By Andrea Fernandes
Associate Editor
Members of SBU Theater are back with another phenomenal play. Characters of “A Decade of Wandering” took the stage in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts this past Wednesday and Thursday night, and will be back Friday and Saturday.
It was different for the theater show to be held in the Quick as opposed to its normal location in the Garret Theater. Jordan Tyson, a sophomore strategic communication major, agreed that although the Garret is nice for theater shows, he enjoyed the play in the spacious theater.
“The Quick has more room, and the stage is bigger,” Tyson said. “I think that was nice for this particular play.”
The location and the entire play seemed to be well planned out. Two of the actors, Kristen Caputo, a junior journalism and mass communication major, and Taquan Brown, a sophomore theater major, agreed that the group put in countless hours to prepare for opening night.
“We’ve been practicing every night since January,” Caputo said. “But in the end, it was a lot of fun, and the play is actually uplifting.”
This play is certainly one that is open to interpretation. According to Caputo, the play is about finding yourself. Unlike most other plays that follow one plot, this one had multiple. Each of them allowed viewers to reflect.
Parts of the play remind viewers that it’s important to be confident in who you are. Some of the characters are faced with a conflict where they are working to make someone else’s dream come true at the expense of sacrificing their own. This is touching, especially for college students who are preparing to go out into the work force.
“One scene that really stood out to me was the scene with First, Second and Third being,” Tyson said. “When you work for a job where you don’t do anything for yourself after, you’ll never reach your potential. A lot of people’s goals are to make money; you’re making someone else’s dream a reality while suppressing your own dreams.”
The names of the characters also showed how much we’re valued in the workplace. First Being, played by Brown, was on top of everything and everyone. Second Being, played by Caputo, worked under him and was told she couldn’t have any ideas outside of what she was told to do.
Tyson recognized the economic message behind this portion of the play but also believed that it could be interpreted from a religious point of view.
Behind the five stories and seven doors, there’s something for everyone to discover through this play. There’s still time to catch the actors in action. The play begins at 7:30 p.m. and free rush tickets are available to students an hour prior to the show.
fernanal3@bonaventure.edu
