近距离内射合集

The Upstart Crows of Santa Fe are staging 鈥淭he Importance of Being Earnest,鈥� Oscar Wilde鈥檚 satire on Victorian high society, from Friday, July 31, through Sunday, Aug. 9.

Caryl Farkas, show co-director, said Upstart Crows, a young actor theater company, began performing 鈥淭he Importance of Being Earnest鈥� years ago after the troupe saw a production at the Stratford Festival, and the kids fell in love with the show.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a show that has delighted them,鈥� Farkas said.

She said each production is completely different, and, aside from tricky blocking, things learned in past productions aren鈥檛 relevant to present ones.

鈥淵ou can鈥檛 apply what happened last time to this time,鈥� Farkas said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 fresh. It鈥檚 completely new. You know, if you鈥檝e done 鈥楻omeo and Juliet鈥� 20 times, not one of them was the same.鈥�

The production is also different from other shows in the theater company鈥檚 typical season. Usually, Upstart Crows perform a lot of Shakespeare and tragedies, but Farkas said 鈥淭he Importance of Being Earnest鈥� teaches about more comedic plays.

鈥淚t鈥檚 very different from Shakespeare, except I think the similarity is that in both cases, you鈥檙e dealing with amazing language,鈥� Farkas said. 鈥淎nd so with this, you learn a lot about comic timing and the fact that to be funny, you鈥檝e got to be serious.鈥�

Actors deliver the comedic lines in a serious tone. It鈥檚 what makes it funny, she said.

Additionally, the show is distinct because it has a more elaborate set, she said.

鈥淲hen we do Shakespeare, we have a very bare-bones kind of setup. There鈥檚 a balcony on stage, and we don鈥檛 have to move anything. Sometimes we bring a chair on, but that鈥檚 about it,鈥� Farkas said. 鈥淔or 鈥楨rnest,鈥� we have rugs and sofas and stuffed chairs and tea carts. There鈥檚 a lot of props.鈥�

Zinnia Kilpatric, who plays Jack, said she was worried because she leans more toward tragedies and had to figure out how to connect with her character through comedy.

鈥淎t first, I was a little scared that I would be like not able to make the jokes resonate with the audience,鈥� Kilpatric said, 鈥渂ut I think that it鈥檚 been great working with this company. And they鈥檝e really helped me realize how I can be funny in this show. And it鈥檚 been amazing to just have the experience of working with a character that isn鈥檛 just tragic all the time.鈥�

As a young actor, Kilpatric said she finds herself doing a more youthful interpretation of Jack.

鈥淚 find that I鈥檓 really working on playing his earnestness, which I find is very existent in youth,鈥� Kilpatric said. 鈥淚 think it definitely does put a different spin on the character when you鈥檙e performing them as a young person.鈥�

As director, Farkas said she does not direct them differently than she would an adult.

Joel Hoffman, who plays Dr. Frederick Chasuble and Lane, and is the understudy for Algernon, said comedic characters require a different mindset.

鈥淲hen you鈥檙e doing a comic character, you kind of have to think, 鈥楬ow do I say this so that the audience laughs?鈥� and 鈥楬ow do I do something a little bit different each night to try something new?鈥欌�� he said.

Farkas said she used warm-ups to get the cast used to the time period of the show, which is set in British society during the Victorian period, by reading from an etiquette book.

鈥淚 have a little book called 鈥楧on鈥檛,鈥� and it was my great-grandfather who gave it to his two daughters 鈥� it鈥檚 a book of etiquette from 1888, and every sentence begins, 鈥楧on鈥檛,鈥欌�� she said.

The book gives tips like do not pick up a fork if dropped at dinner, wait for a servant to grab it. Farkas said the cast found the etiquette aphorisms hilarious.

Farkas said the comedy, language and overall story are what make 鈥淭he Importance of Being Ernest鈥� perfect for a young cast.

鈥淚 think it is so well crafted, it鈥檚 so well put together that when you see it, it鈥檚 a delight to see it,鈥� Farkas said. 鈥淎nd then to be in it is also a delight, but of a completely different kind.鈥�

Elizabeth Secor is an arts fellow for the 近距离内射合集. You can reach her at esecor@abqjournal.com.