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6 The Clackamas Print Arts Cultu Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Actors play at good and- ev Dylan Marchek and Athena Folk demonstrate some of the intensity portrayed in the one-act plays they are involved in. Folk is the director of one of this term’s productions, “Common Graves.” The age-old conflict between good and evil features prominently in both of this year’s plays. By Nathan Sturgess Associate Photo Editor The theater students may have sold their souls to the devil this term because both of the one-acts that were put on had to do with supernatural entities struggling for victory over the other. The first of the two is entitled “Specimen” and was written by Michael Gerber, the director of the theater depart ment in David Smith-English’s absence. The play was directed by Heather Ovalle, the current artist in residence. According to Annie Scharich, who played the part of the devil in the one act, it is a story about a woman who is going Patrick Waller and Amanda Sutton both about her normal activities when she is suddenly whisked away into a teleologi played minions of the devil in this one act cal game show where God and the devil and both mentioned how fun it was to be use her as a means to decide the fate of a part of it but also how challenging it was acting in the play’s first production. “It’s humanity. “She’s just getting a glass of milk and a world premiere. The blocking has been then she’s suddenly on this game show. constantly changed. We’d learn one thing, The devil is behind one door and God is come back another day and be told to do behind the other door, and they make her different blocking. It was rough,” said do all these things to see if the human race Waller. Athena Folk directed the play and said is worth saving,” said Scharich. If that weren’t enough,- the second how apprehensive she had been about hav one-act, entitled “Common Graves,” is ing to cast nine people for the play. “But an abridged version of a script Jessica it’s worked for die best. We have a great Sheppard has been working on for the last cast, and they love it. They love their char five years, in which the devil and an angel acters,” she said. Scharich, who also has a role in play a chess game in a coffee shop, each one trying to out-do the other as they each “Common Graves,” talked about how the conspire to enlist converts to their side of play are different from the full length pro ductions in that they allow for .more atten- moral understanding. tion to detail and characterization. I “It’s short, so you have a lot ■ to work on a small amount of stufl can work through it really thoroil she said. To be part of the -one acts that I on every term you first have to ail be selected and then you are allow take the class that produces it. Eacl act has its own class and is worth on credit. Because of this, many studeJ several classes and are part of seven ductions at once. Many of the studl both a one-act and the comedy imprd tion class. Some also take Chris Wil stand-up comedy class. All these cl perform for the student showcase fellow students and the public are ini to come see the student’s work and p ress as actors and comedians. Leadership class reformed at Clackamas - literal! By Joshua Baird Arts & Culture Editor Leadership is action, not position ~ Donald H. McGannon There are some who would say that a leader is made and not bom, whilst others would say that a leader is simply someone in a position of ^¿lthority. Now at Clackamas Community College we are finally being offered a course that will examine the true nature of leadership, and what better medium than through literature? Led by the joint forces of Bill Waters, business department chair, and Amanda Coffey, an English instructor at CCC, this revitalized course is sure to be a breath of fresh air to both departments. “The class is Leadership in Literature and is listed under both BA130 or ENG130. Students can sign up under either of these numbers. The class is fascinating look at leadership through an unusual lens. In it, we will discuss leadership by analyzing characters in major literary works. In experiencing these characters and studying how they lead, we will see connections to how we and those around us make similar decisions and resolve issues and conflicts,” stated Waters in an e-mail. Even in these trying times, Waters and Coffey are pushing to build this class from the previously solely English elective to a broader group of students. “Faculty is certainly mindful of the budget, but we are teachers first and foremost. Our greatest joy is dreaming up new and dynamic experiences for our students - and then making those experiences hap pen,” stated Coffey. For a number of students, this concept is complete ly foreign. A class that mixes fiction into the lessons of a leader is highly likely to make people wonder where the idea came from. “Badaracco’s text brings these two seemingly dis parate disciplines together in his book. It just makes sense to bring instructors from both disciplinfl the classroom. Bill brings a significant share ofl ness experience and knowledge to the course cfl making our collaboration an obvious win for thefl dents,” stated Coffey. I A vast majority of students who are transfel may be interested to find out that this course i| al able as a way to fulfill their Arts and Letters “Whether you sign up under ENG 130 or fl this is a great way to satisfy some of your |el education requirements. In fact, BA130 is the! business class that counts toward a student’s gel education credits,” stated Waters. Some students may wonder how this class work for them amongst their busy school schedu “I think that’s a great concept and it sounds j interesting, if I had time with all my other requ ments that I have to take,” said Aubrey LaskiJa f motions officer for Associated Student Govern™ BA13O/ENG13O will be offered effectij 1 spring on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1- 2:50 jtni
