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...costumes, created and coordinated by Annie Z. Li ’07, excel in their understatement. They unobtrusively serve to accentuate each movement of the dancers. Set designer Julia E. Rozier ’08 also uses simplicity to good effect, using a minimalist background and set to keep the focus on the dancers...
...Doctor/Trouble) provided some comedic moments, including his performance in the check-up scene in which Hester’s anatomy was examined as if she were an automobile in a repair shop. Tragic irony loomed throughout the play and was appropriately mirrored by the unchanging background of the bridge. Set designer, Elizabeth B. Rose ’08, deserves special praise for her arrangement of furniture and makeshift bridge girders, which aptly illustrated the squalid conditions of Hester and her family. “In the Blood” consistently demonstrated how exploitation can take many unexpected forms...
...ironed out. The furiously paced fourth act is a little histrionic, like farce on a sugar rush, and Friday’s performance was marred by a fairly obvious sound mistake. However, Birnbaum’s touch is so dexterous that small gaffes quickly recede into the background...
...best in show from 220 submissions, gaining a $75 gift certificate from Eastern Mountain Sports. Her piece “Remembering Our History,” shot in Joza, Grahamstown, South Africa, portrayed a local fruit stand, with undertones provided by a photo in the background showing a victim of apartheid. “A picture can help you sort through some of the emotions you can’t really express,” Camm said. “You have to share them with other people.” Beyond sharing experiences, the exhibition was intended to give...
Although Patrick’s background is a testament to his leadership potential, it is the governor-elect’s bold and forward-thinking agenda that sets him apart. The only gubernatorial candidate to oppose cutting state income taxes—an action which would further strain municipalities with already taut budgets and place an unfair tax burden on those with less fluid assets—Patrick has argued instead for redirecting funds to combat inflated housing costs, improve public education, and strengthen public transit across the state...