2011 Miracle Yearbook

410 FALL PLAY The Fall Play at Cedarville serves as a chance for many from the community to step onto the campus and see the dedication of both the students and the faculty at Cedarville University. With opening night on Thursday before Homecoming weekend, alumni jump at the chance to see the productions, with evening and matinee shows selling out quickly. The Fall Play was The Importance of Being Earnest, a comedy by Oscar Wilde about pretending to be someone else to escape obligations...and the repercussions that come with it. "I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing," writes Wilde in Earnest. Amy Eiler played the beautiful Gwendolen, and Stephanie Anderson laid claim to the formidable Lady Bracknell. Jordan Hickling and Josiah Smith played the major male leads. Dave Dion stated,"Working behind scenes lets mesee all the technical parts of the show--the costumes, the makeup,the scene setups, the blocking, and all the work--but I still get to enjoy the magic of the play itself." The plot twists and ironic curves in Earnest forced both the audience (and the actors) to pay attention to the play; what should happen might not happen. Jack and Gwendolen spark a romance—though Jack isn't completely honest about his name—and the lies told in Act I come back to haunt characters throughout the rest of the play. The characters of Earnest unintentionally overcome obstacles through irony and puns,resulting in—of course—a happy ending. Ernest(Jordan Hickling)gives Lady Bracknell(Stephanie, it confusion? Judging by their faces, and my "I always get a ticket in advance because the shows are sure to be packed. Students, faculty, parents, and even outside visitors know the value in at- tending a Cedarville University play." (Mandy Allen) )a look of disgust...or is aren't very happy with as Miss Prism smiles adoringly at Derek StockweH who plays Rev. Canon Chasuble.