This weeks performance of \u201cOnce On This Island\u201d presented by Sinclair Community College\u2019s Theatre Department, features \u2018timeless stories\u2019 and an \u2018astonishing\u2019 performance from students, according to Patti Celek, marketing manager in the Theatre and Music Department.
\n\u201cIsland\u2019 tells many stories,\u201d Celek said in an e-mail. \u00a0\u201cSet during a storm on a tropical island, it has ties to current events, yet the stories are timeless; love versus prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The musical opened on Oct. 15 and will be playing through the 23rd<\/sup> in the Blair Hall Theatre in Building 2. Wednesday the 20th there will be a matinee at 10 a.m., a Downtown Dayton Thursday Nights performance at 7 p.m. on the 21st which will include pre-show appetizers with a cash bar and 8 p.m. performances on Friday the 22nd and Saturday the 23rd. The Saturday night performance will be American Sign Language interpreted. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for students\/seniors. Thursday night tickets cost an additional $5. \u201cThe dancing and movement will stand out,\u201d Celek said. \u00a0\u201cChoreographer Rodney Veal has done a wonderful job helping to tell the story through a dance-driven style.\u201d<\/p>\n The focus of the production is that the performers are a group of story tellers that present the story of Ti Moune, the principle character, who takes a journey throughout the course of the play to find her true love, Kathleen Hotmer, manager\/instructor of the costume shop in the Theatre and Dance Department said.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is accompanied by four god characters that are sort of modeled after four different voodoo gods,\u201d she said. \u201cThe God of all things water..Goddess of love..Demon of death..and the Earth mother.\u201d<\/p>\n The audience can expect to see a Caribbean theme throughout the show with costumes that are from a recognizably different, but not specific, time period, according to Hotmer. The concept of the piece allows for a lot of theatrical opportunity and excitement that Hotmer said she does usually get to do.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are timeless,\u201d Hotmer said. \u201cThis is something directors like to say a lot. They ask for things that are timeless; you won\u2019t be able to recognize where on the planet it came from or what time period it came from.\u201d<\/p>\n Costume Shop <\/strong><\/p>\n There are 18 performers in this musical and each one wears at least two of the 60-80 costumes that had to be built or rented by Hotmer and her eight student workers.<\/p>\n \u201cEach performer has a foundational costume and then other pieces that change their characters to others they will have to embody during the show,\u201d Hotmer said. \u201cSome of them are more elaborate than others.\u201d<\/p>\n While some costumes are rented from other playhouses, most of them are made right here on campus in the costume shop, Hotmer said. And even when costumes are rented they still need to be touched in some way.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s nice that we are able to rent costumes so that we don\u2019t have to build everything,\u201d Hotmer said. \u201cBut sometimes it\u2019s hard to build stuff and rent stuff because they don\u2019t look the same.\u201d<\/p>\n While Hotmer does most of the research and finds a general look for each production, her students take part in most decisions when it comes to designs.<\/p>\n \u201cI try to, as much as I can, treat this room like a learning lab and give them the opportunity to explore and discover the decision making with me,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I have students who have had a lot of experience I try to get them to make decisions about how things will be constructed, but sometimes that\u2019s not possible because they don\u2019t know yet what they are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n Carol Conquest, Theatre major said that she enjoys everything about costume designing and has learned so much working with Hotmer for the past year. The four days and 18 hours a week she puts into the construction is all worth it on the opening night.<\/p>\n \u201c I love everything about costumes; the fabric, design. Sewing is actually a hobby of mine outside of school,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s really satisfying when you see something you have made on stage. A sense of accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n For any students interested, Hotmer\u2019s costume class is offered in the winter quarter as a three credit hour lecture and a one and a half credit hour lab per week. 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\nThose who go to the performances will see the \u2018high energy and commitment of the student actors,\u2019 Celek said.<\/p>\n