Word: okocha
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Under Malik’s direction, however, the cast and crew emphasized the play’s subtle elusiveness to great effect, particularly in the fantastic initial encounter between Shahrazad (Zia A. Okocha ’08) and Shahriyar (James M. Leaf...
...audience is supposed to understand that Shahriyar’s questions are so crazy that they might just get to the heart of human existence, and Leaf and Okocha both gave performances that lived up to the script’s philosophical intensity. As their words circled back on themselves, Leaf and Okocha circled each other, creating an almost tangible atmosphere of meditative claustrophobia...
...Meanwhile, the dialogues of patient Madeline (Eneniziaogochukwu “Zia” A. Okocha ’08 with her husband Art (Michael Finnerty) clicked perfectly, breathing life into the script’s pointed game of word-association. Okocha’s regal poise made the poeticism of her breezy babble credible. What’s more, she achieved an entrancing sensuality despite her character’s propensity to doze off at inopportune times. As Madeline’s emotionally absent and unfaithful husband, Art took breaks from his cell phone only to dictate business-related thoughts...
...general “type.” There is Jackie (played by Sarah A. Sherman ’09) an extreme introvert, Thomas (Benjamin C. Cosgrove ’10), a man with the mind of a child, Madeleine (Eneniziaogochukwu “Zia” A. Okocha ’08), a hysteric, and Jon (Michael R. Wolfe ’09), a pathological liar. Although the characters’ types may seem extreme, the production team argues that the audience won’t have trouble identifying with them. “Everyone will see a part...
...just thought it was a funny time and an enjoyable time,” Zia A. Okocha ’08 said...