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Ipha Psi Omega brings new life to Shakespeare's works with blacklight, music
By Matthew Parker
The Battalion
William Shakespeare never saw a
black-light performance. He never heard
the music of Era 2. William Shakespeare
did, however, write for the common man.
On Wednesday and Thursday in
‘The Fallout Theatre,” Alpha Psi
Omega, Texas A&M’s national hon
orary theatre fraternity, explored the
common man’s language in a show that
would have amazed the bard himself.
The show is called Shakespeare Pas
tiche: An Expression of Humanity,
Dance and His Sonnets, and it is all per
formed under black light.
A pastiche is a literary, artistic or mu-
wanted people
to know that
Shakespeare can be
done without men
in tights. I wanted
to bring it down to
aground level
— Amber Bel'Chere
Alpha Psi Omega President
sical composition made from bits of
various sources. The show’s artistic de
sign is basic: simple black dress with
white gloves and white makeup. The
mood is almost overpowering, and
Shakespeare’s works become the
show’s focus.
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Amber Bel’Chere, president of Al
pha Psi Omega and a senior theater arts
major, directed the show.
“I wanted people to know that Shake
speare can be done without men in tights,”
Bel’Chere said. “Some people have the
[perception] of Shakespeare being stuffy.
1 wanted to bring it down to a ground lev
el as a generational exploration.”
The show opens and closes with
Leslie Malitz, a senior theater arts ma
jor, dancing. She is dressed in black and
a long-sleeve white robe. While the mu
sic of Era 2 plays, her flowing move
ment creates an aura of slow-motion
photography.
Katie Davies, a senior theater arts ma
jor, sullenly speaks Sonnet 71, the “No
longer mourn for me...” sonnet, which
highlights the next portion of the show.
When a white, glowing casket is carried
onstage, the audience takes notice.
The humor of Sonnet 130 is a stark
contrast from the rest of the production.
Randy Symank, a sophomore theater
arts major, admirably attempts to move
the audience. Under the glow of red
light, he pours out his heart over an
overweight woman with bad breath.
The text is humorous, but given the
mood, the audience finds him
more sympathetic than in
sulting toward the woman.
Shakespeare also wrote
melodroma, and the best ex
ample of melodrama today is
daytime soap operas.
The gestures of Courtney Sve,
freshman chemical engineering ma
jor, are over-dramatized for effect
because that is what Shakespeare de
sired for Sonnet 60, though he did not
hear the “Days of Our Lives” theme in
his head when he wrote it. Poetry, mu
sic and gesture mingled to create an
amazing and intense atmosphere. .
Sonnet 116 was performed from 7-
foot ladders by Amber Ver-
rett, a junior education
major, and Keith Nea
gle, a sophomore
English major. The
use of flashlights
was Bel’Chere’s
touch.
The quality of ex
pression is epitomized in
Sonnet 138 by Symank,
Lauren Lanier, a junior speech
communication major, and
Neagle. The new inteipretation cre
ates an introspective mood with sub
tle action, meaning and intentions.
“He (Shakespeare) probably would
have been shocked at first, but I think he
would also have been fascinated by his
sonnets under black light and done in
such a manner,” Bel’Chere said.
The closing dance is an eye
popping expression of theatrics
in its simplest form. All the ac
tors are frozen, while a
dancer moves among them,
moving their hands.
PHOTOS BY STUART VILLANUEVA/The Battalion
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