Word: soohen
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...played by Sam Baum '98, does not particularly deserve the audience's sympathy. Baum accentuates the self-absorption and cruelly noncommittal nature of Huml's character. Throughout the play he shows utter indifference to the pain of his wife Vlasta (Kathleen Conroy '98) and his mistress Renata (Jacquie Soohen), both of whom make the apparently unreasonable demand of a faithful relationship...
Still, Baum performs the role well, alternating between Huml's callous indifference to others and his severe inner emotional struggle. The women have less character depth to convey--they exist as representations of the various sides of Huml's personality. Conroy, Soohen, and Dunogue are able to fill individual niches in the play, though, and they gather enough of the audience's sympathy to make Huml's character seem more despicable...