Jenna LewandowskiWhen a sex maniac, three girls and a horny friend start playing musical chairs, the chances of a different scene in this play could get interesting. Congratulations to the Cabrini College Theater Department for the debut of Musical Chairs: A Chance Play in 8 Scenes of 20.
The play takes place over one week and introduces five characters: Tom, the husband, Anne, his wife, David, his best friend, Karen, his ex-fling and Melissa, his current mistress.
For the first half of the performance, the actors played an actual game of musical chairs to determine which two characters will act in the first scene. The audience then chose which character continues on, causing one character to be eliminated at the end of each scene. All the characters were brought back into the game for the second half, where the ending was determined by a major decision facing one of the characters in each scene.
Michael Rock, a well-known teacher, director, performer and writer, originally wrote the play, which opened on Thursday, March 25. Rock is expected to attend one of the performances this weekend.
Originally, the play was a one-act play that was to be performed twice a night. English/ communications professor Neal Newman, the director of the play, has altered the format as a result of audience feed back. “This is a new play, and when the audience speaks we listen. We are doing our best to get the word out, change our publicity, and let people know about the improved presentation of this new play,” Newman said.
There will be four more performances of Musical Chairs starting this Thursday, April 1, and continuing through to this Sunday, April 4. Tickets are $5 and each show will begin at 8:15 p.m. and is scheduled to end around 10 p.m. Due the large amount of different possible outcomes, each show will be completely different from the one before.
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