{"id":5597,"date":"2017-02-03T16:31:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T21:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=5597"},"modified":"2017-03-02T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T23:55:00","slug":"comic-play-fuddy-meers-opens-feb-9-at-elizabethtown-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2017\/02\/03\/comic-play-fuddy-meers-opens-feb-9-at-elizabethtown-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic play \u2018Fuddy Meers\u2019 opens Feb. 9 at Elizabethtown College"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three months of hard work is coming to fruition as the cast of Elizabethtown College\u2019s \u201cFuddy Meers\u201d prepares to open Thursday, Feb. 9. \u201c\u2018Fuddy Meers\u2019 is a funny yet harrowing ride through a day in the life of an amnesiac as she puts together the pieces of her fractured life,\u201d said Richard Wolf-Spencer, director and associate professor of theatre at E-town. Wolf-Spencer has been with the College\u2019s Fine and Performing Arts \u2013 Theatre and Dance Division since fall 2010.<\/p>\n

Written by David Lindsay-Abaire while a student at The Juilliard School in the 1990s, \u201cFuddy Meers\u201d premiered off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1999.<\/p>\n

E-town\u2019s play selection committee picked this comedy for its \u201cgrand mix of humor and drama,\u201d said Connor Burke, a senior majoring in theatre. Burke plays the \u201cLimping Man\u201d in the show and purposely chose not to elaborate on his role in order to prevent spoilers. Director Wolf-Spencer believes \u201cFuddy\u201d will relate to everyone in the audience in some way, making it a good choice for E-town to perform.<\/p>\n

Told from the perspective of an amnesiac named Claire, \u201cFuddy Meers\u201d follows a day in her life. \u201cClaire literally forgets everything each time she falls asleep,\u201d said Wolf-Spencer. \u201cShe, therefore, begins each new day completely fresh.\u201d<\/p>\n

People are going to go on an emotional roller coaster.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As a member of the selection committee, Burke grew interested in \u201cFuddy Meers\u201d after he read the script and noticed how every part \u201cseemed like quite the acting challenge.\u201d Wolf-Spencer agreed and noted that physicality in certain characters proved to be a challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t like most plays,\u201d said Burke. \u201cThere are lessons to be learned, twists, turns and a unique perspective. That\u2019s why we wanted to perform it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Claire is played by Emily Seratch, a sophomore majoring in international business. She is nervous for her first performance as a lead character, but she is adamant about her passion for opening night.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love when the lights turn on and I’m transported to a different place,\u201d said Seratch. \u201cI just live for that moment. I can’t wait to do it for real.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seratch said the show will keep everyone on their toes. With many twists and huge reveals in the show, \u201cpeople are going to go on an emotional roller coaster,\u201d said Seratch.<\/p>\n

Hannah Paymer, a first-year student majoring in occupational therapy, also is making her first appearance in an E-town production. Although she did not expect to get a part, she plays the role of Heidi.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to see how auditions work at the College,\u201d said Paymer. \u201cI was there purely to see the process because I thought I had no chance of getting into the show. Here we are.\u201d Paymer is nervous about remembering her lines, but she thinks there are some lessons to be learned from \u201cFuddy,\u201d noting that she, personally, learned that some things are better remembered, and others are better forgotten.<\/p>\n

Seratch thinks the audience has something special to learn from her character, Claire: to stand up for what you believe in.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom Claire’s perspective, I would say the one thing she wants everyone to learn is there is no time like the present,\u201d said Seratch. \u201cHer life changes in a matter of minutes and, in the end, she learns to stand up for herself. [Claire] would want people to walk away [from the show] feeling empowered and eager to stand up for themselves because you never know if tomorrow will come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoping the audience finds \u201cFuddy Meers\u201d thought-provoking, Wolf-Spencer posed a question to those who attend the show: \u201cHow do you think you might approach everyday life if you were to begin each day with a blank slate: no memories or known attachments?\u201d He encourages audience members to attend to help determine their answer.<\/p>\n

See \u201cFuddy Meers\u201d at Elizabethtown College\u2019s Tempest Theatre located in the Baugher Student Center. The show is on stage at 8 p.m. Thursday Feb. 9 through Saturday, Feb. 11; Friday, Feb. 16, and Saturday, Feb. 17, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19. Tickets are $7 and can be reserved by emailing boxoffice@etown.edu<\/a> or calling 717-361-1170.<\/p>\n

~ E-town NOW guest writer is Jerica Shuck — Shuck is a junior studying English professional writing and communications. She is involved in the College’s Honors Program, as well as the campus improvisation comedy group, Mad Cow. Shuck is working toward attending law school after graduation\u00a0but thinks she should really focus on graduating first.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three months of hard work is coming to fruition as the cast of Elizabethtown College\u2019s \u201cFuddy Meers\u201d prepares to open Thursday, Feb. 9. \u201c\u2018Fuddy Meers\u2019 is a funny yet harrowing ride through a day in the life of an amnesiac as she puts together the pieces of her fractured life,\u201d said Richard Wolf-Spencer, director and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":5602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[774,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-culture","category-arts-culture","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5597"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5752,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597\/revisions\/5752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}