Entertainment
Experience shines through in “ Fanny’s First Play”
by Marie Stoppelmoor
Feature Editor
After seeing “Fanny’s First
Play” Friday, as acted by the
CCC Theatre, one has to com
ment on the professionalism of
the theatre staff.
In contrast to the first play of
the season, the actors have had
more experience working
together. This experience shone
through with well timed lines
and scene change that required
precision and came off perfect -
iy.
The two-act play takes a shot
at the sheltered propriety of the
middle class in the early 1900’s.
The moral of the play is “do
something that will get you in
trouble.”
Two families, the Knoxs’
(played by Robert Ems & Lorain
Collins) and the Gilbeys’ (played
by David Gloden and Charisse
Smithe) guard their propriety by
having their children become
engaged. After one wild weekend
which ends with both Fanny
Knox (played by Lisa Hartens-
tein) and Bobby Gilbey (played
by Andre Garettson) in jail, the
kids become rebels with a cause;
neither wants to get married.
While the aristocratic butler, Jug
gins (played by Rich Burroughs)
tries to keep the Stalwart families
calm, Dora Delaney, (played by
Linda Kuntz) a less than timid
young lady and Duvallet (played
by David Harvey) a french
soldier, return to shake things up
a bit more. Eventually the parents
resign themselves to a “young
people today” philosophy, and
happy endings all around.
The props were a noticeable
bonus to the play with furniture,
decor, and clothing that lent to
the mood of the early 1900’s.
Special thanks to David
Gloden for an excellent perfor
mance.
June 5 & 6 at 8 p.m., and June
7 at 2:30 p.m..
Photos courtesy theatre Arts
Dept.
June 3, 1987
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