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Issue date: 11/14/05 Section: Arts and Entertainment

Company [Click to enlarge]

Mallory Alexander, Kevin Everitt [Click to enlarge]

Fitzgerald, director, with cast [Click to enlarge]

Derek Howard, Kate Vacca [Click to enlarge]

Resting before opening [Click to enlarge]

The Clearwater Christian College fall dramatic production "You Can't Take It With You" opened Friday, October 28, after a few days postponement because of school evacuation for hurricane Wilma.

The forced delay, however, did not succeed in dampening the spirits of the cast and crew of the production, allowing them extra time preparing for the opening night.

Dambach auditorium was full to capacity with 235 people. At the end of the performance, the crowd streamed out of the chapel to greet with cast members with big smiles on their faces. The performance was a success. Some audience members nearly fell out of their seats with laughter. One audience member told the cast, "I laughed until I cried."

Some of the highlights in the play included a fireworks explosion at the end of the second act, a bald Mr. DePinna (played by Derek Howard) posing as a roman discus thrower, Ed (Jeremy Taylor) who playing all the wrong notes on the xylophone, and most importantly the live snake which terrified the Kirby family. The snake was played by Pokachacha, Derek Howard's pet, a bald python.

The production required cast members to rehearse for seven weeks in preparation for their roles, under the direction of Assistant Professor of Communication Arts, David Fitzgerald.

According to cast member Shannon Markovitch, "Rehearsals were convenient and easy to fit into our schedules, which helped keep the stress levels down." Markovitch is a junior from Tampa, majoring in communication arts.

Stress, as it turns out, was the last thing troubling the cast of this semester's production. "It was great to bond with everyone during the rehearsals and performances," said Kendall McGuire, a freshman from St. Petersburg, Fla.

Markovitch agreed that the reason she and the rest of the cast and crew enjoyed the production was due to the camaraderie they experienced throughout the rehearsals and performances. "We all definitely had a great time preparing for and performing the show, and we all made friends we might have never made before."

The production enjoyed four performances, with the closing night Tuesday, November 1.

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