Marion, apparently having a change of heart, or perhaps realizing that since she is an employee, she will not be allowed in a lifeboat, comes back and shows Emma a special passageway to the top. In a moving monologue, she quietly accepts her fate which is to die on the ship.
The play does have a somewhat happy ending as the final short scene has the three sisters on one side of the stage, apparently onshore in New York, waving and smiling at Matt at the other side of the stage; he has survived as well.
The play was selected and directed by Richard DeSpain who has headed the LaVilla drama department for several years. Mr. De Spain is well known in local theatre circles as a skilled actor and director in community theatre. The realistic set by Designer Abby Malkewitz consisted of a cabin interior with white walls, trunks and bunk beds. The production was well acted by the cast throughout.
The second-one act, “DISCOVERING ROGUE” by Christian Kiley is also from Theatrefolk and is a new play that debuted in 2012. It takes place on a California beach and at various locations in the mind of the central character. Rogue (KAYLA LE) is living in cardboard box in front of expensive oceanfront homes. She has run away from home but has really run away from herself as she is an attractive sixteen-year-old frustrated by trying to be perfect. In a series of flashback dreams we see two other personifications of Rogue: Perfect Rogue (ALEXIS WILLIAMS), who wants everything in life, and wants it bigger and better, and Rogue Past (MARGARET OROZCO) who portrays the reality of the character’s past life.
ANITA DIAZ plays Constance, a teenager who lives in one of the high-priced houses and has being given the job of chasing Rogue away from the beach by her parents. Constance has issues in her life as well and winds up living in a cardboard box next to Rogue.
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