2005 Miracle Yearbook

"The year is 1949. We are in the Jerome house in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York—a working-class neighborhood about two blocks from the ocean." So begins Neil Simon's Broadway Bound, Cedarville University's fall theatrical production and what sophomore Daniel Tello described as "the best play ever." From the moment the audience walked into the Stevens Student Center Theatre, they were in a two-story house complete with two bedrooms, a living room, dining room, hint of a kitchen, and all of the odds and ends that go between. More importantly,they walked into the lives of two young men determined to write television comedies,a sacrificial mother,a Jewish socialist grandfather, a rich aunt, and an absentee father. As they witnessed the everyday struggles of the Jerome family, the audience was forced to see parallels in their own lives. "It was close to home," sophomore Kara Merrick said. Tello added,"Everyone can see a little bit of their family in it." The cast of the play carried memories of their experiences as well, having spentthe first half of the fall semester pouring themselves into the production. Sophomore Rebecca Wolff, who played Blanche, described her fellow cast members as "family" and called Broadway Bound "a blessing and joy to be in." Sophomore Eric Mishne, Stanley in the play, described the experience as "incredible. Portraying a character on stage t that shows such a variety of emotions is a fun yet challenging endeavor." the en of the play, the audience was laughin t rough their tears and left the theatre marveling over the stellar pertormance they had just witnessed. In response to why she loved it, sophomore Leah Jones described Broadway Bound as "real life. It wasn't just about a happy ending." Eric Mishne Josh Cobb Rebecca Wolff, acting as Blanche Morton, poses with her onstage family. "To mentally prepare for this role, I did research. Neil Simon revealed his characters through spoken lines in the show, so I was able to determine and efine Blanche," Wolff said Justin Keller acts as Jack Jerome dialoguing with his wife. "I warm up vocally, physically, and I pray. A show is less stressful when I give it to the Lord,"she said Eric Mishne and Josh Cobb argue on stage. -During the radio broadcast. the radio decided to stop working Eric and I had to do some major ad libbing to cover. Whatever happens,the goal of theatre remains the same,so tech or no tech we had to figure out how to convey the same message without the aid of the radio," Cobb said