2012 Miracle Yearbook

jpringPlay With The Star Spangled Girl the theaterdepartment pullsoffanothergreatper ormance. W hat is love? That is, what is it that causes two people to fall in love? Is it physical attraction? Political opinons? Both? Neil Simon's comedy, The Star- Spangled Girl, is the story of three quirky people who encounter all these questions when they find themselves caught up in an unlikely love triangle. Sophie, an all- American girl from the South, moves to California and finds herself next door to Norman and Andy, two radical liberals trying to produce their own anti-estab- lishment magazine. Norman is smitten as soon as he lays eyes on Sophie, but, unfortunately,she doesn't feel the same way. In fact, Sophie can't stand Norman,and she especially can't stand his and Andy's "anti- American" political views. In the words of Dramaturg Samantha Sumler,"It's not only a fight for love,but a fight to prove who the true American really is." When the show came to the stage of Cedarville University's De Vries Theatre,the three-person cast put on an exceptional performance, keeping the action lively and the comedy escalating right up to the very end. Sumler called the show a"delightful blend of love and politics that results in all sorts offunny happenings." Just as the show provided an escape from the realities of the Vietnam War to its original 1966 audience, Cedarville's per- formance of The Star-Spangled Girl allowed student audiences a chance to take break from the coming realities of final projects and exams,and simply laugh.