{"id":4445,"date":"2016-11-02T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=4445"},"modified":"2016-11-01T16:05:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T00:05:32","slug":"expressionism-on-the-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/expressionism-on-the-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressionism on the stage"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Paige Scofield\r\nCampus Life Editor<\/pre>\n
Western theater students took to the Rice Auditorium stage to rehearse for the 2016 fall show, \u201cMachinal.\u201d Despite the fact that the set remains unfinished, the students are eager to begin rehearsal to make this show as polished as possible.<\/p>\n
As stated by the Internet Broadway Database,\u201cMachinal,\u201d written by American journalist and playwright, Sophie Treadwell, premiered on the broadway stage on Sept. 7, 1928. Written in the style of expressionism, \u201cMachinal,\u201d brings an interesting and eccentric form of storytelling to the stage.<\/p>\n
According to the University of Delaware Library, expressionistic plays are known for their \u201cunconventional\u201d ways of showing the inner workings of the human psyche. Often employing the use of strange dialogue, unrealistic movements, distorted scenery and stylized acting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe simplest way I could describe it (expressionism) is the idea of the individual being crushed by the machine of society,\u201d said Gabriel Elmore, a junior in the Bachelor of Fine Arts acting program and supporting castmate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not so much about the dialogue, as it is about the feeling that the dialogue invokes, from the audience and the actors. My character is trying to be as real as possible, but she\u2019s failing miserably at it, because, she has all of these societal pressures that are coming down on her.\u201d said Meghan Doerfler, a sophomore in the Bachelor of Fine Arts acting program and lead in the play.<\/p>\n
When asked if she faced any challenges while taking on the role of, \u201cYoung Woman,\u201d Doerfler responded, \u201cI really enjoy working on it so far, because it\u2019s my first lead role here at Western, and that in itself has been a challenge for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s such an expressionistic play, and that\u2019s something that I don\u2019t think any of the actors in the show have ever done before, so it\u2019s getting used to a whole new style of acting while still trying to act it,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cMachinal\u201d is performing in Rice Auditorium Nov. 10-12 and 16-19 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 13 at 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cMachinal is about your average Jane trying to survive in this society that she doesn\u2019t know how to behave in.\u201d Doerfler said, \u201cShe wants to find love, and everyone is telling her that is an impossible concept\u201d<\/p>\n
For purchasing tickets and additional information contact Rice Auditorium\u2019s box office at 503-838-8462.<\/strong>
\nBox Office Hours: 12:30-4:30 p.m. weekdays, reopening at 6:00 p.m. night of performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Contact the author at journalcampuslife@mail.wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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