Word: krim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hepatitis (a character, not the disease), played by Kevin Krim '97-'98, is trying to write an appropriate ending to his play so he can win a competition in Ancient Athens. As the lights go up, he and his main character, Diabetes (Adam Green '99), are discussing the philosophical implications of having Zeus appear at the end and save the day. This leads them into a dialogue, which forms the main body of the play, about the nature of man and reality. Among the perplexing propositions they argue over is the question,: is the audience real, or was it created...
Slowly, the plot develops; the audience watches the aforementioned Italian played by Kevin Krim, the dumb blond (Kristen Rolf), the girl with a cold (Ona Hahs) and the vulgar staff member who proudly wields her cigarette (Anna Lewis)--all under the direction of the constantly angry boss, Emily Stone's Marge (often called--surprise, surprise--Sarge). The action picks up when a health inspector, played by Mark Bagley, has to review the kitchen, which for years has passed the test. This time, things are different. Bagley portrays a slimy 70s type, who will only give the kitchen a passing rating...
...acting suffers because of the lack of dimensionality in the script. How can Stone show any acting skill, when she has to be "the angry boss" from start to finish? The other characters often fall into the same trap. Krim and Lewis are good actors with a bad script. So, their caricatures become borderline annoying, as they do not progress during the course of the play. The audience knows that Rolf, the blond, is dumb after five minutes of the play, but then must listen to every dumb line she submits. Hahs slips on a couple of her lines, which...
...been working against Harvardadministration, and [the takeover] was theculmination of that," Krim recalls. "This was themoment of truth. I gave a speech on the steps [ofUniversity Hall] on how moderate students neededto take a stand against...
...Krim says the events of April 1969 made himaware that the University is an authoritarian bodythat wouldn't hesitate to harm students...