In the play “When Push comes to Shove,” which was directed by Samantha Norton, I witnessed a dark comical, attention grabbing play about seven college students from Brace University that took a trip to the haunted Pit Cave. The students are in search for a ghost, but it turns that they find more in themselves than anything.
The play and production had many elements that made the play dynamic and comical, although it may have been hard to understand right after the completion of it. I feel that the central theme or idea of this play is that with time and isolation, you truly find out who you are, and what your character is made up of. For instance, Hugs, (played by Evan Turissini) the front man in finding the ghost, was first fascinated in …show more content…
I believed that both Pickle and Bucket were immature young adults and that their only communication with each other was through a certain roughness that they both understood and appreciated. Hugs was also portrayed wonderfully, I felt that he did want to meet and understand “When Push comes to Shove,” desperately, but didn’t, and couldn’t because he thought that the ghost could be understood, when in reality, I feel the ghost was a teacher, to teach them their inner selves. Lucia, my least favorite actor which I feel was by design, was a snobby know-it-all that seemed to have all the answers, but none when it comes to making a meaningful relationship with people. Antonini was an emotional lover that clearly wasn 't a fighter, hence him hiding in the tree and being passive when wanted lover, Hanka, belittled and discouraged him. Hanka was the “hippy” free spirit in the group who was wise beyond her years, but this wise-ness was only apparent when helping others, and not herself. All actors placed themselves into the lives of college students (which shouldn 't have been too hard), and made a believable attempt in how these personalities would mesh in seclusion. Obviously, some characters were good at showing the physical properties of the stage, such as fighting and movement, such as Rutherford (played by Jake
The play and production had many elements that made the play dynamic and comical, although it may have been hard to understand right after the completion of it. I feel that the central theme or idea of this play is that with time and isolation, you truly find out who you are, and what your character is made up of. For instance, Hugs, (played by Evan Turissini) the front man in finding the ghost, was first fascinated in …show more content…
I believed that both Pickle and Bucket were immature young adults and that their only communication with each other was through a certain roughness that they both understood and appreciated. Hugs was also portrayed wonderfully, I felt that he did want to meet and understand “When Push comes to Shove,” desperately, but didn’t, and couldn’t because he thought that the ghost could be understood, when in reality, I feel the ghost was a teacher, to teach them their inner selves. Lucia, my least favorite actor which I feel was by design, was a snobby know-it-all that seemed to have all the answers, but none when it comes to making a meaningful relationship with people. Antonini was an emotional lover that clearly wasn 't a fighter, hence him hiding in the tree and being passive when wanted lover, Hanka, belittled and discouraged him. Hanka was the “hippy” free spirit in the group who was wise beyond her years, but this wise-ness was only apparent when helping others, and not herself. All actors placed themselves into the lives of college students (which shouldn 't have been too hard), and made a believable attempt in how these personalities would mesh in seclusion. Obviously, some characters were good at showing the physical properties of the stage, such as fighting and movement, such as Rutherford (played by Jake