Word: chadness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Halfway during the first act, August's eccentric, hypochondriac sister Delia Eriksen (Dana Gotleib) comes to live with them. The owner of the house in which they are all staying, the loveable and amusing backwoods hick Chad Jasker (Andrew Pitcher), is also always hanging around. Although there is obvious tension between August and Delia and obvious lust between Chad and Jean, everything is subtle. And for the most part, everyone gets along quite nicely...so nicely, in fact, that the audience is in danger of falling asleep...
...second act, the action picks up. All the quiet tensions that had been unspoken begin to scream for attention. Secrets that August had been keeping about the mound and the next summer's dig are revealed much to the changrin of the rest of the characters. Chad learns about Jean's pregnancy, and subsequently drifts into insanity, screaming about how he and Cynthia have been sleeping together. The play concludes with Jean sobbing over Chad's murder of her husband and his own subsequent suicide. August is left sadly looking at his slides and the remnants of six shattered lives...
...character, the "Most-Improved" award has to go to Nick Stoller (Dan). At the start of the show, his character appeared to be nothing more than a one dimensional nice guv. i.e. pushover. But after an encouraging conversation with Delia and a night of drunken fishing with Chad, Dan began to show his humanist to the audience. By time everyone realized that Chad had killed him, more that a little sympathy is felt by the audience for the loss of the nicest and most humane character of the play...
...defensive returnees are senior Bill Holowatiuk (four career goals, 15 career assists) and junior Chad Wilson (two career goals, 17 career assists.) Holowatiuk and Wilson each scored a goal in the Big Red's loss last weekend...
...offense was led by running backs Chad Levitt and Terry Smith who each gained more than 100 yards rushing for the third consecutive game. Levitt, a junior, earned accolades as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week. He ran for 188 yards including three touchdowns off 31 carries in addition to catching a five-yard touchdown pass...